Episode 5 of the Transit Planning 4 All Podcast Series features John Egelhaaf, Executive Director at the Southwest Michigan Planning Commission and a certified planner with the American Institute of Certified Planners. The Commission co-sponsors workshops and is a participant in many discussions or work groups relating to various topics. The topics generally relate to the continuing program areas that the Commission undertakes such as transportation, economic development, land use/growth management, solid waste, and resource management.
Listen as John shares his story of working with others to advocate for a redesign a major transportation corridor in Michigan and improve the inclusivity of transportation services in his community.
The Transit Planning 4 All Podcast Series examines what we know about today’s most urgent inclusive transit planning challenges and how we can make progress in addressing them. In a series of conversations, transportation planners and advocates share lessons learned in their journey towards inclusive transportation planning. Transit Planning 4 All is an inclusive and coordinated transportation-planning project that has funded a series of pilot projects across the nation, each seeking to increase inclusion in transportation planning and services for people with disabilities and older adults. The project is a partnership of the Administration for Community Living (ACL), the Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA), the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, the Institute for Community Inclusion at UMass Boston, and DJB Evaluation Consulting Group. The project is sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Community Living.