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Durham, NC

Achieving Vision Zero, Reducing Traffic Fatalities Using Data

The City of Durham has made significant progress towards its Vision Zero goal - eliminating all traffic fatalities and serious injuries - by quantifyi...

Sacramento, CA

Reduce operating cost with reliability centered design/maintenance strategies

Use Reliability Centered Design/Maintenance to improve design, reduce labor and operating cost projections, and streamline maintenance and asset manag...

New Bedford, MA

Addressing sea level rise with resilient design guidelines in New Bedford

The Port of New Bedford generates over $11B in economic activity per year, but is increasingly vulnerable to sea-level rise and storm surge. To addres...

St Paul, MN

Justifying Green Stormwater Design for St Paul

City of St. Paul had the opportunity to redevelop a vacant 135-acre Ford Motor Co. campus that included a riverfront area abutting Hidden Falls Region...

Vail, CO

Vail phases in electric buses to replace town's diesel fleet, full electrification expected by 2032

Vail, CO’s winter-based economy and focus on sustainability led the town to embrace fleet electrification of its public buses to reduce greenhouse gas...

Hoboken, NJ

Feasibility & Community Engagement to Get Funding for Rebuild by Design Hudson River

The Rebuild By Design (RBD) Hudson River project includes comprehensive resilience measures to deal with sea level rise and coastal flooding in Hoboke...

Lexington, KY

Transforming a downtown identity through urban creek restoration and connective multi-modal corridor design.

Town Branch Commons is a hybrid park network, multi-modal trail system, and water filtration landscape designed to connect Lexington’s rural and urban...

Flint, MI

Street Design Tool Increases Engagement 10x for Corridor Enhancement Program in Flint, MI

The City Planning Department of Flint, Michigan used an easy-to-use street design tool to re-imagine a 2-mile stretch of highway with bike lanes, pede...

Grand Rapids, MI

Permeable pavement stormwater capture eliminates residential flooding in Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids planned to rebuild Atlas Avenue through its Vital Street program due to residential flooding. The city reconstructed the road using perme...

Harris County, TX

Green Roadway to Reduce Street Flooding

This was the first roadway project in the Houston area to implement Low Impact Development (LID) techniques and is viewed by Harris County as a stepp...