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• Need Help With Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Survey – Use of Web-based Tools in Transit Agencies For Feedback

  
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  A new study from the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) led by Georgia Institute of Technology is looking at how transit agencies can use web-based tools including online polls and surveys, social media, mobile applications, and crowdsourcing to gather feedback from customers and other stakeholders. The ...
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• Don’t Expect Congestion Pricing In The U.S. Anytime Soon

  
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  By Aaron Crowe Americans have bought into being charged more at peak demand times, with tickets for airlines, baseball games and plays costing more at popular times of the day, and electricity costing more at peak times. But when it comes to driving, they’re not buying it. The simple economic theory of supply ...
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• "I cant stand it" vs. "You drive me crazy": transit expansion without transit planning in DC

  
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  Not sure which song summarizes the depth of my frustration with how we do things in DC... Todays paper has a piece (" Circulator bus service may be expanded in DC ," Post ) that the City Councilmember Mary Cheh (who is chair of the Council Committee that oversees transportation) wants DCs Circulator bus service to ...
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• Cycling through Mysore, India

  
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  Mysore hopes to develop a cycling culture in the city. Photo by Joseph Swaine. This blog post is a part of the Catalyzing New Mobility program, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation . Mysore, a historic city in southern India, is home to  numerous palaces and ancient monuments and is the second largest city ...
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• Retail delivery makes sense from a resource standpoint

  
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  For many many years Ive argued in favor of piloting (its not really "piloting" because it used to be done as a matter of course) shared delivery services so that people wouldnt "have to " drive to the store to bring back their purchase... (1) since maybe 2004, as part of the launch of DC/USA--where Target, Best Buy, ...
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• Job Alert: Transportation Specialist – @U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration

  
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  This position is located in the Office of Transportation Management. You will provide program management and program and technical support to federal field staff on various Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) and Transportation Systems Management and Operations initiatives. You will be responsible for developing ...
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• (The GRID Blogger) Robert Poole: San Francisco Bay Area, California

  
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  A big Global Site Plans welcome to our newest blogger, Robert Poole from the San Francisco Bay Area, California. Robert Poole recently graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Anthropology and a minor in City and Regional Planning. He grew up in San Diego but now resides in Berkeley, where he has become ...
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• The nominee for the US Secretary of Transportation, Anthony Foxx

  
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  Charlottes light rail train (photographer unknown). Charlotte has another advantage over Baltimore with the light rail in that they are using the latest generation vehicles which are much more attractive and sleek compared to the light rail vehicles deployed when Baltimore opened their system. has been selected ...
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• Job(s) Alert: Multiple Openings at Connecticut Department of Transportation

  
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  Current CTDOT employment opportunities are listed below. Please follow the instructions listed on the posting if interested in applying. Many positions require pre-qualification exams, and taking these exams is a great start if you are interested in a position at CTDOT. The post Job(s) Alert: Multiple Openings at ...
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• Job Alert: Transportation Policy Coordinator (11686, Grade J) – Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission

  
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  The Montgomery County Planning Department of the Maryland- National Capital Park and Planning Commission is seeking an experienced supervisor with extensive local government planning experience to lead and manage the day-to-day activities of transportation planning policies. The post Job Alert: Transportation Policy ...
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• Job Alert: Active Transportation Policy Fellow – Safe Routes to School National Partnership @ Greater Washington DC

  
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  The Safe Routes to School National Partnership (National Partnership) is seeking a professional and detail-oriented candidate with experience in bicycle and pedestrian advocacy or policy to join the National Partnership as the Greater Washington DC Active Transportation Fellow. This is a temporary, contract position. ...
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• Sustainable transportation consultant Jeff Tumlin presented in Richmond and DC

  
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  I missed both presentations earlier this week by Jeff Tumlin, one of the nations leading sustainable transportation planners as a consultant at Nelson-Nygaard, and author of Sustainable Transportation Planning: Tools for Creating Vibrant, Healthy, and Resilient Communities . --  ( Review of the book from UCB .) ...
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• Ultimately, WMATA blue line riders have been dissed by the State of Virginia, not WMATA...

  
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  ... because the Silver Line extension was built with no consideration for its impact on the core of the system. I am reminded that "no one" seems to talk about this because of an opinion piece (" Metro kicks Blue Line riders to the curb ") and a letter to the editor (" Blue Line riders facing double jeopardy ") ...
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• Fellowship Alert: Designing Cities Fellowship @ National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO)

  
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  The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), a non-profit association which represents large cities on transportation issues of local and national importance, seeks a recent graduate in the field of city planning, sustainable transportation, architecture, urban design, or public policy for a ...
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• I dream of a cycletrack across Rock Creek Park on Military Road NW

  
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  North of Michigan Avenue there isnt really a good east-west road crossing the entire northern part of the city, other than the combination of Riggs Road-Missouri Avenue-Military Road. Left: 1967 Shell Map of Washington DC.  (It shows proposed routes for intra-city freeways too.) Using Military Road is the the ...
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