In this Rapid Response webinar, Eno’s Jeff Davis will explain and analyze the billions of dollars in emergency assistance that will be provided to the transportation sector by the massive coronavirus relief package that Congress hopes to finalize this week.
Speakers:
Jeff Davis, Senior Fellow, Eno Center for Transportation
Robert Puentes, President and CEO, Eno Center for Transportation
This webinar will describe several ways in which urban planners are working with data sources and colleagues in public health and healthcare. Case studies show how collaboration is being used to improve planners’ ability to make data-driven decisions, measure the outcomes of a program that expands transit access, and broaden their understanding of how well the built environment and transportation access are helping to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of residents. This webinar will inform planners, DOTs, and researchers of existing resources that can be used in new ways.
Speakers:
Renee Autumn Ray, Strategy and Innovation Leader, Conduent Transportation
Alice Grossman, Ph.D, Senior Policy Analyst, Eno Center for Transportation
Renee Autumn Ray is an urban planner who has worked in transportation and public health planning, policy, operations, and data evaluation. Renee focuses on reducing barriers to access for vulnerable populations, including people who have low incomes or disabilities, are unbanked, or lack smartphones. She currently leads innovation and strategy for Conduent Transportation, a technology company which includes payment processing, enforcement, and data analytics for transit, curbside management, road user charging, and public safety. Renee also serves on the Board of Directors for Georgia Bikes and on the Transportation Research Board committees for Intelligent Transportation Systems and Innovative Public Transport Services and Technologies.
This webinar is an overview of Data on Demand, which is the second paper in our research report series examining the Case Study in the Los Angeles and Puget Sound Regions. Click here to view the entire report.
In this webinar, Eno’s Alice Grossman and Paul Lewis will examine the data needs that agency staff need to consider when developing MOD agreements with private providers. Background information on elements of data sharing in this context includes general state of the practice, and challenges and opportunities for transit agencies. The FTA Mobility on Demand Sandbox project in the Los Angeles and Puget Sound regions will serve as a case study with robust data sharing between multiple parties. Both general information and the case study help provide examples of various levels of success in developing and implementing these types of collaborations. This webinar will inform transit agencies, private MOD providers, and researchers of elements to consider when developing data sharing agreements.
Speakers:
Alice Grossman, Ph.D., Senior Policy Analyst, Eno Center for Transportation
Paul Lewis, Vice President of Policy and Finance, Eno Center for Transportation
On February 10, 2020, the Trump Administration released its fiscal 2021 budget request, which includes a ten-year, $810 billion surface transportation reauthorization outline as part of a $1 trillion federal infrastructure spending initiative. In this rapid response webinar, Eno’s Jeff Davis breaks down the reauthorization proposal and the rest of the budget request.
Speaker:
Jeff Davis, Senior Fellow and Editor, Eno Center for Transportation
In this webinar, we will discuss how for many people, owning and using a car symbolizes social status and personal image and how this symbolic value reinforces car consumption. In addition, we will discuss the key differences between age and generational effects and the tools that are needed to disentangle them. Lastly, we will then summarize recent findings on whether or not Millennials truly differ from previous generations in terms of their car ownership and use, as well as Millennial attitudes toward cars and urban living.
Speakers:
Joanna Moody, Ph.D., Research Program Manager, Mobility Systems Center, MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI)
Brianne Eby, Senior Policy Analyst, Eno Center for Transportation
Joanna Moody is the Research Program Manager for the MIT Energy Initiative’s Mobility Systems Center and a coordinating author of Insights into Future Mobility, a new report culminated from MITEI’s three-year Mobility of the Future study. Joanna coordinates a team of multidisciplinary researchers exploring the future of the transportation sector in a decarbonizing world. Her research uses econometrics and psychometrics to explore the interactions between attitudes and individual travel behavior, with a particular focus on understanding alternatives to private car ownership and use.
Following the 2017 launch of BaltimoreLink, a complete network redesign of the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration (MDOT MTA) Core Bus system, the MDOT MTA Office of Service Development worked alongside consultants Foursquare ITP to develop a robust route-level performance monitoring program.
This webinar will focus on virtually all aspects of the performance monitoring program, from conceptual development; to the four service pillars; to meaningful application, presentation, and usage of ongoing results. It will address MDOT MTA’s route grading system, visualized via “Report Cards” as well as an interactive online dashboard system that allows for easy analysis of trends over any timeframe. Finally, the webinar will touch on successful service changes MDOT MTA has implemented directly after pinpointing issues through performance monitoring. Learn about how MDOT MTA service planners use this powerful program to review route reports, grades, and trends, drilling down to minute route details at the click of a button.
