The Modern Mobility Podcast

Ep. 19: 5 Key Considerations for Electric Vehicle Planning

Episode Summary:  Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, both with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about what planners need to know about current EV trends and topics. Listeners will learn the following in Episode 19:

• Understand the safety tradeoffs of EVs for EV drivers and passengers, as well as for other drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians.
• Explore issues related to electric grid capacity for EV charging.
• Understand current concerns and solutions to EV charging availability and range.
• Understand social equity issues related to EVs, such as vehicle and maintenance costs, incentives, and access.
• Understand climate implications of EVs, including tailpipe emissions reduction, carbon footprint, and electrical power sources.

Links:

• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, With more electric vehicles comes more proof of safety, April 22, 2021, https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/with-more-electric-vehicles-comes-more-proof-of-safety
• Sean Tucker, Safety experts worried about electric cars’ weight, Kelly Blue Book, January 13, 2023, https://www.kbb.com/car-news/safety-experts-worried-about-electric-cars-weight/
• The Associated Press, NTSB head warns of risks posed by heavy electric vehicles colliding with lighter cars, NPR, January 11, 2023, https://www.npr.org/2023/01/11/1148483758/ntsb-heavy-electric-vehicles-safety-risks
• Kristin Hugo, Batteries don’t make electric vehicles more likely to catch fire than gasoline-powered cars, Politifact: The Poynter Institute, October 25, 2022, https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/25/instagram-posts/batteries-dont-make-electric-vehicles-more-likely/
• Dan Zukowski, State NEVI plans raising concerns about EV charging infrastructure rollout, Utility Dive, August 23, 2022, https://www.utilitydive.com/news/state-plans-concerns-national-ev-charging-infrastructure-nevi/630312/
• Statements and Releases, Fact sheet: The Biden-Harris administration advances transmission buildout to deliver affordable, clean electricity, The White House, November 18, 2022, https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/11/18/fact-sheet-the-biden-harris-administration-advances-transmission-buildout-to-deliver-affordable-clean-electricity/
• Jason Svarc, Bidirectional chargers explained – V2G vs V2H vs V2L, Clean Energy Reviews, January 9, 2023, https://www.cleanenergyreviews.info/blog/bidirectional-ev-charging-v2g-v2h-v2l
• Georgia Power, Plug-in electric vehicle – Rate overview, d. https://www.georgiapower.com/residential/billing-and-rate-plans/pricing-and-rate-plans/plug-in-ev.html
• Federal Highway Administration, Biden-Harris administration opens applications for first round of $2.5 billion program to build EV charging in communities and neighborhoods nationwide, USDOT, March 14, 2023, https://highways.dot.gov/newsroom/biden-harris-administration-opens-applications-first-round-25-billion-program-build-ev
• EIA, Electricity generation, capacity, and sales in the United States, 2021, Electricity generation, capacity, and sales in the United States - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
• EPA, Electric vehicle myths, March 1, 2023, Electric Vehicle Myths | US EPA

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. Keli holds a M.S. degree in Urban Planning from Texas A&M University.
• Kirsten Mote, AICP has over 14 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 Speakers:

• Julia Billings, AICP, has 10 years of transportation and land use planning. She is a project manager with Modern Mobility Partners and received her planning degree at the University of Michigan.
• Malavika Murali is a transportation planning intern with Modern Mobility Partners and is currently a dual degree master’s student at Georgia Tech pursuing degrees in City and Regional Planning and Geographic Information Science.

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.

 

Ep 18: 7 Steps to Successfully Funding Your Safe Streets for All Plan

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 apply for Safe Streets for All grants and create their action plans. Listeners will learn the following in Episode 18:

• What is the Safe Streets for All program?
• What makes a competitive Safe Streets application?
• What are some safety prioritization measures?
• What is required of a Safe Streets action plan?

