budget! The proliferation of bike share
in the City of Tacoma’s transportation
and Rural Communities, Connected
systems, ride-sharing, and connected
policies. INVEST released version
Vehicles, and Multimodal Street
or self-driving vehicles are and will
1.1 in January and is being use by
Upgrade Case Studies. If we don’t have
be serving a growing population that
TxDOT for the Harbor Bridge Project
a long-term funding bill by then, look
utilizes multiple modes of mobility.
in Corpus Christi. Be sure to look for
for sessions like “Paying by the Mile”
A tightly packed Toronto session on
Envision and Greenroads booths at
or “How to Address the Challenging
bike share implementation and the
Congress or check out the May issue
Transportation Funding Shortage” to
recently commissioned Chattanooga
of APWA Reporter for more efforts by
help your agency plan for funding your
(pop 170,000) bike system illustrates
the APWA Center for Sustainability on
communities’ transportation needs.
the wide interest in just one of these
transportation-related items.
APWA continues to be the source of the
new uses of the right-of-way. The
most relevant case studies and project
APWA Center for Sustainability has
Speaking of Congress, Phoenix will
examples for these topics and many
compiled best practices for all sectors of
boast a number of great sessions on
more to keep YOU up-to-date. Enjoy
public works, including bicycle master
transportation including Every Day
this July Transportation issue of the
plans, which are becoming a key part
Counts (EDC)-Shareholder Partnering,
Reporter and we’ll see you in Phoenix!
of transportation comprehensive
Transportation Safety for Small Cities
planning for agencies of many sizes. These plans not only provide a longterm strategy for facility construction (as part of congestion mitigation, community health and air quality),
Mrs. Martin goes to Kansas City
but can also help strengthen grant applications for competitive funding sources. Rating systems like INVEST, Envision, Greenroads, and others are also shaping how transportation projects are delivered. The systems create a baseline for sustainable project design and delivery and provide the case studies for progressive design that many agencies need to assess the risk of changing our traditional road projects. APWA’s Transportation Sustainability Subcommittee has been keeping members in tune with these systems (and others) as they develop. Envision awarded a platinum level certification to the LA County DPW for its “first of its kind” Sun Valley
The “Low and Slow Across America’s Infrastructure” Tour, sponsored by APWA and Engineering News-Record, features best-selling author, Dan McNichol, Ph.D., who is driving a 1949 Hudson Commodore 8 (called Mrs. Martin) as a metaphor of the aged condition of infrastructure from Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles to assess the condition of infrastructure projects, visit with public works departments, and find some solutions along the way.
Watershed Multi-Benefit Project which included new trail infrastructure for both cyclists and pedestrians. Greenroads certified 11 transportation projects in 2014 and is now included
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On Thursday, May 28, the Low and Slow touring party visited the streetcar development project in Kansas City, Mo., and then paused at Union Station for a public meet-n-greet. Pictured below is Dan McNichol, Mrs. Martin and members of the APWA staff.
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