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Getting EV Ready Through Local Development Codes
How can local agencies create an environment that’s ready for electric vehicles (EVs) through development codes and policies?
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Don’t Take No For an Answer: A Tribute to the Life and Career of Lois Cooper
In celebration of #BlackHistoryMonth, we invite you to read the story of Lois Cooper, whose remarkable career at Caltrans and investment in the lives of hundreds of students changed the the career trajectories of many who followed in her path.
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Quantifying the Benefits of Quick Build
How have quick build installations impacted travel patterns, shopping and dining habits, and safety for communities? A report analyzes the impact of quick build projects implemented in Massachusetts in 2020 and 2021.
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6 Takeaways From the 2022 TRB Annual Meeting
The 2022 TRB Annual Meeting took place January 9-13. Read on for a summary of the event and the themes that stuck out to us as the transportation profession enters 2022.
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Linking Communities Through Active Transportation Infrastructure: An Equity-Focused Quest to Identify a New River Crossing
Honoring the culture and history of Willamette Falls was essential to identifying the best alignment location for a new bicycle and pedestrian crossing between West Linn and Oregon City.
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White Paper: How to Plan an AV Pilot
Read about the benefits of AV pilot programs, what we can learn from previous deployments, and how to write a successful AV pilot grant.
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Getting Back in the Saddle: Lessons from a Horse-Powered Past for Transportation Planning Today
The history of urban horses holds valuable information for planners and engineers in the present. Understanding a community’s horse-powered past can reveal a footprint designed for the very low-speed, complete street environment we work so hard to create today.
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What to Expect at TRB 2022
After a noteworthy year in which the world’s largest transportation research conference was moved online, the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting will be back to its…
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VDOT’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Treatments Website: A Practitioner’s Guide to Design Treatments That Support Safer Walking and Biking
At what types of intersections are bike boxes most appropriate? How much do separated bicycle lanes typically cost? The answers these questions can be found on Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT)’s new Bicycle and Pedestrian Treatments website.
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The Infrastructure Bill Passes: How Will the Money Get into Transportation Agencies’ Hands?
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act was passed by the House of Representatives on November 5, 2021. What does this mean for state and local agencies?
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10 Tips for Writing Reports That People Read
Project reports contain a wealth of information-the culmination of months or years of technical analysis, community engagement, and hard work. But if the document is difficult to digest, the impact of that work is limited.
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Signal Coordination: Are We Really Coordinating For All Users?
Under certain roadway and traffic conditions, signal coordination can be effective in reducing delays for drivers. However, it also has limitations, and its impact on pedestrians, bicycles, and transit is not often recognized.
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Increasing Our Capacity for Empathy
We bring our experiences into our work. Associate Planner Conor Semler writes about why it’s important for transportation engineers and planners to develop empathy for experiences different from our own.
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The Road to Resiliency: How Forward-Thinking Agencies Are Building Transportation Systems That Last
How are transportation professionals thinking about resiliency today? What do we need to be resilient against? We asked three forward-thinking clients.
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Best Practices for Rural Transit Planning
In this article, we cover best practices for rural transit planners, applications of the ODOT Transit Development Plan Guidebook, and what rural transit planning might look like in the future.
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A Day in the Life: A Look Into Publications, Graphic Design, and Content Writing at Kittelson
We talked to Michael Tumlin (Graphics Designer), Jennifer Marks (Publications Coordinator/Technical Editor), and Britt Zebleckes (Content Writer) to find out what a day in their life looks like.
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Charlotte’s Thoughtful Approach to Transit Oriented Development Planning, and Why It Works
Read about the City’s holistic and community-based approach to transit planning that has led to flourishing neighborhoods around transit corridors.
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Managing E-Bikes on Multi-Use Paths
Should e-bikes be allowed everywhere bicycles can go? Responses are divided, and not just at the personal opinion level-regulations also differ state by state.
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Finding the Genius Loci of Transportation: How Landscape Architecture Leverages Infrastructure to Create Place
Like painters, landscape architects must consider how color, line, form, texture, and visual weight guide a person through a three-dimensional, living space.
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Using Connected Vehicle Data to Track the Performance of Orlando’s Traffic Signals
Instead of using Bluetooth readers that pick up cars as they go by, why don’t we go straight to the source and get data from connected vehicles themselves?
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Assessing the Transportation Needs of a “Zoom Town”
What San Joaquin Council of Governments Learned Through Their Transportation Innovation Study
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