The Paths to VISION 2050. International_Migration_Development.pdf (application/pdf Object) Managing the Global Mobility Function – A Major new Initiative from The FEM | The Forum for Expatriate Management. You are here: Home » FEM » Managing the Global Mobility Function – A Major New Initiative Brought to you by The Forum for Expatriate Management. Over 250 Corporations have already signed up to participate in our groundbreaking Managing The Global Mobility Function study and we already have benchmarking data on over 150 service providers. Sign up today to participate in the Research Study and gain invaluable information on how best to structure your Global Mobility Team including: What services to outsourceAssignee/HR caseload ratiosVendor Performance dataAverage Fees per assignee The results of the Research Study will be released at The Global Mobility Summits in Chicago and London.
Take the Survey Today to Participate in the Managing the Global Mobility Function Research Study. Global Mobility Summit London 2010. Global Mobility Summit New York. Terry_Int'l_Initiatives_Higher_Education.pdf (application/pdf Object) Regional mobility initiative state. The Global Green Initiative | Transportation in Transformation. The global mobility initiative. Tom Vanderbilt on Transit & Traffic | Sea Change Radio. February 14th, 2012 Posted by Alex Wise Podcast: Play in new window | Download Has this ever happened to you: you’re sitting in your car, engine idling, watching the cars in front of you and behind you move only inches at a time, and you find yourself wishing you had opted for public transportation? So why didn’t you? Were you deterred by the time you imagined it would take? Did the transport system’s notorious unreliability make you nervous? Or perhaps the prospect of sitting on a dingy seat next to a smelly stranger kept you behind the wheel of your own car, where you know you’re in control?
Then again, how “in control” can you be – you’ve only moved a foot in the last five minutes, haven’t you? This week on Sea Change Radio our guest is Tom Vanderbilt . Alex wise , mass transit , new york times , public transportation , sea change radio , tom vanderbilt , traffic. Regulatory news: Bike Nation to Make Four Thousand Bicycles Available For Use By Los Angeles Commuters and Visitors. April 15, 2012 (Los Angeles, CA) — At the CicLAvia event in downtown Los Angeles today, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced plans for a bike sharing demonstration project in the City.
In the spirit of Mayor Villaraigosa's invitation for "Angelenos to get out of their cars and on to the streets," Bike Nation, the only Southern California-based bike share company, plans to install 400 kiosks with a total of 4,000 bikes throughout the City of Los Angeles, with the first kiosks expected to be in operation during the fourth quarter of 2012. "Bike share programs have proven successful in urban areas around the world and in major cities in the United States," stated Navin Narang, Founder, Bike Nation.
"We are excited to work with the City of Los Angeles to implement this demonstration project and provide healthy, low-cost transit options and connectivity between transit connections, business centers and regional destinations. " For more information: Grants | Grants & Funding. Transportation demand management. Evening traffic on the A1 freeway in Slovenia. Transportation demand management, traffic demand management or travel demand management (all TDM) is the application of strategies and policies to reduce travel demand (specifically that of single-occupancy private vehicles), or to redistribute this demand in space or in time.[1][2] In transport as in any network, managing demand can be a cost-effective alternative to increasing capacity. A demand management approach to transport also has the potential to deliver better environmental outcomes, improved public health, stronger communities, and more prosperous and livable cities.
TDM techniques link with and support community movements for sustainable transport. Background[edit] The term TDM has its origins in the United States in the 1970s and 1980s, and is linked to the economic impacts of the sharp increase in oil prices during the 1973 oil crisis and the 1979 energy crisis. Oil price trend, 1861–2007, both nominal and adjusted to inflation. Road space rationing. Historical background[edit] The earliest known implementation of road space rationing took place in Rome, as carriages and carts pulled by horses created serious congestion problems in several Roman cities. In 45 B.C. Julius Caesar declared the center of Rome off-limits between 6 a.m. and 4 p.m. to all vehicles except for carriages transporting priests, officials, visitors, and high ranking citizens.[1] Applications of road space rationing[edit] Road space rationing based on license numbers has been implemented in cities such as Athens (1982),[2] Santiago, Chile (1986 and extended 2001), México City (1989), Metro Manila (1995), São Paulo (1997), Bogotá, Colombia (1998), La Paz, Bolivia (2003),[3] San José, Costa Rica, (2005)[4][5] countrywide in Honduras (2008),[6] and Quito, Ecuador (2010).[7] All these cities restrain a percentage of vehicles every weekday during rush hours or for the entire day.
