Jarrett Walker, author of the book Human Transit, will be giving his lecture Abundant Access: Public Transit as an Instrument of Freedom on the evening of December 5th from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM at Meyerson Hall, B1 (210 S 34th St, Philadelphia, PA 19104) on the University of Pennsylvania’s campus in University City. The lecture will deal with various aspects of bus network planning. Tickets to the lecture are free but registration is required. More information about the lecture and registration is available here: https://septa.ticketleap.com/jarrett-walker-transit-network-design-lecture/. For more information, please contact Dan Nemiroff at dnemiroff@septa.org.
2016 Student Scholarship Awards Announced
The Southeast Section announced its 2016 student scholarship awards at the Annual Event at the Lucky Dog Saloon on November 3rd. The winners were selected by a sub-committee of the section council using a set of criteria that included topic originality, thoroughness of research and quality of analysis and conclusions. This year the program was very competitive with eleven submissions.
The winners are as follows:
1st Place- Group Award– TEMPLE- Community Engagement- Kensington (3 students)
Michelle Atherton/Leonard Bonarek/Ted Mullen
2nd Place- Group Award– TEMPLE- Division Street Revitalization (3 students)
Corey Brown/Michelle Goddard/Mark Huber
3rd Place- Individual Award– WCU-3D Modeling in Land Development Planning
Madeline Schueren
Nov. 10: APAPA-SE Meeting
Hope you can make it to the next APAPA-SE meeting:
APA PA Southeast Section Council meeting
Thursday, November 10th
(held the second Thursday of every other month)
5pm
The Reinvestment Fund (TRF): 1700 Market Street, 19th Floor
Calling in? Please use the following NEW conference call number:
Toll free: (877) 292-8255
Passcode: 1207385
Please direct any agenda topics and/or questions to secretary@apapase.org.
Fall into CM Credits in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
The end of the year is only a few short weeks away, and for many planners that means their AICP CM-credit reporting period is coming to a close. Do you have all of the credits that you need? Are you looking for a few more events to get some additional credits? Below are some events happening in the Greater Philadelphia region in the next few weeks that offer AICP CM credits.
Engagement Committee Call on 10/26 at 1!
Have ideas for how APA Pennsylvania Southeast section can reach its members? Have suggestions for how better to get value from your membership? Share them during the Engagement Committee call. The Engagement committee’s next call is Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at 1pm. Any interested section members are welcome to join by calling 1-877-292-8255 passcode 1207385. (Note this is a new number updated from previous calls)
Category: General, Upcoming Events / Tags: community participation and public outreach, engagement, events, social, sponsorship, students
Oct. 26: Inside the Planner’s Studio
Speaker Change!
Due to a schedule conflict, Anne Fadullon is not available to speak at Inside the Planner’s Studio. We are happy to announce that Patty Elkis, Director of Planning at the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) will be the featured guest on Inside the Planner’s Studio.
- 6:30-7:00: The event will begin with networking. Light h’orderves and drinks will be provided. Mentors and students from the mentor program will have the opportunity to meet during this time.
- 7:00-7:45: The Inside the Planner’s Studio program will take place.
- 7:45-8:00: Ms. Elkis will take questions from the audience.
- 8:00-8:30: There will be additional time to network after the event.
Inside the Planner’s Studio with Patty Elkis & Karen Thompson
Wednesday, October 26th, 2016 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM
The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania
Fisher Fine Arts Building, Room 401 (34th Street & Walnut Street)
(Entrance is on the west side of the building, facing College Green.)
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Cost: Free—with Eventbrite registration
Have you ever wondered how someone became such a successful and effective planner? What advice they could provide about civic engagement? What projects are they are most proud of and why? APAPASE’s “Inside the Planner’s Studio” series asks these questions and more. We’re honored to have Patty Elkis, Director of Planning at the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, as our 3rd speaker in the annual “Inside the Planners Studio” speaker series. Karen Thompson of the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation will be asking Ms. Elkis about her career, civic engagement, and her advice for planners. Karen will skip the small talk and ask Ms. Elkis the big questions: What pivotal moments have shaped her career? If she could go back, would she do anything differently? You’ll have to come to find out! If you have any questions you would like to ask Ms. Elkis, you can enter them when you register here.
