Infographic: The Appeal of Transit-Oriented Retail Development
The trend toward transit oriented development is clear. And of course, retail development is a big part of TOD. Developers and retail operators are attracted... Read
Are Autonomous Vehicles Coming to Northern Virginia Roads?
It’s easy for most of us to think of the autonomous vehicle (AV) trend as something in the distant future, or as an esoteric idea... Read
Zen and the Art of Traffic Signal Design
By Christopher Turnbull and Salah Salem At Wells + Associates, our Traffic Design team has managed thousands of traffic signal designs and modifications – in... Read
High Schoolers Consider Real-World Transportation Engineering Problems with the W+A Team
Last year we reported about our involvement in encouraging STEM education at a local high school in the Washington, DC area. For a number of... Read
It’s Engineers Week – Time to Hug a Traffic Engineer!
The days of the slow, meandering Sunday Drive are long gone. Instead, people want to get “there” faster and easier than ever before. Traffic engineers... Read
W+A Team Members Volunteer to Help Hungry Kids in Northern Virginia
A number of our Wells + Associates team members gathered in late January to participate in Helping Hungry Kids (HHK) of Northern Virginia’s monthly food... Read
Can a Major Roundabout in Tysons Improve Traffic and Livability?
What are the top transportation concerns as the suburban edge city of Tysons, Virginia turns itself into a more urban area? Here are two: Making... Read
The First TDM Plan in Greater Philadelphia
How can you improve transportation related to a large, suburban office park without building bigger parking lots and expanding the road system? By embracing Transportation... Read
W+A Encourages STEM Education and Careers
“The future of the economy is in STEM,” stated James Brown, executive director of the STEM Education Coalition. “That’s where the jobs of tomorrow will... Read
Wells + Associates Does the Mannequin Challenge!
Wells + Associates loves a challenge! In the spring of 2016 it was the Big Green Commute in support of sustainable transportation. Now, on the eve of Thanksgiving... Read
A New Transportation Mindset for a New Kind of Suburb: Mosaic
Earlier this week, the Washington Post’s Dr Gridlock published an article about the evolution of transportation lifestyles in the new, more urbanized suburbs. His focus:... Read
How Transportation Choices and TDM Help Earn LEED Certification
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is the leading sustainability standard for green building certification and has been developed by the non-profit U.S. Green... Read
Rethinking DC Metrorail: Walking, Biking, and Burning Calories
The DC Metrorail system seems to offer more headaches than solutions for commuters these days. The SafeTrack rebuild is disruptive and other problems seem never-ending.... Read
Transportation Choices in Tysons: More Bike Facilities Are Coming Online
The heart of Tysons, Virginia is located two miles from the Washington and Old Dominion (W&OD) Trail, one of the longest bike trails on the... Read
Bikeshare Begins in Tysons: An Edge City Continues Its Urbanization
Bicycle riding was not a transportation planning priority in major cities like Washington, DC in, say, the 1970s. It was even less de rigueur to ride... Read