Energy Awareness Month: Smarter Transportation on College Campuses
October is Energy Awareness Month. What does that have to do with transportation? Well, a lot. In fact – the more, the better. Let’s take... Read
The TDM Solution: How Legacy Suburban Office Properties Can Increase Values and Occupancy
If you are an older or suburban office complex that was built for car commuters, can you compete with properties that feature walk-to-transit locations and... Read
Macerich Uses TDM to Close the Gap Between Old-School Suburban and High-Density Mixed Use
Around the country, car-oriented suburban properties are trying to retool into redeveloped urban environments where residents, office workers, and shoppers can meet their needs near... Read
Yes! Improve Campus Transportation Without More Concrete
It‘s always a bit of a thrill to see the major media – in this case, a recent New York Times article on transportation on university... Read
Tulane University Transportation: A Streetcar Fueled by TDM?
At the beginning of the famous play and film, A Streetcar Named Desire, the fictional Blanche DuBois arrives in New Orleans with instructions to take... Read
Transportation Punch List: Healthcare in Renovated Retail Spaces
At a time of struggling brick-and-mortar retail centers, medical facilities see an opportunity: Hospital and healthcare systems are increasingly expanding their services into existing retail... Read
Integrating Transit Into Our Lives: What Would the Romans Do?
Recently, a new transit map of Ancient Rome came to light. Check out University of Chicago student Alexandr Trubetskoy’s ridiculously awesome transit map of Ancient... Read
Infographic: The Appeal of Transit-Oriented Retail Development
The trend toward transit oriented development is clear. And of course, retail development is a big part of TOD. Developers and retail operators are attracted... Read
Are Autonomous Vehicles Coming to Northern Virginia Roads?
It’s easy for most of us to think of the autonomous vehicle (AV) trend as something in the distant future, or as an esoteric idea... Read
Zen and the Art of Traffic Signal Design
By Christopher Turnbull and Salah Salem At Wells + Associates, our Traffic Design team has managed thousands of traffic signal designs and modifications – in... Read
High Schoolers Consider Real-World Transportation Engineering Problems with the W+A Team
Last year we reported about our involvement in encouraging STEM education at a local high school in the Washington, DC area. For a number of... Read
It’s Engineers Week – Time to Hug a Traffic Engineer!
The days of the slow, meandering Sunday Drive are long gone. Instead, people want to get “there” faster and easier than ever before. Traffic engineers... Read
W+A Team Members Volunteer to Help Hungry Kids in Northern Virginia
A number of our Wells + Associates team members gathered in late January to participate in Helping Hungry Kids (HHK) of Northern Virginia’s monthly food... Read
Can a Major Roundabout in Tysons Improve Traffic and Livability?
What are the top transportation concerns as the suburban edge city of Tysons, Virginia turns itself into a more urban area? Here are two: Making... Read
The First TDM Plan in Greater Philadelphia
How can you improve transportation related to a large, suburban office park without building bigger parking lots and expanding the road system? By embracing Transportation... Read