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China is “going green” by beginning production of the “3D Express Coach” in late 2010 Allows cars to travel underneath, while carrying up to 1400 passengers Will take a year to produce and cost $73 million to build the futuristic transportation system.
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China is “going green” by beginning production of the “3D Express Coach” in late 2010 • Allows cars to travel underneath, while carrying up to 1400 passengers • Will take a year to produce and cost $73 million to build the futuristic transportation system China Plans Huge Buses That Can DRIVE OVER Cars Interesting news while you are waiting for the webinar to begin Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/669166
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The Transportation Impact Handbook An update to the 1997 Site Impact Handbook
1997 Site Impact Handbook • Was Not Current With Recent Changes To GM Laws • Had Not Been Updated In Over 10 Years • Needed Updating To Reflect Changes In Professional Practice
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Chapter 1 Introduction This handbook was designed as an electronic desktop reference for the FDOT reviewer Not written in stone.
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The Basic Steps Moving away from the steps being mostly based on the 4 step model process
Employee Factors for Models Turns square feet to employees
Trip Internalization FDOT Now working with CUTR to get more data
Chapter 3 Comprehensive Planning Local Government Comprehensive Plan Reviews
Other Subjects Multimodal Transportation Districts Backlog Authorities
Links to DCA Guidance And lots more pages of these
New Realities and Broadening Options • Enhancing operational efficiency on existing transportation system • Increasing other modal options • Increasing system capacity
New Realities and Broadening Options • Recognize the limitations of travel demand modeling in multimodal analyses
Training Plans • September 2010 – Start series of webinars by chapter • Winter 2010/2011 – Live on-site training to be developed
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