Taking Pride in the Obvious, the Simple, the Strange Sometimes I wonder where I’d be without all the mentors who have so graciously devoted both time and wisdom toward the development of my traffic engineering expertise. And if I think too long about this, I start to...
But it’s Community Vision that Determines What Happens Next Some communities have a fine-tuned process when considering proposed developments. Some communities, enamored with new development, ask few questions. Most communities fall somewhere between. Reputable...
Traffic Engineering Wizardry from 1972 The roundabout pictured above is referred to as the “Magic Roundabout.” It is located in Swindon, England (from Oxford, just drive southwest on the wrong side of the road for approximately 50 km). This magic roundabout actually...
I hesitate to assume what Einstein’s reaction would be, but I think he’d agree when I said, “Where you have a lot of cars, you have a lot of traffic.” Now when I first publicized this observation, colleagues scoffed, but not Einstein (at least not to my face). You see...
Many communities are experiencing unusual growth along with the associated traffic problems. After solving traffic problems for over 20 years, we have a pretty good idea of what is effective and what isn’t when it comes to mitigating (or preventing) traffic...
A traffic impact analysis goes by many names — some of which I feel uncomfortable repeating here. In general however, its purpose is to simply answer the question, “How much traffic will a proposed development generate and what can be done to mitigate unacceptable...