Speakers:
Thomas Hewitt, Jr., Director of Service Development, Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration (MDOT MTA)
Jeremy Strauss, Senior Transportation Planner, Foursquare Integrated Transportation Planning (Foursquare ITP)
Brianne Eby, Senior Policy Analyst, Eno Center for Transportation
Tom Hewitt, Jr. is the Director of Service Development at the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration (MDOT MTA). In 2017, Tom led the creation of the service plan, bus stop optimization, and operating implementation for BaltimoreLink, a complete redesign and rebranding of MDOT MTA’s Core Bus service. Since BaltimoreLink’s launch, Tom has developed bus stop design guidelines, bus service standards, and performance monitoring guidelines, each of which provides a plan for continued service growth and improvement. Tom has been instrumental in shaping MDOT MTA’s ongoing Core Bus performance monitoring program as a tool to identify successes and deficiencies as catalysts to make necessary service changes or adjustments.
Jeremy Strauss is a senior transportation planner at Foursquare ITP, a multimodal transportation planning firm in Rockville, MD. Jeremy has worked with clients in the Washington, DC-Baltimore region and beyond on a variety of transit service planning, performance monitoring, TDM, and Title VI projects. He is currently the consultant task lead for the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration’s (MDOT MTA) Core Bus performance monitoring program, an initiative to consistently track service on safety, efficiency, reliability, and customer service metrics.
Join the Eno Center for Transportation for our annual TRB reception. Attendees will not only have the opportunity to learn more about Eno’s ongoing projects, but will also network with the transportation industry’s top public and private sector executives, leading policy researchers, distinguished professors, and diverse alumni from Eno’s professional development programs.
The free reception will feature two drink tickets and hors d’oeuvres. RSVPs are strongly encouraged as admission is limited based on space capacity. Don’t wait, RSVP today
Free Reception | 1 Drink Ticket | Hors d’oeuvres
Eno’s Annual TRB Reception is in conjunction with the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting.
When: 6 – 7:30pm, Monday, January 13, 2020
Where: Residence Inn by Marriott Washington Downtown/Convention Center, 901 L Street Northwest, Shaw Ballroom A & B, Washington, DC 20001
What are the needs and experiences of women traversing LA County? LA County Metro recently released a report, “Understanding How Women Travel,” in a first-of-its-kind effort to answer this question. Developing from Metro’s Women and Girls Governing Council, this study aimed to collect data and offer findings that can help improve women’s safety and comfort on transit and attract and retain women to the Metro system. To ensure a comprehensive approach that captured the diverse needs and experiences of women in LA County, the project team deployed an innovative, mixed-methods approach to capture quantitative data as well as qualitative data from hard-to-reach rider populations including women experiencing homelessness, women immigrants, and women with disabilities. In this webinar, panelists will discuss the origin of the project, the methods used, and the key findings from the study.
Speakers:
Chelsea Richer, Associate, Fehr & Peers
Claudia Galicia, Senior Manager, Transportation Planning at LA Metro
Meghna Khanna, Senior Director, Countywide Planning & Development at LA Metro
Alice Grossman, Policy Analyst, Eno Center for Transportation
As an industry, we love talking about innovative solutions and how to bring in the next hottest trend or technology. Looking back on 2019, the hot topic was Mobility-as-Service (MaaS), but do you know how to implement a MaaS strategy in your region? The “now what” is often left untold – until now. Join us for a 30-minute, high-energy webinar to hear how to implement MaaS. Crissy Ditmore, Cubic’s Director of Strategy, will lay out the relevancy of private transportation’s subscription-based model for the public transportation industry. She’ll reveal international lessons learned as MaaS continues to iterate across the globe. By the end of the webinar, you’ll be ready to lead the charge on MaaS for your community.
Speakers:
Crissy Ditmore, Director of Strategy, Cubic Transportation Systems
Romic Aevaz, Policy Analyst, Eno Transportation Center
New privately-run mobility services are now ubiquitous in many urban regions. While these services are private ventures, companies and public entities can partner to deliver services that augment or enhance public transit. Of course, public transportation agencies contracting with private entities for services is not a new concept. Agencies routinely form agreements for services, ranging from information technology to station cleaning to bus and paratransit operations. Lessons and best practices for those traditional agreements abound.
What is different with the new mobility on-demand (MOD) services is that they are often run by startup companies with different business models and expectations. Public agencies and MOD companies alike have limited experience contracting on these types of services. In this webinar, we will review Eno’s recent case study on the contracts for the MOD Sandbox pilot projects in the Los Angeles and Puget Sound regions. We will discuss the nuances of interactions between private companies and public agencies, including non-disclosure agreements and data sharing, and provide recommendations for how the contracting process can be improved to ensure better project outcomes.
Speakers:
Alice Grossman, Senior Policy Analyst, Eno Center for Transportation
Paul Lewis, Vice President of Policy and Finance, Eno Center for Transportation