Transportation planning
Transportation Planning Planning Offices Office of State Planning California Transportation Investment System (CTIS) Tool California Transportation Investment System (CTIS) Tool
The CTIS Tool is a customized Geographic Information System (GIS) application that runs on ArcView 3.1, or higher. You must have ArcView already installed on your computer to use the Tool. The purpose of this statewide, sketch-level Tool is to display transportation projects, both programmed and planned, over the next 20 years. Projects include state highway, local roads, rail, aviation, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian.
In addition to the planned and programmed projects, the Tool uses existing GIS base data, analytic tools, and programming information that enable the user to view where investment in the transportation system is currently underway and where it is planned for the future. This Tool can be used to assist Caltrans and regional planners identify and assess gaps, overlaps, and inconsistencies in planned projects. The tool also helps transportation staff find opportunities for improved timing and coordination of projects, as well as provide input to a revised California Transportation Plan (CTP).
CTIS Tool Project Sources
Programmed projects (funds committed for State and regional projects) Source: California Transportation Improvement Program System (CTIPS) database which houses State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) and State Highway Operations and Protection Program (SHOPP) projects.
Proposition 1B Bond Projects: Corridor Mobility Improvement Account and Route 99 Corridor Enhancement projects
Planned projects: transportation projects listed in planning document to be considered in the next 20-25 years.
State projects: Interregional Transportation Strategic Plan (ITSP), California Aviation System Plan (CASP)
Regional projects: Regional & Metropolitan Transportation Plans
Customized Tools
Total cost by project type: various geographic levels -- county, regional, Caltrans District, and Statewide
What’s New in CTIS 2.0
Data
1. Includes Prop 1B Bond (Corridor Mobility Improvement Account and Route 99) projects.
2. Planned project data from regional transportation plans approved as of Summer 2003 (document dates range from 1999 to 2003).
3. Programmed project data from the 2004 State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) and State Highway Operation and Protection Program (SHOPP).
4. Selected bicycle, pedestrian, and transit projects are now mapped as linear events and are included in the Local (Planned or Programmed) projects themes. (Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Transit projects for which specific location data were not provided are displayed as a point at the county seat.)
5. All rail projects, formerly shown as points, are linear.
6. “Planned Project Cost Summary by Purpose Chart” has been enhanced with individual colors for each purpose code. (Note: Programmed projects were not coded for purpose in CTIS2.)
7. Census 2000 population by county has been added to the “Projects by Population” view.
8. The data are now supplied in Microsoft (MS) Excel spreadsheet and ArcGIS geodatabase formats. The geodatabase is accessible with MS Access enabling querying and report generation. Shapefiles are still supplied with the Tool and are the data source for each theme.
9. Highway points (e.g., interchange projects) and linear events have been combined into a single theme.
10. Updated reference data layers from the Caltrans GIS Data Library (see “New and Updated Reference Data Layers” below).
Functionality
1. Simplified installation with a self-extracting zip file that includes all supporting documents (e.g., data dictionary, metadata, etc.).
2. Highway symbols are installed automatically and display at zoomed-in, or regional, levels (starting at 1:2,500,000 – as the user zooms in, the symbols will appear).
3. Select themes are scale dependent. See “Scale-dependent Display” below. This allows for an uncluttered view of the whole state, but more detail as the user “zooms in” to a specific area.
4. Based on user feedback, views and buttons have been streamlined.
Download the CTIS Tool
TO DOWNLOAD CTIS 2.0 YOU MUST OBTAIN A PASSWORD TO USE THIS PLANNING TOOL. PLEASE EMAIL OSP.
To download the Tool from this site, follow these steps:
1. Printout and read the "CTIS Installation and User Guide.pdf."
2. Email OSP for password to extract the CTIS files.
3. Click on the CTIS Tool link. A screen will appear listing the files associated with the CTIS Tool.
4. Click on the “Save” icon to save the CTIS2. zip file on a specified drive.
5. After the CTIS Tool has been saved on your drive, navigate to that drive and click on the “CTIS Tool Zipped” Icon.
6. Click on the “Extract” button to begin downloading.
7. Enter the password and click OK.
8. After installation is complete, you may delete the CTIS2.zip file.
User Responsibility and Disclaimers
CTIS includes data that are complete and accurate to the best of our knowledge prior to release date. We do not guarantee the accuracy, timeliness, or completeness of any outside information. Some of the data sets included with the CTIS Tool are highly dynamic and may quickly become outdated. Please see the CTIS for specific details about data assumptions and terms.
Please refer to CTIS2_Metadata.pdf for more information on each data layer. While OSP strives to provide accurate and updated information, it is the responsibility of the user to locate information on updated data sets and to apply the information in a professional manner using one's best judgment. When preparing map layouts, a printed date and contact name should also be printed on the map. The CTIS tool project themes (shapefiles) (e.g., Programmed Highway Projects, Rail Projects, etc.) can be copied and used outside of the tool. Please refer to the GIS data library webpage for specific information about data layers and their availability and use by partners.
The CTIS Tool is not a stand-alone application. It is a customized GIS project and requires ESRI’s ArcView software, version 3.1 or 3.2, installed on your computer.
Files Supplied
CTIS2.exe -- a self extracting compressed file.
CTIS2_ArcMap.zip -- a self extracting file with CTIS2.0 shapefiles and ArcMap MXD files for each view (57.8 mb -- Beta and no documentation).
CTIS2_Shapes.zip -- a self extracting compressed file with 14 GIS shapefiles of the CTIS projects (2.65 mb).
CTIS2_Excel.zip -- a self extracting compressed file with MS Excel spreadsheets of the planned, programmed, and airport project files (1.28 mb).
The CTIS_v2.0_DataDictionary.xls is a group of spreadsheets that describes the coding of the values used in the Tool. To gain more information about the data used in CTIS, please see the CTIS2 Installation and User Guide, Contacts and More Information for listings of individuals and websites.
CTIS2 FactsButtonsViews.pdf gives brief explanations of the history of the Tool development, Views in the ArcView project, along with other more general information about the Tool.
CTIS2_metadata.pdf provides technical information on each GIS layer provided with the CTIS2 Tool.
If you have any questions and/or problems please contact OSP.