A recent partnership with the North Carolina Department of Transportation Division of Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation (DBPT) has ITRE assisting in the development of a variety of bicycle and pedestrian projects. These include training workshops on planning and designing bicycle and pedestrian facilities, updating and revising department of transportation (DOT) bike/ped design manuals, the development of maps that highlight state and local bicycle transportation systems,and providing technical assistance to communities. Staff is also working with a DOT to develop ideas on how to mainstream the planning, design and construction of bicycle and pedestrian facilities into regular DOT activities and a new matching grant program to encourage NC localities to develop comprehensive bicycle and pedestrian plans. Special projects such as an economic impact study of bicycle facilities in the northern Outer Banks region are also part of the initiative.
Public Transportation Group Achievements
- Public Transportation Program introduced; Anna Nalevanko, Program Director; first contract with NCDOT Public Transportation Division (June 1992)
- Urban Transportation Assistance Program started; Debbie Collins, Program Manager (February 1994)
- First program area taxicab research project (City of Durham, NC) (January 1995)
- First installation, with associated technical support, of demand-responsive scheduling software (Mini Pass) at rural NC transit system (September 1996)
- Public Transportation Program becomes Transit Operations Group (April 1997)
- First program area contract with NCDOT Division of Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation (October 1997)
- First contract with NCDOT Rail Division (November 1997)
- Awarded Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Project B-16: Analysis of the Private-for-Hire Vehicle Industry and Its Role in Public Transit, first instance of ITRE winning TRB national research study as lead contractor (January 1998)
- First installation of TrIP (Transit Information Program) software, developed by Transit Operations Group (February 2000)
- Transit Operations Group becomes Public Transportation Group (July 2001)
- Added Bicycle and Pedestrian Program to the Group (2003)
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