August 2011

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Arlington, Virginia: More Evidence That Growth Can Be Green

Sunday, August 28, 2011 5:19 PM

Transportation Demand Management as practiced in Arlington, Virginia, is an integral part of an overall smart growth strategy.  This strategy has allowed Arlington to experience significant resident and employment growth without generating additional traffic congestion. Says Robert Thomson of The Washington Post, “Arlington County residents and their travel habits are shaped by transit and land [...]

by Dwight Martino
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Arlington Transportation Partners: We make Transportation simple!

Sunday, August 28, 2011 4:42 PM

Welcome to Arlington Transportation Partners, Arlington, Virginia’s business-to-business transportation consultants.  We make it easy to offer commuter and transportation benefits to your Arlington County employees, residents, guests, traveling across Arlington County and throughout the metropolitan Washington, DC region.

by MobilityLabTeam
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Return on Investment of TDM

Saturday, August 27, 2011 11:17 PM

Transportation Demand Management (TDM) programs have historically been implemented to address traffic congestion and air pollution caused by vehicle travel or to reduce transportation energy consumption. The TDM community has developed approaches to measure performance or quantify achievements towards these goals. The impacts of a TDM program are often expressed in terms of reductions in vehicle trips, vehicle [...]

by Sonali Soneji
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Transit Tech Hack Day

Friday, August 26, 2011 4:24 PM

Transit Tech Hack Day hosting transit application developers and designers to collaborate on developing tools to help people more effectively use transportation.  Co-sponsored by OpenPlans.org and Greater Greater Washington.  For more information, go to http://mobilitylab.org/transittech/wiki.  You can also register to attend by clicking here.  

by Dwight Martino
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Mobility Lab Luncheon at ACT Conference

Friday, August 26, 2011 4:21 PM

Mobility Lab sponsored General Session Luncheon at ACT International Conference.  Lori Diggins of LDA Consulting will introduce the Return on Investment in TDM wiki collaborative.  For more information, go to http://www.mobilitylab.org/roi/wiki.  

by MobilityLabTeam
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2011 ACT International Conference

Thursday, August 25, 2011 5:43 PM

The 2011 Association for Commuter Transportation (ACT) International Conference.  ACT’s mission is to “support individual mobility management professionals and organizational members in their efforts to reduce traffic congestion, conserve energy and improve air quality.”  For more information, go to http://www.actweb.org.

by MobilityLabTeam
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Lab Project #2: Hosting Transit Techs – collaborating for better applications

Wednesday, August 24, 2011 9:50 PM

Open data seems to be all the rage these days with sources ranging from WMATA to the Federal Government’s Data.gov.  But honestly, who wants to sit down and read data tables?  Clearly the true power of open data comes with strategic applications that showcase the information in useful ways.

by Tom Fairchild
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Lab Project #1: Growing Capital Bikeshare – seeking input from the crowd

Wednesday, August 24, 2011 9:45 PM

Capital Bikeshare’s phenomenal success demands fast growth.  In less than a year, CaBi ridership has increased to nearly 5000 trips per day.  To accommodate future growth, the system will expand its network of stations over the next few months. An immediate goal for CaBi expansion in Arlington is to create a dense network of stations [...]

by Tom Fairchild