Category: Development

We have been talking a lot about the math behind the concept of induced traffic similar to fluid hydraulics, but what does this really have to do with smart growth and transportation planning? A better understanding of the governing mechanics of transportation and traffic helps reduce the rippling effects of neighborhoods that become overwhelmed with […]

A preview story of our next publication (May 28th) In our previous two posts we discussed the mechanisms that govern the flow of water, the visual similarity to traffic flow, and the equilibrium dynamics that govern flow in a network. The path of least resistance in water was related to individual users determining their own […]

A preview story of our next publication (May 28th) In our previous discussion we looked at the theory behind traffic flow patterns in a network and piped water systems. Our theory included an overview of how the geometry and mechanisms of flow (velocity and distribution) between the two systems are similar. It is important to […]

A preview story of our next publication (May 28th) Imagine you could float over a transportation network and view it at the network scale where cars would begin to appear as a single moving mass. Individual blips of the road would be ironed out and intersections/ramps would appear like nodes. What you would see would […]

Our 4th issue investigates our areas job creators and the stagnation of new innovations coming from a region which promotes creative education. Thank you to the talented photographers who contributed this week.   [issuu width=420 height=272 backgroundColor=%23222222 documentId=120513152328-53e9a36f87e849b0a59ca0cd6ff07170 name=ttc_2012-05-14 username=tysonsengineer tag=redevelopment unit=px v=2]

A preview story of our next publication (May 14th) In modern terms a workshop has taken on a negative connotation as a factory of human labor, but the original concept had much nobler intent. In a renaissance workshop craftsman and artists would combine their skills to better understand the physical and optical world with mathematics […]

The Vienna Choral Society is preparing for their Concert For A Cause, May 19th, to support arts education in Fairfax County. As a product of the Fairfax County arts program I believe that the arts are way of grounding the youth and teaching them the benefits of both analytic and aesthetic thinking. Music is a […]

A preview story of our next publication (May 14th) This past week Richard Florida wrote an interesting article New York City: The Nation’s Second Leading Tech Hub which has some great graphics on how New York City is converting its economy from a financial and style economy to include several multi-million dollar startup tech firms. […]

A preview story of our next publication (May 14th) My experience in land development has taught me a lot about planning, developers, and the economics of a project but one thing I have always questioned is why more clients would throw away money that could be available to them with proper design. I saw projects […]