DTC Selected for SC DOT On-Call Traffic Counts

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:15:03 -0400

John Davenport Engineering, Inc., dba Davenport Transportation Consulting (DTC) has been selected by South Carolina Department of Transportation for statewide on-call traffic counts. DTC is one of twelve firms that were awarded a contract for the SCDOT's statewide on-call traffic counts. As a part of this contract, DTC has performed fifteen eight-hr. counts in the Town of Beaufort, SC.

John Townsend, PE Joins DTC

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:20:44 -0400

July 19, 2010

DTC is pleased to announce the addition of John Townsend, PE, Director of Transportation Design to our staff. John comes to us from Charlotte, NC. He has eight years of transportation planning and design experience. John has solid experience with both private and public sector clients. He has experience with several facets of traffic engineering including the management, completion, and signing and sealing of transportation studies, traffic impact analyses, and corridor studies; traffic signal timing plans, traffic signal design, traffic calming, traffic signing/marking plans, traffic control plans, roadway design, and construction cost estimating. John will be directing our firm's Transportation Design services. We believe that John is a great addition to our staff!

Tom Terrell Interviews John Davenport for NC Legal Landscapes Blog

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:08:37 -0400

Tom Terrell Interviews John Davenport for NC Legal Landscapes Blog

Terrell Hughes Joins DTC!

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:59:19 -0400

June 14, 2010

DTC is pleased to announce the addition of Terrell C. Hughes, EIT, Project Engineer to our staff. Terrell comes to us from Richmond, VA. He has four years of traffic engineering experience, including transportation impact analysis, traffic signal timing plans, traffic signal design, traffic calming, traffic signing/marking plans, roadway lighting design, and construction cost estimating. Terrell will be working in our Operations & Planning Unit here in DTC's Winston-Salem, NC headquarters. He will be supervised by Frank Amenya, PE, PTOE, DTC's Director of Traffic Engineering. We believe that Terrell is a great addition to our staff!

DTC/KHA Team Selected for PETERSBURG, VA Project

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:06:03 -0400

June 18, 2010

The Kimley Horn/DTC Team has been selected by the City of Petersburg, VA for a project involving the widening of Rives Road. Rives Road is classified as a major collector road, and is planned to accommodate traffic volumes for the 2030 design year. Rives Road will be evaluated for a four-lane typical section, with a bike lane, pedestrian sidewalks, curb/gutter on each side of the roadway, and enclosed drainage system. The engineering plans will be completed in three phases: preliminary engineering, right-of-way, and final design for construction. DTC's scope of services will be data collection, existing and future analysis, and public involvement.

DTC Selected for LEWISVILLE Sidewalk CEI AND Design Projects

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:09:46 -0400

June 18, 2010

DTC has been selected by the Town of Lewisville, NC for two sidewalk projects. For the first project DTC will provide construction engineering and inspection (CEI) services for approximately 1,765 feet of concrete sidewalk on Lewisville-Clemmons Road from the end of the present sidewalk near the Lewisville Fire Department to the entrance to Jack Warren Park. For the second project DTC will provide design and specification for the construction of approximately 1,000 feet of sidewalk abutting Lewisville-Vienna Road from the end of the present sidewalk near Tullyries to Riverwood Drive, and may involve the design of retaining wall or drainage structures. Sidewalk services for both projects will meet the NCDOT and Town of Lewisville requirements. Joining DTC on these projects will be Allied Associates, P.A. who will provide the projects' surveying tasks, and ECS Carolinas, LLC who will provide the projects' material testing tasks.

City of Greensboro, NC City Council Approves The Province at Greensboro Development

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:11:16 -0400

City of Greensboro City Council voted unanimously (8-0) to approve The Province development on April 6, 2010. Edward Communities, an Ohio-based developer is expected to redevelop Newman Machinery industrial site into The Province, a 219 unit student housing development to be located off Spring Garden Street and Fulton Street near the University of North Carolina Greensboro (UNCG). See Exhibit below. The original site plan which was opposed by nearby College Hill residents went through a series of adjustments to make it more compatible with the surrounding College Hill neighborhood. Some of the adjustments included decreasing the height of some apartment buildings, adding fences and landscaping.

