Incubating an Informed Youth Perspective on Multimodal Transportation Planning Projects

This paper describes the formation of a summer program in urban planning wrought by a public-private collaboration among a range of institutional actors in an economically depressed urban area in Northern California. Five high school students were selected for a summer-long paid program in urban planning taught collectively by a local environmental educational organization and an academic center at University of California, Berkeley; facilitated through a working group of local, regional, and state agencies; and funded through a regional development impact fee administered by a regional transportation planning committee that functions as a Joint Powers Authority. Students are engaged in studying technical features of urban roadway systems; heavy commuter rail; express, rapid and local bus service; transit oriented development; transportation demand management; pedestrian and bicycle facilities; and sustainable economic development, all in the contexts of place-based learning and a series of expert guest field lecturers. The purpose of the project is to provide members of a regional transportation planning committee an informed youth perspective on local transportation and economic development projects, including a Specific Plan for a state roadway that spans two municipal jurisdictions and transit oriented development of a regional commuter rail station parking lot.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Hammon, Lisa
  • Rudolph, John
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2008-1-13 to 2008-1-17
• Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: DVD
• Features: Photos; References;
• Pagination: 12p
• Monograph Title: TRB 87th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycle travel; Bus transportation; Bus travel; City planning; Commuters; Economic development; Education and training; Environmental impacts; Environmental sciences; Highways; Pedestrians; Railroad commuter service; Regional transportation; Social factors; Sustainable development; Travel demand
• Uncontrolled Terms: Internships
• Subject Areas: Economics; Education and Training; Environment; Highways; Motor Carriers; Passenger Transportation; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01089234
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 08-2767
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Feb 27 2008 8:58AM