Open and participatory planning process is built into planning for the Capital Bikeshare system in Arlington, Virginia, with meetings and communication with civic associations and individual residents about individual sites.
BikeArlington, the Arlington County Department of Environmental Services, and Capital Bikeshare recently developed a brief document, Building Bikeshare Together, which outlines this process step by step.
Open and participatory planning process is built into planning for the Capital Bikeshare system in Arlington, Virginia, with meetings and communication with civic associations and individual residents about individual sites.
BikeArlington, the Arlington County Department of Environmental Services, and Capital Bikeshare recently developed a brief document, Building Bikeshare Together, which outlines this process step by step.
Smart Fares: What if we sold transit fares like cell phone minutes?Mobility Lab
If we think of a transit trip like we do a cell-phone minute (or megabyte) we start to realize that there are many ways to package our usage. While cell-phone plans have many flavors that pertain to many different types of users, public-transit fares tend to come in variations of just two flavors: single ride or unlimited. But electronic-payment infrastructure such as Smart Cards can allow market segmentation that wasn’t possible with cash, token, or paper fare media.
Creating Better Places with Transportation Demand Management (TDM)Mobility Lab
A “transit premium” can increase property values by anywhere between a few percentage points up to more than 150 percent.
TDM focuses on shifting travelers away from single occupancy-vehicle modes like biking, walking, bus, and rail. In many cases, however, TDM solutions and programs may address only a single alternative mode, or ignore the increasing diversity in how people – particularly younger generations – are traveling.
There is strong evidence of this narrow focus occurring frequently. Residential buildings may tout their WalkScore as a measure of pedestrian-friendliness. Or a commercial building may earn a Bicycle Friendly Business’ designation from the League of American Bicyclists. While these tools and designations are certainly valuable, sustainable buildings should have an an equitable distribution of transportation options and opportunities.
Most property owners and managers (and the business leaders who operate within them) can find ways to better promote and encourage a range of multi-modal options.
My contribution to helping them do so is the Multi-Modal Transportation Score (or what I like to call ModeScore for short). It measures the total accessibility of a given building, taking into account all possible sustainable transportation modes. My overarching goal is that building users will create and embrace programs to encourage and increase alternative travel.
Building a Standard for Open Bikeshare DataMobility Lab
Should the bikeshare industry adopt an open data standard? As bikesharing spreads to more cities, having a common method for accessing and analyzing data will become more important.
Which Attributes Make a Community Successful?Mobility Lab
A presentation by Sophie Mintier and her colleagues from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments at Mobility Lab in Arlington on February 27, 2014. This looks at the Arlington examples of Rosslyn, Shirlington, and Columbia Pike.
Capital Bikeshare’s First Mile:Last-Mile RidershipMobility Lab
In Capital Bikeshare’s 2013 customer survey, the local government regional partnership that created the service asked who made trips to and from Metro. It turns out that 54 percent of our customers do.
So how far do Capital Bikeshare customers ride to get to and from Metro and their home? Well, we had some interesting findings which include a “hot zone” of bikeshare activity surrounding Metro stations.
Integrating Community Development and Transportation StrategiesMobility Lab
Arlington’s strategies have yielded substantial economic, transportation, and environmental benefits - allowing continued growth with less reliance on auto trips, and more use of transit and other travel options. It isn’t just one policy but many that contribute to enhanced performance
Real-time Ridesharing presentation by Peggy Tadej (Northern Va Regional Commission) at the Intelligent Transportation Society of Virginia Tech Session (Mobility Lab 12/4/2012)
Justin Schor, a senior TDM specialist at Wells + Associates, presents the different scenarios and plans that building developers and others can get towards points for LEED certification, focusing on the significant amount they can easily achieve through transportation planning and adjustments.
The goal of the ACCS 2011 WalkArlington Study was gauge awareness and satisfaction with the program, understand the impact of the program on walking behavior and investigate the potential for new services.
Existing Vanpool Universe - by Holly Morello - Potomac and Rappahannock Trans...Mobility Lab
Vanpool Boot Camp: Marching Orders - November 7, 2011 - Part 2
What’s going on in the world of vanpool research? Best practices around the country and MWCOG Vanpool Survey
Smart Fares: What if we sold transit fares like cell phone minutes?Mobility Lab
If we think of a transit trip like we do a cell-phone minute (or megabyte) we start to realize that there are many ways to package our usage. While cell-phone plans have many flavors that pertain to many different types of users, public-transit fares tend to come in variations of just two flavors: single ride or unlimited. But electronic-payment infrastructure such as Smart Cards can allow market segmentation that wasn’t possible with cash, token, or paper fare media.
Creating Better Places with Transportation Demand Management (TDM)Mobility Lab
A “transit premium” can increase property values by anywhere between a few percentage points up to more than 150 percent.
TDM focuses on shifting travelers away from single occupancy-vehicle modes like biking, walking, bus, and rail. In many cases, however, TDM solutions and programs may address only a single alternative mode, or ignore the increasing diversity in how people – particularly younger generations – are traveling.
