Metropolitan Planning Organizations: Strategies for Future Success (2022) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix A - Information Forum Summaries
Appendix A - Information Forum Summaries
Pages 67-82
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Micromobility Information Forum Summary Panelists Andy Boenau, New Urbanist, is a mobility strategist who produces the podcasts "How We Get Around" and "Urbanism Speakeasy." His website is www.andyboenau.com Calli Cenizal, Senior Manager, Government & Transit Programs at Lyft Corporation, has spent over 10 years developing innovative programs and policies to create vibrant, equitable streets and communities. Crissy Ditmore, Principal with Spartan Edge Consulting LLC, uses Mobility on Demand and Mobility as a Service strategies to ensure the public good is maximized through the applica tion of technology to enable policy.
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to plan, book, and pay for integrated mobility options, that are optimized to equitable outcomes for individual preferences. Therefore, Mobility Service Providers (MSP)
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Plan 30% Yes, for Corridor Study Design, or Plan 21% Yes, for some other Study or Plan 21% No 30% Staff Attraction and Retention Information Forum Summary Panelists Doreen Lang is president of Hang on to Your Stars LLC, a training and consulting company specializing in saving clients a fortune in turnover through employee retention strategies. Ashby Johnson is the Executive Director of the Capital Area (Austin, Texas)
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The main causes for employee turnover are lack of training, unclear expectations, and personal conflicts with other employees. The onboarding process is one of the most critical steps for ensuring employee retention.
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0% Engagement in the Time of COVID-19 and Beyond Information Forum Summary Panelists Joni Wickham, Co-Founder, Wickham James Strategies Enrique Chaurand, Senior Director of Communications, KIPP Foundation Topline Takeaways The post-COVID world provides an opportunity to rethink and reset how public agencies engage the communities they serve. New digital tools were essential to navigating the pandemic but pose significant challenges in connecting with underserved populations.
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Not a high priority 3% A moderate priority 28% A high priority 44% A very high priority 28% Does your agency do enough to reach out to communities that are difficult to engage? No, our agency does not do enough 18% Our agency could do better 49% Our agency is doing well and improving 31% Yes, our agency does very well 3% Land-Use Shifts Information Forum Summary Panelists Dr.
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Over the last half-century, immigration has been the engine driving population growth. Immigrants, children, and grandchildren of immigrants accounted for more than half of the last 50 years.
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Not necessary 0% Good to integrate where possible 6% Important to transportation planning 27% Essential to transportation planning 67% How integrated is land-use planning into your regional planning activities? No, our agency does not do enough 30% Our agency could do better 17% Our agency is doing well and improving 47% Yes, our agency does very well 6% Resiliency for Real Information Forum Summary Panelists Jeffrey Raven, FAIA, LEED BD+C, Associate Professor and former Director, Graduate Program in Urban and Regional Design, New York Institute of Technology Kyle Schneweis, Chief Executive Officer of High Street Consulting Group Allison Brooks, Executive Director of the Bay Area Regional Collaborative (BARC)
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Hydraulic modeling and community engagement provide both a clear indication of the severity of the issue and a path forward for resiliency efforts. Participant Survey Results How would you best describe the level of your agency's commitment to resiliency in transportation planning?
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Dr. Hendren -- The Eastern Transportation Coalition is at the forefront of examining the impacts and practicality of replacing or augmenting the fuel tax with a mileage-based user fee (MBUF)
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Worsening significantly 5% Continue to be challenging 60% Slightly improving 24% Improving 10% Significantly improving 1% What do you see as the most promising advancement in transportation funding? Increases in state fuel tax 16% Increase in the federal fuel tax 10% Adoption of Mileage-Based User Fee 63% Increases in vehicle registration fees 10% Forego new construction and focus on preservation or small-scale projects 1% Social Equity Information Forum Summary Panelists Rickey Rogers, Senior Consultant at Point Management Group, identifies and mentors Minority/ Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (MBE/DBE)
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The new set of 35 strategies included prioritizing housing in high resource areas, focusing on improving transit, and creating inclusive communities. Combined with a real commitment to staffing equity initiatives and investing in ways that positively impact systemically marginalized communities, the MTC is modeling what MPOs can do to advance racial justice at a regional level.
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Not ready at all 4% Somewhat prepared 46% Moving in a positive direction 44% Very prepared 6% Technology in Transportation Panelists Keli Kemp, AICP, PTP, Co-founder of Modern Mobility Partners, LLC, an Atlanta-based DBE, full-service transportation planning firm. Julia Billings, AICP, Project Manager at Modern Mobility Partners, LLC Jim Hubble, AICP, Solutions Engineer Manager at StreetLight Data Topline Takeaways Technology advances continually shift how MPOs plan.
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Each corridor had different needs, but each used technology to improve transportation performance. Jim Hubble -- The promise of "Big Data" and its impact on transportation comes from mining vast, mostly anonymized data sets to map current conditions more accurately and predict future behavior based on real work scenarios.
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10% Surveys are so 2019, it's all about passive data now 10% Traditional + passive make the perfect partnership 48% Undecided 33% Are your agency's travel demand models evolving? Yes, they are changing to meet new needs 39% They haven't yet changed significantly, but we recognize the need 52% We are leaving our models as they have been but using other means to adjust to changing metrics 4% No, our agency will continue to model travel demand as we have been 4%
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