What About Rail?

The What About Rail? Public Open House was an opportunity for residents in the Tulsa region to begin a community dialogue about rail. Join the discussion at www.whataboutrail.blogspot.com. 

Rail Transit Strategic Plan - Learn more about rail opportunities in the Tulsa region.  The Rail Transit Strategic Plan the Report of the Transportation Strategies Ad Hoc Committee of the INCOG Transportation Policy Committee, was adopted by the INCOG Board of Director during their November meeting.

Maps

Map of attendees (by zip code)

Comments

A compilation of all the comment cards from the Public Open House

Speaker Presentations

Below are PowerPoint speakers from each of the What About Rail? panelists.

Todd Hemingson, Austin Capital Metro, V.P., Strategic Planning and Development - Transit Operator Perspective - Introducing Commuter Rail in the Austin Area/ Coordinating Rail and Bus

Andrew Howard, Fregonese and Associates/Kimley-Horn - Scenario Based Comprehensive Planning - An Approach

Cal Marsella, Denver, RTD General Manager - The Denver Story

Dwayne Weeks, Federal Transit Administration - FTA Process and Experiences

Sonya Lopez, City of Austin - Transit Oriented Development Strategies and Goals for Austin

Bill Johnston, Denver, DRCOG - "How did they do it?" Integrating Planning and Rail from a regional perspective

Videos from the Open House

Cal Marsella, General Manager, Denver RTD

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Sonya Lopez, Senior Planner, City of Austin

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Jack Crowley, Special Advisor to the Mayor, City of Tulsa

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Cal Marsella Interview on Studio Tulsa, KWGS FM,  April 24, 2008