Events
10.16.2014
2014 Indiana MPO Conference
RSG Senior Consultant, Vince Bernardin, will present at the 2014 Indiana MPO Conference in downtown Columbus, Indiana. The presentation titled “New Modeling Data, Techniques and Capabilities in MACOG, MCCOG, and Beyond” will review recent work for the Michiana Area Council of Governments (MACOG) and Madison County Council of Governments (MCCOG) in the context of new exciting developments in the field of travel data and modeling.
INCE’s NoiseCon 2014
RSG Senior Director, Ken Kaliski, will present at NoiseCon 2014 – The Institute of Noise Control Engineering’s annual conference – on September 9th in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The presentation titled “The Massachusetts Research Study on Wind Turbine Acoustics – Methods, Goals and Preliminary Findings” will outline the methodologies and preliminary results of a study that RSG is working on with the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection to provide a quantitative basis for testing and evaluating pre-construction and post-construction wind turbine noise.
07.23.2014
TRB Tools of the Trade Conference
RSG consultants will lead five sessions and one workshop at the 14th National TRB ‘Tools of the Trade Conference’ in Burlington, VT from July 21-23. The conference is designed to share knowledge on factors affecting the planning, development, programming, and implementation of multi-modal transportation facilities for small and medium-sized communities. RSG is a gold sponsor of the conference.
Ohio Planning Conference
RSG Senior Director, Bob Chamberlin, will speak at the Ohio Planning Conference on July 15th. He will speak in the session titled, “What Do We Plan When We Plan for Climate Variability and Transportation Sustainability.” The conference, held in Columbus, is focused on emerging trends and new tools for effective transportation planning across Ohio.
Advanced Research Techniques Forum
Jeff Dumont and Jeff Keller presented posters at the American Marketing Association’s 25th Annual Advanced Research Techniques (ART) Forum in Santa Fe, NM this week. Jeff Keller’s poster focuses on RSGHB (RSG’s modeling package for R) and Jeff Dumont’s explains why individual level models are not better than sample-level models.
ITE Webinar
RSG Senior Consultant, Steve Gayle, will lead an ITE webinar titled “Traffic Engineering Fundamentals. Module 8: Social, Environmental, and Institutional Issues”. The webinar series is offered periodically by ITE to teach the basics of traffic engineering. This module, considered the “planning” element, covers a variety of topics that may affect the work of an engineer designing a project. These topics range from the Americans with Disabilities Act, to local land use law, to air quality conformity and climate change.
FHWA “Talking Frieght” Webinar
RSG Senior Director, Peter Plumeau, will present “Complete Streets and Goods Movement: Options and Considerations” at an FHWA “Talking Freight” webinar on May 21st. Peter's talk will examine how complete streets approaches and projects have addressed goods movement needs and whether there are opportunities for more fully integrating these needs into complete streets.
The concept of “complete streets” is becoming an important part of planning and design in urban and community planning across the country. Projects to design and re-engineer our streets to accommodate all users in a more safe and equitable manner have been pursued in large and small cities, with tangible benefits for pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, and community quality of life in many locations. However, it is uncommon to find goods movement mobility highlighted as a consideration in complete streets planning and implementation.
FHWA "Talking Frieght" Webinar
RSG Senior Director, Peter Plumeau, will present “Complete Streets and Goods Movement: Options and Considerations” at an FHWA “Talking Freight” webinar on May 21st. Peter's talk will examine how complete streets approaches and projects have addressed goods movement needs and whether there are opportunities for more fully integrating these needs into complete streets.
The concept of “complete streets” is becoming an important part of planning and design in urban and community planning across the country. Projects to design and re-engineer our streets to accommodate all users in a more safe and equitable manner have been pursued in large and small cities, with tangible benefits for pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, and community quality of life in many locations. However, it is uncommon to find goods movement mobility highlighted as a consideration in complete streets planning and implementation.
05.21.2014
The Future of Consumer Intelligence Conference
RSG Senior Director, Nelson Whipple, will be attending The Future of Consumer Intelligence conference in Universal City. The conference is titled “The Convergence of Technology, Social & Marketing Sciences, and the Humanization of Data”. Focused on the future consumer and the future researcher, the conference has three tracks: The Convergence of Insights and Intelligence, Big Data & Analytics, and Strategy & Action Planning.
ITE Northeastern District Meeting
RSG Senior Consultant, Steve Gayle, will present “Implementing Performance-based Planning and Programming as MAP-21 Rolls Out” at the ITE Northeastern District Meeting. MAP-21, the federal surface transportation law passed in 2012, requires states and MPOs to measure outcomes of federal transportation investments. Steve’s presentation will cover the performance measurement of seven national goals which will be used to measure these investment outcomes.
Tennessee Annual MPO Conference
RSG Senior Consultant, Vince Bernardin, will present “Tennessee Statewide Travel Demand Model Update” at the Tennessee Annual MPO Conference on May 15th. The presentation will provide a summary of the on-going work that RSG and RPM Transportation Consultants are doing to update TDOT’s statewide travel model. The presentation is a piece of the Long Range Plan update including major project planning and TDOT’s on-going planning efforts.
American Wind Energy Association Annual Conference
RSG Senior Director, Ken Kaliski, will present at Windpower 2014 – The American Wind Energy Association annual conference on May 6th in Las Vegas. The presentation titled “The Massachusetts Research Study on Wind Turbine Acoustics – Methods and Goals” will outline the methodologies and preliminary results of a study that RSG is working on with the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection to provide a quantitative basis for testing and evaluating pre-construction and post-construction wind turbine noise.
APA National Conference
RSG Project Planner, Grace Wu, will present, “Streetscapes… in the Snow,” at the American Planning Association (APA) National Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Grace’s presentation will highlight the specific challenges of transportation planning in New England – the snow, the plows, and all that salt. She will cover lessons learned after two years of working, walking, biking, and driving throughout New Hampshire and Vermont in all types of weather.
04.30.2014
TRB’s Innovations in Travel Modeling Conference
RSG consultants will lead eight sessions at the 5th TRB Innovations in Travel Modeling Conference taking place in Baltimore, MD from April 27 to April 30th. The conference will allow researchers and practitioners to share knowledge and experiences on the latest developments in travel modeling and identify research and implementation challenges and issues associated with deploying cutting-edge computational methods. The conference will also review advances made possible by the integration of social, land-use, transportation supply, and technology into the modeling process. RSG is a patron sponsor of the conference.
New Product Marketing at University of Washington
RSG Senior Director, Nelson Whipple, will speak at the University of Washington’s Bothell campus on April 23rd. He will be presenting trade-off methodologies to business students in the New Product Marketing course.