Transportation for Communities - Advancing Projects Through Partnerships

Attending the 2013 annual TRB meeting in D.C.? TCAPP will be featured in two sessions:

Session 420: Monday January 14th, 4:15PM-6:00PM, Hilton, Poster Session: "SHRP 2 Capacity and Reliability: Works in Progress and Emerging Products"

Session 788: Wednesday, January 16th, 2:30PM-4:00PM, Hilton, Lectern Session: "Collaborative Decision-Making Tools from SHRP 2: Transportation for Communities--Advancing Projects Through Partnerships and Integrated Ecological Framework"

See the 2013 Annual Meeting program for details.

Posted by: admin | January 09, 2013

Transportation agencies are taking steps to strengthen the connection between transportation and land use in their plans and projects. For help, smart growth considerations have been added to the new Land Use and Smart Growth Application on TCAPP.

Posted by: admin | January 09, 2013

P3, or Public-Private Partnership, brings innovation and new financing options to transportation projects. Forming a P3 can happen at any time during the transportation decision-making process, but early consideration allows the involved public and private entities to maximize the partnership's potential. Explore the possibilities on the new TCAPP P3 Application.

Posted by: admin | November 26, 2012

A good site-wide search function is powerful – it can help visitors quickly navigate through a lot of information and determine if a site is useful to them. Search functions are also really complicated to develop – there is a reason Google is so popular! The TCAPP team has been busy working on a new site-wide search. We used a very popular open-source search engine (called Solr) and customized it to fit the needs of typical TCAPP searching.

The new search addresses limitations of the old version and adds to user-experience. Results can be filtered by site location. Synonyms are automatically included. Critical information is boosted in results. Search-terms are highlighted on selected pages. Try out search and tell us what you think in TCAPP's forums at http://transportationforcommunities.com/shrpc01/forums!

Posted by: admin | November 15, 2012

TRB has plans for additional pilot tests to help improve TCAPP. A new Request for Proposals (RFP) will be released in July with proposals due in late August under the SHRP 2 Capacity Program. The project number will be C39A, with total funding of $1 million to support up to five project teams. If you are considering a way in which TCAPP can help your plan or project, you might want to check out how Washington State DOT used TCAPP to support the SR 509 Corridor Completion Project. Please visit "How Does TCAPP Work in the Real World?" at www.transportationforcommunities.com. Another example is a Complete Streets Plan in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Watch the video tutorial to learn more. Stay tuned so that you don't miss this opportunity.

Posted by: admin | July 10, 2012

Please share your thoughts now: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TCAPP_user_survey

What the survey is about: SHRP2 is preparing to formally roll out the TCAPP site, and your answers to this survey will help gather advice on how to best share the site with transportation professionals most likely to use TCAPP, including planners, project development engineers, environmental specialists and public involvement professionals. If you have any friends or colleagues that would be willing to provide input, please forward the survey to them.

What TCAPP is about: If you are new to the TCAPP website, it's a one-stop-shop for the planning process – it outlines the key steps in the planning process, includes information on who should be involved in each step, has case study and best practice information and many other helpful features.

Posted by: admin | July 06, 2012

TCAPP will be featured in the TRB joint summer committee meetings in Little Rock, Arkansas. If you will be at the conference, please join us during the Research Workshop (6/24/2012, 1:00-3:00pm, Arkansas Ballroom) and the SHRP2 Report from TCAPP and Eco-Logical Pilots (6/26/2012, 8:00-9:30am, Hoffman room) to discuss what we have accomplished and what's ahead.

Posted by: admin | June 22, 2012

At the May TRB Conference "Making Progress: Transportation Planners and Programmers Turn Ideas into Reality", held in Denver, TCAPP was featured in a 4-hour, hands-on workshop. The goal was to introduce the audience to TCAPP using the challenges that they face. In small groups the audience took specific real-life problems and used TCAPP to identify strategies and supporting information. The topics represented a broad array of issues that were unique to transportation professionals or addressed overarching concerns such as stakeholder interface. This approach acquainted these new users with the depth and breadth of TCAPP. Many were surprised by what they learned. Challenge – can you provide an issue for TCAPP to address?

Posted by: admin | June 22, 2012

TCAPP has a new greenhouse gas (GHG) application. This app can help users take action to reduce GHG emissions from transportation sources during planning and project development. Check it out! http://www.transportationforcommunities.com/shrpc01/ghg_application_kdps/26/0

Posted by: admin | June 22, 2012