Women’s History Month: Pioneering Women Engineers
Pioneering Women Engineers from the 1800s to Today Ada Lovelace Ada Lovelace (1815-1852), daughter to Lord Byron and Lady Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, exhibited a gift... Read
Lois Cooper: First Black Woman Transportation Engineer at Caltrans | Black History Month
Born in Mississippi in 1931, she studied at Tougaloo College, a historically black college, before moving to Los Angeles where her mother resided. In California,... Read
Adding or Expanding Drive-Thru to Your Food Service Operations? Pay Attention to Stacking Requirements
Drive-Thru Stacking Requirements For restaurants exploring the addition of drive-thru operations, it is important to note many municipalities have requirements for stacking spaces in drive-thru... Read
Survey Results Video: How Mobility Strategies Can Improve Office Property Marketability in the Covid Era
Based on the property management white paper we developed from those survey results, this video presents a concise breakdown of how suburban and urban property... Read
Requirements for New Developments in the City of Alexandria: Traffic and Parking Studies, TMP Plans, and Residential Parking Permit Program
Transportation Screening Worksheet for New Projects in Alexandria The first step in the process is straightforward: submitting the Transportation Screening Worksheet. Typically, a signed Screening... Read
How Maintenance of Traffic (MOT) Plans Can Keep Your Project on Schedule
So, what exactly is a Maintenance of Traffic (MOT) plan? The MOT plan, sometimes called a traffic control plan (TCP) or temporary traffic control plan,... Read
Charlotte Future 2040 Comprehensive Plan: Transit, Parking, Affordable Housing + TDM
Developed by the City of Charlotte, the plan states that: “A comprehensive plan is a blueprint for a city’s next phase, a statement on a... Read
Purple Line Updates: Light Rail in Maryland
Purple Line Timeline: A Brief Overview November 2020: What’s Happening with the Purple Line Now? The Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Authority (MDOT MTA)... Read
DDOT Kick Starts Its Update of moveDC – DC’s Long-Range Transportation Plan
moveDC is the District of Columbia’s long-range multimodal transportation plan. It establishes goals, policies, strategies, and metrics for DDOT to invest in all modes of... Read
Traffic Counts, and Development Projects, on the Move Again in Montgomery County, MD
The Planning Department stated that: new traffic counts can be taken after October 1 as long as the County Remains in Phase 2 and 3... Read
How the Charlotte Gateway District Can Benefit from TDM Best Practices
Improving Livability in Charlotte with TOD and TDM Charlotte, North Carolina, is now the fourth-fastest growing city in the United States and the top city... Read
New White Paper by W+A + NKF: Office Transportation During Covid-19
This week, global real estate advisory firm Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) published a white paper in their Thought Leadership Series. The white paper, “Transportation, Office... Read
Is Your Building Ready for More Bikes? Now Is the Time to Plan
In fact, Bloomberg reported in May 2020 that bike sales are surging during the coronavirus pandemic due to a desire for more exercise, stress relief,... Read
Yes DMV, You Can Forecast Traffic Counts for Traffic Impact Studies During COVID-19
In the wake of the COVID-19 shutdown, real estate developers have been asking: can we still collect traffic counts and prepare traffic impact studies for... Read