How to Ease the Parking Crunch in Hyannis

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Guest blogger Ted Brovitz, HSH’s Manager of Community Planning, provided this blog about an expert panel to address the on-going parking issues in the Downtown Hyannis area in which he participated.  Before joining HSH, Ted was the first executive director of the Hyannis Main Street Business Improvement District. Downtown Hyannis has had significant success over [...]

Smart Streets: Generating Transportation Tax Revenue in Oregon

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Guest blogger Hannah Giovannucci provided this piece about creative financing planning for transportation infrastructure in Oregon.  Hannah is a staff transportation engineer at HSH, specializing in traffic analysis and simulation.  She is interested in using new technology to improve our transportation system. The newest method for generating transportation revenues is currently a pilot program in [...]

MassDOT = GreenDOT

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MassDOT released their GreenDOT Implementation Plan on 12/12/12.  The plan outlines a way forward (look for more about The Way Forward in a future post) to reduce greenhouse gases and increase the share of non-automobile transportation in Massachusetts. MassDOT has been lauded by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and rightfully [...]

Reinventing Infrastructure for Compact Development

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Current trends highlighted by the Urban Land Institute are already in practice via three HSH Associates projects in Boston, Quincy, and West Springfield.

Project Spotlight: Adams Green Transportation Improvements

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HSH Assoc. has been working with Mass DOT’s Complete Streets guidelines to revitalize historic Quincy Center through the Adams Green improvement project.