There is strong evidence of this narrow focus occurring frequently. Residential buildings may tout their WalkScore as a measure of pedestrian-friendliness. Or a commercial building may earn a Bicycle Friendly Business’ designation from the League of American Bicyclists. While these tools and designations are certainly valuable, sustainable buildings should have an an equitable distribution of transportation options and opportunities.
Most property owners and managers (and the business leaders who operate within them) can find ways to better promote and encourage a range of multi-modal options.
My contribution to helping them do so is the Multi-Modal Transportation Score (or what I like to call ModeScore for short). It measures the total accessibility of a given building, taking into account all possible sustainable transportation modes. My overarching goal is that building users will create and embrace programs to encourage and increase alternative travel.
Building a Standard for Open Bikeshare DataMobility Lab
Should the bikeshare industry adopt an open data standard? As bikesharing spreads to more cities, having a common method for accessing and analyzing data will become more important.
Which Attributes Make a Community Successful?Mobility Lab
A presentation by Sophie Mintier and her colleagues from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments at Mobility Lab in Arlington on February 27, 2014. This looks at the Arlington examples of Rosslyn, Shirlington, and Columbia Pike.
Capital Bikeshare’s First Mile:Last-Mile RidershipMobility Lab
In Capital Bikeshare’s 2013 customer survey, the local government regional partnership that created the service asked who made trips to and from Metro. It turns out that 54 percent of our customers do.
So how far do Capital Bikeshare customers ride to get to and from Metro and their home? Well, we had some interesting findings which include a “hot zone” of bikeshare activity surrounding Metro stations.
Integrating Community Development and Transportation StrategiesMobility Lab
Arlington’s strategies have yielded substantial economic, transportation, and environmental benefits - allowing continued growth with less reliance on auto trips, and more use of transit and other travel options. It isn’t just one policy but many that contribute to enhanced performance
Real-time Ridesharing presentation by Peggy Tadej (Northern Va Regional Commission) at the Intelligent Transportation Society of Virginia Tech Session (Mobility Lab 12/4/2012)
Justin Schor, a senior TDM specialist at Wells + Associates, presents the different scenarios and plans that building developers and others can get towards points for LEED certification, focusing on the significant amount they can easily achieve through transportation planning and adjustments.
The goal of the ACCS 2011 WalkArlington Study was gauge awareness and satisfaction with the program, understand the impact of the program on walking behavior and investigate the potential for new services.
Existing Vanpool Universe - by Holly Morello - Potomac and Rappahannock Trans...Mobility Lab
Vanpool Boot Camp: Marching Orders - November 7, 2011 - Part 2
What’s going on in the world of vanpool research? Best practices around the country and MWCOG Vanpool Survey
Parking Issues – Garages and Street-side - Formulation: Part 3 - by Rich Damp...
VDOT Winter Weather Preparations
1. VDOT Preparations for Winter 2012 - 2013
December 4, 2012
Perry Cogburn
VDOT Operations and Security Division
2. Declared Winter Weather Disasters
Year
Year Event
Event Y
e
a
1993
1993 Blizzard
Blizzard r
1994
1994 Ice Storm Ice Storm
February
1994
1994 March Ice Storm
Ice Storm
1996 Blizzard
1995 Central VA Floods
1999 December Ice Storm
1996 Blizzard
2000 Blizzard
1996 Spring Flood
2001 President’s Day Storm E
1996 Hurricane Fran v
2009
1999
December Snowstorm
Hurricane Dennis e
2010 February Snowstorm n
1999 Hurricane Floyd t
1999 Ice Storm
2000 Blizzard
2001 Southwest Flooding 2002
2001 9/11/2001 (Pentagon)
2
B
r
14. Latest Innovation
The snowplow-tracker map is at
http://novasnowplowing.virginia.gov/.
A video on how to use the website is available
on VDOT’s YouTube site at
http://youtu.be/HMRaItZLgyo.
More information on the specific tools VDOT will
be using in northern Virginia is at
http://www.virginiadot.org/newsroom/northern
_virginia/2012/vdot_has_new_tools61771.asp.
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18. Weather Forecasting
Agency has had a weather forecasting contract for
past 4 years
Meridian Environmental out of North Dakota has been
providing the service
Specialize in winter weather forecasting
Provide an updated weather forecast every 3 hours on
their website, more often during an event
Participate in agency teleconferences dealing with
inclement weather
Snow budget for FY10 was $94 million and we spent $267 million
Anti-icing - Pre-treating routes before the storm hits RWIS – Close to 80 locations around the state where we can get pavement temperatures and real time road conditions DO – Each district and CO has an individual available to make operational decisions during incidents and emergencies 511 – Information available to the public on road conditions, incidents, construction and travel times CSC – Located in Salem open 24/7 to receive customer inquires and requests for assistance TOCs – 5 located around the state to monitor traffic and report incidents. Act as EOC during emergencies Meridian – Roadway specific forecasts year round. Participate in conference calls. Command Center – CO location for executives and EOC staff to coordinate emergency activities. Liaison – VDOT staff person located that the SEOC. Participates in VDEM weather calls with local jurisdictions. Conference calls – Include VDEM and VSP on calls, VDEM conference calls
~ $12 million being used for anti-icing
Forecast is extremely important. Key information are Start and Stop times, Amount, Wind impacts, Type of snow and Pavement temperatures