Jan
03
Transit Forum Coming This Month
The Institute for Emerging Issues, in conjunction with WUNC TV and Blueprint America, is holding a public education forum titled “Transit in the Triangle: the Benefits for You and the Region”. The event takes place on January 28, 2010, from 5-8 pm at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh. This event is free and open to the public.
This forum will be an excellent opportunity to learn about transit in the Triangle region, how one’s life is affected by transit, what does transit look like today, and how other metro regions have adopted transit and transit-oriented development.
The schedule appears as such:
- 5:00 – 5:30 Networking
- 5:30 – 5:35 Welcome
- Anita Brown-Graham, Director, Institute for Emerging Issues
- 5:35 – 5:45 Introduction to Blueprint America
- Shannon Vickery, Director of Production, WUNC-TV
- 5:45 – 6:15 Transit and Our Quality of Life
- Nina Szlosberg, President, Circle Squared Media
- 6:15 – 6:45 Transit Options for the Triangle
- David King, CEO and General Manager, Triangle Transit
- 6:45 – 7:15 The Dallas Example: Opportunities for the Triangle
- speaker invited
- 7:15 – 7:30 Closing
- Representative Deborah Ross, NC General Assembly
- 7:30 – 8:00 Networking
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Steve W
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