Ep 9: 7 Steps to Planning Resilient Transportation Systems

Episode Summary:  Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, both with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about what planners can do to plan for resilient transportation systems. Listeners will learn the following in this episode:

• Definitions of transportation resilience


• How to incorporate resilience into the transportation planning process


• How to identify hazards to transportation resilience


• Data available to aid the identification of hazards


• Types of resilience metrics

Links:

• Download free cheat sheet of 7 Steps to Planning Resilient Transportation Systems at: modernmobilitypartners.com


• US Climate Resilience Toolkit: https://toolkit.climate.gov/


• Integrating Resilience into the Transportation Planning Process: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/sustainability/resilience/ongoing_and_current_research/planning/integrating_resilience.cfm#toc511390392


• Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Framework: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/sustainability/resilience/adaptation_framework/index.cfm


• Social Vulnerability Index: https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html

Co-Hosts:

• Keli Kemp, AICP, PTP has almost 25 years of experience in transportation planning and consulting and co-founded Modern Mobility Partners in in early 2018 with Jennifer Zhan. Keli holds a M.S. degree in Urban Planning from Texas A&M University.


• Kirsten Mote, AICP has over 13 years of experience in transportation planning and most recently got certified by MIT’s Media Lab in their Beyond Smart Cities program. Kirsten holds a M.S. in City Planning from Georgia Tech.

Guest Speaker:

• Candace Foster is a transportation planner with Modern Mobility Partners. Candace holds a M.S. in City Planning from Georgia Tech.

Modern Mobility Partners is an Atlanta-based women and minority-owned transportation planning and traffic engineering consulting firm.  Service areas include transportation planning, travel demand modeling, traffic and revenue forecasting, traffic engineering, project prioritization and performance measures, funding strategies and grant applications, all looking through a lens of new and emerging technologies.

If you are interested in learning more about Modern Mobility Partners, please visit www.modernmobilitypartners.com.  If you are interested in becoming a guest on our podcast, please email [email protected].