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A new playbook is emerging for managing local travel demand

Posted on May 31, 2022

Over time, transportation demand management has shifted from mainly reducing single occupancy commute trips to something more encompassing, a larger shift toward active and shared transportation for all types of trips made by all types of people.

Posted in TDMTagged multimodal, parking, policy, TDM

The amount we drive could make or break clean energy plans

Posted on September 13, 2021

By Chris McCahill There is an important growing consensus around the need for achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The White House, Ford Motor Company, and many state and local governments seem to be …

Posted in Environment, TDM

Pre-pandemic traffic is slowly coming back but with a shifted peak. Are we prepared?

Posted on September 13, 2021

By Saumya Jain Last year saw a major shift from in-person work to teleworking, especially for white-collar workers. Although teleworking did not extend to essential workers—many of whom were seen commuting via public transit—it did …

Posted in TDM

Traffic studies drive housing development to the fringe

Posted on July 13, 2021

By Chris McCahill Traffic impact assessments (TIAs) are commonly used by local governments to ensure that new developments do not cause excessive delay on nearby roads. There is growing cause for concern, however, that these tools have …

Posted in DOTs, Equity, Outcomes, TDMTagged infrastructure, performance measures

Minnesota and California move toward reducing VMT to address climate change

Posted on March 30, 2021

Transportation agencies in California and Minnesota made major advancements, planning for VMT reductions and mitigations as a part of their sustainability and climate change plans.

Posted in DOTs, Environment, TDM

Buffalo has reshaped mixed-use development by eliminating parking requirements

Posted on March 30, 2021

After eliminating its minimum parking requirements in 2017, the city of Buffalo, New York, has seen a notable drop in the growth of new parking, driven mostly by changes in mixed-use developments.

Posted in Outcomes, TDM

Traffic congestion vanished and more people died on the roads

Posted on March 16, 2021

Another deadly impact of COVID: even with fewer cars on the road, traffic deaths increased by 8% to more than 42,000 in total and deaths per mile driven increased by a staggering 24%. The solution is not more congestion, but instead safer streets.

Posted in Safety, TDM

Road pricing reduces induced demand 

Posted on March 16, 2021

A new study confirms that adding capacity to roads generates an exactly proportional increase in vehicle travel. Road pricing curbs this effect.

Posted in Outcomes, TDM

Urban Interstates saw the largest drop in traffic during COVID-19

Posted on March 1, 2021

Traffic dropped 13.2% in 2020, according to preliminary data from FHWA, which marks the lowest number of vehicle miles traveled (VMT) for any year since 2001.

Posted in TDM

Hotels have too much parking

Posted on March 1, 2021

New research suggests that hotels require much less parking than the outdated standard of one stall per room.

Posted in TDM
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