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The New Normal Is Here: The Reality and Impact of People Taking Fewer Trips

Effective transportation planning starts by understanding who is taking what trips, where those trips are to, and how often they are being taken. When travel demand changes, the assumptions underlying the answers to these questions must change as well.

The New Normal Is Here: The Reality and Impact of People Taking Fewer Trips
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After Impact: A History and Study of the State of Post-Crash Care, and How Transportation Professionals Can Better Integrate It into Practice

Transportation pros spend a lot of time identifying where crashes are most likely to occur. But an equally important question often receives less attention: if a serious crash does occur, how do we help a seriously injured person survive it?

After Impact: A History and Study of the State of Post-Crash Care, and How Transportation Professionals Can Better Integrate It into Practice After Impact: A History and Study of the State of Post-Crash Care, and How Transportation Professionals Can Better Integrate It into Practice After Impact: A History and Study of the State of Post-Crash Care, and How Transportation Professionals Can Better Integrate It into Practice
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Found in Translation: A Dispatch from Our Work on Qatar’s Master Bicycle Plan

Working on Qatar’s Bicycle Master Plan taught our team how international transportation planning requires curiosity, humility, and learning from the communities we serve.

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Searching for Solutions a Long Way from Home: A Dispatch from One Japanese Transportation Academic’s Stay at Kittelson

This summer, we learned more about Japan’s transportation network from Dr. Keisuke Yoshioka during his extended stay in Portland, OR. Check out the transportation question that brought him to the states, learn about his ongoing research, and check in on the state of alternative intersections in Japan.

Searching for Solutions a Long Way from Home: A Dispatch from One Japanese Transportation Academic’s Stay at Kittelson
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A Safe Route to School Starts with a Slow Route through the Neighborhood

Neighborhood slow programs consider the broader neighborhood network students travel through every day and can be a powerful complement to a Safe Routes to School strategy. Dive into how they work and what it takes to make them work.

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When a Bill Is Not Yet a Law: What You Can Do While You Wait for America’s Next Transportation Reauthorization Bill

The BUILD America 250 Act is still a draft. Learn how transportation reauthorization works and what local agencies should do while they wait.

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Is There a Place for AI in Final Design?

We’re digging into why design work remains one of the few areas that AI can’t quite fit into yet—along with why it’s so essential to be careful in how we move forward with using AI tools in design.

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Five Years After SB 743: What Other States Can Learn from California’s New Way of Measuring Traffic Impacts

Five years after adopting Senate Bill 743, California’s shift to VMT offers lessons on reducing sprawl, supporting infill, and shaping transportation policy.

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How to Become a Bike Commuter (From Expert Bike Commuters and Someone Who Didn’t Want to Do It)

Hear all about how to become a bike commuter—from expert bike commuters and someone who didn’t want to—in our first audio article.

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Stronger Communities from Sea to Summit

Two extraordinary places—Sanibel Island, Florida and Summit County, Colorado—offer models for how transportation professionals can strengthen communities under threat from environmental stressors.

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Why Data Centers Don’t Fit Standard Traffic Assumptions—and How to Plan for Their Transportation Impacts

A collection of practical insights for agencies, developers, and consultants seeking to prepare for a new data center’s transportation needs to help you tackle the unique challenges that come with these projects.

Why Data Centers Don’t Fit Standard Traffic Assumptions—and How to Plan for Their Transportation Impacts Why Data Centers Don’t Fit Standard Traffic Assumptions—and How to Plan for Their Transportation Impacts Why Data Centers Don’t Fit Standard Traffic Assumptions—and How to Plan for Their Transportation Impacts Why Data Centers Don’t Fit Standard Traffic Assumptions—and How to Plan for Their Transportation Impacts
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How to Make Progress When Funding Hits Pause on Your Project

When federal funding pauses, projects don’t have to. Learn practical ways to keep progress moving through planning, partnerships, and flexible project design.

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