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 ...
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.
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