This report summarizes the efforts of CarShare Vermont to activate employee members of existing business accounts by encouraging them to utilize CarShare Vermont's service and supporting employers in better integrating CarShare Vermont into their personnel policies and transportation practices. As part of the project, CarShare Vermont set out to develop a suite of outreach materials targeting employees that could be distributed among business members to help them promote carsharing across their organizations. Additionally, CarShare Vermont wanted to understand from business members what information and guidance they needed to best utilize the service and maximize its benefits, such as VMT reduction, cost savings, and employee wellbeing. Finally, CarShare Vermont wanted to develop a resource to help businesses evaluate the impact of offering CarShare Vermont to their employees.

This study focused on evaluation of traffic signal systems for eleven intersections along the Vermont Route 15 corridor in Winooski, Colchester, and Essex for compliance with current signal design standards and for their ability to support new traffic control technologies. Recommended traffic signal infrastructure improvements were identified and prioritized. Cost estimates for these improvements were also provided.

This study evaluated alternatives for a new bicycle/pedestrian bridge over the Winooski River connecting the cities of Burlington and Winooski. The issues examined for each alternative included permitting feasibility, project design and cost, right-of-way impacts, and utility conflicts. A comprehensive scoping study of the preferred alignment may be warranted depending on the outcome of a 2017/2018 scoping study of the Main Street Bridge over the Winooski River.

Through extensive outreach to a broad set of stakeholders, this Transportation Master Plan identifies the community’s values and vision for Winooski’s future transportation system. This plan includes a prioritized Action Plan to help the City ensure that future transportation policies and projects align with the community’s priorities and are directed toward a shared vision for the future of Winooski.

The goal of the VT 15 Corridor Study is to develop a comprehensive multi-modal transportation improvement plan (Plan) for the VT 15 corridor from Main Street (“Circulator”) in Winooski through the towns of Colchester and Essex and the Village of Essex Junction, to the border of Essex and Jericho. The Susie Wilson Corridor from VT 15 to VT 2A was also addressed. The Plan presents a long-term vision and goals for the corridor and recommends a number of short, medium and long-term transportation and land use strategies to achieve the vision over time. Transportation strategies developed for the study area address highway, pedestrian, bicycle and public transit modes. Land use, access management and corridor aesthetic strategies were also developed that support the long term vision of the VT 15 corridor. This Plan builds on the numerous planning efforts, development programs and projects that have been initiated over the last several years along the VT 15 Corridor by state, regional and local entities. This final report includes all interim reports prepared throughout this study to: assess the current and future land use and transportation conditions in the study area; develop a vision and goals for the study corridors; and articulate strategies to achieve the vision through a detailed implementation plan.

The primary goal of this study was to evaluate transportation issues and develop short and medium-term improvement strategies to address capacity and safety issues along the Main Street (US 2/7) corridor in Winooski from the Downtown Circulator north to the Colchester Town Line. This report presents a summary of the process, findings, recommendations, and implementation plan for short/low cost and medium-term transportation improvements in the corridor.

This scoping study evaluates bicycle and walking mobility in the VT15 Corridor between Exit 15 in Winooski and West Street Extension in Essex Junction and develops a preferred alternative for advancing to design and construction.  

As of November, 2011, Bridges 2.40, 4.02 and 4.12 rate sufficient for freight car weights up to and including 315K without speed restriction on an infrequent basis. 263K and 286K freight traffic may be operated on a regular basis (including unit trains), provided trains with 286K cars not exceed 25 mph over bridge 4.12. 315K freight traffic may be operated on a regular basis (including unit trains), provided trains with 315K cars not exceed 10 mph over bridge 4.12, or 25 mph over bridge 4.02.

The purpose of this investigation was to conduct a structural assessment of the existing bridge, summarize its condition and determine appropriate repair options. On site assessment included sounding the soffit of the concrete arch as well as obtaining concrete cores for laboratory testing. Alternatives presented in this report are potential solutions for addressing concerns about the structural degradation of the existing arch bridge.

The purpose of the Western Corridor study is to evaluate transportation, land use and related conditions and create a Transportation Management Plan that presents a unified, long-term vision for managing and improving the transportation system in western Vermont. As an initial effort to coordinate planning over a vast study area, the plan does not recommend specific projects. Rather, it presents a broader vision and framework for transportation investment policies and strategies. Continuing the ongoing collaboration among the study partners will be key to developing and implementing specific projects and programs consistent with the recommendations of this plan. The plan is being coordinated with the Vermont Agency of Transportation’s ongoing project development efforts in the Corridor, including various railroad initiatives.