Summer Meeting Wrap Up PDF Print E-mail
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Friday, 27 June 2008 13:29
The VT ITE Summer Meeting was held on Tuesday the 24th of June in the UVM Davis Center. The meeting covered a variety of topics related to transit starting off with the fiscal reality here in Chittenden County with Chris Cole of CCTA. Chuck Gallagher of VTrans provided a different picture of transit in Vermont by describing the van pool process and the current tasks at hand developing a better, faster responding system that will serve many more Vermonters - especially those without fixed route bus service.

Karen Glitman of the University of Vermont Transportation Research Center (TRC) gave a quick run down of the TRC giving the VT members of ITE an idea on how to get involved in cutting edge research here in Vermont (look for an upcoming article on this). Gopal Patil, a transportation research engineer at the TRC provided an end summary of work that he and others at the TRC are involved with. The last piece of research tries to answer the question, What would inter-city transit service look like in the State of Vermont if we were trying to build a system from scratch today?

Thanks to all our speakers and thanks to our VT ITE members who were able to make it up to Burlington in the rainy weather.

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Last Updated ( Monday, 30 June 2008 14:13 )
 
June 2008 ITE Meeting PDF Print E-mail
 

June 24th - VT ITE Summer Meeting

will be held at the University of Vermont's Davis Center (directions)


Please RSVP before June 19th.
Schedule:
11:45 – 12:15 Registration.
12:15 – 12:30 Lunch will be served. Welcome and Meeting Introduction

12:30 – 1:00
Chris Cole, CCTA
Mr. Chris Cole will be discussing the increasing role transit is playing in Vermont’s transportation system. Chris will provide insight into the future of CCTA and how transportation professionals can further support transit in the State. The financial realities of higher fuel prices have hit home - Chris will update us on the fiscal future of transit.

1:00 – 1:30
Chuck Gallagher, VTrans
Mr. Gallagher is the public transit administrator and will be giving a general public transit update, including any new initiates being moved forward at the State level. Hear a recent interview with Chuck on VPR

Options


1:30 – 2:00
UVM TRC Staff Presentations
The UVM Transportation Research Center Staff will present some of their recent work on transit.

2:00 Closing Comments


Date: Tuesday, June 24th
Time: 12pm – 2:30 pm
Location: Davis Center – University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont
Cost: $20/person (pay at registration)


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April 2008 VT Transportation News PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 22 May 2008 14:34

Access permits for Tube counts

Before you get out there this summer and throw down some tubes -

Any agency, company, or organization needs to submit an application for a highway access permit to conduct any short-term tube counts on State maintained transportation facilities. According to Craig Keller of the VTrans Utilities and Permits division, this permit would be good for one year of data collection.

The organization conducting the tube counts must contact the appropriate District Transportation Office prior to beginning work.

New safety data requests

VTrans has developed new guidelines for how vehicle crash data is included in traffic impact studies. Due to concerns over access to personal information included in some of the crash records it is now necessary for every firm/organization requesting individual crash records to send in a new form to the State DMV.

“[VTrans] is governed by the Driver Privacy Protection Act (DPPA) (18 U.S.C. 2721) regarding driver information that is available. We are adding a new appendix to the guidelines specifying the procedure consultants need to follow to obtain the information.”

Visit the Vermont ITE website for more information on this new process.

TIS Subcommittee

The VT ITE chapter has formed a sub-committee that is working to address certain issues within our permitting framework related to traffic impact studies. Of the many topics that will be discussed, the following highlights the primary issues the group will focus on:

Primary Issues:

* Study intersections: Geographic range and what types of intersections.
* Alternative Analysis hours: Saturday, Sunday, AM.
* Can we set up an accepted methodology for roundabout analysis?
* Definitions of a Major Development: What size, land use, etc., constitutes a major development.
* Analysis for oversaturated conditions.
* Guidelines for micro-simulation use
* Are there appropriate LOS thresholds for urban or built areas than more rural areas.

June meeting topics

The VT ITE is setting up a meeting for June that will highlight public transit efforts around the State. Speakers include Chuck Gallagher from the Vermont Agency of Transportation – Public Transit division and Chris Cole the Executive Director of CCTA.

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