Voters attending Hartland, Vermont’s Town Meeting recently voted to spend up to $450,000 to move forward with a plan proposed by RSG to realign the town’s main intersection, Hartland Three Corners. The proposed realignment plan will simplify the overall intersection, increase safety and mobility for pedestrians by adding crosswalks across all approaches, and create a significant increase in green space at the intersection. Final design will likely proceed in 2014, with construction starting as soon as 2015.

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 Co-founder, Dennis Meadows, will present “Limits to Growth of Energy: Facts About Fracking in the US” at Dartmouth’s Thayer School of Engineering today.

>RSG Co-founder, Dennis Meadows, will present “Limits to Growth of Energy: Facts About Fracking in the US” at Dartmouth’s Thayer School of Engineering today.

RSG is pleased to announce that Senior Director, Peter Plumeau, and Director, Dan Weinstein, have been appointed to the RSG Board of Directors. RSG’s Board of Directors is responsible for governance of the company, providing direction and oversight to management. This appointment marks the first term for both Mr. Plumeau and Mr. Weinstein.

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.

A paper written by RSG Consultant, Jeff Keller has been awarded first place overall in the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Data Competition. Jeff’s paper titled, “Using Random Forest Machine Learning to Predict Driver Behavior in a Dilemma Zone,” describes a means for applying the Random Forest machine learning method to vehicle operating environment data in order to identify drivers of behavior and to predict that behavior. These are desirable outcomes for policymakers who wish to recommend legislation regarding various distraction activities, such as texting or making phone calls, while driving. Automakers have also expressed interest in being able to predict, in real-time, events that may put the safety of vehicle occupants at risk. Jeff will present his findings on Sunday, January 12, at the annual TRB meeting in Washington, DC.