Studies and Reports Database

Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC), Green Mountain Transit (GMT) and United Way of Northwest Vermont (United Way) worked with the Chittenden County Elders and Persons with Disabilities Transit Program partners (E&D) in order to answer the following challenges: How can we support Chittenden County’s E&D partners in their role as program administrators to help create a rider-informed and equitable paratransit service for all Chittenden County residents? How can Chittenden County’s E&D providers modify services to increase rider satisfaction and optimize limited program funds? The project evaluated Chittenden County’s E&D program from the partner perspective and generated opportunities for shared learning and collaboration between all Chittenden County’s E&D stakeholders.

Increasing public transit use can reduce demand for single occupancy vehicles, lower emissions, improve transportation cost equity, and reduce congestion. Due to the real and perceived costs of using transit, demand for fixed route transit often increases when coupled with workplace parking restrictions (e.g. limits on permits, higher costs, remote parking requiring longer walks or other transfers). In this project, a targeted pilot intervention was conducted to test connecting potential transit users with incentives to increase bus ridership on the Route 116 corridor between Hinesburg and Burlington.

The goal of this update to the CCRPC's Active Transportation Plan (ATP) is to produce a region-wide Plan for existing and future bicycle and pedestrian facilities and programs that will serve as the active transportation element of the CCRPC’s long-range Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP). This plan update builds upon previous plans and projects and ensures that ongoing active transportation initiatives are coordinated across the County to provide a cohesive and useful pedestrian and bicycle network.

The City of Burlington has been exploring the possibility of establishing a multimodal transportation facility in the City’s South End for over twenty years. The Burlington South End Multimodal Center Feasibility Study examined the feasibility of a transit center and potential housing at 68 Sears Lane in Burlington, investigated site layout options that tie together the planned uses on both parcels, developed conceptual construction cost estimates, identified potential funding streams for the project, and facilitated stakeholder outreach.

Beginning in 2021, the CCRPC embarked on an update of the Chittenden County Park & Ride Plan. This plan identifies opportunities for improvements to the existing facilities and evaluates the potential for new facilities that will benefit commuters and residents throughout Chittenden County and the adjacent communities. The Plan created a vision statement for the purpose and function of park & rides, completed an inventory of existing facilities, prioritized a list of park & ride and intercept facilities, and created an implementation plan. The updated Plan incorporates elements from the 2011 Plan using a revised approach to account for the many changes in the demand for park & rides, remote work, and general changes in travel behavior.

The Walk & Bike Connectivity Study is an Action Plan for improving walking and bicycling conditions and therefore connectivity throughout Shelburne, Vermont. This study provides the Town a comprehensive resource that synthesizes the Town’s more than 20 plans and studies completed over the years and their 30 individual project recommendations.

The Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC), working with the Town of Richmond, retained Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. to develop a scoping study evaluating pedestrian safety improvements for three separate segments of roadway: Segment 1 – Jericho Road from the school entrance to Valley View Road Segment 2 – Bridge Street from Volunteers Green to Jolina Court Segment 3 – Huntington Road from Stone Corral Brewery to the Cross Vermont Trails trailhead at Johnnie Brook Road

The Richmond Bike, Walk, and Trails Plan provides a vision, goals and priorities to improve walking and biking in Richmond. The Plan builds upon Town priorities to enhance walking and biking within the Town. The Plan identifies the key infrastructure projects, programs and policies needed to achieve a Complete Streets network that includes off-road trails, paved pathways and trails, sidewalks, and shared roadways and community support for active transportation.

CarShare Vermont used UPWP funding to support our efforts to better meet the transportation needs of households with lower incomes by conducting outreach about the expansion of our carsharing service at four affordable housing developments in the Burlington area, and to promote awareness about our MobilityShare membership, which provides free memberships and subsidized driving rates to residents of the properties (and to all income eligible households in the community). This study helped inform an MTI grant awarded by the Vermont Agency of Transportation in late 2020 to introduce electric carsharing onsite at the affordable housing sites to improve access to both our service and to EVs, recognizing that EV access through ownership may be impossible or undesired for many individuals and households.

The purpose of this study was to develop a Traffic Calming Policy manual that assists the City of Winooski to develop and implement traffic calming procedures and measures for existing streets.  The purpose of traffic calming is to support the livability and vitality of residential and commercial areas through improvements for safety, mobility and comfort.