Transportation in America

The Raleigh Department of City Planning and Transportation for America present

A DESIGNING A 21ST CENTURY LECTURE SERIES PRESENTATION

Held January 21, 2010

GET ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS:

What will the new national transportation policy look like?
How can Raleigh be ready to take advantage of national transportation policies and emerging resources?
What examples are there of American cities that have adapted to the new transportation realities?
How will high speed rail affect Raleigh?

MEET OUR PRESENTERS:

John Robert Smith is the former Mayor of Meridian, Mississippi, and a long-time activist on behalf of passenger rail. He is co-chairman of the National Forum on the Future of Passenger Rail, is a member of Amtrak's board, and a member of the transportation committees of the National League of Cities and the U.S. Conference of Mayors. He is a veteran of the station-centered community development movement, and led the drive to renovate the City of Meridian's Union Station, a $7 million historic restoration project that created a new multimodal transportation center, dramatically increased use of the station, raised property values and city tax receipts, and lowered crime in the station's neighborhood. He served on Reconnecting America's board for five years, and was a founding partner and board member of Reconnecting America's predecessor organization, the Great American Station Foundation, voting to expand its mission and change its name in 2004.

James Corless is the Director of Transportation for America, a coalition of over 250 organizations working to promote a new national transportation policy that's smarter, safer, cleaner and provides more choice. Prior to Transportation for America, Mr. Corless was a senior planner for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission in the San Francisco Bay Area where he managed the agency's efforts to promote smarter growth, transit-oriented development and mobility options for low-income communities. Mr. Corless was the author of California's groundbreaking Safe Routes to School law and legislation that paved the way for smart growth "blueprints" to become part of the regional transportation planning process throughout the state. For more information about Transportation for America, visit www.t4America.com.

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ALL LECTURES ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC