{"593714":{"#nid":"593714","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Brad Davis (MCRP \u201808) and Byron Rushing (MCRP \u201806) cited by FHWA for ARC\u2019s Walk. Bike. Thrive! Plan","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) awarded \u003Cem\u003EWalk. Bike. Thrive!\u003C\/em\u003E, the Atlanta Regional Commission\u0026rsquo;s (ARC) bike-ped plan, with a 2017 Transportation Planning Excellence Award. Two School of City \u0026amp; Regional Planning alumni led the planning process. Brad Davis (MCRP \u0026rsquo;08) was the project manager for consultants Alta Planning+Design, Inc. and Bryon Rushing (MCRP \u0026rsquo;06) was the project manager for\u0026nbsp; ARC. \u0026nbsp;Other team members included: ARC Executive Director Douglas Hooker, John Orr, Collin Chesston, Kat Maines (MCRP \u0026rsquo;16), Aileen Daney, Ian Sansom, Cat Cheng, Charlene Mingus (MCRP + MS\/CE \u0026rsquo;15), Ann Welch (MCRP \u0026rsquo;17), Kim Tatum (MCRP \u0026rsquo;16), Anna Nord (MCRP Class of \u0026rsquo;17), and Sara Douglas (MCRP Class of \u0026rsquo;18).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWalk. Bike. Thrive! \u003C\/em\u003Esupports ARC\u0026rsquo;s long-range transportation planning while giving local governments the tools they need to build high-quality, low-stress walking and biking networks and the supporting policies. The plan gives an in-depth analysis of regional safety, health, transit service, equity, and regional trail access, as well as data useful to local officials pursuing projects.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It was a super fun project and we hope it will create a positive shift in how the agency and local partners plan and prioritize investments in walking and biking in the region,\u0026rdquo; Davis said.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Transportation Planning Excellence Awards are presented by FHWA together with the American Planning Association to celebrate outstanding practices performed by planners and decision makers in communities across the country.\u0026nbsp; Judges consider community involvement, context sensitive solutions, innovation and effectiveness, equity, implementation, multimodalism and potential for long-term benefits.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) awarded \u003Cem\u003EWalk. Bike. Thrive!\u003C\/em\u003E, the Atlanta Regional Commission\u0026rsquo;s (ARC) bike-ped plan, with a 2017 Transportation Planning Excellence Award\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) awarded Walk. Bike. Thrive!, the Atlanta Regional Commission\u2019s (ARC) bike-ped plan, with a 2017 Transportation Planning Excellence Award."}],"uid":"28044","created_gmt":"2017-07-25 12:22:56","changed_gmt":"2017-07-25 12:28:32","author":"Jessie Brandon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-07-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-07-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"367791":{"id":"367791","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech and Atlanta skyline","body":null,"created":"1449245827","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:17:07","changed":"1475895105","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:45","alt":"Georgia Tech and Atlanta skyline","file":{"fid":"74867","name":"13c10000-p14-021.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/13c10000-p14-021.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/13c10000-p14-021.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5454059,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/13c10000-p14-021.jpg?itok=ya1Vk5Z-"}}},"media_ids":["367791"],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"},{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}