Nelson\Nygaard’s Big Reveal for University Circle: Your mission is not parking
Cleveland, OH – October 29, 2014 – By now, you’ve probably heard that University Circle is doing a transportation study. Formally, it’s called the Moving Greater University Circle Transportation & Mobility Study. But, what is it? And how exactly could it help make University Circle a more inviting place to walk, bike, take transit, or drive? …
Ohio’s Transit Needs Investigation Comes to CLE
Cleveland, OH – October 22, 2014 – In 2013, The Ohio Legislature was asked to consider if its $7 million contribution to keep 61 transit systems and 115 million bus and train rides going every year was fair? The House asked ODOT to look at doing more. San Francisco firm Nelson\Nygaard was brought in to study how and …
Exposing the deep-seated bias in transportation decision making
Washington, DC – October 16, 2014 – Transportation engineers think of themselves as detached and data driven. But bias is built in to many of the profession’s key metrics, write Eric Dumbaugh, Jeffrey Tumlin, and Wesley Marshall in an excellent report recently published by the Institute for Transportation Engineers Journal. You can trace this bias all the way …
After pedestrian deaths, Mountain View asks residents to suggest traffic fixes
Mountain View – October 14, 2014 – Mountain View is asking residents to propose improvements at major intersections after at least a half-dozen pedestrian fatalities since 2011 prompted widespread community calls for change…. Addressing a dangerous pedestrian crossing at Shoreline Boulevard and California Street is one community demand. Reducing the number of vehicle lanes on …
Bike Advocates Review Pittsburgh Region’s Ability to Deal with Hills, Bridges
Pittsburgh, PA – September 9, 2014 – Pittsburgh’s hills, valleys and rivers make for a beautiful landscape. They also make it a challenge when designing infrastructure and planning transportation, especially bicycling. … Dru van Hengel, a transportation professional from Portland, OR, arrived Monday in Pittsburgh with the riders from Washington. She experienced some of the …
Cyclists Pedal to Pittsburgh for Convention
Pittsburgh, PA – September 8, 2014 – Bikers from Nelson Nygaard, a transportation planning firm in San Francisco, covered the entire 310 miles from Washington. Zabe Bent says she pedals about 50 urban miles every week out west, but, “This was about that much per day. So it felt pretty good to really get out …