TPOL students near their final semester participate in a practicum, an in-depth field study of ongoing transportation policy, operations and logistics situations. Students focus on the design and delivery of actions to manage or resolve problems as part of their group’s task. Projects are chosen depending on relevance to the degree program, interests of the student body and faculty, and opportunity. Click on the titles below to read the final reports from past years’ practicum projects.
2009:
Aging-In-Place: Regional Transit Services and Senior Mobility Issues
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1.43 MB)
River Drive North Feasibility Study (4.19 MB)
2008:
Feasibility of a Highway User Fee (860 KB)
Review of Access and Circulation on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Presentation (3.13 MB)
A Review of Access and Circulation on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Report (3.95 MB)
2007:
Parking Taxes as a Means of Congestion Pricing: A Feasibility Assessment, submitted to Arlington County Virginia (350 KB)
Virginia Freight Truck Parking: A Study of Management, Policy & Solutions, A Practical Policy Analysis Prepared for Virginia Department of Transportation
(3.3 MB)
A New Sunrise at the Herndon-Monroe Station (4.15 MB)
2006:
Capitalizing on Potential: Air Cargo Development at Washington Dulles
International Airport ( 8.73 MB)
Powerpoint of Capitalizing on Potential (6.06 MB)
2005:
U.S. Route 29 in South-Central Virginia: Transportation and Economic Development Study (Final Report and associated files) (2204 KB)
Montana - Custer Avenue/Henderson Street Draft Corridor Study (Final Report and associated files) (2502 KB)
Virginia - #1 Route to a Cooperative Goal: Improving the Mid-Atlantic Rail Corridor (156 KB)
2004 : An Analysis of Transportation Needs for Dialysis Patients in Fairfax County, Virginia (2740 KB)
2003:
Coordinating Critical Transportation Infrastructure Vulnerability Assessments And Needs Prioritization For The National Capital Region (575 KB)
2002:
Meeting the Needs of Virginia’s Motorists: Recommendations for Improving Customer Satisfaction with VDOT (1711 KB)