Mid-Atlantic Regional Roundtable III

On December 8, 2006, BMC hosted the 3rd Mid-Atlantic Regional Roundtable — a forum to facilitate the sharing of information between planning agencies in Virginia, West Virginia, DC, Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania. Sponsored by the Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, the National Association of Regional Councils, and the National Association of Development Organization, the event featured presentations on issues common to agencies in the “super-region” such as air quality considerations. 

Representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency District 3 and the Maryland Department of the Environment presented perspectives on air pollution transport, the Clean Air Interstate Rule and the Healthy Air Act.

Additional presentations included: Rich Bickel, Director of the Transportation Division, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, discussing bus rapid transit and transit oriented development planning; Dr. Mary Lynn Tischer, Director of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Multi-modal Transportation Planning Office, discussing statewide freight movement planning initiatives; and George Schoener, Executive Director of the I-95 Corridor Coalition, discussing the integrated corridor analysis tool  for combining and investigating road and travel data for I-95 in all states.

Participants agreed the forum provided a valuable chance to share information and ideas, and began to look forward to a 4th Mid-Atlantic Regional Roundtable.

View the agenda for this event

For more information:
Jamie Bridges, jbridges@baltometro.org or 410-732-0500 x1053.