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MPA LLC Public Transportation LUNCH & LEARN

Speaker
R. Stewart McKenzie - Community Planner
Federal Transit Administration, Region 5

FOCUSING ON FTA ALTERNATIVES - BRT, Bike Share

& Streetcar
The city of Milwaukee POPULATION is desperately in need
of state-of-the-art Public Transportation that connects the
Ridership to the hot spots of employment in neighboring
counties.
African American, other People of Color and the Work
Challenged Milwaukeeans are heavily dependent upon
public transportation. They are mired in Enduring
Concentrated Poverty but are not being connected to BRT,
Bike Share, and Streetcar alternatives FOR Mobility.

Congress has convened laws and President Barack Obama

has signed legislation to provide states and localities with a
wide range of projects to preserve and improve the
conditions and performance of surface transportation,
including highway, transit, intercity bus, bicycle, and
pedestrian projects.
BRT, Streetcar & Bike Share
The city of Milwaukee, City of Wauwatosa and Milwaukee
County have a joint East/West BRT project on the table
that has been given thumbs down; by the public
involvement sessions. We will explore the realities.

The city of Milwaukee has

a Milwaukee Streetcar project that excludes the major
population, we will explore the funding.

The city of Milwaukee and Bublr Bike has implemented a

Bike Share that has RED LINED the majority population
and just added as an after-thought; we will look at the
realities.

MPA LLC Lunch & Learn w/R. Stewart McKenzie,

Community Planner, Federal Transit Administration,
Region 5, will cover the issues of FTA relative to its
mission, goals, funding, citizen participation, oversight,
and accountability.
R. Stewart McKenzie is a Community Planner with The Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) Region V Office in Chicago. He is responsible for managing
the development, approval and administration of capital, operating and planning
grants for transit operators in the Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha urbanized areas,
as well as transit operators in Detroit, Ann Arbor, Flint, Lansing, Grand Rapids, and
Kalamazoo, Michigan. He also serves on planning certification review teams with
the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in Michigan and Wisconsin to ensure
that metropolitan planning organizations are compliant with federal requirements.
McKenzie currently serves as a regional project team leader for New Starts and
Small Starts projects in Michigan and southeastern Wisconsin. He is responsible for
working with project sponsors in project development and environmental
compliance under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to prepare
projects for construction grant agreements with the FTA. Current projects for
McKenzie include Woodward Avenue Bus Rapid Transit (Detroit), Laker Line Bus
Rapid Transit (Grand Rapids), Michigan/Grand River Avenue Bus Rapid Transit
(Lansing) and East-West BRT (Milwaukee).
Producer Principal
Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC
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