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Coordinates MnDOT's traffic monitoring and vehicle classification programs to produce Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) volumes for trunk highways and local roads.
Provides leadership, methods, training, technical assistance, and quality assurance for 20-year traffic volume and load forecasts prepared by District Offices.
Assists in special traffic studies and prepares traffic data reports for the Federal Highway Administration’s Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS).

Manages MnDOT’s Linear Referencing System (LRS) — an integrated database containing roadway, bridge, crash, traffic, and pavement data.
Creates and updates Keypoints reports, which include details on location, jurisdiction, functional classification, surface and shoulder types, road width, and reference points.
Maintains Control Section records and Construction Project logs, documenting the history of pavement-related projects along each highway section.
Provides metadata and spatial data publishing support across the department.

Geographic Information & Mapping (GIM)

Prepares and maintains MnDOT’s cartographic data using GIS and related applications.
Develops the Official State Highway Map; maps for Minnesota's 87 counties; 856 municipalities; 1,781 townships; metro area street series maps.
Maintains geospatial layers found on MnDOT's Interactive Basemap and provides data sets that include GIS shapefiles, metadata, and information about transportation features, boundaries, streams, rivers and lake locations.