On March 24th and 25th, the PACTS Executive Committee presents
Moving Greater Portland towards a transit-focused region.
a series of presentations and workshops for regional leaders to develop a vision for future transportation investments
• Create choices
• Save money
• Generate economic opportunity
• Build community
THE ISSUES
PROBLEMS
Traffic congestion • Increasing gas prices • Inadequate transportation funding
GOALS
Livability • Quality of Life • Urban and Rural • Driving less • Economic resilience • Sustainable Community Development • Coordinated bus schedules and~fares
ONGOING INITIATIVES
Amtrak Downeaster extension • Lakes Region Bus • Portland North commuter rail/bus • Tri-Community Transportation Plan • Gorham East-West Corridor
Thursday Evening, March 24th
6:30-8:30 PM, Open house & appetizers at 6:00
Westbrook Middle School 471 Stroudwater Street, Westbrook
An intensive interactive “town hall” style presentation and frank discussion about where Greater Portland stands, where it is going, and what it could look like as informed by local data and best practices from around the country and around the globe.
Friday Morning, March 25th
9:00 AM -12:30 PM, Coffee, fruit & pastries at 8:30
Disability RMSOne Riverfront Plaza Westbrook
A hands-on mark-up session to brainstorm concepts for future transportation investment and land use patterns as informed by local and national planners, developers, and employers who will make it happen.
THE FACILITATORS:
Thomas Brennan, Principal at Nelson\Nygaard, has special expertise in transit service design and policy, parking management, TDM and strategic transportation planning. He has led many of the firms largest transit system planning and multimodal transportation planning projects. He is one of the firm’s leading experts on outreach, facilitation and stakeholder involvement. Thomas was the project manager for the Metro (Portland, OR) Regional High Capacity Transit System Plan, which developed a 30-year vision for expansion of light rail transit in a three-county metropolitan region, working for Oregon Metro and closely with regional transit providers and local jurisdictions. This project won the Oregon Public Transit Association 2009 Project of The Year Award and is receiving national attention from the Federal Transit Administration and the USDOT for its innovative approach to using performance based measures for allocating regional high capacity transit resources.
Geoff Slater, Principal at Nelson\Nygaard’s Boston office, has 30 years experience working as a consultant, in senior management at Boston’s MBTA, and for MPO’s. Geoff has extensive experience throughout the United States and internationally. Notable projects have included redesign of Pittsburgh’s transit service, the development of one of the country’s first BRT lines (Boston’s Silver Line) and the redesign of commuter rail service throughout post-apartheid South Africa. Other projects have included a number of bus and rail corridor studies, the redesign of bus services in many American cities, and the development of new rail, BRT, and bus services.
David M. Taylor, Senior Vice President HDR, National Director, Sustainable Transportation Solutions, is a frequent national speaker on TOD and sustainability and an expert in the development of new streetcar systems that are now recognized as important catalysts for economic development. An accomplished charrette organizer and leader, he has led charrettes in Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, California, New Jersey and Washington state. As the national leader for HDR’s TOD practice, Mr. Taylor has multiple systems plans, transit corridor plans, Major Investment Studies, Alternatives Analyses, and supporting environmental documents. Recent projects includes Virginia Beach, VA AA and Station Area Planning, Atlanta to Macon Intercity Rail Station Area Planning, Cedar Hill, TX City Center/TOD Plan, the New Orleans to Baton Rouge Intercity Rail Station Area Planning, Cincinnati’s Oasis Commuter Rail Station Area Planning, the Transit Master Plan for Rancho Cordova, CA and the Cobb County, GA Station Area Planning. His work includes over 150 station area planning and development projects, including codes and ordinances.
Moving Greater Portland towards a transit-focused region.
a series of presentations and workshops for regional leaders to develop a vision for future transportation investments
• Create choices
• Save money
• Generate economic opportunity
• Build community
THE ISSUES
PROBLEMS
Traffic congestion • Increasing gas prices • Inadequate transportation funding
GOALS
Livability • Quality of Life • Urban and Rural • Driving less • Economic resilience • Sustainable Community Development • Coordinated bus schedules and~fares
ONGOING INITIATIVES
Amtrak Downeaster extension • Lakes Region Bus • Portland North commuter rail/bus • Tri-Community Transportation Plan • Gorham East-West Corridor
Thursday Evening, March 24th
6:30-8:30 PM, Open house & appetizers at 6:00
Westbrook Middle School 471 Stroudwater Street, Westbrook
An intensive interactive “town hall” style presentation and frank discussion about where Greater Portland stands, where it is going, and what it could look like as informed by local data and best practices from around the country and around the globe.
Friday Morning, March 25th
9:00 AM -12:30 PM, Coffee, fruit & pastries at 8:30
Disability RMSOne Riverfront Plaza Westbrook
A hands-on mark-up session to brainstorm concepts for future transportation investment and land use patterns as informed by local and national planners, developers, and employers who will make it happen.
THE FACILITATORS:
Thomas Brennan, Principal at Nelson\Nygaard, has special expertise in transit service design and policy, parking management, TDM and strategic transportation planning. He has led many of the firms largest transit system planning and multimodal transportation planning projects. He is one of the firm’s leading experts on outreach, facilitation and stakeholder involvement. Thomas was the project manager for the Metro (Portland, OR) Regional High Capacity Transit System Plan, which developed a 30-year vision for expansion of light rail transit in a three-county metropolitan region, working for Oregon Metro and closely with regional transit providers and local jurisdictions. This project won the Oregon Public Transit Association 2009 Project of The Year Award and is receiving national attention from the Federal Transit Administration and the USDOT for its innovative approach to using performance based measures for allocating regional high capacity transit resources.
Geoff Slater, Principal at Nelson\Nygaard’s Boston office, has 30 years experience working as a consultant, in senior management at Boston’s MBTA, and for MPO’s. Geoff has extensive experience throughout the United States and internationally. Notable projects have included redesign of Pittsburgh’s transit service, the development of one of the country’s first BRT lines (Boston’s Silver Line) and the redesign of commuter rail service throughout post-apartheid South Africa. Other projects have included a number of bus and rail corridor studies, the redesign of bus services in many American cities, and the development of new rail, BRT, and bus services.
David M. Taylor, Senior Vice President HDR, National Director, Sustainable Transportation Solutions, is a frequent national speaker on TOD and sustainability and an expert in the development of new streetcar systems that are now recognized as important catalysts for economic development. An accomplished charrette organizer and leader, he has led charrettes in Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, California, New Jersey and Washington state. As the national leader for HDR’s TOD practice, Mr. Taylor has multiple systems plans, transit corridor plans, Major Investment Studies, Alternatives Analyses, and supporting environmental documents. Recent projects includes Virginia Beach, VA AA and Station Area Planning, Atlanta to Macon Intercity Rail Station Area Planning, Cedar Hill, TX City Center/TOD Plan, the New Orleans to Baton Rouge Intercity Rail Station Area Planning, Cincinnati’s Oasis Commuter Rail Station Area Planning, the Transit Master Plan for Rancho Cordova, CA and the Cobb County, GA Station Area Planning. His work includes over 150 station area planning and development projects, including codes and ordinances.
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