Category: Upcoming Events / Tags: community participation and public outreach, events, Philadelphia, resources, students
RSVP Today! 2016 APAPA-SE Annual Event: Thurs., Nov. 3, 6:30pm
Courtesy of the 30th Street Station District Plan
Transformative Transportation in the Philadelphia Region
Please join fellow planners in the Southeast Section of the APAPA at our 2016 Annual Event! For this year’s event, we are inviting you to attend a lively discussion about several Transformative Transportation projects in the Philadelphia region, such as Amtrak’s 30th Street Station District Plan, the NEC Future Rail Investment Plan, SEPTA’s plans for King of Prussia Rail and Broad Street Line Extension, enhanced bus service on Roosevelt Boulevard, SEPTA’s analysis of upgrading its trolley system, Philadelphia’s Indego bike share system, and Montgomery County’s Ridge Pike Improvement Project.
Our panel of industry leaders include:
- Ms. Jennifer Barr, AICP, Senior Long Range Planner at SEPTA
- Ms. Rina Cutler, Senior Director Major Stations in Planning & Development at Amtrak
- Mr. Matthew Edmond, AICP, Transportation Section Chief at Montgomery County Planning Commission
- Mr. Chris Jandoli, AICP, Supervising Planner at Parsons Brinckerhoff
- Mr. Dan Nemiroff, AICP, Senior Operations Planner at SEPTA
- Mr. Aaron Ritz, Transportation Programs Manager at Philadelphia’s Managing Director’s Office of Transportation & Infrastructure Systems (oTIS)
- Elizabeth Smith, P.E., PMP, Manager of Long Range Planning at SEPTA
Category: Upcoming Events / Tags: certification maintenance, events, Philadelphia, resources, transit-oriented development, transportation
Celebrate National Community #PlanningMonth in October
This month, we’re joining with our planning colleagues from across the country to celebrate the lasting value thoughtful planning has on communities of all sizes. To help us celebrate, there are signs to show off your favorite places created by planners. This is a great opportunity to highlight your favorite places. Take a picture and share your photo on social media using #PlanningMonth — don’t forget to tag your place.
Learn more about National Community Planning Month at www.planning.org/ncpm.
Signs
Brought to you by Planners Sign
Fill in the Blank Imagined by Planners Sign
Please make sure to tag
#PlanningMonth
#APA
#APAPASE
Category: General /
Open Call for GIS Day Presentations and Posters
Do you use GIS in your research? Or, have you created any outstanding maps or other cartographic products? Temple University will celebrate GIS Day on Wednesday, November 16th from 12pm-6pm, and we invite members of GeoPhilly to showcase their spatial and cartographic work as a poster or brief (5-10 minute) presentation during this exciting event. We hope to include a diverse set of presentations, from a range of GIS applications.
To participate, please submit your presentation information, including your project title and 100-word description, and indicate your preference for a poster or talk via this link by October 15, 2016.
Oct. 27: Jane Jacobs Biographer Robert Kanigel at the Free Library
Robert Kanigel | Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs
Thu, October 27, 2016 7:30 p.m.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Robert Kanigel was a National Book Critics Circle finalist for The Man Who Knew Infinity, “an exquisite portrait” (Los Angeles Times) of the rich collaboration between an unschooled but brilliant Indian clerk and a pre-eminent English mathematician. The author of six other books and more than 400 articles, essays, and reviews, Kanigel has produced biographical and scientific writings that earned him a Guggenheim Fellowship and an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant. He was formerly a professor of science writing at M.I.T., where he was the creator and director of its Graduate Program in Science Writing. Eyes on the Street tells the story of Jane Jacobs, the irascible, unstoppable polymath activist who changed the way we understand the metropolis.
