RSG Managing Consultant Jonathan Slason will co-present during the 2024 AMPO Planning Tools & Training Symposium on May 7, 2024.

His presentation, titled “How VisionEval and ActivitySim Complement Each Other to Answer a Variety of Planning Questions,” will discuss how VisionEval and ActivitySim provide similar but unique perspectives for metropolitan planning organizations. The presentation will discuss how both tools have been used in concert to guide and inform agencies' long-range plans. Jonathan will co-present with Guy Rousseau from the Atlanta Regional Commission.

Who? Jonathan Slason, Managing Consultant (RSG)

What? “How VisionEval and ActivitySim Complement Each Other to Answer a Variety of Planning Questions”

Where and When? 2024 AMPO Planning Tools & Training Symposium on Tuesday, May 7 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. ET.

RSG Managing Consultant Kyeongsu Kim will deliver a presentation during the North Carolina Model Users Group (NCMUG) meeting on April 17, 2024.

His presentation, titled “Conducting a Regional Travel Model Update and Regional Long-Range Transportation Plan Update Simultaneously for Better Planning/Modeling Integration,” will discuss RSG's work to update a travel demand model and support a transportation plan update in Anchorage, Alaska. The presentation will explore how integrating traditional and strategic model development with metropolitan transportation planning can enhance flexibility, responsiveness to new planning questions, and sensitivity to compact development by demonstrating early alignment and narrowing scenarios for analysis.

Who? Kyeongsu Kim, Managing Consultant (RSG)

What? “Conducting a Regional Travel Model Update and Regional Long-Range Transportation Plan Update Simultaneously for Better Planning/Modeling Integration”

Where and When? North Carolina Model Users Group on Wednesday, April 17 from 10:15 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. ET.

RSG has joined dozens of other New Hampshire businesses in support of Clean Energy Principles 2024, which shares our vision for a dynamic and more resilient economy grounded in clean and renewable energy.

RSG is committed to applying our unmatched research and analytics skills to shape a successful future. One of the ways we support this work is through the delivery of services that help our clients solve problems. These problems are often global in scale, from the shift to renewable energy sources to strategic transportation planning questions surrounding the electrification of the transportation fleet.

As a New Hampshire corporation, we're proud to support these principles and look forward to the opportunity to continue to deliver solutions that shape a successful future for our clients and communities.

RSG Managing Consultant Abigail Rosenson will moderate the question-and-answer portion of a Transportation Research Board (TRB) webinar, titled “Unveiling the Art of Multimethod Sampling for Travel Surveys.”

The webinar will cover multimethod sampling in travel surveys, focusing on using community outreach, panels, and regional entities for improved population representation. It will explore the initial sample design decisions, data integration from various sources, and the complementary use of probability and nonprobability samples. Participants will learn to assess and apply weighting to multimethod samples and implement best practices from relevant case studies.

This webinar requires pre-registration to attend. Registration is free for employees of TRB sponsors as well as Titanium and Cobalt Global Affiliates, and $100 for all other attendees.

Who? Abigail Rosenson, Managing Consultant (RSG)

What? “Unveiling the Art of Multimethod Sampling for Travel Surveys”

Where and When? TRB webinar on Thursday, April 4 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ET.

RSG Market Leader Jeff Frkonja will deliver a presentation during the Oregon Modeling Statewide Collaborative (OMSC) meeting on April 3, 2024.

His presentation, titled “Trend-based Tools for Allocating Future Land Use in Travel Demand Models,” will provide an overview of historic-trend-based approaches, including past housing unit development by zone as a basis, past land change as a basis, and other options. The OMSC comprises volunteers from state, regional, and local governmental agencies who work to ensure Oregon has the right data, tools, skills, and expertise needed to answer important questions about our transportation systems, land uses, and economy.

Who? Jeff Frkonja, Market Leader (RSG)

What? “Trend-based Tools for Allocating Future Land Use in Travel Demand Models”

Where and When? Oregon Modeling Statewide Collaborative on Wednesday, April 3 from 11:15 a.m. to 11:35 a.m. PT.

