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July 2019
Transportation project prioritization: Hear from Virginia and Hawaii
State DOTS are moving toward more transparent, data-driven, and multimodal project prioritization and SSTI invites agency leaders to join the effort. Virginia’s Smart Scale, effective since 2014, prioritizes transportation investments based on six key criteria and a transparent but evolving scoring process. Its goal, according to the agency, is picking the right transportation projects and ensuring the best use of limited tax dollars. The Hawaii DOT more recently piloted its SmartTRAC program and is now learning from that experience to formalize a similar program. SSTI will be reviewing these programs and others over the next year and will be recruiting advisors from interested DOTs and MPOs to ensure this work helps advance their own programs.
Find out more »February 2020
Webinar: Parking reform for 21st century communities: getting more out of public space
This webinar will explore how the reform of parking regulations can enhance our communities. A modern approach to parking policies, especially when integrated with form-based zoning standards, is helping cities create more walkable development and cut traffic, improve the public realm and housing affordability, and increase transportation equity.
Find out more »March 2022
Cutting transportation emissions: Lessons from California and Colorado
In partnership with Smart Growth America, SSTI is excited to invite you to an upcoming webinar featuring Eric Sundquist, Sustainability Advisor at Caltrans, and Rebecca White, the Director of Colorado DOT's Division of Transportation Development, to learn how state DOTs across the country are exploring ways to cut transportation emissions—partly by investing in transportation solutions that let people drive less. Caltrans is working through new policies and procedures to mitigate new vehicle travel caused by highway investments, in accordance with SB 743. In Colorado, CDOT is gearing up to meet the requirements of a new state rule requiring the agency to meet specific greenhouse gas targets.
Find out more »April 2022
Cutting transportation emissions: How Minnesota DOT and SSTI are tackling the challenge
Communities across the country are asking more of state agencies in meeting ambitious climate goals, such as in Minnesota where an advisory council charged MnDOT with helping cut vehicle travel by as much as one-fifth…
Find out more »May 2022
Managing travel demand through development rules
As cities become more interested in limiting car traffic and supporting walking, biking and public transit, some are beginning to look at how land use policies, and specifically the development review process can move them…
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