Archive for February, 2010

An Introduction to the 2060 Florida Transportation Plan Webinar – March 10th

During 2010, the Florida Department of Transportation and its partners will be updating the Florida Transportation Plan. The 2060 FTP is a plan for all of Florida – including local, regional, and state partners who make decisions about future transportation investments affecting safety, security, preservation, and mobility needs. Throughout the year, the public, partners, and stakeholders will have opportunities to provide input to this Plan.

You are invited to learn more about 2060 FTP at this free Webinar. It will provide an overview of the process to be used in updating the Plan and will let you know how YOU can be involved. There are two ways you can participate:

1. Register for the Webinar below and attend online.В  It will take place on Wednesday, March 10th, 2 pm to 3 pm EST.

2. Register to attend at one of the locations where the Webinar will be broadcast. The contacts and directions for these locations will be posted at http://2060ftp.org.

Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/529225400

February 26, 2010   Posted in: Webinars  No Comments

Vancouver: an olympic urbanist preview

Check out this article about Vancouver – site of this year’s Winter Olympics which are in full swing now.В  Over the next two weeks, we’ll see a lot of Vancouver, one of the most remarkable achievements in 20th Century urbanism. If you’re going to promote transit anywhere, especially in North America or Australasia, it’s an important city to know about.

To read more, click on the following link:В  http://www.humantransit.org/2010/02/vancouver-an-olympic-transit-preview.html

In fact, this blog is written by a professional public transit planner and is chock full of data and information that should of interest to any transit planner.В  Check it out.

February 15, 2010   Posted in: Transit Blogs  No Comments