SESSION 3A: 1.5 PDH CREDITS
PART 1: CITY OF NEW HAVEN DOWNTOWN ONE-WAY TO TWO-WAY STREET CONVERSION: IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CREATING AN EQUITABLE AND RESILIENT TRANSPORTATION NETWORK
New Haven (founded in 1638) is historically recognized as the first planned city in America built on a four by four grid (also known as the Nine square plan) provided for two-way traffic flow for more than 300 years serving horse/carriage and automobiles. As the city reached it peak population with the post-WWII baby boom in the 1940's and with the subsequent retreat of city-dwellers to newly-created suburbs; in an attempt to revitalize the city, New Haven embarked on a series of urban renewal projects beginning in 1954 including the conversion of many streets from two-way to one-way to reduce congestion, allow for higher capacity of traffic flow through the existing Infrastructure.
The presentation will highlight New Haven's efforts in implementing the recently adopted City-wide Active Transportation and Safety Plan- Safe Routes for All (SRFA) plan with a focus on downtown street conversion from one-way to two-way from an active-transportation and safety perspective by re-imagining a transportation system that is resilient, redundant, equitable and economically vibrant. As part of the Action plan, the City is in the process planning, designing and implementing a two-way street conversion program of projects along various major corridors within the downtown streets with the goal of improving mobility and connectivity while prioritizing traffic safety, primarily for pedestrians, bicyclists and other vulnerable road users. The program goals also include an important focus on equity and economic development considering the nature of land use and demographics in the neighborhoods that encompass these corridors.
PRESENTER
SANDEEP AYSOLA
Mr. Aysola serves as the Director of Transportation, Traffic and Parking for the City of New Haven, CT. Prior to his position with the city, he worked for 18 years in senior consulting roles at various firms leading and directing Transportation planning and Traffic engineering projects. He has extensive Project management and delivery experience with technical expertise in planning, prioritizing, and implementing projects related to Corridor planning, Traffic Operations, Strategic highway planning, Active Transportation planning and Highway financing.
Mr. Aysola holds graduate degrees in Environmental management and Civil Engineering from the Yale University and the University of Virginia, respectively. He is a certified Project Manager Professional (PMP), Professional Transportation Planner (PTP) and Roadway Safety Professional (RSP1). He is an active member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), American Planning Association (APA) and Transportation Research Board (TRB).
He currently serves as the Chair of ITE’s Vision Zero Standing Committee and previously also served as a member of TRB’s Highway Capacity and Quality of Service (AHB 40) sub-committee.
PART 2: PLANNING AND DELIVERY OF A MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT IN THE REGION CENTRAL AREA OF BUFFALO NIAGARA
This presentation demonstrates the approach to achieving consensus for a comprehensive solution that brought together community stakeholders, governments, agencies and others. This presentation also details how quantitative analysis of 41 metrics led to identification of a preferred scenario and how that was iterated to achieve the consensus result. Also presented will be how PEL can engage the planning process to advance projects through environmental review and project development/design in a comprehensive manner. A description of advanced risk analysis process will examine methods to optimize project success.
PRESENTER
HAL MORSE, PMP
Hal is responsible for managing projects at Greater Buffalo Niagara Regional Transportation Council (GBNRTC), the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the Buffalo-Niagara region, specifically this Region Central project. Previously as Executive Director, responsible for guiding the MPO in development of integrated multimodal plans for transportation and development in the region and establishing near-term priorities for transportation projects funding to deliver on the Plan. As a border region, GBNRTC is actively involved in issues and planning between the United States and Canada.
Hal also worked for 15 years with Westinghouse Corporation as Project Integration Manager, in strategic planning and project management with the business focused on nuclear facilities management and environmental remediation. Other experience includes County Planning Director in New York State, as well as multicounty regional and metropolitan (MPO) transportation planning in the State of Michigan. Educational background is in urban transportation planning, with Bachelors and Masters Degrees from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Professionally certified as Project Management Professional (PMP).