RSG Consultant Ali Etezady will present at Michigan State University on Friday, March 8, 2024.

Ali's presentation will describe RSG's work developing an activity-based travel demand model using ActivitySim for the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG). SEMCOG's new activity-based model more accurately captures and represents changing travel patterns and population levels.

Who? Ali Etezady, Consultant (RSG)

What? ActivitySim: An Open-Source Activity-Based Travel Demand Model with an Application in Michigan

Where and When? The Michigan State University campus in East Lansing, Michigan. Ali is presenting on Friday, March 8 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.

RSG is proud to host an exhibit during the American Clean Power (ACP) Siting & Permitting Conference 2024 from March 11 to March 13. Dana Lodico, PE, INCE Bd. Cert. and Eddie Duncan, INCE Bd. Cert. will be on hand to answer questions from attendees about our noise control engineering solutions, particularly in the renewable energy space. Come find us at Table 27 in the exhibit hall!

Since 1986, RSG has partnered with public utilities, environmental groups, independent power producers, and governments to deliver detailed analyses of their energy issues, challenges, and opportunities. We understand the challenges energy innovators face and apply our industry knowledge and advanced analytical techniques to develop future-focused noise control engineering solutions.

ACP Siting & Permitting Conference 2024 is the industry's premier event for addressing substantial barriers across energy storage, solar, and wind and transmission project deployment. This year's conference will convene in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

RSG is thrilled to join members from Geotab ITS during the Geotab Connect conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Thursday, February 15, 2024.

RSG Managing Consultant Kevin Johnson will be sharing insights from work our team members performed using Geotab data. Specifically, the presentation will describe the use of Geotab data to better understand commercial vehicle flows and integrate these into the existing regional travel model to better evaluate and identify infrastructure needs. Kevin will also describe the use of travel models to identify future network deficiencies and select projects to address those deficiencies.

Who? Kevin Johnson, Managing Consultant (RSG)

What? “Building Connected and Evolved Communities”

Where and When? Geotab ITS @ Connect* on Thursday, February 15 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. PT. Kevin is expected to begin presenting at 3:00 p.m. PT. A “fireside chat” will follow Kevin's presentation and allow for questions from the audience and a discussion among panel members.

*Geotab ITS @ Connect is an invite-only session. If you have questions or would like to participate in these sessions, please contact the event organizers.

RSG will deliver a planning presentation during the ITE/IMSA Annual Conference and Exhibition in Bellevue, Washington, on February 13, 2024.

RSG Market Leader Jeff Frkonja and RSG Consultant Teddy Lin will deliver a presentation titled “Localization of the PSRC Regional Model for Pierce County, City of Seatac, and Seatac Airport.” Their presentation will detail RSG's customization of the Puget Sound Regional Council's SoundCast model for Pierce County, the city of SeaTac, and SEA airport. Its focus will be on the adaptation of the model to local needs, challenges/solutions in performing localization work, and the incorporation of an airport ground-access submodel and enhanced land-use scenario analysis.

Who? Jeff Frkonja, Market Leader (RSG) and Teddy Lin, Consultant (RSG)

What? “Multimodal Planning & Regional Connections”

Where and When? Hilton Bellevue in Bellevue, Washington, on Tuesday, February 13 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. PT.

RSG Senior Consultant Isaac Old, INCE Bd. Cert. and Timothy Carson of RWE CleanEnergy, LLC. recently coauthored an article on directional noise-reduced operations (NROs) for wind turbines that was published in WindTech International.

The article, titled “Implementing and Measuring the Effectiveness of Directional Noise-Reduced Operations (NROs),” is based on research our team conducted and presented at the 10th International Conference on Wind Turbine Noise last year. Our team used real-world project measurements to reveal how NROs can be used to diminish sound emissions under varying meteorological conditions and time periods.

To learn more about RSG's noise control engineering work, click here.