1.5 Summary of Lesson 1

In this lesson you:

• briefly examined the important role GIS plays in the field of transportation and learned about the manner in which GIS-T is evolving in the 21^st century. \
• learned something about transportation modes and the concepts of mode competition, mode shift, and containerization.
• spent some time learning about the role of the USDOT in the transportation industry. .
• aquainted yourself with the speaker and general topics for next week's webinar.
• took the first step in getting to know each other by creating a video autobiography which will serve to introduce you to the rest of the class.