Subject: City-sponsored open house to address sustainable transportation
Date: Monday, September 17, 2007 11:46 PM


City-sponsored open house to address sustainable transportation


Jane Larson
The 
Arizona Republic
Sept. 14, 2007 10:14 AM 

SCOTTSDALE - An architect concerned about health care, an engineer who
studies the environmental impacts of transportation, and a planner from
Boulder, Colo., will share their ideas Wednesday about the future of
Scottsdale's transportation.

The three will be featured at a city-sponsored open house about
sustainable transportation.

Protecting the environment, which includes topics ranging from ways to
reduce air pollution and the miles residents drive to limiting the
acreage used for parking lots, is one of the goals of Scottsdale's
Transportation Master Plan. 


Panelists for the event are:

• Phillip Allsopp, chief executive officer of architecture school
Taliesen West. 

• Aaron Golub, associate professor of planning and sustainability at
Arizona State University.

• Jim Charlier, president of Charlier Associates Inc., a transportation
planning firm in pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly Boulder.

After the discussion, attendees will review and comment on
recommendations for the Transportation Master Plan, which is being
drafted to guide the city's transportation needs for the next 20 years.

Another open house is planned in October