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Starting a Project in the SDC - for Project Owners

Managing and sharing transportation research data, securely, is now easier than ever. The USDOT Secure Data Commons (SDC) is an access-controlled, cloud-based data environment that enables users to conduct analyses and develop new tools around emerging sources of transportation data. The SDC stores...

State TRCC Personnel

Attached is the list of State Traffic Records Coordinating Committee chairs and coordinators.

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A Collaborative Transportation Research and Analytics Platform

The USDOT Secure Data Commons (SDC) can help speed up transportation data collection and analysis. See what the SDC can do for your project.

How Can the SDC Fulfill Your Needs?

Does the SDC meet your project needs?

Understand how the SDC can be used to accelerate your transportation research and analysis activities. Find out what the platform can do and how it can be utilized for your needs. Bring together transportation experts and data scientists from academia, industry, and different federal agencies to share common data sources and leverage common tools.

How can you get your data into the SDC?

Find out how to get your data and analysis into the SDC with minimal effort.  Support your program’s mission by combining data from a diverse set of sources. Check out the list of current projects and datasets that are using the SDC.

What are the SDC capabilities?

Understand the capabilities offered by the SDC for your analysis. Use the data and tools available in the SDC to create meaningful insights that can be used to inform data-driven research and policy. Learn more and find out how your project team can access the SDC.

Support when you need it

Projects considering using the SDC have the ability to request and pay for customized support for their research programs above and beyond baseline technical support services. The customized support services  provides customers with the necessary skills and tools to rapidly deliver analytical results in the SDC, implement best practices on their use of the SDC, and consistently achieve their analytical and mission goals using the SDC. The SDC offers services tailored to data providers' and researchers' goals and collaboration needs with the proper security controls.

Last updated September 2022

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FAQ - Safety Data Initiative Category A SDI Beta Safety Tools

 Real Time Crash Visualization

Can real-time transportation flow data from entities such as Waze and HERE be used with this tool?

Yes, the platform is designed to accommodate additional data and adapt them to suite specific information needs. The platform has used real-time data such...

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