Navigating the Journey to Safer Communities

 

Key Findings for the Safe System Approach
March 12, 2024 • 1 minute read
Cover image for ITE Journal, The Journey to Safer Communities issue.

Navigating the Journey to Safer Communities

 

Key Findings for the Safe System Approach
March 12, 2024 • 1 minute read
What are the game-changers in safety that are moving the needle, and what has deterred us from using some of them? In this month’s ITE Journal, check out some stirring key findings from the TRB Safe System roundtable, featuring one of our national safety experts, Meghan Mitman. In collaboration with Rachael Thompson Panik from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Leah Shahum from the Vision Zero Network, see how they weave paradigm-shifting frameworks into day-to-day efforts.

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Navigating Long-Term Transit: Planning in an Uncertain Time

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We’re partnering with the Whatcom Transportation Authority in Bellingham, Washington to plan the long-term future and develop a strategy for restarting transit service, welcoming back riders, and ensuring riders can safely get where they would like to go. See what’s in the works.

VMT Mitigation Through Fees, Banks, and Exchanges

VMT Mitigation Through Fees, Banks, and Exchanges

On September 27, 2013, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 743 into law and started a process intended to fundamentally change transportation impact analysis as part of CEQA compliance. These changes include elimination of auto delay, level of service (LOS), and other similar measures of vehicular capacity or traffic congestion as a basis for determining significant impacts. Instead, transportation impacts will be determined based on changes to vehicle miles of travel (VMT).