Links:

• USDOT Safe Streets and Roads for All Resources
  https://www.transportation.gov/grants/SS4A/resources
• 2022 Safe Streets and Roads for All Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) (2023 NOFO unavailable at time of recording)
  https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/2022-08/SS4A-NOFO-FY22-Amendment-1.pdf
• 2022 SS4A Awards
  https://www.transportation.gov/grants/ss4a/2022-awards
• Crash Modification Factors Clearinghouse
  https://www.cmfclearinghouse.org/
• USDOT Areas of Persistent Poverty & Historically Disadvantaged Communities Mapping Tool
  https://www.transportation.gov/RAISEgrants/raise-app-hdc
• USDOT National Roadway Safety Strategy
  https://www.transportation.gov/NRSS
• Smart Growth America | Dangerous by Design 2022
  https://smartgrowthamerica.org/dangerous-by-design/

 

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. Keli holds a M.S. degree in Urban Planning from Texas A&M University.
• Kirsten Mote, AICP has over 14 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:

• Amber Berg, AICP has five years of experience as a transportation planner, specializing in visual communication, federal funding, and active transportation. She has a master’s degree in Regional and Community Planning from Kansas State University.

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.

Ep 17: 5 Other Ways to Demonstrate User and Non-User Benefits of Transportation Projects

Episode Summary:  Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, along with guest speaker Jing Xu, all with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about what five other ways to evaluate user and non-user benefits of investing in transportation. This episode builds off Episode 10 on how to conduct a benefit-cost analysis for transportation project. Listeners will learn the following in Episode 16:

• An explanation of user benefits and non-user benefits, direct and indirect benefits of transportation projects
• Five other ways to demonstrate user and non-user benefits that beyond the benefits often calculated in the Benefit-Cost analysis
  • Property value increase
  • Business of commerce growth
  • New jobs created
  • Increased tourism
  • Quality of life benefits

Links:

• AASHTO Benefits of Transportation https://benefits.transportation.org/
• Guidelines for Analysis of Investments in Bicycle Facilities

https://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/157244.aspx

• Atlanta Beltline Southside Trail project awarded a RAISE grant in 2021

https://beltline.org/2021/11/17/u-s-department-of-transportation-awards-more-than-16-million-for-atlanta-beltline-multi-use-trail-expansion/

• Saad AlQuhtani and Ardeshir Anjomani (2019), “Do Rail Transit Stations Affect Housing Value Changes? The Dallas Fort-Worth Metropolitan Area Case and Implications,” Journal of Transport Geography, Vol. 79, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2019.102463
• Helena Bohman and Désirée Nilsson (2016), “The Impact of Regional Commuter Trains on Property Values: Price Segments and Income,” Journal of Transport Geography, Vol. 56, pp. 102-109 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2016.09.003); at sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692316300151
• CNT (2019), The New Real Estate Mantra: Location Near Public Transportation, American Public Transportation Association (www.apta.com) and the National Association of Realtors (www.nar.realtor); at https://bit.ly/2WlybFL

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. Keli holds a M.S. degree in Urban Planning from Texas A&M University.
• Kirsten Mote, AICP has over 14 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:

• Jing Xu, AICP has over 15 years of experience in transportation planning and travel demand modeling. Jing holds a M.S. in City Planning from Georgia Tech and is the Director of Technical Planning Services at Modern Mobility Partners.

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.

Ep 16: 8 Federal Emphasis Areas

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 incorporate the eight (8) federal planning emphasis areas into state, regional, and local plans. Listeners will learn the following in Episode 16:

• An explanation of the federal planning emphasis areas
• An overview of each emphasis area including an overview and planning strategies:
  • Tackling the Climate Crisis – Transition to a Clean Energy, Resilient Future
  • Equity and Justice40 in Transportation Planning
  • Complete Streets
  • Public Involvement
  • Strategic Highway Network (STRAHNET)/U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Coordination
  • Federal Land Management Agency (FMLA) Coordination
  • Planning and Environmental Linkage
  • Data in Transportation Planning

Links:

