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Line Density Analysis Prompts Heat Maps CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE
To illustrate areas of critical need, a
line density analysis was run on the entire Tennessee Public Works Magazine depends on articles submitted from a
street network. The result was a heat map variety of sources. We are thankful to our contributors. We encourage anyone
of high scoring areas. Scores were highest interested in submitting an article related to Public Works in Tennessee to
along arterial streets, state routes, and contact us at (865) 288-0815 or email info@tnpublicworks.com.
congested areas of the county. Locations
included Murfreesboro Pike, Dickerson Pike, Lauran Canacaris is the TCAPWA Conference Chair and Senior Marketing
Nolensville Pike, Gallatin Pike, and many Manager for LDA Engineering. She earned her BA from Maryville College in
streets in downtown Nashville. Business and Organizational Management and has been integral in leading
It should be acknowledged that there are LDA’s Marketing team for the last 10 years. Lauran was a founding member of
potential sites outside of high scoring areas. the TCAPWA Young Professionals group and has been awarded the Frank Kirk
These projects will be realized through future Meritorious Service Award and Edward C. Archer Young Member Award.
analysis, and NDOT has processes in place to Ronnie Hammonds is Director of the Tennessee Public Works Institute, an
plan, fund, and implement them. annual education program sponsored by TCAPWA.
Applying spatial technology to help address Klair Kimmey is Publisher of Tennessee Public Works Magazine. She earned
a lack of infrastructure for people walking and a BFA from the University of Tennessee. After a successful corporate career, she
biking is not just a GIS exercise. Providing has for the past 21 years managed her own design firm, K. Kimmey Design.
communities with sidewalks for kids walking Joe Martin is a GIS Analyst with LDA Engineering. He graduated from
to schools, a bike lane that feels safe enough Tennessee Technological University in 2014 with a master’s degree in GIS. Since
for an average cyclist to use or filling a then, he has accumulated eight years of experience working in the telecom,
sidewalk gap to make a neighborhood more energy, and engineering industries. He is passionate about leveraging spatial
connected all illustrate the human aspect of data to provide value and to support decision making.
this analysis.
Identifying areas of critical need, Lisa Hood Skinner, CTA is a seasoned journalist, brand strategist and
prioritizing them, and generating a list of marketer who’s lived and worked around the world. In recent years she’s
constructable projects provided significant provided communications/strategic messaging for East Tennessee’s Innovation
value to an organization allocating resources Valley and Tennessee Valley Authority. In the last six years, she has won five
to meet human needs. Golden Press Card Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, East
Tennessee chapter.

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