Capital District                                                                                               November 1, 2004

Transportation Committee                                                                                                           

 

RECORD OF MEETING

WORKING GROUP C

 

DATE/TIME/PLACE: October 4, 2004, 3:30 PM; CDTC Offices

 

ATTENDANCE: Ralph Pascale (City of Cohoes); Bob Phillips (Saratoga County); Jack Reilly (CDTA); Dave Rettig (NYSDOT); Shelley Lang (CDTC); Sandy Misiewicz (CDTC); John Poorman (CDTC).

 

DISCUSSION SUMMARY:

 

The working group began to review the six expanded fact sheets on specific projects selected at the previous meeting.  Those fact sheets included:

 

·       California State Route 91 Congestion Pricing

·       Removal of the Park East Freeway Stub in Milwaukee

·       Minnesota DOT Noise Abatement Program

·       Ottawa Transitway

·       Raleigh Durham Regional Transit Plan/Regional Rail Project

·       Vancouver Greenways Program

 

The discussion focused on the content of the fact sheets which highlighted how and why these projects came to be.  The group also discussed the relative applicability of these projects to the Capital District situation.  With each project, there were found to be some similarities and some differences between the political and regional setting of these six areas and the Capital District.  Due to the length of the discussion, the group did not get through all six fact sheets in sufficient detail. 

 

NEXT STEPS: A second meeting was scheduled for November 4th to complete the review of the fact sheets and to discuss the next steps of the working group.  The group also needs to consider how this information will be presented to the public: what are the applications, the need for champions and growth issues.