• 2021 Federal Planning Emphasis Areas: https://www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.dot.gov/files/2022-01/Planning-Emphasis-Areas-12-30-2021.pdf
• Alternative Fuels Data Center: https://afdc.energy.gov/#:%7E:text=The%20Alternative%20Fuels%20Data%20Center,and%20other%20fuel%2Dsaving%20measures.
• Chattanooga 2050 Regional Transportation Plan: https://2050rtp-chcrpa.hub.arcgis.com/apps/5e7ee7bc5a914470ab3c383a487376dd/explore
• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2022. Metropolitan Planning Organizations: Strategies for Future Success. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/26555.
• Executive Order (EO) 14008: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/02/01/2021-02177/tackling-the-climate-crisis-at-home-and-abroad
• EO 13990: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/25/2021-01765/protecting-public-health-and-the-environment-and-restoring-science-to-tackle-the-climate-crisis
• FHWA Order 5520: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/legsregs/directives/orders/5520.cfm
• FHWA’s Resilience Webpage: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/sustainability/resilience/
• EO 13985: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/20/executive-order-advancing-racial-equity-and-support-for-underserved-communities-through-the-federal-government/
• Justice40 Climate and Environmental Justice Screening Tool: https://screeningtool.geoplatform.gov/en/#3/33.47/-97.5
• Center for Disease Control (CDC) Social Vulnerability Index: https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html
• USDOT Transportation Equity Website: https://www.planning.dot.gov/planning/topic_transportationequity.aspx
• FHWA Complete Streets Press Release: https://highways.dot.gov/newsroom/federal-highway-administration-details-efforts-advance-complete-streets-design-model
• FHWA Complete Streets Webpage: https://highways.dot.gov/complete-streets
• USDOT’s Transportation Planning and Capacity Building Public Involvement Webpage: https://www.planning.dot.gov/planning/topic_PI.aspx
• FHWA’s PlanWorks: Better Planning. Better Projects: https://fhwaapps.fhwa.dot.gov/planworks/Home
• FHWA Center for Accelerating Innovation’s Virtual Public Involvement Webpage: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovation/everydaycounts/edc_5/virtual_public_involvement.cfm
• FHWA’s Community Connections Webpage: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/community_connections/
• FHWA Operations Coordinating Military Deployments on Roads and Highways: A Guide for State and Local Agencies: https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop05029/appendix_a.htm
• US Army’s Transportation Engineering Agency Highways for National Defense: https://www.sddc.army.mil/sites/TEA/Functions/SpecialAssistant/Pages/HighwaysNationalDefense.aspx
• FHWA’s Federal Lands Access Program Webpage: https://highways.dot.gov/federal-lands/programs-access
• FHWA’s Collaborative Federal Land Management Agencies Strategic Transportation Planning Webpage: http://volpe-public-lands.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/flma_lrtp_cvts/index.htm
• FHWA PEL Fact Sheet: https://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/env_initiatives/pel/Updated_PEL_Fact_Sheet_2021-09-29.pdf
• FHWA PEL PlanWorks: https://fhwaapps.fhwa.dot.gov/planworks/Applications/Show/planning-and-environment-linkages
• FHWA’s Planning and Environmental Linkages FAST Act Guidance: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep/guidance/pel/pelfaq16nov.cfm
• FHWA’s Applying Archived Operations Data in Transportation Planning: https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop16082/index.htm

Ep 15: 9 Steps to Planning for Parking in a Changing transportation Ecosystem

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 plan for parking in a changing transportation ecosystem. Listeners will learn the following in Episode 15:

• Effects of advent of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) on parking needs.
• Components that affect parking demand.
• Potential implications of digitization and increase use of CAVs on general public.
• Role of transportation planners around parking in the changing ecosystem.
• Parking count standards and calculating parking demand.
• Shared parking strategies and effect of transit availability.
• Zoning and land use regulations for parking requirements.
• Design and configuration of parking lots and decks.
• Use of technology and sustainability in parking uses.

Links:

• The future of parking – Can providers find a space in the new mobility ecosystem? – Deloitte Consulting LLP, 2018

https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/focus/future-of-mobility/future-of-parking-new-mobility-ecosystem.html

• Searching for Parking Costs Americans $73 Billion a Year - INRIX, 2017

https://inrix.com/press-releases/parking-pain-us/

• A Space for Parking in the Future of Mobility – Firas Suqi, 2020

https://www.citytech.org/a-space-for-parking-in-the-future-of-mobility

• Parking’s Role in the New Transportation Ecosystem – Brett Wood, IPMI, 2018

https://www.parking-mobility.org/2019/04/05/parkings-role-in-the-new-transportation-ecosystem/

• How self-driving cars could shrink parking lots – University of Toronto, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, 2018

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180328182441.htm#:~:text=shrink%20parking%20lots-,Researchers%20find%20that%20optimizing%20for%20autonomous%20vehicles%20could%20increase%20the,lot%20by%2062%20per%20cent&text=Summary%3A,urban%20space%20dedicated%20to%20parking.

