BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20181029T193000Z DTEND:20181029T210000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:"Make it Monday" forum - Midtown Congestion Relief PEL Study: The Solution to your Monday Commute Blues? DESCRIPTION:Let's face it\, nobody likes driving\, biking\, or walking around Midtown Anchorage.\n\n\n\nDOT&PF and DOWL have teamed up to conduct a Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) Study of the area surrounding the Seward Highway from Tudor Road to 20th Avenue. The intersections in this corridor have some of the longest delays and highest crash rates in the state and there are challenges for both vehicles and non-motorized traffic trying to cross from the residential area on the east to the commercial area on the west.\n\n\n\nRepresentatives from the project team will give an overview of the Midtown Congestion Relief PEL Study and explain how improvements to this critical Midtown Anchorage corridor will benefit everyone (businesses\, consumers\, drivers\, bikers\, and walkers). It's the perfect time for members of the public to ask questions and provide input on their priorities for transportation in Midtown Anchorage. \n\n\n\nSean Holland\, the DOT&PF project manager\, and Renee Whitesell of DOWL\, will give an overview of the Midtown Congestion Relief PEL Study and explain how improvements to this critical Midtown Anchorage corridor will benefit everyone (businesses\, consumers\, drivers\, bikers\, and walkers). It's the perfect time for members of the public to ask questions and provide input on their priorities for transportation in Midtown Anchorage.\n\n \n\n\nMidtown Congestion Relief Planning and Environmental Linkages (P-E-L) Study Bio/Intro\n\n\nThe Midtown Congestion Relief Planning and Environmental Linkages (P-E-L) Study is a collaborative and integrated approach to transportation decision-making that considers benefits and impacts of proposed improvements to the environment\, community\, and economy during the transportation planning process.\n\n\n\nP-E-L Studies:\n\n\n Facilitate seamless decision making between planning and project development\n Minimize duplication of effort\n Promote environmental stewardship\n Streamline project delivery\n\n \n\n\nSean Holland is the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities project manager for the Midtown Congestion Relief P-E-L Study. He has been a registered Professional Engineer since 1996 and has worked at DOT&PF since 2003 as a Project Manager. He has managed the design and construction of many infrastructure projects throughout Alaska including:\n\n\n Akutan Airport\n Multiple projects at Anchorage International Airport\n Glenn/Bragaw Interchange\n Glenn Highway Milepost 0.0 to 1.5 Reconstruction\n\n\nSean lives in Anchorage with his wife Laurie and has three grandkids under the age of five.\n\n\n\nRenee Whitesell leads DOWL's Alaska transportation planning\, traffic engineering and public involvement group. She has nearly 20 years' experience in planning in the U.S.\, England and New Zealand\, and has completed transportation policy documents\, permits\, Master Plans\, Feasibility Studies and Planning and Environmental Linkages Studies for a range of organizations including:\n\n\n Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities\n Alaska Railroad Corporation\n New Zealand Transport Agency\n Greater London Authority\n\n\nOutside of work Renee enjoys running\, which gives her a unique insight in to how pedestrians interact with the surface transportation network.\n\n\n\n\n \n\nFOLLOW OUR EVENTS ON FACEBOOK!\n\n\n\nNew to Monday Forum? What to expect\n\n\n\nSUBMIT A PROPOSAL TO SPEAK\n\n\n\nDeadline to register online is 5 pm the Friday directly preceding the forum. But tickets are available at the door\, day-of\, to purchase.\n\n\n\nCancellation Note: There is a 48-hour cancellation policy. To receive a full refund\, registration must be canceled no less than two business days prior to the date of the event. No refunds will be given after this date. All registrations are transferable to another person upon your request. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

\nLet'\;s face it\, nobody likes driving\, biking\, or walking around Midtown Anchorage.
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\nDOT&\;PF and DOWL have teamed up to conduct a Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) Study of the area surrounding the Seward Highway from Tudor Road to 20th Avenue. The intersections in this corridor have some of the longest delays and highest crash rates in the state and there are challenges for both vehicles and non-motorized traffic trying to cross from the residential area on the east to the commercial area on the west.
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\nRepresentatives from the project team will give an overview of the Midtown Congestion Relief PEL Study and explain how improvements to this critical Midtown Anchorage corridor will benefit everyone (businesses\, consumers\, drivers\, bikers\, and walkers). It'\;s the perfect time for members of the public to ask questions and provide input on their priorities for transportation in Midtown Anchorage. \;
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\nSean Holland\, the DOT&\;PF project manager\, and Renee Whitesell of DOWL\, will give an overview of the Midtown Congestion Relief PEL Study and explain how improvements to this critical Midtown Anchorage corridor will benefit everyone (businesses\, consumers\, drivers\, bikers\, and walkers). It'\;s the perfect time for members of the public to ask questions and provide input on their priorities for transportation in Midtown Anchorage.
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\nMidtown Congestion Relief Planning and Environmental Linkages (P-E-L) Study Bio/Intro\n\n
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The Midtown Congestion Relief Planning and Environmental Linkages (P-E-L) Study is a collaborative and integrated approach to transportation decision-making that considers benefits and impacts of proposed improvements to the environment\, community\, and economy during the transportation planning process.
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Sean Holland \;is the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities project manager for the Midtown Congestion Relief P-E-L Study. He has been a registered Professional Engineer since 1996 and has worked at DOT&\;PF since 2003 as a Project Manager.  \;He has managed the design and construction of many infrastructure projects throughout Alaska including:

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Sean lives in Anchorage with his wife Laurie and has three grandkids under the age of five.
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\nRenee Whitesell leads DOWL&rsquo\;s Alaska transportation planning\, traffic engineering and public involvement group. She has nearly 20 years&rsquo\; experience in planning in the U.S.\, England and New Zealand\, and has completed transportation policy documents\, permits\, Master Plans\, Feasibility Studies and Planning and Environmental Linkages Studies for a range of organizations including:

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Outside of work Renee enjoys running\, which gives her a unique insight in to how pedestrians interact with the surface transportation network.

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\nFOLLOW OUR EVENTS ON FACEBOOK!
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\nNew to Monday Forum? \;What to expect
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\nSUBMIT A PROPOSAL TO SPEAK
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\nDeadline to register online is 5 pm the Friday directly preceding the forum. But tickets are available at the door\, day-of\, to purchase.
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\nCancellation Note: There is a 48-hour cancellation policy. To receive a full refund\, registration must be canceled no less than two business days prior to the date of the event. No refunds will be given after this date. All registrations are transferable to another person upon your request.
\n LOCATION:Dena'ina Civic & Convention Center 600 W 7th Ave. UID:e.1417.7233 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260410T204443Z URL:https://business.anchoragechamber.org/events/details/make-it-monday-forum-midtown-congestion-relief-pel-study-the-solution-to-your-monday-commute-blues-10-29-2018-7233 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR