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Advancing Crowdsourced Parking Insights Through CPIS Validation
The Smart Parking Insight effort under RM3P’s Commuter Parking Information Services (CPIS) program element aims to determine whether crowdsourced smartphone data can reliably estimate real-time parking occupancy at commuter lots. The technology works by using passive...
RM3P Sustainability: Shaping Permanent Stewardship
RM3P started with a team based in Northern Virginia, reflecting the program’s initial focus on addressing mobility challenges in the NoVA region. As RM3P moves from development to long-term operations, stewardship of the four program elements is shifting to the...
Conversations with RM3P: Summer Session Recap
This summer, the RM3P Team participated in multiple sessions at regional, national, and international meetings and conferences. These presentations served a key purpose: sharing with like-minded communities across the nation and around the world RM3P’s experiences...
Charting RM3P’s Progress: First Evaluation Report Highlights and What Comes Next
As RM3P continues to advance its mission of improving regional mobility through real-time data and innovative tools, the program reached another major milestone this summer. In July, the Evaluation Committee, which includes representatives from VDOT, DRPT, NVTA,...
Summer 2025 Digest
Regional Multi-Modal Mobility Program RM3P Digest – Summer 2025The Regional Multi-Modal Mobility Program’s (RM3P) commitment to more informed and sustainable travel in Northern Virginia (NoVA) has achieved several exciting milestones as the development advances on its...
Expert Corner: An Interview with Chris Arabia on DI
How does the program element identify which commuters to target for incentivized travel changes? Commuters who travel within, to, or from NoVA are “targeted” for travel behavior change in two ways. One way is through our marketing. We’ve implemented a multi-faceted...
DI Pioneer Launch Underway
DI’s mobile app, GoMyWayVA®, aims to improve traffic flow and reduce congestion in NoVA by incentivizing users to: (1) change travel modes, (2) adjust travel routes, and (3) modify departure times. GoMyWayVA® is being rolled out in phases. In February 2025, the...
ParkZen Parking Occupancy Under Validation
As part of the Smart Parking Insight initiative, a key component of RM3P’s Commuter Parking Information Services (CPIS) program element, VDOT contracted with ParkZen, a crowdsourced parking occupancy solution firm to provide commuter parking occupancy data services....
RM3P Sustainability: Path to Permanent Stewardship
In January 2024, the RM3P Executive Committee approved the RM3P Sustainability Plan to guide the program’s transition to permanent stewardship over the next several years. RM3P Sustainability focuses on establishing the framework, resources, and leadership required to...
Charting RM3P’s Future: RM3P Independent Evaluations
An independent evaluation of RM3P is being led by the Virginia Transportation Research Council (VTRC), under the guidance and direction of the RM3P Evaluation Committee. The Evaluation Committee includes representatives from VDOT, DRPT, NVTA, the Fredericksburg Area...