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This podcast is for transportation planners and enthusiasts who want to learn PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS to modern day transportation challenges. Learn step-by-step how to plan for new and emerging technologies, increasing e-commerce, resiliency, micromobility, and equity, just to name a few. Co-hosts, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, are certified transportation planners, national experts, and thought leaders at Modern Mobility Partners, a female and minority-owned transportation planning and engineering consulting firm in Atlanta, GA. For more information, visit www.modernmobilitypartners.com.
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Thursday Aug 08, 2024
Ep. 31: 8 Steps to Conducting a Regional Transit Development Plan
Thursday Aug 08, 2024
Thursday Aug 08, 2024
Episode Summary: Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, both with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about what planners can do to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of existing transit services using a Transit Development Plan (TDP). Listeners will learn the following in Episode 31:
- The importance of establishing the context of where a TDP is developed to make a plan that is customized for the study area
- How to approach public and stakeholder involvement to integrate community voices in the TDP
- How to shape the vision and goals of the TDP to have clear direction and actionable goals to help ground practical solutions
- The importance of establishing existing conditions that review demographics and transit demand to understand gaps in transit service
- How to assess needs to identify overlaps with the community goals and gaps in transit service
- How to develop alternatives through potential scenarios that could help address community needs
- Where to look for funding opportunities for transit service improvement projects that meet specific funding criteria
- How to develop recommendations and implement final project ideas
Links:
- Georgia’s current vision for regional transit development in the state: https://regionaltdp-gdot.hub.arcgis.com/
Co-Hosts:
- Keli Kemp, AICP, PTP, has 25 years of experience in transportation planning and consulting and co-founded Modern Mobility Partners in early 2018 with Jennifer Zhan, AICP, PTP. Keli holds a M.S. degree in Urban Planning from Texas A&M University.
- Kirsten Mote, AICP, has over 15 years of experience in transportation planning and is certified by MIT Media Lab’s Beyond Smart Cities program. Kirsten is an Associate Vice President and Director of Smart Mobility Planning with Modern Mobility Partners. Kirsten holds a M.S. degree in City Planning from Georgia Institute of Technology.
Guest Speaker:
- Malavika Murali has recently begun her career in the transportation planning industry and has been a part of the Modern Mobility Partners team since 2022. Malavika holds dual M.S. degrees in City Planning and Geographic Information Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Modern Mobility Partners is an Atlanta-based women and minority-owned transportation planning and traffic engineering consulting firm. Service areas include smart mobility and transportation planning, demand modeling and traffic engineering, and data analytics and visualization.
If you are interested in learning more about Modern Mobility Partners, please visit www.modernmobilitypartners.com.
To obtain AICP CM credits, search for “Modern Mobility Partners” in the https://planning.org AICP CM portal to find all episodes.
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