On 12/15/2020, we were joined by Scott Goldstein, Deputy Director for Transportation with Smart Growth America and Policy Director for Transportation for America ( a program of Smart Growth America). Scott discussed the anticipated multimodal priorities of the Biden Administration and the national perspective on complete streets policy trends.
We were also joined by Lauren Blackburn and Kara Peach from the consulting firm VHB who provided study outcomes and recommendations from an FHWA project to support integrating multimodal projects into transportation plans while looking at how North Carolina compares to the states of Florida, Ohio and Virginia.
Additionally, Srinivas Pulugurtha and Suzanne Leland who are members of a research team from UNC-Charlotte, discussed results from a recent study to evaluate bicycle and pedestrian policies and practices among municipal, county and regional governments across North Carolina, as well as an evaluation of how NCDOT compares to a dozen other state DOTs.
