Next-generation hydraulic tools improve understanding of complex interactions between river or coastal environments and transportation assets, enabling better design and more efficient project delivery. The current generation of hydraulic…
EDC-4 Innovation of the Month Integrating National Environmental Policy Act and Permitting
Integration of NEPA and permitting processes enables concurrent, synchronized environmental and permitting reviews that save time and cost for the agencies involved. Several challenges can arise during environmental review and…
Road to Zero Presents Plan to Eliminate Roadway Deaths
Getting to Zero isn’t Impossible, it Just Hasn’t Been Done Yet The Road to Zero Coalition, managed by the National Safety Council, released a comprehensive report laying out strategies to…
Invitation to Participate: Would You Consider a ‘Green Vehicle’ for Your Next Vehicle Purchase?
Help MATS UTC researchers gather information about electric vehicle adoption in Virginia.
Jim’s Journey
Here at the Transportation Training Academy, we spent the last few months thinking about wintry weather. Instructor Tony DeCresie went out around the region to deliver our new Winter…
Speed Management Techniques and Implementation New UVA-TTA Class to Reduce Speed Related Crashes Offered in Charlottesville, Arlington and Midlothian
According to the FHWA, speeding is a factor in almost one-third of all fatal crashes. While much attention is focused on high-speed interstates, nearly half of speed-related fatalities occur…
Road to Zero Safe System Innovation Grants – Open Until end of January, 2018
The Road to Zero Coalition’s 2018 Safe System Innovation Grants cycle is now open until the end of January. Grants will be awarded in the spring. We are eager to…
Transportation Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Workshops
12/05/17 | Roanoke REGISTER HERE 12/12/2017 | Midlothian REGISTER HEREGeographic Information Systems are powerful tools that leverage digital mapping and associated database information to provide location-based analysis, interpretation…
Innovation of the Month: e-Construction and Partnering: A Vision for the Future
The Every Day Counts (EDC) innovation of the month for November is e-Construction and partnering: a vision for the future, which uses paperless technologies to enhance partnering among project…
Community Connections
Performance management approaches for planning, designing and building transportation projects that promote connectivity, revitalize communities and improve public health and safety. Many cities now have elevated, sunken or at-grade…