How Transportation Agencies Can Set Themselves Up for Large-Scale ATSPM Deployment

Automated traffic signal performance measures (ATSPMs) are revolutionizing the way agency engineers view traffic management. These high-resolution data analytic tools pull from systems and components…

Kittelson Launches the Sustainability Initiative: How Our Firm is Becoming Greener

Several months ago, a group of us at Kittelson got together to discuss how we’re incorporating environmentally sustainable habits in our offices and firmwide operations….

Does Vision Zero Start at the Curb?

In the January 2020 issue of Parking Magazine, Kittelson Senior Engineer/Planner Alek Pochowski explains how good curbside management has tremendous implications for keeping communities safe….

The Biggest Themes of the Transportation Research Board’s 2020 Annual Meeting

The Transportation Research Board (TRB)’s Annual Meeting is an eye-opener to, and reminder of, the many ways that transportation intersects everyday life, and the vitally…

Blueprint for Urban Design, ODOT’s Approach for Design in Oregon Communities

An Efficient Route to Applying Performance-Based Design Guidance   Traditionally, transportation engineers have been trained to apply a set of standards that primarily address function…

Two Ways Bike Helmet Laws Won’t Protect Bicyclists

Opinion | December 30, 2019   In November 2019, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) convened to examine the very important topic of bicycle safety….

3 National Research Efforts You Can Learn About at TRB 2020

A Primer on Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures

Traffic signals can do much more for our transportation networks than just flash green, yellow, and red. Through advances in traffic signal technology and communications…

What We’re Most Excited About For TRB 2020

More than 13,000 transportation professionals from around the world will gather at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., January 12–16, 2020….

The Benefits and Drawbacks of a Cashless Public Transit System

Remember the “transit stores” of old? (Well… of a few years ago.) Schedules would be stacked on one wall and people selling fare cards would…

Could Big Data Replace On-The-Ground Traffic Counts?

Understanding traffic volumes is the bread and butter of a transportation engineer’s work. Volumes are usually measured along roadway segments or at intersections—where they are…

An Interview With Gibran Hadj-Chikh

“We are in the Napster phase of transportation. We don’t know who’s going to have Spotify.”   Gibran Hadj-Chikh joined Kittelson in August 2019 as…

Evacuation Planning Principles For Every Community

Emergency evacuations and resilience planning are increasingly important topics for many reasons. Here are two key points that are top-of-mind in 2019: #1: The substantial…

Tips for Your First TRB Annual Meeting

More than 13,000 transportation professionals from around the world will gather at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., January 12-16, 2020….

Rick Dowling and Abby Morgan Talk Emerging Tech

The first national guidebook about the impacts of new technologies on land use and transportation was released in pre-publication form by Transportation Research Board October…

Why We Put on a Mid-Level Staff Retreat

We are passionate about the work we do. At the same time, we know people in the middle of their careers are in the thick…

How Visualization Techniques Can Change Your Project’s Outcome

Giving stakeholders the opportunity to visualize transportation solutions before they become reality can confirm a project’s course, or change it for the better. Visualization is…

How Connected & Automated Vehicles May Change Freeway Capacities

100% market penetration for fully connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) will likely be post-2050, and even then may be restricted to dedicated CAV-only facilities. However,…

Transportation Careers For Every Major

From graphic design to tech services, here are 9 career paths in the transportation field that might surprise you.

7 Creative Kittelson Roundabouts for National Roundabouts Week

It’s National Roundabouts Week! To celebrate, we’re highlighting a few of our favorite roundabout design projects over the years. The Roundabout We Call “The Dogbone”…

Advice For Future Kittelson Interns, From Past Kittelson Interns

We just wrapped up our summer 2019 internship program, but we are already on recruiting students for our upcoming 2020 summer internships. We’re also excited…

5 Important Topics Presented at the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP) 2019 Conference

The Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP) 2019 Conference took place from August 25-28 in Portland, Oregon. Ten Kittelson staff members—representing our Portland, Boston,…

The Latest Tools in Roundabout Evaluation

Roundabouts continue to be constructed at a rapid pace in the United States. We have well over 5,000 roundabouts nationwide, and that number is quickly…

7 Key Insights from the Automated Vehicles Symposium in Orlando, FL

From July 15-18, 2019 in Orlando, Florida, leaders in all branches of transportation technology came together to share new research, make connections, and discuss the future…