Green Monday 13
Developing Sustainable Regional Transportation
March 22, 2010
Can you imagine Asheville with 15-minute transit service on major corridors, where your kids could independently visit their friends? Do you want to bike or walk on a Greenway to work each day? Do you need sidewalks to connect your neighborhood with local businesses?
“Envisioning a Low Carbon Transportation Future” is the topic of the Blue Ridge Sustainability Institute’s next Green Monday, March 22, 2010, from 3:00-5:00 p.m., in the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce second floor conference room. Admission is free and open to the public.
Our current transportation infrastructure occupies the largest portion of land, is the single highest federal spending infusion into Asheville, and has resulted in the highest sources of carbon emissions in Buncombe County. Is it possible to use pedestrian walkways, bicycles, vanpooling, carpooling, telecommuting, and flex-work schedules as a means to reduce carbon emissions and traffic congestion? How do we pay for it all?
This Green Monday is presented by the Blue Ridge Sustainability Institute with support from the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce and a generous grant from Progress Energy.
Panelists
Yuri Koslen, Transportation Planner for the City of Asheville
Mike Sule, Asheville On Bikes and Get There Asheville
Bruce Emery, Transportation Planner, Asheville Design Center
Heather Strassberger, Regional Planner-Transportation, Land-of-Sky Regional Council and French Broad River Metropolitan Planning Organization
Hanna Raskin, Asheville Transit Commission
Presentations
Audio
Green Monday 11 Audio
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Video
Videographer/Editor: Peter Brezny of PurpleCat Networks