• How Self-Driving Cars Might Transform City Parking – Charles Choi, IEEE Spectrum, 2019

https://spectrum.ieee.org/autonomous-parking

• Driverless cars could spell the end for downtown parking – and cities need to plan ahead – Corey Harper, City Monitor, 2019

https://citymonitor.ai/transport/driverless-cars-could-spell-end-downtown-parking-and-cities-need-plan-ahead-4767

• Autonomous Vehicles: Where We Are, Where We’re Going, And What It Means For Parking - IMPARK

https://www.impark.com/parking-insight/autonomous-vehicles-parking/

• Further Reading:
  • From Chaos to Order: A Brief Cultural History of the Parking Lot – Eran Ben-Joseph, The MIT Press Reader, 2020

https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/brief-cultural-history-of-the-parking-lot/

• The Trouble With Minimum Parking Requirements – Donald Shoup, Transportation Research Part A Vol. 33 (1999)

https://www.vtpi.org/shoup.pdf

• What are Parking Requirements? - Planetizen

https://www.planetizen.com/definition/parking-requirements

• How Parking Destroys Cities, Michael Manville, The Atlantic, 2021

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/05/parking-drives-housing-prices/618910/

• People Over Parking – Jeffrey Spivak, Planetizen, 2018

https://www.planning.org/planning/2018/oct/peopleoverparking/

• Future-Proofing Parking – Jake Blumgart, Planetizen, 2018

https://www.planning.org/planning/2018/mar/futureproofparking/

 

Co-Hosts:

• Keli Kemp, AICP, PTP has almost 25 years of experience in transportation planning and consulting and co-founded Modern Mobility Partners in in early 2018 with Jennifer Zhan. Keli holds a M.S. degree in Urban Planning from Texas A&M University.
• Kirsten Mote, AICP has over 13 years of experience in transportation planning and most recently got certified by MIT’s Media Lab in their Beyond Smart Cities program. Kirsten holds a M.S. in City Planning from Georgia Tech.

Guest Speaker:

• Chirag Date, AICP Candidate, LEED GA, has over 6 years of experience in working on master plans, corridor revitalization plans, mixed-use and multi-acre developments, land use planning, and urban design projects. Chirag is a licensed architect in India and holds a M.S in City Planning from Georgia Tech.

Modern Mobility Partners is an Atlanta-based women and minority-owned transportation planning and traffic engineering consulting firm.  Service areas include transportation planning, travel demand modeling, traffic and revenue forecasting, traffic engineering, project prioritization and performance measures, funding strategies and grant applications, all looking through a lens of new and emerging technologies.

If you are interested in learning more about Modern Mobility Partners, please visit www.modernmobilitypartners.com.  If you are interested in becoming a guest on our podcast, please email podcast@modernmobilitypartners.com.

Ep 14: 9 Steps to Planning the Curb of the Future

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 design the curb of the future. Listeners will learn the following in Episode 14:

• What is a curb space and what alternative uses does it have?
• What factors can affect or have affected the curb space in the past?
• How has curb space been managed in various cities (local and outside the US)?
• Potential implications of adjusting the curb use on general public.
• Role of transportation planners in managing and design efficient curb space.
• Steps to design the curb of the future.

Links:

• Curbs of the Future – Fehr & Peers

https://www.fehrandpeers.com/curbs-of-the-future/

• The Future of the Curb – Boston Region MPO

https://www.ctps.org/data/calendar/pdfs/2019/013020_Future_of_the_Curb_Blog_Flyer_Jan_2020.pdf

• Curb Appeal: Curbside Management Strategies for Improving Transit Reliability - NACTO

https://nacto.org/tsdg/curb-appeal-whitepaper/

• Original Whitepaper – NACTO Transit Leadership, 2017

https://nacto.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/NACTO-Curb-Appeal-Curbside-Management.pdf

• How to improve the final 50 feet – Barbara Ivanov, Director, Urban Freight Lab, 2018

https://policy.transportation.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/09/Growth-of-E-Commerce-and-Ride-Hailing-Services-Urban-Freight-Lab.pdf

