By VNRC
The People, Places & Transportation blog has a new home! The Transportation for Vermonters (T4VT)…
Building a Better Future with Placemaking and Public Spaces
By Richard Amore
Almost overnight the COVID-19 crisis turned our dining rooms into offices, parking spaces became places…
I-89 Study Can be Starting Point for Shift to Forward-Thinking Transportation System
By AARP Vermont, the Conservation Law Foundation, Local Motion, and the Vermont Natural Resources Council
Crossing the street shouldn’t mean risking your life. But for anyone biking, walking, or rolling…
Crashes are No Accident
By Mary Catherine Graziano
People walking and biking make up nearly 20% of traffic fatalities (pedestrians ~17% and bicyclists…
Winter biking can be fun! Here are some tips.
By Kelly Duggan
Burlington’s snow-covered streetscape is a stark contrast to what we saw over the summer. Where…
More People in Fewer, Cleaner Vehicles
By Eliana Fox
Before COVID-19, two of my European friends came to visit the U.S. We were walking…
COVID-19 and the Rise of Remote Work
By Jonathan Slason
With more than 300 million Americans subject to some type of state or local stay-at-home…
Supply and Demand: Exploring Transportation Demand Management (TDM)
By Jack Hanson
In 2000, the State of Vermont created Efficiency Vermont, a utility focused on reducing waste…
Stop Requiring Parking!
By Josh Katz
No one likes parking lots. They’re ugly and expensive. They enable driving alone and cause…
New Lanes for I-89? The Costs are High.
By Richard Watts
At the close of a record-breaking decade of weather disasters, after Venice flooded and while…
Putting the Village Back in Essex Junction
By Robin Pierce
“The Five Corners? Why would I want to go through the Five Corners?!” “Five roads,…
A Foreign Land: A Trip to Montreal with Local Motion
By Jon Kaplan
It had been at least 15 years since I took a trip to Montreal. I…