In early 2013, the City of Burlington, in partnership with the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission and in close cooperation with the Vermont Agency of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration, initiated the Railyard Enterprise Project (REP). The REP aims to address multimodal safety, mobility, and operational transportation issues and to advance economic development opportunities in the southern waterfront area of Burlington by improving access and mobility through new urban streets. The REP followed an enhanced scoping process under FHWA’s Every Day Counts/Planning and Environmental Linkages (EDC/PEL) initiative. The result of the REP Scoping Study was the selection, by the Burlington City Council, of three REP alternatives to advance into preliminary engineering and permitting under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), a process required for using federal funds to finance transportation projects. This REP Supplemental Scoping Study is a follow-on to the REP Scoping Study and its goal is to further refine and evaluate one of those alternatives, Alternative 1B, and to explore the feasibility of implementing the project without federal funding, using state and local funds only, thereby needing to conduct a complex, lengthy, and costly NEPA process.

The Winooski Avenue Transportation Study supports the City of Burlington’s efforts to create multimodal Complete Streets throughout the City. The two-mile corridor from Riverside Avenue at the north end to Howard Street/Saint Paul Street to the south runs through the center of Burlington and provides mobility to and from the City and access to homes, shopping, and employment. This study identifies ways to address safety challenges, maintain a high level of multimodal mobility, and support community and economic development aspirations as set forth by the planBTV comprehensive plan for the City of Burlington.

The Winooski Avenue Transportation Study supports the City of Burlington’s efforts to create multimodal Complete Streets throughout the City. The two-mile corridor from Riverside Avenue at the north end to Howard Street/Saint Paul Street to the south runs through the center of Burlington and provides mobility to and from the City and access to homes, shopping, and employment. This study identifies ways to address safety challenges, maintain a high level of multimodal mobility, and support community and economic development aspirations as set forth by the planBTV comprehensive plan for the City of Burlington.

This memorandum summarizes the feasibility of continuing bicycle lanes through the intersections of Williston Road at Kennedy Drive/Airport Drive and Williston Road at Hinesburg Road/Patchen Road by reallocating roadway space used by vehicles.

The CCRPC selected Watershed Consulting Associates (WCA) for initial scoping, assessment, alternatives analysis, and 30% design development for the replacement of two (2) culverts on Densmore Drive in Essex Junction, VT.

Greenride Bikeshare launched in April 2018 and provided a new public transportation option in Burlington, South Burlington and Winooski. CCRPC contracted with Toole Design to analyze the potential future expansion of the Greenride system and provide guidance on the placement of additional micromobility hubs and options such as e-assist bicycles and e-scooters that may support the growth and success of the region’s first shared mobility system.

The Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC) and the City of South Burlington (the City) initiated this study to analyze and evaluate the feasibility of mid-block crossings in multiple locations in South Burlington, Vermont.

This is a scoping report for the intersections of Colchester Avenue, Riverside Avenue, Barrett Street, and Mill Street located in Burlington. It was conducted and coordinated with a separate scoping study of the adjacent Winooski River Bridge.

The CCRPC worked alongside the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) and the Town of Williston to evaluate the feasibility of creating a Transportation Improvement District (TID) at the Exit 12/Taft Corners area in Williston, VT. In 2014, the Vermont General Assembly passed Act 145 (H.740) which establishes a Transportation Impact Fee that may be required by an Agency of Natural Resources District Environmental Commission (DEC) or by VTrans to help pay for transportation improvements that directly benefit proposed or future developments. One mechanism by which Transportation Impact Fees can be assessed is through a TID. RSG was retained by CCRPC to analyze and evaluate the potential TID in this area and identify a pathway toward implementation.