• Steps to prioritize and implement sidewalks – Dan Gelinne, Program Manager, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center, Georgia Municipal Association, 2019

https://www.gacities.com/News/Viewpoints/Steps-to-Prioritize-and-Implement-Sidewalks.aspx

• Further Reading:
  • Active Design Shaping the Sidewalk Experience: Tools and Resources – Active Design Guidelines, NYC, 2013

https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/plans-studies/active-design-sidewalk/tools_resources.pdf

Co-Hosts:

• Keli Kemp, AICP, PTP has almost 25 years of experience in transportation planning and consulting and co-founded Modern Mobility Partners in in early 2018 with Jennifer Zhan. Keli holds a M.S. degree in Urban Planning from Texas A&M University.
• Kirsten Mote, AICP has over 13 years of experience in transportation planning and most recently got certified by MIT’s Media Lab in their Beyond Smart Cities program. Kirsten holds a M.S. in City Planning from Georgia Tech.

Guest Speaker:

• Chirag Date, AICP Candidate, LEED GA, has over 6 years of experience in working on master plans, corridor revitalization plans, mixed-use and multi-acre developments, land use planning, and urban design projects. Chirag is a licensed architect in India and holds a M.S in City Planning from Georgia Tech.

Modern Mobility Partners is an Atlanta-based women and minority-owned transportation planning and traffic engineering consulting firm.  Service areas include transportation planning, travel demand modeling, traffic and revenue forecasting, traffic engineering, project prioritization and performance measures, funding strategies and grant applications, all looking through a lens of new and emerging technologies.

If you are interested in learning more about Modern Mobility Partners, please visit www.modernmobilitypartners.com.  If you are interested in becoming a guest on our podcast, please email podcast@modernmobilitypartners.com.

Ep 13: 5 Steps the Public Sector can Take to Facilitate Mobility as a Service (MaaS)

Episode Summary:  Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, both with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about how the public sector can plan for Mobility as a Service (MaaS). Listeners will learn the following in this episode:

• Definition of Mobility as a Service (MaaS)
• How MaaS differs from Mobility on Demand (MoD)
• How to begin to plan for MaaS in your organization
• The importance of open data for MaaS

Links:

• Download free cheat sheet of 5 Steps to the Public Sector can Take to Facilitate Mobility as a Service (MaaS) at: modernmobilitypartners.com
• MaaS Alliance: https://maas-alliance.eu/
• Mobility on Demand and Mobility as a Service (MaaS) How are they Similar and Different: https://medium.com/move-forward-blog/mobility-on-demand-mod-and-mobility-as-a-service-maas-how-are-they-similar-and-different-a853c853b0b8
• Move PGH: https://move-pgh.com/
• Mobility on Demand Sandbox Program: https://www.transit.dot.gov/research-innovation/mobility-demand-mod-sandbox-program
• General Transit Feed Specification: https://gtfs.org/
• What are Complete Streets?: https://smartgrowthamerica.org/program/national-complete-streets-coalition/publications/what-are-complete-streets/

 

Co-Hosts:

• Keli Kemp, AICP, PTP has almost 25 years of experience in transportation planning and consulting and co-founded Modern Mobility Partners in in early 2018 with Jennifer Zhan. Keli holds a M.S. degree in Urban Planning from Texas A&M University.
• Kirsten Mote, AICP has over 13 years of experience in transportation planning and most recently got certified by MIT’s Media Lab in their Beyond Smart Cities program. Kirsten holds a M.S. in City Planning from Georgia Tech.

Guest Speaker:

• Candace Foster is a transportation planner with Modern Mobility Partners. Candace holds a M.S. in City Planning from Georgia Tech.

Modern Mobility Partners is an Atlanta-based women and minority-owned transportation planning and traffic engineering consulting firm.  Service areas include transportation planning, travel demand modeling, traffic and revenue forecasting, traffic engineering, project prioritization and performance measures, funding strategies and grant applications, all looking through a lens of new and emerging technologies.

If you are interested in learning more about Modern Mobility Partners, please visit www.modernmobilitypartners.com.  If you are interested in becoming a guest on our podcast, please email podcast@modernmobilitypartners.com.

