Studies and Reports Database

Appendices for the Burlington School District Travel Plan

This project investigated feasibility providing pedestrian facilities on Mary Street between Market Street and Williston Road.  With significant new residential development in the vicinity of new City Hall and Market Street area, the need to enhance pedestrian access along Mary Street is a priority.  This study identified feasible alternative configurations and developed conceptual designs along with cost estimates for the City staff to make future decisions along Mary Street.

Appendices for the City of Winooski Parking Management Plan.

The City of Winooski Parking Management Plan (PMP) takes a comprehensive view of the state of vehicle parking in the city. This PMP also looks outside of the downtown core, which was the focus of a previous parking study in 2017. Appendices can be found under a separate entry.

This project was an update to the 2017 evaluation and preferred alternative selection on ways to improve walking and cycling along this 1.7 mile corridor in Hinesburg. For this update the consultant identified how to break the path into segments with cost estimates for each as a way for the Town to seek design/construction funding.

Born out of the I-89 2050 Study, this assessment reviewed two interchange concepts, one in Milton near the West Milton Road bridge over I-89, and one in Bolton near the Bolton Valley Access Road. Both locations have previously underwent some form of study. However, the previous studies date back to the late 1980s/early 1990s. This assessment served to review modern geometric design standards and environmental requirements as they pertain to each conceptual interchange.

In 2017, the CCRPC completed an update of the region’s Active Transportation Plan (ATP) with the goal of creating “a safe, comfortable, and connected regional network of pedestrian and bicycle routes that appeal to all ages and abilities.” Developing a “robust” bicycle count program was one of the key non-infrastructure recommendations in the ATP. The UVM Transportation Research Center (“TRC”) was contracted to evaluate current bicycle data collection efforts in the region, identify gaps and limitations, and make recommendations on how to develop a comprehensive bicycle count program that could better support the region’s bicycle planning objectives.

This project explored feasible options to improve walking, bicycling, and driving through the Swift and Spear Street intersection in  South Burlington.  This study considered four feasible alternatives, including a roundabout, to improve safety and function of the Swift and Spear St. intersection.

With the passage of the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, there is expected to be a 35% increase in transit funding above the FAST Act investment levels; additional resources at the local level to serve as matching funds will likely be needed. Rather than just continuing to lean on existing sources of revenue, this renewed need for local funding offers the opportunity to overhaul how transit is funded both in the Chittenden County metropolitan area and in the rural parts of Vermont.

This study served as a supplemental scoping evaluation to the Grand Isle County Park & Ride Scoping Study completed by the Northwest RPC and VTrans. The evaluation focused on a traffic and safety analyses of a potential state-owned and operated Park & Ride site at Jasper Mine Road in Colchester (Exit 17). The study also included coordination with Colchester and Milton on this potential Park & Ride.