Thursday, February 22, 20078:00-12:00 p.m.
Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs
Glickman-Miller Hall, Atrium
There seems to be quite a few improvement projects going on or slated to begin around Cleveland that are either directly connected to or influenced by the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. The Euclid Corridor Project and the rail stations at W. 117th and the update for the one at E. 120th come quickest to mind. The Euclid Corridor mostly because I deal with the construction everyday and hope and pray that it will inject some life into downtown. The W. 117th station because it is close to my house and I pass by it every week day and shake my head wondering about how that final design was arrived at. The E. 120th station piques my curiosity rather fiercely, both because I find it rather hard to gather any information about it but also because it could be one of the most important rail stops serving Cleveland and probably the easiest one to drop the ball on.
Regardless, with all the new attention upon moving people in and out of the city in an efficient and safe manner one can see the import of meetings and public discussions such as this.
Agenda:
* 8:00-8:15 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
* 8:15-8:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
Kathryn W. Hexter, Director Center for Civic Education, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University
Joseph A. Calabrese, CEO/General Manager/Secretary-Treasurer Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, moderator
* 8:30-9:30 a.m. Keynote Address - Best Practices in TOD
Jeffery Tumlin, an expert in the TOD field and Principal with the San Francisco-based transit consulting firm Nelson\Nygaard
* 9:30-9:45 a.m. Questions and Answers
* 9:45-10:00 a.m. Break
* 10:00-10:15 a.m. Presentation of Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, TOD Guidelines
Maribeth Feke, Director, Programming & Planning, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
* 10:15-11:30 a.m. Panel Discussion
John Buttarazzi, TR Advisors LLC, moderator
Michael J. Schipper, P.E., Deputy General Manager, Engineering & Project Management, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
Abraham Bruckman, AICP, Director of Real Estate Development Ohio City Near West Development Corporation
Joyce Braverman, Director of Planning, City of Shaker Hts. Mandy Metcalf, AICP, EcoVillage, Project Manager, The Detroit Shoreway Development Organization
Transit Oriented Development Forum Flyer (.pdf)
Thank you for picking up this event notice and posting something about it.
ReplyDeletePromoting smarter land development around existing and potential transit corridors is part of the wave of the future.
Hopefully, it will be more of Cleveland's future, as it also speaks to much to how the City was initially developed - (along the City's extensive streetcar network, which was purchased and dismantled in the late 1950's)
Sincerely,
Abe Bruckman, AICP (one of the panel participants)