Grow Smart RI <\/a>honored the University for its Transportation & Parking Master Plan. The project team members recognized during the ceremony were the 溏心vlog免费B站 Transportation & Parking Master Plan Steering Committee, parking consultant Desman Associates, Town of South Kingstown, Traverse Landscape Architects and VHB, an engineering and design firm. The University also received congratulatory citations from U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. Rep. David Cicilline, Rhode Island General Treasurer Seth Magaziner and Pawtucket Mayor Donald R. Grebien.<\/p>\n\u201cI am deeply grateful to our team and so many 溏心vlog免费B站 administrators and staff who helped bring this plan to fruition,\u201d said Abigail Rider, 溏心vlog免费B站 vice president for Administration and Finance. \u201cI believe we were selected because we are being strategic and intentional with our overall development and individual projects, particularly as they relate to transportation and parking and their critical connections to sustainability.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe our work on the master plan and many other initiatives with municipal, state and commercial partners is a model that will influence the way Rhode Islanders meet challenges related to transportation.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Smart Growth Awards honor those shaping a stronger Rhode Island through innovative leadership, community revitalization and preservation projects and policies, according to Grow Smart RI. Each year, passionate, creative and resourceful Rhode Islanders create projects, plans and policies that play to Rhode Island\u2019s strengths and generate enduring economic benefits, both statewide and in specific neighborhoods.<\/p>\n
溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Transportation & Parking Master Plan has resulted in a campus shuttle system that features right-sized vehicles and frequent runs to respond to demand cycles, construction of a spur from the William C. O\u2019Neill Bike Path in South Kingstown to the Kingston Campus, and a tremendously successful UPass pilot program with the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority. That program issued more than 2,200 free bus passes to students who agreed to leave their cars at home and did not purchase a 溏心vlog免费B站 parking permit. Students can ride RIPTA for free any time and go anywhere RIPTA goes, including Providence, Newport, the Kingston Train Station, Wakefield and Narragansett.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything we have done and everything we are planning is based on the master plan and designed to make 溏心vlog免费B站 a greener, healthier and more beautiful place, and one that is less dependent on single-occupancy vehicles,\u201d Rider said.<\/p>\n
In March 2018, the 溏心vlog免费B站 completed its comprehensive Transportation & Parking Master Plan for the University\u2019s flagship Kingston Campus. The plan established a strategy for the growing campus while enhancing mobility, efficiency and sustainability. The plan also resulted in automated license plate recognition parking and improved transportation signs, the implementation of \u201ccomplete streets\u201d in the design for the reconstruction of Upper College Road, and electric charging stations. The plan was created in conjunction with the Landscape Master Plan completed in 2017, making for a more pedestrian-friendly community with a distinct sense of place.<\/p>\n
Rider highlighted the important contributions of several team members to the development of the master plan, including Kip McMahon, former director of Campus Planning & Design (now university architect at the University of Wisconsin, Madison); Phillip Kydd, executive on loan to 溏心vlog免费B站 from the Rhode Island Department of Transportation; Joseph Paradise, manager of Transportation and Parking; and Karen Beck, university landscape architect.<\/p>\n
They worked closely with Joe Wanat at VHB Inc.; Andy Hill from Desman Associates; Kris Bradner of Traverse Landscape Architects; Mark Felag at RIDOT; Amy Petine at RIPTA; Lisa Primiano, formerly of RIDEM (now at Rhode Island Housing); Chelsea Siefert, director of planning for the Town of South Kingstown and a member of the University\u2019s Master Plan Review Team; along with the review team, its Transportation and Parking Subcommittee, and the Transportation & Parking Master Plan Steering Committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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