News
01.06.2015
RSG Project Featured on TV News
The âOn-Road Bicycle Planâ was recently featured on the local TV news in Vermont. RSG is currently working on this project with VTrans to determine where to focus limited resources towards bicycle improvements and allow better integration into Agency projects.
12.18.2014
RSG Sr. Consultant Published in Book on Sustainable Logistics
RSG Senior Consultant, Erica Wygonik, co-authored the chapter âComparison of Vehicle Miles Traveled and Pollution from Three Goods Movement Strategies,â which was published in the book Sustainable Logistics. The 6th in the Transport and Sustainability series, this book looks at the role of logistics in addressing and contributing to transportationâs environmental impacts. Ericaâs chapter, written with Dr. Anne Goodchild of the University of Washington, looks at the impacts from various ways to move goods their last mile to consumers.
12.17.2014
RSG Sr. Consultant and Director Published in Journal of Choice Modeling
RSG Senior Consultant, Jeffrey Dumont, and Director, Stephane Hess, co-authored the article âContrasting Imputation with a Latent Variable Approach to Dealing with Missing Income in Choice Models,â which was published in the latest issue of the Journal of Choice Modelling. In the article, Jeff, Stephane, and co-authors explored the use of advanced choice techniques to impute missing income and compared that to simpler, more traditional approaches of imputation.
12.09.2014
RSG Vice President Highlighted in TR News
RSG Vice President, Maren Outwater, was recently featured in TR News, Transportation Research Boardâs bimonthly magazine. The profile highlights her background working in the public sector and her pioneering research on national forecasting models of passenger and goods movement.
12.05.2014
RSG Named One of the â101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work Forâ in the Nation
RSG has been named one of the â101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work Forâ in the nation!
The Best and Brightest Companies to Work Forâą competition identifies and honors organizations throughout the nation that display a commitment to excellence in their human resource practices and employee enrichment. This award is on the heels of two other workplace awards – GreatRated! and When Work Works (Sloan) Award.
12.04.2014
RSG Senior Director Named Member of the Project Advisory Board for NITC Study
RSG Senior Director, Peter Plumeau, was recently named a member of the Project Advisory Board for a National Institute of Transportation and Communities (NITC) study titled âIntegrating Freight into Livable Communities.â The study is being performed by the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) at the University of South Florida.
11.04.2014
RSG Senior Director Awarded Patent
RSG Senior Director, Michael Geilich, was recently awarded his fourth patent. This latest patent (US Patent # 8,862,454) is for a method and apparatus for simulating risk tolerance and associated adversary costs in a distributed business process.
10.20.2014
RSG President to Present at German Aerospace Centerâs Institute of Transport Research
RSG President, Tom Adler, will be presenting this week in Berlin, Germany at the German Aerospace Centerâs Institute of Transport Research. His presentation titled, âFrom Surveys to Big Data: Future Tools for Travel Forecastingâ will summarize the large body of research that RSG has generated related to long-distance travel by air, rail, bus, and auto and explore opportunities for collaboration with European researchers in this field.
10.16.2014
RSG Director Published in Journal of Transport and Land Use
RSG Director, Stephane Hess, co-authored the article âTemporal Transferability of Models of Mode-Destination Choice for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Areaâ which was published in the latest issue of the Journal of Transport and Land Use. The article summarizes the findings from a literature review that demonstrates there is little evidence about the transferability of mode-destination models over typical forecasting horizons. The analysis demonstrates that improving model specification improves the transferability of the models, and in general the transferability declines as the transfer period increases.
10.09.2014
RSG Sr. Consultant Published in Transportation Research Record
RSG Senior Consultant, Elizabeth Greene, co-authored the article âLong-Distance Work and Leisure Travel Frequenciesâ which was published in the latest issue of Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. In the article, Elizabeth and her co-authors explored factors influencing non-distance-based definitions of long-distance travel to help long-distance survey designers know which demographic factors they should include in their surveys. The findings suggest that future data collection for long-distance travel can be tailored to address the specific definition being studied.
10.08.2014
RSG Director Honored as Vermont Business Magazine âRising Starâ
RSG Director, Marc Aquila, was recently announced as a âRising Starâ by Vermont Business Magazine. The 2014 âRising Starâ award recipient list is comprised of 40 winners under the age of 40. Award recipients were selected by a panel of judges for their commitment to business growth, professional excellence, and involvement in their communities.
10.07.2014
RSG Awarded Exclusive Contract with The National Park Service
The National Park Service (NPS) recently selected RSG to serve as the nationâs lead contractor for visitor use and social science research in the national parks through a five-year, up to $20 million contract. This provides RSG with a unique opportunity to help the NPS with the stewardship of Americaâs national treasures, the national parks.
10.01.2014
RSG Analyst Published in Transportation Research Record
RSG Analyst, Nagendra Dhakar, co-authored the article âRoute Choice Modeling Using GPS-Based Travel Surveysâ which was published in the latest issue of Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. Nagendra and co-author Sivaramakrishnan Srinivasan combined data from a large-scale GPS-based travel survey and geographic information system-based roadway network databases to develop models for route choice. These models produce statistically significant and intuitively reasonable effects that are sensitive to basis of trip and traveler characteristics
09.25.2014
RSG Analyst Published in Transportation
RSG Analyst Ben Cummins co-authored the article âWhy Do Voters Support Public Transportation? Public Choices and Private Behaviorâ which will be published in the next issue of the journal Transportation. In it, Ben and co-author Michael Manville examine American support for transit spending, in particular the support for financing transit with local transportation sales taxes. The findings suggest a collective action problem; people support transit for its collective benefits, but these benefits are realized through increased ridership, which does not necessarily result from increased funding. The findings were also mentioned in CityLabâs recent article âIf So Many People Support Mass Transit, Why Do So Few Ride?â which explores the same concern.
09.18.2014
RSG Contributes to First-of-its-Kind Transportation Study
RSG is proud to have played a key role in the Whoâs on Board: The 2014 Mobility Attitudes Survey commissioned by TransitCenter, an organization committed to improving transit through innovation. The study, released today, is the first to compare rider and non-rider attitudes by age, income, education, family status and ethnicity, and to examine both cities and suburban areas across various regions of the U.S. The study reveals that Americans from regions coast to coast think about and use public transit in remarkably similar ways.