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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>One of my colleagues and I have completed a report on developing multimodal trip planners. The report focuses on open-source software, and open data sources such as OpenStreetMap and public transportation data in GTFS format. The report is available at<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>http://www.nctr.usf.edu/2011/05/enabling-cost-effective-multimodal-trip-planners-through-open-transit-data-2/<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I've added this to the list of research reports on the OSM wiki research page, and a note on the wiki OpenTripPlanner page, with links to the report.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Discussions that we followed, and in some cases participated in, on the OSM talk, talk-us, talk-ca, and talk-transit listservs were very helpful to the project.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>We are following up the project with several proposals to improve documentation and support a local organization in moving beyond this feasibility study to full implementation. Our center is grant-funded, so although we will continue to follow progress in our spare time, significant follow-up work will depend on our ability to get proposals funded.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the project or report.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Ed Hillsman<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Edward L. Hillsman, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Senior Research Associate<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Center for Urban Transportation Research<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>University of South Florida<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>4202 Fowler Ave., CUT100<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Tampa, FL 33620-5375<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>813-974-2977 (tel)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>813-974-5168 (fax)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>hillsman@cutr.usf.edu<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>http://www.cutr.usf.edu<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>