How can towns and cities get the best return on their transportation investment?
A Live Presentation by Charles Marohn
Founder and President, Strong Towns
April 7th, 12 p.m. CDT
For more than six decades, the size of our transportation infrastructure has exploded. While liabilities have grown, transportation funding has not kept up. Now there is a desperate need for local governments to shift from building to maintaining, from an approach that emphasizes expansion to one where we mature our use of existing investments. In difficult economic times, this is a scary, but necessary, realignment.
In this free webinar, Strong Towns president Charles Marohn brings your local community into the national conversation about transportation spending. This presentation will help local decision-makers and concerned citizens alike determine how to spend precious transportation dollars to get the best return on your investment.
If you want to know—
How centralization and an abundance of funding created short-term efficiencies but also stifled the development of alternative approaches
Why local governments find themselves stuck in the current paradigm, as well the strategies for overcoming these obstacles
How to productively respond to congestion and safety problems
The important difference between a road and a street, and why knowing the difference could have a huge impact on your community’s strength and prosperity
How to deal with resistance to change from public safety and maintenance staff, and
The role of transit and bikes in creating a balanced portfolio of transportation options
—then this free presentation is for you.
AICP members can earn Certification Maintenance (CM) credits for this activity. More information about AICP’s CM program can be found here.
P.S. Are you a local government official, a member of your city’s planning or transportation committees, or a member of a local advocacy organization? Invite members of your team, then work together to take collective action toward building a safer, more resilient community.