Ep 12: 9 Steps to Planning the Transit System of the Future

Episode Summary:  Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp, Kirsten Mote, and Sherri Dawson with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about what planners can do to plan for transit systems of the future. Listeners will learn the following in Episode 12:

• Planning the Transit System of the Future
  • Understand the existing transit network
  • Take a whole-network approach to transit planning
  • Redesign street space to incorporate transit infrastructure
  • Improve the transit-user experience
  • Invest in transit now
  • Shift to Electric Vehicles
  • Integrate Autonomous vehicles for last-mile solutions
  • Give transit systems a branding makeover
  • Use new technologies and applications

Links:

• https://onlinemasters.ohio.edu/blog/the-future-of-public-transportation-2/#:~:text=Public%20transportation%20may%20soon%20be,the%20potential%20to%20streamline%20transit.
• https://www.remix.com/blog/how-transit-planners-are-shaping-the-future-of-public-transportation
• https://www.metro-magazine.com/10111874/what-does-the-future-of-public-transportation-look-like
• https://www.tripspark.com/resource_files/COVID19-Tips-for-Futureproofing-Public-Transit.pdf
• https://www.psrc.org/sites/default/files/transitplanningtoolkit.pdf
• https://onlinemasters.ohio.edu/blog/the-future-of-public-transportation-2/
• https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy21osti/76932.pdf
• https://www.idtechex.com/en/research-article/autonomous-shuttles-the-future-of-last-mile-mobility/21742
• https://www.apta.com/advocacy-legislation-policy/bipartisan-infrastructure-law-hub/
• https://www.transit.dot.gov/notices-funding/low-or-no-emission-and-grants-buses-and-bus-facilities-competitive-programs-fy2022
• https://u2c.jtafla.com/
• https://www.enotrans.org/transittrends/
• https://itcurves.net/microtransit-article/
• https://t4america.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/James-Corless-Indy-academy-5-14-15.pdf

 

Co-Hosts:

• Keli Kemp, AICP, PTP has almost 25 years of experience in transportation planning and consulting and co-founded Modern Mobility Partners in in early 2018 with Jennifer Zhan. Keli holds a M.S. degree in Urban Planning from Texas A&M University.
• Kirsten Mote, AICP has over 13 years of experience in transportation planning and most recently got certified by MIT’s Media Lab in their Beyond Smart Cities program. Kirsten holds a M.S. in City Planning from Georgia Tech.

Guest Speaker:

• Sherri L. Dawson, AICP has almost 10 years of experience in transportation planning, more specifically in transit service and operations planning and community engagement. Sherri holds a Master of City and Regional Planning degree from Rutgers University.

Modern Mobility Partners is an Atlanta-based women and minority-owned transportation planning and traffic engineering consulting firm.  Service areas include transportation planning, travel demand modeling, traffic and revenue forecasting, traffic engineering, project prioritization and performance measures, funding strategies and grant applications, all looking through a lens of new and emerging technologies.

If you are interested in learning more about Modern Mobility Partners, please visit www.modernmobilitypartners.com.  If you are interested in becoming a guest on our podcast, please email podcast@modernmobilitypartners.com.

Ep 11: 5 Steps to Planning for Potentially Sustained Increases in Teleworking after COVID-19

Episode Summary:  Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Ryan Sager, both with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about what planners can do to plan for increased teleworking.  Listeners will learn the following in this episode:

• Implications of increased teleworking on transportation infrastructure
• Steps transportation planners can take to plan for increased teleworking, including:
  • Develop trend analyses and mode shift dashboards
  • Survey and Engage Employers on Their Plans for the Future
  • Focus on Equity When Considering Transportation Investments
  • Increase Transportation Demand Management Efforts
  • Develop alternative scenarios

Links:

• Regional Commuter Survey https://atlantaregional.org/regional-commuter-survey
• Internet/Broadband Fact Sheet https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/internet-broadband/
• 4 Cities Will Pay You to Move There https://allwork.space/2021/08/these-4-us-cities-will-pay-you-to-move-there/
• How the Coronavirus Outbreak Has – and Hasn’t – Changed the Way Americans Work https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/12/09/how-the-coronavirus-outbreak-has-and-hasnt-changed-the-way-americans-work/
• Georgia Commute Options TDM Program https://gacommuteoptions.com/employers/employer-resources/flexwork-consulting/
• ARC Regional Commuter Survey https://atlantaregional.org/regional-commuter-survey

