HOT TOPIC LUNCH by ZOOM - New Castle County 2050 Comprehensive Plan: Let's Prioritize People over Cars

HOT TOPIC LUNCH by ZOOM - New Castle County 2050 Comprehensive Plan: Let's Prioritize People over Cars

Should we prioritize people over cars? A webinar on the future of transportation in the NCC Comprehensive Plan
Monday, September 21, 2020 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
If you missed the September 2020 Hot Topic regarding LOS, VMT and the New Castle County 2050 Comprehensive Plan, the full video is available here: 20200921 Hot Topic NCC2050 Comp: LOS vs VMT
 
HOT TOPIC LUNCH by ZOOM
Monday, September 21, 2020 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. (Note change of time and date)
Topic: New Castle County 2050 Comprehensive Plan: Let's Prioritize People over Cars
Speaker: Eric Sundquist, Director of the national State Smart Transportation Initiative
Sponsors: LWVNCC, Bike Delaware, Sierra Club
 

There will be a 30-45 minute presentation followed by questions from the membership that have been submitted prior to the zoom meeting. Please send your questions to lwvde [at] comcast.net.

“If you just add capacity in hopes of maintaining Level of Service (LOS), you end up in [ . . .] a vicious cycle where you induce more demand, you squeeze out other modes, and you end up with more cars and more congestion,” Eric Sundquist, Director of the State Smart Transportation Initiative (SSTI).”

Eric Sundquist, Managing Director of the State Smart Transportation Initiative, is a nationally known expert in transportation planning who will speak to the League on just one way we might be able to influence the County Comprehensive Plan update. It is a huge coup for us to have this widely respected planning guru talk to us about a big problem in New Castle County and across the country.

We currently measure traffic quality by how fast it zooms by. How about less zooming and more walking and biking? Widely published, Eric holds a PhD in city and regional planning from Georgia Tech. He is currently located at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. The LWVDE has a position supporting the reduction of Vehicle Miles Travelled (VMT).

Please pre-register for this event using the registration button at the top of the article.