2024 Transportation Summit

The role of data in decision-making is key to ensuring our policies and goals are responding to real-time travel choices, vehicle fleet turnover, and trends in vehicle ownership. Using real data from vehicle registrations and inspections in Chittenden County, researchers at the Transportation Research Center have collaborated with the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission to create a dashboard that allows users to assess vehicle miles travelled, vehicle tailpipe emissions, gallons of fuel consumed, kilowatt hours of electricity consumed, changes in vehicle types and vehicle fuels, and much more.

Burlington is the home of one of the nation’s twenty 2030 Districts. The Burlington 2030 District is a private/public partnership working to reduce building energy consumption, water usage and transportation emissions 50% by 2030. By establishing the economic case for these reductions, the District helps property owners increase asset value, reduce operating costs, and create a healthier community

Carsharing is most readily available in cities, but access to shared vehicles has the potential to transform the mode choice process for, and overall mobility of, residents in other communities, too. We’ll unpack some of the challenges CarShare Vermont has encountered providing service outside of Burlington and discuss some possible approaches to supporting shared vehicles in these places.

Vermont’s town governments contribute to mobility solutions in many ways. Shelburne has a range of plans, projects, and partnerships now underway. Discuss this portfolio with the town manager and make connections to your own interests.

Come learn about an important study…Adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and autonomous vehicles (AVs) holds potential for reducing travel demand and greenhouse gas emissions. EVs eliminate tailpipe greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and AVs can reduce congestion by enabling more efficient traffic flow and shared ride services. However, these technologies also have the potential to affect travel behavior and demand by reducing travel costs and influencing where people choose to live

Tri-Valley Transit’s Community Relations Manager, Mary-Claire Crogan will describe her organization’s work and impact as a rural transit agency in Central Vermont. The presentation will include information about TVT’s geographic and services growth; Shuttle Bus routes with an emphasis on commuter services connecting Addison County to Burlington; Dial-a-Ride services for vulnerable riders; and a Mobility and Transportation Innovations (MTI)-funded microtransit pilot underway in Middlebury..

Business Development Manager from Working Fields will be presenting about Transportation barriers and solutions. Learn about Working Fields, a mission-driven staffing agency offering second chances to job seekers, hear about their data about transportation barriers and stories about the difficulty of using the bus to get to work. How Working Fields has utilized VTANS Commute with Enterprise as a transportation solution. As a staffing agency, Working Fields is in the unique position of speaking to employers and employees to identify the barriers to getting motivated skilled employees to work.

The purpose of the Vermont Agency of Transportation’s Carbon Reduction Program is to reduce transportation emissions through the development of statewide carbon reduction strategies and by funding projects designed to reduce emissions. VTrans will present the strategies that were identified and discuss the plan for moving these strategies forward.