News All the latest from the Urban Transportation Center Prioritization Framework Proposal Designed to Help IDOT Apply Systematic and Flexible Guidelines to New Transportation Projects One of the key challenges facing states and municipalities is how to prioritize and select future transportation improvement or expansion projects. A new report has proposed a new process designed to provide the… Planning Guidelines Provide Resource to Rank and Measure Future Pedestrian and Cyclist Development Projects The process to determine the feasibility and value of new transportation improvement projects for pedestrians and cyclists can now be more efficient and equitable through recently developed guidelines that will let planners rank… Alumni Profile: Kyle Bardo Online Tool Provides Chicago Planners Way to Measure Accessibility to Jobs, Parks, Schools & Other Destinations Planners and policymakers in the greater Chicago area can now employ a recently-developed digital resource to better evaluate accessibility by four common transportation modes to many types of destinations in the urban environment… New Mode Choice Model Gives Transportation Agencies Tool to Make More Informed Planning Decisions Planners at Chicago area transportation agencies can now employ a state-of-the-art tool to support more accurate forecasting and policy analysis of the way people make decisions on trips from home to various destinations… Intermodal Logistics Centers Can Drive Increase in Industrial Property Values Along High Capacity Trucking Highways The presence of an intermodal logistics center (ILC) can result in higher property values for industrial properties on or near state highway routes or near roads close to interstate highway interchanges. That’s the… Integrated Modeling of High Performance Passenger and Freight Train Operation Planning on Shared Use Rail Corridors: A Focus on the US Context Operating more passenger trains on a shared rail corridor with freight trains can result in fewer delays for travelers, but may lead to higher costs for freight railroads. That’s a key finding of… Value Capture Coordination: Case Studies, Best Practices and Recommendations Capital transportation projects can be funded in part through a process called “value capture” if local governments, transportation authorities and private development companies initiate the concept in the very early planning stages. This… Alumni Profile: Alexandra McNally Planning Transportation to Meet the Needs of an Aging Illinois: An Assessment Communities throughout Illinois will need to make significant revisions to current transportation options, explore more varied housing types and greatly augment health and human services alternatives to meet the day-to-day needs of the… Prev 1 … 3 4 5 6 7 Next
