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We are so pleased to announce this release!??? Decarbonizing Maine’s trucks and buses will be critical to achieving the state’s ambitious emissions reduction goals—a 45 percent reduction by 2030 and 80 percent by 2050.? In partnership with the Maine Governor's Office of Policy Innovation and the Future, Maine Department of Transportation, and Maine Governor's Energy Office, we helped develop Maine’s Clean Transportation Roadmap for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles. The roadmap charts a path and makes data-driven policy recommendations for Maine to decarbonize its trucks and buses. The Roadmap aligns with the latest update to the state climate action plan, Maine Won’t Wait. ?? Kudos to the team: Chris Porter; Karl Reinhardt; Navnit Sourirajan;?Mike Carter;?Ishraque Sk Md;?Aneudi Nu?ez; Monte White;?Meg Kilkelly;?Mariel de la Pe?a; Ryan St. Martin and?Moby Khan. Check out the Roadmap here: https://lnkd.in/eZvAynGY?

Super proud to have led the grant application for the Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods planning grant that secured funding to explore the land bridge component. Kudos to Lily Lowder who worked on the grant narrative with me. Always good to see things moving forward. The planning study will incorporate a significant public engagement component to get resident and business input.

?? Are you a public agency in Los Angeles County or a consultant on their projects? If so, we have exciting news. ? Through the MeasureUp! Program, Los Angeles Metro is rolling out free access to LOCUS products that provide high resolution person and truck movements in LA County. ? Apply for an account now: https://lnkd.in/e6_6ztev ? Register for our upcoming training session on December 10th: https://lnkd.in/e7VxVSkn ? LOCUS Person: Expanded multimodal person flows with segmentation such as mode, purpose, time of day, equity, and more. ? LOCUS Person+: LOCUS Person with transit data integrated from Metro and 16+ regional agencies for rich transit analyses. ? LOCUS Truck: Expanded truck movements of light (beta), medium, and heavy-duty trucks with stay duration, vocation, and industry classifications. There are several planned data refreshes, product enhancements, feature releases, and platform upgrades. Stay tuned!

It's been a packed week for transportation safety ?? ?? Trump Administration Names Sean Duffy as next Transportation Secretary? ?? MADD Hosts Candlelight Vigil for Drunk Driving Victims in D.C. ?? U.S. DOT Announces New Safe Streets and Roads for All Funding Safe System Weekly is taking a break next week for Thanksgiving, but we'll be back on December 6th. More news here ??

I am so thankful I was a part of Cambridge Systematics, Inc.'s Wayfinders Mentorship Program this year. About a month ago, I was lucky enough to travel to our Austin office and get to meet my wonderful mentor, Kelsey Ahern, PE, in person (along with several other great Austinites ??)! Very grateful to have women like Kelsey to look up to and have a Teams chat away for career and life questions, big and small.

?? Vermont Av in Los Angeles is one of the region’s busiest transit corridors, connecting a diverse, transit-reliant community. We used LOCUS to reveal key insights into the corridor’s travel patterns, highlighting transit usage and trends that make the case for future transit enhancements. Read more to see how travel metrics from LOCUS can support people-centered, transit-friendly urban planning: https://lnkd.in/e7Wq389G

Happy 25th GIS Day! ??? Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Day is dedicated to sharing, teaching, and celebrating the technology that empowers us to map our world, solve problems, and shape the future. To celebrate, our GIS Working Group is hosting a company-wide meeting to showcase and highlight our GIS achievements this past year. We will spend this day celebrating the joy of geospatial analysis and improve our craft. The celebration will include a show and tell of maps, applications, and analyses as well as a GIS trivia competition. Our GIS Working Group includes people across multiple departments and disciplines with the goal of keeping our staff up to date with the latest GIS products, visualization tips, and analysis strategies. Shoutout to our GIS Working Group members: Lauren Bennett, AICP; Thomas Ciovacco; Jack Glodek; Levon Mikaelian; Hannah Santiago, AICP; Gui Vendemiatti; Anne Wakeman and Sarah Windmiller. Thank you to all the GIS professionals, educators, and enthusiasts who make this field so dynamic and impactful. Let’s keep exploring, analyzing, and innovating! Learn more about GIS Day: https://lnkd.in/gBebXSX

Congratulations to the Port of Oakland and Port of Anacortes on their EPA Clean Ports Program grant awards! ?? The awards, totaling $386 million or 13% of the total estimated grant program funding, will aid decarbonization efforts by deploying zero-emissions equipment, drayage trucks, vessels, and supporting charging infrastructure. These projects will help the Ports, their tenants, and other partners in their mission to reduce greenhouse emissions, as well as improve community engagement, workforce opportunities, and access to quality jobs. Kudos to the CS team behind the winning applications: Krista Jeannotte;?Lily Lowder, MPA;?Linnea Goderstad; Kurt Lehmann;?Guilherme Leao; Will McKee,?Sogand Karbalaieali;?Stacy Cook, AICP;?Kate Lefkowitz,?Aneudi Nu?ez;?Angela Valenti;?Ken White, Ph.D. and?Rachel Vierstra, MUP, MPH. Port of Oakland grant: https://lnkd.in/gDcZ2hZP Port of Anacortes grant: https://lnkd.in/eTfVvHse

Your transportation safety news—all in one place. ?? ?? FHWA New Rules on Work Zone Safety Policy ?? Michigan Set To Approve Work Zone Speed Cameras ?? Bicycle Alert Detection to be Standard in GM Vehicles Read this week's edition of Safe System Weekly for more ??

????♂? How can high-density areas be optimized to support bicyclists and pedestrians? In this piece, we use LOCUS to explore active transportation travel patterns along Los Angeles Metro's Rail-to-Rail corridor, revealing insights that can help shape more accessible, safe, and transit-friendly urban environments. ? Learn how data-driven strategies are transforming planning efforts for healthier and better-connected communities: https://lnkd.in/d9FC7nTy