Rethinking Transportation: Moving Towards Sustainability
September 23, 2010 - 1pm-5pm
Ocean Explorium, 174 Union Street, New Bedford
Rethinking Transportation--the quarterly meeting of the Council on Sustainability--is an event that will change how you think about our current transportation system, increase awareness of transportation options and resources, and build consensus on actions that support a sustainable transportation future. Please join us to move Southeastern Massachusetts closer towards sustainability.
Agenda
1:15 Introduction: What if Gas Costs $8 a Gallon?
1:30 Planning Land Use and Transportation Together: Investments for a Better Future
Steve Smith, SRPEDD
Kristina Egan, South Coast Rail
2:00 The Future of Regional Transit
Reinald LeDoux, Brockton Area Transit (BAT)
Francis Gay, Greater Attleboro-Taunton Regional Transit Authority (GATRA)
Mike Sharff, Peter Pan Bus
2:50 Break
3:05 Coordinating What We Have
Louise Hardiman, SRPEDD
Joanne LaFerrara, GATRA
Ikechukwu Azogu and Neda Masoud, UMass Dartmouth
3:50 Completing the Streets: Designing Streets for People
William Palmer, MassDOT
Adam Recchia, SRPEDD
Lora Brugnaro, Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission
4:30 Discussion
Display Tables with information from the following groups will be setup throughout the course of the meeting:
- SRPEDD
- SouthCoast Rail
- Greater Attleboro-Taunton Regional Transit Authority (GATRA)
- Brockton Area Transit (BAT)
- Peter Pan Bus Service
- DATTCO
- MassRIDES
- UMASS Dartmouth Sustainability Initiative
- TransAction Associates, Inc.
For more information call Louise Hardiman at 508-824-1367 or
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*Parking is available at the Zeiteron Parking Garage
**Reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request; please contact Liza Tobojka at (508) 990-4105 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by September 9.