News
12.10.2013
RSG Shares Improvement Plans for Market Street Gateway at Public Input Session
RSG Senior Engineer and Market Street Gateway Project Manager, Dirk Grotenhuis, presented improvement ideas for the Market Street Gateway Project at a public input session in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on Tuesday night. The input session, which drew over 50 residents and stakeholders, gave attendees the opportunity to review and comment on proposed improvements, including a āroad diet,ā new waterfront parks, landscaped medians, and new āpedestrian-scaleā lighting. The project team hopes to have the public-engagement portion of the Market Street Gateway project complete by mid-January.
11.15.2013
RSG Donates $1,000 to the American Red Cross Typhoon Appeal
In light of the tragedy in the Philippines last week, RSG has donated $1,000 to the American Red Cross Typhoon Appeal. This donation continues RSGās commitment to being a positive corporate citizen in the local and global communities, including supporting disaster relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Irene, Hurricane Sandy, and the earthquake in Haiti in recent years. For more information about disaster relief efforts in the Philippines or how to donate to those affected by Typhoon Haiyan, please visit the American Red Cross website.
10.25.2013
RSG Helps Norwich University Save a Million Dollars
RSG recently completed an air quality permitting study for a new biomass heating plant at Norwich University, a project that will help the University save over $1 million in yearly heating costs. Norwichās new biomass-fueled heating plant will produce an estimated 97% of the campusā steam requirements and displace 657,000 gallons of fuel oil. The wood chips that will be used to power the new plant will be harvested within a 100 mile radius of the Norwich campus under Vermontās Acceptable Management Practices program.
10.18.2013
RSG Project Featured in NACTO Urban Street Design Guide
An RSG project is featured as a case study in the recently published National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) Urban Street Design Guide. The project examined three design alternatives for the complex Pearl-Prospect-Colchester intersection in Burlington, VT. Working closely with the City and Metropolitan Planning Organization, RSG developed a set of pilot improvements that improve safety for pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists, are quick to implement, and cost less than $20,000 to install. The design was implemented this summer and the pilot and study period will run until the end of October 2013. The Urban Street Design Guide is considered a new design manual for city streets today and demonstrates how streets of every size can be reimagined and reoriented as safe, sustainable public spaces for people walking, driving, biking, and taking transit.
10.01.2013
RSG Names New Senior Director of Human Resources
RSG is excited to welcome Stacey Falzarano to the position of Senior Director of Human Resources. After an extensive local and national search, the selection board, comprising RSGās operating team, corporate team and current human resources staff unanimously agreed that Stacey was the best fit for this role at RSG.
08.29.2013
RSG Authored Paper Wins Prestigious William M. Millar Award
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) Executive Committee grants the William M. Millar Award for the best paper in the area of public transportation.
08.08.2013
RSG Works with The City of Burlington And The CCRPC to Improve Intersection Safety with Solution-oriented Pilot Project
Working with RSG, the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission, and various stakeholders, Burlingtonās Department of Public Works announced the start of a āsolution-oriented pilot-programā at the Pearl Street/Prospect Street/Colchester Avenue intersection as part of the Pearl Street/Prospect Street/Colchester Avenue Scoping Study. This notoriously busy and problematic intersection, designated a high-crash location by VTrans, will undergo a number of changes during the pilot project including a new traffic pattern, signals, and signage. The piloted changes are part of a short term alternative being considered and will allow the projectās Steering Committee to evaluate and compare it to other longer term/higher-cost options that cannot be field tested.
07.02.2013
RSGās Traffic Exaction Formula Adopted by Town of Seabrook, NH
The Town of Seabrook Planning Board recently voted to amend their Site Plan Regulations to include RSG's traffic exaction formula for US 1 through Town. US 1 is a densely developed commercial corridor that faces significant development pressure and ongoing traffic congestion. RSG worked with the Town of Seabrook (NH) to develop a clear, understandable approach to developer traffic exactions (i.e., per trip cost that a developer must pay to develop along a specific corridor to fund road improvements) that would provide a fair and level playing ground for developers and allow the Town and NHDOT to finance critical improvements to the US 1 corridor. It is great to see our work making a positive impact.
06.26.2013
The Supreme Court Rules DOMA is Unconstitutional
The Supreme Court ruled today in favor of equal treatment under federal law for legally married same-sex couples, a position RSG supported in an employer amicus brief filed earlier this year on behalf of 278 employers nationwide. RSG was one of only two Vermont companies to sign the brief, which argued that DOMA forced employers to separate lawfully married employees into two categoriesāmarried same-sex couples and married opposite-sex couplesāfor taxation purposes and benefits administration.
06.04.2013
June 2013 RSG's Burlington Office Continues Growth with Addition of Senior Transportation Planner
Shadde Rosenblum, AICP, an expert in transportation planning, has joined RSG as a Senior Consultant.
June 2013 RSG's Burlington Office Continues Growth with Addition of Senior Transportation Planner
Shadde Rosenblum, AICP, an expert in transportation planning, has joined RSG as a Senior Consultant.
05.10.2013
RSGās Tom Adler to Speak at MITās Distinguished Speaker Series
RSG President and co-founder, Thomas Adler will be presenting āTransportation Research in the Green Mountain State: A Samplerā today as part of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics Distinguished Speaker Series. Tomās presentation will touch upon quantifying forecast risks from complex travel demand models and an intercity bus/rail trip planner.
05.03.2013
RSG to Present 26 Sessions at the TRB National Transportation Planning Applications Conference
RSG consultants are slated to present 26 sessions over the five-day TRB conference kicking off on May 5th in Columbus, OH. Presenters are excited to share current RSG work and learn from others to advance transportation planning techniques and methods.
04.24.2013
RSGās Survey Work Recognized by NADO
A project on which RSG worked with the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC) was recognized with an Excellence in Regional Transportation Award by the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO). The award and project will be featured today at NADOās 2013 National Rural Transportation Conference in Greenville, SC. RSGās contributions included designing, developing, and conducting a survey of residents within Chittenden County. The analysis focused on identifying changes and trends in attitudes toward transportation-related issues between 2000 and 2012.
04.18.2013
RSG Releases Open-Source Model Estimation Package
RSG recently released an open-source software package, on The Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN). The package named āRSGHBā is designed to estimate Hierarchical Bayesian (HB) models from choice-based conjoint data, allowing users to estimate sophisticated models which until now required significant custom programming.