News
08.06.2014
RSG Senior Consultant Achieves âCertified Instructorâ Status for the National Highway Institute
RSG Senior Consultant, Steven Gayle, has achieved the status of âCertified Instructorâ for the National Highway Institute (NHI). NHI is the training agency of the Federal Highway Administrationâoffering a large number of classroom and web-based courses for federal, state, and MPO staff. Certification involves a rigorous process of training, teaching, and observation by a Master Trainer. Steve teaches the Metropolitan Transportation Planning course.
07.31.2014
Book Edited and Co-authored by RSG Senior Staff is Released
A book edited and co-authored by RSG Director, Steven Lawson, was just released. The book, Sustainable Transportation in the National Parks, synthesizes the research of the last two decades on transportation in parks and outdoor recreation. Twenty-one essays explore the interdependent relationship between transportation and the national parksâworking to develop principles for managing sustainable transportation while minimizing impacts and maintaining a high-quality experience for the visitor.
07.29.2014
RSG Receives Great Rated!âą Workplace Recognition
The Great Place to WorkÂź Institute recently named RSG as the latest Great Rated!âą workplace. The Great Rated! review process includes confidential surveying of employees to rate their employers on benefits and cultureâranging from professional development to overall company atmosphere. After six consecutive years of winning Vermont Business Magazineâs Best Places to Work in Vermont, RSG welcomes the Great Rated! recognition as a national honorâreflecting the companyâs evolution and national footprint.
07.11.2014
RSG Wins 5x5x5 Growth Award
RSG has been honored with the 5x5x5 Growth Award from Vermont Business Magazine! The 5x5x5 Awards celebrate the achievements of the five fastest growing businesses in five categories over the last five years in Vermont. RSG placed number four in the service category this year. We held the number five spot in 2012.
06.27.2014
RSG Wins Best Poster at Advanced Research Techniques Forum
The poster titled âRSGHB R Packageâ won the Best Poster award at the American Marketing Associationâs Advanced Research Techniques Forum this week. RSGâs Jeff Keller, Jeff Dumont, and Nelson Whipple authored the poster which highlights RSGâs open-source R package that allows users to estimate sophisticated Hierarchical Bayesian (HB) models from choice-based conjoint data without significant custom programming.
This is the second time that RSG has been honored with the Best Poster award in the past three ART Forums.
06.24.2014
RSG Wins Merit Award from ACEC/VT
RSG received an Engineering Excellence Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Vermont (ACEC/VT). The merit award honors RSGâs âExit 12 & VT 2A Scoping Studyâ as an exemplary engineering project in the âspecial studiesâ category. The study, sponsored by the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission, investigated transportation alternatives to address traffic congestion, enhance safety, improve bike-pedestrian connections and accommodate anticipated economic growth in the study area.
06.13.2014
Puget Sound Regional Council Highlights RSG Work
The Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) recently highlighted RSGâs work on the Puget Sound Travel Study. On PSRC's website, the blog entry notes a strong survey response rate and RSGâs role as an independent research firm.
06.04.2014
RSG Receives Sustainable Design Award from BSA
RSG recently received a Sustainable Design Award from the Boston Society of Architects, a chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The award recognizes the SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry Gateway Center in Syracuse, New York. RSG Director John Hinckley worked with Architerra to provide air quality modeling and permitting for this LEED certified building.
05.23.2014
RSG VP Nominated to Chair TRB Sub-Committee
RSG Vice President, Maren Outwater, was recently nominated to chair a sub-committee of the Transportation Research Board (TRB). Sub-Committee ADB10(4) – Behavioral Processes is a part of the ADB10 Committee – Traveler Behavior and Values, and focuses on the behavioral processes governing activities and travel of individuals and households, but also firms and goods movement. The committee is open to a variety of methods of inquiry and is supportive of qualitative, quantitative and integrated approaches, particularly given emerging challenges associated with understanding and modeling decision processes over time, space and/or across individuals.
05.02.2014
RSGâs Work Published in TCRP Report
The Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) recently published a report titled, âCharacteristics of Premium Transit Services that Affect Choice of Mode.â RSG led the project, which seeks to improve the transit industryâs understanding of mode choice determinants, and to offer practical insights to the forecasting community so that mode choice models and transit path-builders can better represent and distinguish important mode characteristics.
04.29.2014
RSG Senior Consultant Featured in ITE Newsletter
RSG Senior Consultant, Steven Gayle is featured in the spring issue of the ITE Public Agency Council Newsletter. The ITE Public Agency Council Chair, Terry Little, interviewed Steve about his career in transportation planning and involvement with ITE (Institute of Transportation Engineers).
04.22.2014
RSG Senior Director Presents at Dover Public Meeting
RSG Director, David Saladino, presented alternative concept plans for traffic circulation and streetscaping at the public meeting in Dover, NH. The study is focusing on building consensus for innovative approaches to reconfiguring the streets, streetscapes, and public realm that will improve the safety and experience of downtown Dover.
04.01.2014
RSG Co-founder to Speak at Dartmouth Film Screening
RSG Co-founder, Dennis Meadows, will speak following a screening of Planetary Limits: A Last Call, a documentary based on Meadowsâ groundbreaking book Limits to Growth. The screening will take place April 1st at 5pm at Dartmouth College. The one-hour film will be followed by a reception and Q&A session.
03.19.2014
Journal Article Co-authored by RSG Senior Staff Published in Leisure Sciences
A peer-reviewed journal article co-authored by RSG Director, Steve Lawson, RSG Senior Advisor, Peter Newman, and others, was published in the latest issue of Leisure Sciences. The article, titled âPhotograph Presentation Order and Range Effects in Visual-Based Outdoor Recreation Research,â explores potential biases in visual-based recreation research. Visual-based research refers to the use of computer-edited images and/or other visual representations to simulate conditions in recreation settings and is one of the most widely applied methods to assess the social acceptability of visitor experience and resource conditions.
03.14.2014
RSG Senior Advisorâs Research on âDoes Doing Good Mean Doing Well?â
The work of RSG Senior Advisor and Tuck School of Business professor, Scott Neslin, is featured in Tuckâs Winter Forum. The article titled âDoes Doing Good Mean Doing Well?â outlines Scott and colleaguesâ work to determine whether consumers' feelings about corporate social responsibility have caused them to be more loyal. The full research findings will be published in the International Journal of Research in Marketing.