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FREEVAL-PA: An Innovation in Transportation & Software Engineering
A tool developed by Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is changing the way PennDOT makes decisions about scheduling work zones. Historically, identifying the optimal timing…
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Incorporating Health Into Transportation Projects: 6 Practical Principles for Success
As transportation professionals, we are in the public health business. The transportation policies, plans, projects, and recommendations we develop have an impact on the health…
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The Case for Protected Intersections
In 2017, 43% of urban bicyclist fatalities occurred at intersections, writes the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) in the 2019 publication Don’t Give…
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What We Learned From Our First-Ever Virtual Internship Program
Adrian Ayala, who is pursuing a Master’s degree in City and Regional Planning at Rutgers University, had planned to move from New Brunswick, NJ to…
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Is Your City Ready for an Automated Future?
How can a transportation agency effectively plan for emerging technologies with a 25-year view, when the future of automated vehicles, mobility as a service, ride-hailing,…
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Webinar Recording: Achieving Health Targets Through Transportation Decisions
On October 8, 2020, we gathered to dialogue about what it looks like to factor health into transportation through a webinar with Kittelson’s Lauren Hunt, Phyllis Davis, John Paul Weesner, and…
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Findings From the City of Bend’s Roundabout Metering Test
Since the early days of modern roundabouts in the United States, this form of intersection control has grown in popularity as a cost-effective and often safer alternative…
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Bringing Modern Roundabouts to Maryland
How Ed Myers’ “circular reasoning” helped launch the first statewide roundabout program in the United States “What is a modern roundabout? Where are they…
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Simple Tools That Made a Difference in Our Traffic Operations Project
When we can improve the functionality of a busy corridor and give “Twins of Evil” fans a hassle-free concert experience, we call that a project…
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“Every Day is Saturday”: Alex Skabardonis’ Active Retirement and Eventful 38-Year Career
“Every day is Saturday,” says Kittelson Senior Principal Planner Alexander Skabardonis of his recent official retirement. In answer, Kittelson’s Rick Dowling says, “I hope you’ll…
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Creating Safer Streets for Florida’s Aging Population With Road Safety Audits
The following article, authored by Benazir Portal of Kittelson & Associates and Kevin Walford of the Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization, was originally published in the…
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Demystifying the Highway Capacity Manual for the Next Generation of Transportation Engineers and Planners
In an age of reliance on software programs, Michael Kyte and Rod Troutbeck’s Traffic Operations at Intersections is designed to help practitioners better understand and…
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How Collaboration from Three MPOs is Transforming a Region’s Mobility Future
The Southeast Florida region—made up of Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties—joins other rapidly growing regions looking to build their transportation systems differently. Southeast Florida…
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My Virtual Internship Experience: Looking Back
Like many others, as COVID-19 continued to unfold, we at Kittelson were faced with the decision of canceling our internship program or reimagining it to…
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Will COVID-19 Permanently Alter Teleworking and Commuting Patterns? Here’s What 1,000 Commuters Told Us.
COVID-19 has undoubtedly changed many work situations in the present. Will any of these changes stick around to be part of the “new normal” after…
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Catalyzing Context-Sensitive Shifts in Transportation Planning & Engineering
Change always require a catalyst. Someone, or something, deciding things cannot go on the way they are. In 2019, Oregon Department of Transportation (DOT) released…
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Adapting Public Spaces During COVID-19: 3 Examples of Tactical Urbanism Projects
“Everyone wants to know when this will end. That’s not the right question. The right question is: How do we continue?” – Devi Sridhar, public…
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My Virtual Internship Experience: Midway Update
Like many others, as COVID-19 continued to unfold, we at Kittelson were faced with the decision of canceling our internship program or reimagining it to…
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COVID-19 Is a Wake-Up Call for Transportation
As COVID-19 continues to unfold and cities respond, we see streets closed to cars, an influx of bicycling, and growing energy behind the idea that…
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My Virtual Internship Experience: Reflections on Week One
Like many others, as COVID-19 continued to unfold, we at Kittelson were faced with the decision of canceling our internship program or reimagining it to…
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How Many Roundabouts Are in the United States?
It’s the kind of question many of us assume has always been answerable—carefully tracked by some data-crunching agency since New York’s Columbus Circle opened in…
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Standing Together For Racial Justice
I’m proud to work for an organization that creates space to have difficult conversations and listen to one another. As our nation reels from and…
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