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Here is the final report in our four-part series on Vanpools in the Puget Sound Region: Part IV: Recommendations While vanpools are popular, efficient and effective, there are several structural and political limitations that prevent vanpool operators from maximizing their...
Traffic Relief Seattle is the most congested city in America
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Two studies on traffic congestion were released last week and both of them were widely reported by the media. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) released its 2009 Congestion Report, which is the state's annual assessment of travel in...
Traffic Relief ...about ready to publish our final report in our vanpool series. It contains a set of recommendations on how to move the most people for the least cost by expanding regional vanpool programs.
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Yesterday, I posted this blog entry: LaHood to Congress: Debate a gas tax increase It was based on a story from the Ft Worth Star-Telegram on comments DOT Secretary LaHood made in Texas on Monday. Here is what LaHood actually...
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I've noticed WSDOT crews installing metal sign columns along a busy stretch of I-5 between Boeing Field and I-90. They are about every 300 feet and appear on both sides of the freeway. I took some pictures on a recent...
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Launched in 2006, the Center forTransportation researches and analyzes the best practices for relieving traffic congestion by recapturing a vision of a system based on freedom of movement. Key aspects ...
Traffic Relief Obama to Ron Sims: Everything is in your jurisdiction
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On Sunday, the Washington Post reported on the federal government possibly taking over yet another industry, local rail systems. Under the proposal, the U.S. Department of Transportation would do for transit what it does for airlines and Amtrak: set and...
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Currently, the Puget Sound Regional Council's (PSRC) update to its long-range plan, Transportation 2040, estimates vanpools will grow to about 4,300 by 2040. This is great news. But our vanpool research shows with some marketing and operational changes, there could...
Traffic Relief The National Center for Policy Analysis covers our vanpool study.
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There is a strong case for expanding vanpool programs to move the most people for the least cost, according to report...
Traffic Relief Final Vanpool Fact-of-the-Day #31: Vanpools are the safest, cheapest and most cost effective transit mode for connecting commuters with urban employment centers.
Traffic Relief Vanpool Fact-of-the-Day #30: The PSRC estimates that if the Destination 2030 plan were fully implemented it would reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) by about 4.1 percent for a cost of $40-$45 billion. If vanpools were expanded to reach their market potential, they could reduce VMT by up to 9.3 percent for only $2.5 billion.
Traffic Relief Vanpool Fact-of-the-Day #29: In its long-range regional transportation plan Destination 2030, the Puget Sound Regional Council estimates that regional Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) is trending toward 98 million miles per day by 2030. This means vanpools could reduce VMT in the Puget Sound by between 4.2 percent and 9.3 percent.
Traffic Relief Vanpool Fact-of-the-Day #28: Without any onerous government regulations, social engineering or loss of mobility, vanpools could reduce regional Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) by between 4 million to 9 million miles per day by 2030.
Traffic Relief Vanpool Fact-of-the-Day #27: By 2030, vanpools could eliminate 84,752 cars from the roadway, or 4.8 percent of all work related traffic in the Puget Sound region every day.
