Plans and Programs

Transit Focused Region Initiative - 4 Part Series, 2011

THE ISSUES

PROBLEMS
Traffic Congestion - Increasing Gas Prices - Inadequate Transportation Funding

GOALS
Livability - Quality of Life - Urban and Rural - Driving less - Exonomic 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

 

Download the Briefing Book Here

See what happened last time!
Presentation from Introductory Speakers on March 24, 2011 (Really big file!)
Working groups results from March 25, 2011 .

THE FACILITATOR

	Jeff Tumlin is a Principal Partner at Nelson\Nygaard, leading the firm’s national transit-oriented development (TOD) and Smart Growth practices. From the neighborhood to the regional scale, Jeff helps regions and cities manage future congestion by locating development where it will have the least traffic impact. He has developed downtown and citywide transportation master plans for cities such as Trenton, NJ, Palo Alto, CA and Seattle, WA that recommend the best mix of transportation investments to achieve local growth targets. In Trenton, for example, he restructured the city’s transportation performance measures to prioritize economic development and social justice over intersection Level of Service. As a lead planning consultant to the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART), Jeff co-authored their Transit Oriented Development Guidelines and Station Access Guidelines. He has also led the transportation component of transit oriented development plans for over fifty station areas around the country, including stations in, Seattle; Vancouver, BC; Portland, OR; Los Angeles; Washington DC; Kansas City; and San Francisco Bay Area regions. Jeff also has extensive experience designing transit and transportation systems in rural California. As lead planner for the Yosemite Area Regional Transportation Strategy (YARTS), he worked in communities throughout rural California counties to help implement YARTS with the aim of maximizing the economic benefits to gateway communities.

 

 

 

For more information, contact Carl Eppich at ceppich@gpcog.org or call 774-9891.