 

Co-Hosts:

• Keli Kemp, AICP, PTP has almost 25 years of experience in transportation planning and consulting and co-founded Modern Mobility Partners in in early 2018 with Jennifer Zhan. Keli holds a M.S. degree in Urban Planning from Texas A&M University.
• Kirsten Mote, AICP has over 13 years of experience in transportation planning and most recently got certified by MIT’s Media Lab in their Beyond Smart Cities program. Kirsten holds a M.S. in City Planning from Georgia Tech and is the Director of Smart Mobility Planning at Modern Mobility Partners.

Guest Speaker:

• Ryan Sager, AICP has over 8 years of experience in transportation planning and engineering and most recently got certified in Data Science by Emory University’s continuing education program. Ryan holds a M.S. in Civil Engineering and City Planning from Georgia Tech and is a Senior Transportation Engineer at Modern Mobility Partners.

Modern Mobility Partners is an Atlanta-based women and minority-owned transportation planning and traffic engineering consulting firm.  Service areas include transportation planning, travel demand modeling, traffic and revenue forecasting, traffic engineering, project prioritization and performance measures, funding strategies and grant applications, all looking through a lens of new and emerging technologies.

If you are interested in learning more about Modern Mobility Partners, please visit www.modernmobilitypartners.com.  If you are interested in becoming a guest on our podcast, please email podcast@modernmobilitypartners.com

Ep 10: 7 Steps to Demonstrating the Economic Benefits of Transportation Projects

Episode Summary:  Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, along with guest speaker Jennifer Zhan, all with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about what planners can do to demonstrate the economic benefits of investing in a specific transportation project.  Listeners will learn the following in this episode:

• Selecting a project or program
• Researching similar projects and programs for proven benefits
• Looking at USDOT Benefit Cost Analysis (BCA) guidelines
• Researching additional benefits
• Evaluating all potential qualitative benefits
• Capturing all project costs
• Overview of how to complete a BCA

Links:

• Drivers cover just 51 percent of U.S. Road Spending https://usa.streetsblog.org/2013/01/23/drivers-cover-just-51-percent-of-u-s-road-spending/
• Evaluating Transportation Benefits https://www.vtpi.org/tca/tca07.pdf
• Transit’s Not Bleeding the Taxpayer Dry – Roads Are https://usa.streetsblog.org/2011/12/12/transit%E2%80%99s-not-sucking-the-taxpayer-dry-roads-are/
• Federal Spending by Category and Agency https://datalab.usaspending.gov/americas-finance-guide/spending/categories/
• USDOT BCA Guidance for Discretionary Grant Programs

https://www.transportation.gov/office-policy/transportation-policy/benefit-cost-analysis-guidance-discretionary-grant-programs-0

 

Co-Hosts:

• Keli Kemp, AICP, PTP has almost 25 years of experience in transportation planning and consulting and co-founded Modern Mobility Partners in in early 2018 with Jennifer Zhan. Keli holds a M.S. degree in Urban Planning from Texas A&M University.
• Kirsten Mote, AICP has over 13 years of experience in transportation planning and most recently got certified by MIT’s Media Lab in their Beyond Smart Cities program. Kirsten holds a M.S. in City Planning from Georgia Tech and is the Director of Smart Mobility Planning at Modern Mobility Partners.

Guest Speaker:

• Jennifer Zhan, AICP, PTP has over 20 years of experience in transportation planning and consulting and co-founded Modern Mobility Partners in the early 2018 with Keli Kemp. Jennifer holds a M.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Clemson University.

Modern Mobility Partners is an Atlanta-based women and minority-owned transportation planning and traffic engineering consulting firm.  Service areas include transportation planning, travel demand modeling, traffic and revenue forecasting, traffic engineering, project prioritization and performance measures, funding strategies and grant applications, all looking through a lens of new and emerging technologies.

If you are interested in learning more about Modern Mobility Partners, please visit www.modernmobilitypartners.com.  If you are interested in becoming a guest on our podcast, please email podcast@modernmobilitypartners.com.