Ep. 6: Takeaways for Transportation Planners from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

The Modern Mobility Podcast

Episode Summary: Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp, Kirsten Mote, and guest Amber Berg, all with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about what transportation planners need to know about the new programs and program requirements from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Listeners will learn the following in Episode 6:

• Changes to existing formula and discretionary Federal transportation funding programs due to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
• An understanding of new Federal transportation funding programs
• Key considerations for making grant applications for transportation projects more competitive under the current Administration
• Programs that fund innovative technologies and studies to make transportation projects stronger

Links:

• R.3684 – Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act legislation text https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3684
• Federal Highway Administration “one-stop shop” for FHWA’s IIJA implementation https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bipartisan-infrastructure-law/
• USDOT State by State Fact Sheets https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/usdot-releases-state-state-fact-sheets-highlighting-benefits-bipartisan
• FTA article on transit funds from IIJA https://www.transit.dot.gov/about/news/us-department-transportation-announces-key-priorities-funding-public-transportation
• FTA Transit Program Fact Sheets https://www.transit.dot.gov/funding/grants/fta-program-fact-sheets-under-bipartisan-infrastructure-law
• American Road & Transportation Builders Association IIJA Economic Impact Analysis https://www.artba.org/economics/iija-impact/states/?profile=GA
• FHWA FAST Act fact sheets https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/fastact/factsheets/
• National Association of Counties Legislative Analysis for Counties naco.org/resources/legislative-analysis-counties-infrastructure-investment-jobs-act

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 Master of City and Regional Planning from Georgia Tech.

Guest Speaker:

• Amber Berg, AICP is a transportation planner with Modern Mobility Partners, specializing in visual communication and active transportation. She has a master’s degree in Regional and Community Planning from Kansas State University.

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.

If you are interested in learning more about Modern Mobility Partners, please visit www.modernmobilitypartners.com. If you are interested in becoming a guest on our podcast, please email [e-mail].