New systems in the nation's remote sensing programs provided a unique opportunity for transit professionals to measure the effectiveness of transit investments using satellite data. EMI intends to utilize this satellite data to improve methods of measuring the benefits of transit capital investment in metropolitan areas by integrating the RS the-based land use/change analysis with FTA-developed GIS databases. GIS spatial analysis techniques using assessed valuation of parcels around rail transit stations and stops. This proposal is a feasibility study they will address the potential of an integrated analysis of RS and GIS-T. to measure the metropolitan Atlanta rapid transit authority impacts in the Atlanta urban and suburban area during its development over the past 20 years. The major benefit from this research will be the integration of data/information which empowers the planners and decision-makers at the federal and state levels to make effective and timely decisions. Additional benefits derived from this work would include more comprehensive and effective community transit systems, and increased community support/faith in the transit planning and construction system by creating transparent planning and implementation of programs. Anticipated results and
Potential Commercial Applications: The markets in new transit systems is potentially large and if applied in a timely and economic fashion could have significant positive benefits for the impacted communities. Given that EMI is successful in developing a methodology for utilizing the national satellite imagery in conjunction with GIS-T. analyses, there is the a vast potential for projects that measure and monitor the nation's transit investment impacts on the communities.
Keywords: Rapid transit, transit investments, remote sensing, GIS call the land-use classification, change detection, GIS-T.analysis
