• Transportation and the Environment
• Transportation and Energy and,
• Vital Communities

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June 24th - VT ITE Summer Meeting

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

Please RSVP before June 19th.

or to Jenny at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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

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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

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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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