In September 2009, Davenport Transportation Consulting (DTC) was retained to carry out a transportation impact analysis (TIA) for the Province at Greensboro. DTC analyzed six (6) intersections within the vicinity of the study area and provided recommended improvements for roadway capacity and safety. This study involved working with the City of Greensboro (GDOT), Edwards Companies, and the College Hill residents to develop transportation solutions that would not have any detrimental effect on transportation capacity within the study area. The TIA was approved by GDOT in December 2009. It is expected that this infill development will revitalize the area. Construction of the Province at Greensboro is scheduled to begin later this year.

Construction on The BB&T Baseball Stadium

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:07:37 -0400

Off-site Improvements near completion near downtown Winston-Salem.

By: Davenport Transportation Consulting

The first game at BB&T Ballpark will be the home opener for the Dash on April 13 at 7 p.m. and the construction crews are hustling to complete the off-site improvements designed by Davenport Transportation Consulting (aka John Davenport Engineering) so the expected congestion can be managed. Improvements include new signals on Broad Street at each of the Business 40 on/off ramps. Both off-ramps from Business 40 to Broad Street are being striped to provide two lanes at each of the signals.

You will be happy to know that each of these signals will be interconnected so they will communicate with one another, so they can be programmed to move and control traffic in the most efficient manner. A detector (induction loop) will be positioned at the bottom of each off-ramp to pre-empt signal function and facilitate immediate clearing of congestion, should the ramp stacking ever threaten backup onto Business 40.

A new asphalt-concrete overlay on Broad Street will provide a fresh look and a clean slate for restriping to a five-lane section (2 through-lanes N & S, plus a turn lane) between the southerly signal and West 1^st Street on the north, where some associated signal modifications were also required.

The City is self-performing this work, along with some other repaving work, as well as some sidewalk and wheelchair ramp improvements to make the new stadium area pedestrian friendly.

It's almost time to play ball!

Rocky Mount Computerized Traffic Signal System

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:25:54 -0400

In October, 2009 a team including Davenport Transportation Consulting (DTC, formerly John Davenport Engineering, Inc.) was selected to prepare detailed plans and electrical and programming details for the rehabilitation/expansion of the Rocky Mount Computerized Traffic Signal System.

This project includes upgrading the existing signals in Rocky Mount to new 2070 Controllers and associated 330 Type Cabinets, upgrading all pedestrian signals to countdown signal head displays and upgrading all signal displays and local intersection timing to the most current NCDOT and FHWA standards. This project was awarded by the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The traffic signal designs and associated electrical details on this project are particularly complex as many include a combination of railroad preemption and emergency vehicle preemption.

These complex designs are unique and require a high level of expertise in both traffic signal design and electrical and programming detail. The project team was awarded this project with Notice to Proceed expected in April of 2010.

Route 5 Corridor Study Team - Selected-Richmond, Virginia

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:34:04 -0500

Davenport Transportation Consulting is a team member with Kimley-Horn Associates for the Richmond Metropolitan Planning Organization's, Route 5 Corridor Study in the City of Richmond and Henrico County, Virginia.

The project involves approximately 33 intersections through the central business district of the City of Richmond and two-lane primary routes through suburban Henrico County. The project's objective is to identify travel patterns and growth projections for the next twenty years. Once the study is completed, the City and County, and the MPO can use the findings to plan for transportation improvements along the corridor.

March 24, 2010

Rezoning approval of the Summer Walk Development in Wilmington, NC

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:23:20 -0500

A controversial 26 acre development proposal near Oleander Drive and Greenville Loop Road was approved by City Council on January 5, 2010.

Project opponent’s concerns focused mainly on traffic impacts. Various traffic modeling simulations were shown during the public hearing which alleviated perceived concerns. The recommended roadway improvements were presented in detail and demonstrated that traffic operations in the project vicinity would be significantly improved even with additional cars from the development.

In certain instances, traffic modeling simulations can be a very valuable tool for communicating information during presentations.

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