Link to article from GCN.com

The Federal Highway Administration has issued a request for information for developing a streamlined, one-stop shop that would open up its transportation datasets for broad analysis and economic development by commercial and other government groups.

One option being considered is the use of no-cost agreements wherein the data hosting company could  create and charge for value-added services.   

The cloud-based repository would open the agency’s vast holdings of information on road and bridge inventories, travel and operational data, system user data, fiscal data and pavement research, all of which the FHWA says provide economic value and promote environmental awareness. 

Currently only a small percentage of FHWA's data is posted on public servers and websites. In many cases the data is hosted on multiple servers in various formats, making it difficult to find and integrate data from these sources for analysis and decision making.

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