By Mike Spack, PE, PTOE Driving is a means to an end. People overwhelmingly choose to drive their cars to get somewhere – to work, the grocery store, home, daycare, the movie theater, etc. Developers are in the business of building these destinations. They need to get people into their developments for the developments to […]
We can’t afford to strand a field tech three hours away from the office. Our 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan has a well earned 140,000 miles on it and we’re concerned about the coming costs to keep it working reliably. It’s time to replace Traffic Data Inc’s mini-van with a new work vehicle. The default decision […]
By Bryant Ficek, PE, PTOE How much impact does the speed limit have on a local, residential road? That basic question has increasingly become a hot-button issue in Minnesota where these roads are usually 30 mph by state statute. Several cities and bicycle/pedestrian advocates are pushing to change the statute and lower the local speed […]
By Max Moreland, PE In the current 10th edition of ITE’s Trip Generation Manual, the categorization for a number of land uses has changed from previous editions. One of those changes is for multi-family housing. I thought I would take a closer look at the new ITE multi-family housing land uses to see how it […]
Mike Spack and Bryant Ficek have literally written a book about Traffic Impact Studies and the process from authorization to final study. We present the information we wish we had when starting our careers and hopefully have tips and refreshers that even experienced traffic engineers will find useful. This series presents the basic steps of […]
By Mike Spack, PE, PTOE As a follow-up to our comparison post Building the Right Amount of Parking Stalls between the parking generation data from TripGeneration.org vs. ITE’s Parking Generation, 4th Edition, here are average peak parking rates for fourteen land uses that aren’t in ITE’s dataset. Enjoy! Average Peak Parking Rates Land Use […]
Mike Spack, PE, PTOE Recently, I was contacted by the New York Times Upfront magazine, to comment on a 3D speed hump being used in Iceland. (Click to view the article). The question was, are painted virtual speed humps effective? The goal of speed humps is to help calm traffic, making it safer for pedestrians. […]
By Bryant Ficek On February 1, 2018, MikeOnTraffic published an article about the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA’s) repeal of their Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFB) interim approval. In essence, the RRFB was no longer allowed for new installations due to patent issues. As explained by the FHWA, the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), […]
By Mike Spack, PE PTOE Hesam Hafezi co-authored the paper “Understanding and Modeling the Activity-Travel Behavior of University Commuters at a Large Canadian University” and asked me to share it with you. Trip generation is a popular topic in our industry, so I’ve decided to share the paper with you below (I turn down most […]
By Mike Spack, PE, PTOE Michael Sanderson, PE, PTOE is the President/CEO of the award-winning Montana headquartered Sanderson Stewart consulting firm. He is also the 2018 President of the Institute of Transportation Engineers. He was the driving force behind the wildly successful LeadershipITE program and has served ITE throughout his 22 year career. I’ve known […]