Temporary restriction[edit] Summer Olympics[edit] Beijing 2008[edit] London 2012[edit] Road pricing. Toll booths (sometimes called a toll plaza in American English) in the United Kingdom Road pricing (also road user charges) are direct charges levied for the use of roads, including road tolls, distance or time based fees, congestion charges and charges designed to discourage use of certain classes of vehicle, fuel sources or more polluting vehicles.[1][2] These charges may be used primarily for revenue generation, usually for road infrastructure financing, or as a transportation demand management tool to reduce peak hour travel and the associated traffic congestion or other social and environmental negative externalities associated with road travel such as air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, visual intrusion, noise and road accidents.[3] Many recent road pricing schemes have proved controversial with a number of high profile schemes in the US and the UK being cancelled, delayed or scaled back in response to opposition and protest.
Terminology[edit] History[edit] Example schemes[edit] Traffic calming. Signing indicating that a motorist is approaching traffic calming devices. In its early development in the UK in the 1930s, traffic calming was based on the idea of residential areas protected from through traffic. Subsequently, it was mainly justified on the grounds of pedestrian safety and reduction of the noise and local air pollution that traffic produces. However, car traffic severely impairs the social and recreational functions that streets are now recognized to have.
The Livable Streets study by Donald Appleyard (1981)[2] found that residents of streets with light traffic had, on average, three more friends and twice as many acquaintances as the people on streets with heavy traffic which were otherwise similar in dimensions, income, etc. For much of the twentieth century, streets were designed by engineers who were charged only with ensuring smooth traffic flow and not with fostering the other functions of streets. Measures[edit] Engineering measures[edit] Speed limits[edit] North East Texas Regional Mobility Authority. History[edit] The NET RMA was established October 28, 2004, by a unanimous vote from the Texas Transportation Commission, containing two founding counties of Smith and Gregg. In June 2006, the NET RMA became the first RMA in Texas to expand beyond its original county members, adding Cherokee, Harrison, Rusk, and Upshur counties, to bring the total number of member counties to six.
In July 2007, the RMA expanded once again, when the board passed a resolution accepting six additional counties. The addition of Bowie, Cass, Panola, Titus, Van Zandt, and Wood counties brought the total membership to 12 counties. In November 2013 the RMA revised its membership once again with the Addition of Kaufman County. Board of directors[edit] The NET RMA is led by a 19-member Board of Directors with at least one board member representing each member county. Projects[edit] Roadways[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] Regional Mobility Management | atlantaregional.com. TRANSPORT : NEW ACTION PLAN TO OUTLINE URBAN MOBILITY INITIATIVES. - European Report.
2012-strategic-plan.pdf (application/pdf Object) TateAustin scores contract to launch TX 'toll tag' project.(Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority)(Brief Article) - PR Week (US) Bryan/College Station MPO :: Texas Urban Mobility Plan (TUMP) 79thDRMCLegPositionsr.pdf (application/pdf Object) Green Initiative - Projects & Programs - Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority. The Mobility Authority's mission is to implement innovative solutions that reduce congestion and create multimodal transportation choices that enhance quality of life and economic vitality.
In line with this mission, the Mobility Authority promotes sustainability in the development of transportation projects and has adopted a Green Credits rating program to be utilized for all projects moving forward. Current Expressway Projects The Mobility Authority is currently constructing two expressway projects – the 183A Extension and the Manor Expressway and several sustainable initiatives aimed at reducing vehicle emissions, improving recycling and protecting the environment are underway.
