RSG Analyst, Tristan Cherry, returned to his alma mater, Concordia University in Montreal, to discuss RSG’s transportation market research techniques with undergraduate and graduate students in Dr. Zack Patterson’s Analyzing Choice class. Students in Dr. Patterson’s class spend the semester designing, implementing, and reporting on the results of a stated preference survey related to an environmental or transportation issue. Tristan’s presentation focused on RSG’s transportation market research work and provided students with real world examples of toll and transit market research practices.
RSG Director, Dan Weinstein, will present, “Forecasting Adoption of Alternative Vehicle Powertrains Using Discrete Choice Methods,” at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on March 19th as part of the Transportation at MIT seminar series. Dan’s presentation will focus on discrete choice modeling techniques and how they can be used to help automotive manufacturers and suppliers quantify the trade-offs that consumers make between vehicle attributes.
RSG Director, Steve Lawson, gave a seminar to graduate students and faculty from Penn State University’s Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management program on Friday, March 8. Steve’s seminar included an overview of RSG and examples of our work with the National Park Service. The event was organized by RSG Senior Advisor, Peter Newman, who was recently named head of the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management, and Penn State University graduate student Mike Ferguson.
RSG Vice President, Kevin Hathaway, will present, “Effective Data Displays for Medical Research,” as part of the Grand Rounds lecture series at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Grand Rounds lectures provide medical professionals and students with a chance to improve their knowledge and keep up to date on areas of study which may be outside their core practice or field.
RSG's Dan Weinstein, Marc Aquila and Jeff Dumont were guest presenters at the “Advanced Business Analytics” course at the Tuck School of Business yesterday. The RSG team provided Tuck students with data and questions based on a real project. During the class, the RSG team led a discussion of the students' analytical and data visualization approaches. RSG is honored to collaborate with Tuck faculty and students.
RSG was excited to host Maponics CEO, Darrin Clement, today in our White River Junction (WRJ) office. Maponics, also headquartered in WRJ, compiles and licenses unique nationwide spatial datasets (primarily in the real estate, mobile, and marketing space). Discussion topics included innovative opportunities to apply these unique datasets and to collaborate.
RSG Director, John Hinckley, will be presenting, “Using Dispersion Modeling & Thermal Radiation Modeling for an LNG Storage Facility Safety Study,” at the 2014 Energy, Utility and Environment Conference (EUEC) in Phoenix, Arizona. This annual conference is the largest Energy and Environment Conference and Expo in the United States, drawing over 2,000 attendees.
RSG is excited to share our current work and learn from others at the 93rd Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. We hope to see you throughout the meeting and invite you attend the presentations we are leading January 12 – 15th.
RSG Senior Consultant John Hinckley will be attending the Vermont Environmental Consortium’s (VEC) fall conference and trade show in Downtown Rutland, VT. The focus of this year’s event is Celebrating Entrepreneurship in Vermont’s Environmental & Energy Business Sectors. VEC expects their green energy conference, aimed at promoting job creation in the environmental sector, to draw more than 100 people from the environmental and renewable energy fields.
RSG Senior Consultant John Hinckley will be attending the Vermont Environmental Consortium’s (VEC) fall conference and trade show in Downtown Rutland, VT. The focus of this year’s event is Celebrating Entrepreneurship in Vermont’s Environmental & Energy Business Sectors. VEC expects their green energy conference, aimed at promoting job creation in the environmental sector, to draw more than 100 people from the environmental and renewable energy fields.
RSG Senior Consultant, John Gliebe, and RSG Director, Colin Smith, will give back to back presentations during the Regional/Urban Tour Modeling Session at the Innovations in Freight Modeling & Data SHRP 2 Symposium in Washington, D.C. on October 21.
RSG Senior Consultant, Vince Bernardin, will present “Planning for Sustainability: Evaluating Scenarios” at the 2013 Indiana MPO Conference in Terre Haute, Indiana. This presentation will look at a newly developed two-tier system that gives MPO’s the ability to easily develop multiple land use scenarios in collaboration with the public and the capability to show the public and decision makers the most probable land use which would develop given various policy scenarios.
RSG President, Tom Adler, will be attending the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA) Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia. The IBTTA’s Annual Meeting covers a full range of issues facing the industry from planning and funding, to technology, to emergency planning, to the best mix of transportation modes for different community types and sizes. The focus of this year’s conference is Moving Smarter: How Tolling Meets the Challenge.
RSG President, Tom Adler, will be attending the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA) Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia. The IBTTA's Annual Meeting covers a full range of issues facing the industry from planning and funding, to technology, to emergency planning, to the best mix of transportation modes for different community types and sizes. The focus of this year's conference is Moving Smarter: How Tolling Meets the Challenge.
RSG's Steven Gayle will be presenting, “Performance Based Planning: A Paradigm Shift for MPOs and State DOTs,” at the ITE New York Upstate Section Annual Meeting. This presentation will explain performance-based planning, its challenges and benefits, and the timeline that will be required of transportation planning practitioners.