a Survey And Bibliography of Critical Studies

To address the needs for public and private transportation policy analysis and decision making, the committee that produced this report recommends the organization of a National Travel Data Program built on a core of essential travel data sponsored at the federal level and well integrated with travel data collected by states, metropolitan planning organizations, transit and other local agencies, and the private sector.

As the volume of digitized textual information continues to grow, so does the critical need for designing robust and scalable indexing and search strategies/software to meet a variety of user needs. Knowledge extraction or creation from text requires systematic, yet reliable processing that can be codified and adapted for changing needs and environments.