Ep 11: 5 Steps to Planning for Potentially Sustained Increases in Teleworking after COVID-19

The Modern Mobility Podcast

Episode Summary: Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Ryan Sager, both with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about what planners can do to plan for increased teleworking. Listeners will learn the following in this episode:

• Implications of increased teleworking on transportation infrastructure
• Steps transportation planners can take to plan for increased teleworking, including:
  • Develop trend analyses and mode shift dashboards
  • Survey and Engage Employers on Their Plans for the Future
  • Focus on Equity When Considering Transportation Investments
  • Increase Transportation Demand Management Efforts
  • Develop alternative scenarios

Links:

• Regional Commuter Survey https://atlantaregional.org/regional-commuter-survey
• Internet/Broadband Fact Sheet https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/internet-broadband/
• 4 Cities Will Pay You to Move There https://allwork.space/2021/08/these-4-us-cities-will-pay-you-to-move-there/
• How the Coronavirus Outbreak Has – and Hasn’t – Changed the Way Americans Work https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/12/09/how-the-coronavirus-outbreak-has-and-hasnt-changed-the-way-americans-work/
• Georgia Commute Options TDM Program https://gacommuteoptions.com/employers/employer-resources/flexwork-consulting/
• ARC Regional Commuter Survey https://atlantaregional.org/regional-commuter-survey

Co-Hosts:

• Keli Kemp, AICP, PTP has almost 25 years of experience in transportation planning and consulting and co-founded Modern Mobility Partners in in early 2018 with Jennifer Zhan. Keli holds a M.S. degree in Urban Planning from Texas A&M University.
• Kirsten Mote, AICP has over 13 years of experience in transportation planning and most recently got certified by MIT’s Media Lab in their Beyond Smart Cities program. Kirsten holds a M.S. in City Planning from Georgia Tech and is the Director of Smart Mobility Planning at Modern Mobility Partners.

Guest Speaker:

• Ryan Sager, AICP has over 8 years of experience in transportation planning and engineering and most recently got certified in Data Science by Emory University’s continuing education program. Ryan holds a M.S. in Civil Engineering and City Planning from Georgia Tech and is a Senior Transportation Engineer at Modern Mobility Partners.

Modern Mobility Partners is an Atlanta-based women and minority-owned transportation planning and traffic engineering consulting firm. Service areas include transportation planning, travel demand modeling, traffic and revenue forecasting, traffic engineering, project prioritization and performance measures, funding strategies and grant applications, all looking through a lens of new and emerging technologies.

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