These include the use of warm mix asphalt technology to lower fuel consumption, an emphasis on the use of recycled products in asphaltic concrete construction, as well as required field office and project site recycling. Green Credits Program for Future Projects Green Credits for the Manor Expressway. About Mobility Authority - Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority. The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority is an independent government agency created in 2002 to improve the transportation system in Williamson and Travis counties.
Our mission is to implement innovative, multi-modal transportation solutions that reduce congestion and create transportation choices that enhance quality of life and economic vitality. The Mobility Authority is overseen by a seven-member Board of Directors . The Governor appoints the Chairman, and the Travis and Williamson counties Commissioners Courts each appoint three members to serve on the Board. The Mobility Authority employs a small professional staff of 13 led by Executive Director, Mike Heiligenstein . The Mobility Authority uses private sector contractors with specialized expertise to provide staffing support for individual projects. RegRail.pdf (application/pdf Object) Mobility management in European projects. Lessons learned for Romania.(Company overview)(Report) - Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management. Air Quality Regional Mobility Initiative (RMI) - NCTCOG.org.
To help you better understand how we help air quality, the North Central Texas Council of Governments, along with the Regional Transportation Council, has developed Air Quality Emphasis Areas. We strive to implement programs that will improve each of these areas - a comprehensive plan to tackle the air quality situation. To meet the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ozone, it is necessary to address major contributing factors to on-road mobile emissions. If this standard is not met, the region faces strict sanctions, may no longer receive funding to build new roadways, and will continue to experience increased health risks associated with air pollution. It is important that these programs are implemented and the standard is met. To read the full Air Quality Regional Mobility Initiative and access copies ot other Regional Mobility Initiatives, visit NCTCOG's Regional Mobility Initiative page. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. {*style:<b>*} 9. Sustainable transport.
Sustainable transport refers to the broad subject of transport that is or approaches being sustainable. It includes vehicles, energy, infrastructure, roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals, pipelines, and terminals. Transport operations and logistics as well as transit-oriented development are involved. Transportation sustainability is largely being measured by transportation system effectiveness and efficiency as well as the environmental impacts of the system.[1] Short-term activity often promotes incremental improvement in fuel efficiency and vehicle emissions controls while long-term goals include migrating transportation from fossil-based energy to other alternatives such as renewable energy and use of other renewable resources.
The entire life cycle of transport systems is subject to sustainability measurement and optimization.[2] Sustainable transport systems make a positive contribution to the environmental, social and economic sustainability of the communities they serve. Get Smart on Smart Grid: How Technology Can Revolutionize Efficiency and Renewable Solutions. MTC -- Planning -- Transportation 2035. On April 22, 2009, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) adopted the Transportation 2035 Plan for the San Francisco Bay Area, which specifies how some $218 billion in anticipated federal, state and local transportation funds will be spent in the nine-county Bay Area during the next 25 years. “Transportation 2035 has been a collaborative effort,” explained MTC Chair and Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty.
“MTC worked very closely over many months with thousands of Bay Area residents as well as with business, community and environmental groups, and our partners at Caltrans, the county congestion management agencies, the Association of Bay Area Governments, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and the Bay Conservation and Development Commission. We’ve set some very ambitious goals that won’t be met overnight. But the Transportation 2035 Plan sets the Bay Area solidly on course to meet them.” Publications. Transportation Research Board Calls For Development Of Mobility Management Centers. Regional Coordination Crucial, Independent Study Says. Trapeze Solutions Can Help Integrate Multi Modal, Inter Agency Transportation TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 17, 2012) - The Transportation Research Board of the National Academies (TRB) has released a new study titled "Developing Regional Mobility Management Centers.
" In this study, TRB calls for the creation of mobility management centers and describes how to integrate the capabilities of multiple software applications for scheduling and dispatching paratransit services so that they can transfer information seamlessly to each other. According to TRB, the viability of community-wide, centralized regional transportation information services needs to be enhanced. "It's very interesting and thoroughly conducted research," said Jarrod Clark, Trapeze's Director of Demand Response Products.
TCC was developed to meet the goals of the United We Ride initiative, coordinating and integrating neighboring paratransit operations.