Economic benefits of smart growth & transportation choices

Posted by Joanna on Jul 13th, 2009

Nearly 1/3 of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the US come from transportaton sector, making it the nation’s largest end-use source of emissions .  Transportation GHG emissions are a result of 3 drivers - vehicle fuel efficiency, fuel emissions & how much people drive, as measured in vehicle miles traveled (VMT).  In June, the Center for Clean Air Policy published their analyses of reducing GHG emissions through smart growth, transportation choices and transportation pricing.  They estimate that comprehensive application of best practices could reduce VMT per capita by 10% in a dozen years.  Click here for the full report.

 

 

 

 

 

Engineering for Pedestrians

Posted by Joanna on Jul 9th, 2009

It’s not just for motorized, vehicular traffic anymore.  What a great concept…pedestrian modeling.

Transportation Vision for Lebanon

Posted by Joanna on May 10th, 2009

Transportation Vision for My City

By Frank Gould

 

There is a fair city named Lebanon

whose by-ways have long known congestion

let’s make positive change

across the whole range

from bike-ped to car to ten ton. Continue Reading »

Lebanon Master Plan Meetings

Posted by Joanna on May 6th, 2009

Every Tuesday evening from 6:30 to 8:30 pm Lebanon High School becomes a hub of planning activity.  Ten committees have been meeting for the past 5 weeks to discuss their respective master plan chapters.  Committees have been given the task of reviewing the vision for their chapter and making sure it reflects public forum and survey results.    One non-resident may serve on each committee. I’m representing Dartmouth on transportation committee.  It’s fascinating….

Hanover Bus Stop Study presented to Town Officials

Posted by Joanna on May 5th, 2009

Carolyn Radish of ORW and Lucy Gibson of Smart Mobility  presented the draft bus stop study to the Hanover Selectboard and Planning Board at their respective meetings this week.  It was very well received by both boards.  There seemed to be real enthusiasm to move on to implementation.  Continue Reading »

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