Yes! Improve Campus Transportation Without More Concrete
It‘s always a bit of a thrill to see the major media – in this case, a recent New York Times article on transportation on university... Read
Wells + Associates Expands University Services with BreakShuttle Acquisition from BRIDJ
BreakShuttle Is the Largest Provider of College Break Transit Services in the United States (Tysons, VA – August 1, 2017) – Wells + Associates (W+A),... Read
Tulane University Transportation: A Streetcar Fueled by TDM?
At the beginning of the famous play and film, A Streetcar Named Desire, the fictional Blanche DuBois arrives in New Orleans with instructions to take... Read
Transportation Punch List: Healthcare in Renovated Retail Spaces
At a time of struggling brick and mortar retail centers, medical facilities see an opportunity: Hospital and healthcare systems are increasingly expanding their services into... Read
Integrating Transit Into Our Lives: What Would the Romans Do?
Recently, a new transit map of Ancient Rome came to light. Check out University of Chicago student Alexandr Trubetskoy’s ridiculously awesome transit map of Ancient... Read
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
Back to the Stone Age: W+A’s “New” Flintstone Transportation Solution
If the All-Knowing Judges of the Big Green Commute have any sense of justice, then they’re gonna have to give our “self-propelled” participants triple points... Read
Carpooling Middle-Earth Style: Radagast’s Retooled Rabbit Sled
Behold, our modern commuting options: Arterial, collector, and local roads; transit routes; bike and pedestrian lanes. But is there more? Sure: Forest Travel. Routes through... Read
Watch Out Wizarding World: W+A Joins the Floo Transportation Network
Successfully managing regulated substances? It’s not usually in our area of expertise. Yet when it comes to handling regulated situations in the transportation sector, sure,... Read
W+A’s Latest Rideshare Technology: Straight from Star Wars’ Galactic Empire
“Watch out kid, this thing handles like a drunken bantha.” -Han Solo, to Luke Skywalker while piloting an AT-AT Fortunately, AT-AT transportation technology has advanced... Read
Beam Us Up Scotty: New Transporter Room at W+A
Wells + Associates strives to find new ways for commuters and residents to get to and from work. It’s all about more transportation choices for... Read
Celebrating National Jelly Bean Day with our Great Clients
National Jelly Bean Day is Saturday, April 22. Why does a transportation consultant care? There are a few good reasons: Like any transportation project worth it’s... 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