Last year, SSTI and partner Smart Growth America published “The Innovative DOT: A Handbook of Policy and Practice,” covering more than 30 topic areas. We are now preparing the second edition of the handbook, and we need …
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New TRB guidebook for sustainability measures released
The Transportation Research Board, in partnership with the Texas Transportation Institute, has released the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 708: A Guidebook for Sustainability Performance Measurement for Transportation Agencies that will help transportation …
New direction for the Highway Capacity Manual: Include active traffic management and a multimodal approach
The latest edition of the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) updates how engineers and planners assess the traffic and environmental effects of highway projects. According to TRB: • It is the first HCM to provide an …
Shining a light: New York City’s new zoning handbook
In releasing a new zoning handbook, New York City’s Planning Commissioner, Amanda Burden, extolled its virtues: “Zoning is the language of the city, it is a three-dimensional blueprint for what any area of the city …