On Friday May 3, 2019, at the Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies, the Place Leadership Project convened a research workshop entitled Mobility Making the Place to discuss the rapidly evolving field of transportation and mobility. A diverse set of stakeholders from across the Washington region shared how their districts were grappling with the challenging issues of transportation and how these issues intersect with the transformation of their urban places.
Following these important “on the ground” perspectives, Tom Madrecki, Director of Urban Innovation and Mobility at UPS and Steve Moore, Executive Director at the Southwest Business Improvement District, gave some higher-level insights into the changing face of mobility. Whether delivering thousands of packages to thousands of locations across a city or delivering thousands of visitors to some of the region’s most incredible events, these leaders found the cross-section of place and mobility inextricably linked.
Finally, our event wrap-up included two heavy hitting panels with experts discussing the difficulties of long-range planning, funding, implementation and winning public support for some of the transportation innovations we know will be necessary to address some of our most daunting urban challenges.
The following list of panelists joined us at the workshop
New Faces of Place Management Presentations
- Atul Sharma, Montgomery County Planning Commission, Pike District
- Aisha Bond, Executive Director, North Capitol Street Main Street
- Elizabeth Crocker, Executive Director, Clarendon Alliance
- Chris Murphy, Senior Vice President, Georgetown University
- Tracey Gabriel, Executive Director, Crystal City BID
Keynote Presentations
- Tom Madrecki, Director of Urban Innovation and Mobility, United Parcel Service
- Steve Moore, Executive Director, Southwest Business Improvement District
Panel Discussion One: Mobility Systems Design and the Last Mile Problem
- Jim Sebastian, Associate Director, Planning & Sustainability, District Department of Transportation
- David Nguyen, Founder, ThruGreen, LLC,
- Chris Dattaro, Market Manager, Bikes and Scooters, Lyft
- Shaym Kannan, Director of Planning, WMATA
- Moderator: Jean Stanford, Faculty, Technology Management Program
Panel Discussion Two: Mobility Making the Place
- Otto Condon, Urban Design Principal, ZGF
- Tracy Gabriel, Executive Director, Crystal City BID
- Michael Stevens, Capitol Riverfront BID
- Moderator: Richard Bradley, Faculty, Urban & Regional Planning Program
