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Advice For Future Kittelson Interns, From Past Kittelson Interns
Calling all students—are you thinking ahead to 2020 internships? We just wrapped up our summer 2019 internship program and are heading into recruiting season for…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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Using Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in Transportation Planning
You’re preparing for a public meeting to communicate the pros and cons of two different bike lane facility alternatives. You want thoughtful feedback that comes…
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5 Ways to Make Cities More Walkable
Close your eyes for a second, and think of a city you loved walking through. What do you see and feel? Traffic whizzing by? Stress…
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Curbside Management on Urban Streets, Part Two: Best Practices for Curbside Data Collection
By Rodrikas Jones, East Coast Director of Operations, Quality Counts What’s an activity that weathers rain, snow, and tornado warnings to piece together an accurate…
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Six Common Pitfalls (and Solutions) of Effective Community Engagement
As a transportation planning and engineering firm, we exist to improve people’s daily lives with better and safer transportation. The only way we can do…
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Three Ways E-Scooters Could Make Cities Safer + More Equitable
The most recent e-scooter you’ve seen may have been entertainment on someone’s vacation, or a feature in a brunchtime Instagram story. Or, it may have…
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A 105-Year History of the Electric Traffic Signal
2019 marks the 105th anniversary of the electric traffic signal, so let’s travel back in time to the very first signal system… which takes us…
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Curbside Management on Urban Streets, Part One: The Value of the Curb
Once just a place for parking near your destination, today’s urban curbs have become a lively, non-stop interaction of countless modes of transportation, from cars,…
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Planning-Level Capacity Adjustments for Connected and Automated Vehicles: The Future is Now
Self-driving truck platoons are delivering goods, auto manufacturers and ride-share providers are racing to be the first to distribute autonomous vehicles to customers, and connected…
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Keeping a Unified Culture Across 25 Offices
Our company mantra has always been to hire motivated people and give them freedom to pursue their passions. When Wayne Kittelson founded Kittelson & Associates,…
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Resilience Planning: Making Streets Nimble for Future Generations
When the nimbleness of a transportation network is tested, it’s rarely by an expected event—which is why it’s critical for communities to plan for the…
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What Fort Lauderdale Teaches Us About Regulating E-Scooters
E-scooter companies expanded from one city to 71 cities in the United States in just 15 months. (For a visual illustration of this expansion, check…
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The Intersection of Transportation and Health
APA National Planning Conference Session Brings Light to Common Health Challenges The way we move around—in terms of transportation choices as well as physical…
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Making Your Marketing Team Your Creative Partner
Tips for collaboration between marketing coordinators and technical staff What needs to happen for marketing activities to get the attention and momentum they need…
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Five Takeaways from the 2019 ASCE Legislative Fly-In
More than 250 members of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) convened for the organization’s annual Legislative Fly-In March 12 – 14, 2019. Attendees…
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Expanding Transportation Options Can Improve Quality of Life
Every weekday morning in Seattle, a programmer drives a Car2Go from her neighborhood to a light rail station. In Baltimore, a graphic designer uses a…
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Pick Up Your Bike With Us During Bike Month!
For the past 63 years, May has been officially designated as Bike Month around the nation. We’re not surprised—May has an average high temperature of…
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How Lyft and Uber Affect Transportation Patterns
The United States has some of the worst traffic congestion in the developed world: in 2017, drivers here spent an average of 41 hours stuck…
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The Why, What, and How of Planning for Operations
We’re two planners who have come to realize that being good planners means thinking more like non-planners. What do we mean? Good planning considers the…
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