The Modern Mobility Podcast

Episode Summary: Listen to Modern Mobility Partners' co-hosts Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote as they explore practical strategies for implementing 15-minute community concepts within existing transportation networks and built environments. This episode addresses challenges, opportunities, and step-by-step approaches for different community contexts. Listeners will learn the following in Episode 39: Wh...

Episode Summary: Listen to Modern Mobility Partners’ national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp, Julia Billings, Matt Reeves, and Alicia Chen, as well as special guest Caitlin Cook of the Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, talk about Metropolitan Transportation Plans and highlights from the MPO Institute’s MTP Deep Dive Course. Listeners will learn the following in Episode...

Episode Summary: Listen to national experts and certified planners with Modern Mobility Partners discuss Traffic and Revenue (T&R) studies. Listeners will learn the following in Episode 37: Why T&R studies are essential for addressing growing congestion with limited transportation funding What T&R studies are and how they analyze toll facility performance, financial feasibility, and ri...

Episode Summary: In this episode, hosts Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote discuss emerging trends in travel demand modeling with senior travel demand modelers Victoria Guan Hendrix (Vicky) and Abigail Donkor from Modern Mobility Partners. Listeners will learn about: The evolving landscape of travel demand modeling and its increasingly important role in transportation planning Five key trends revolutioniz...

Episode Summary: Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, both with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about how artificial intelligence can be used in transportation planning to prevent bias. Listeners will learn the following in Episode 35: Eight practical ways to apply AI in transportation planning to prevent bias How AI can improve data collection, analysis, a...

Episode Summary: Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp, Kirsten Mote, and Matt Reeves with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about what planners can do to develop better planning-level transportation cost estimates. Listeners will learn the following in Episode 34: How better planning level cost estimates help in the transportation planning process, including: Reduce time neede...

Episode Summary: Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, both with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about the best practices planners need to know about USDOT grant applications. Listeners will learn 10 strategies to apply to the following components of grant writing in Episode 033: How to identify a grant program for which a project is best suited. How to ensu...

Episode Summary: Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, both with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about what planners can do to approach transportation decision-making with an equity mindset. Listeners will learn the answers to the following questions in Episode 32:  How does the Biden Administration define equity?  What is Justice40, and why should transport...

Episode Summary: Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, both with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about what planners can do to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of existing transit services using a Transit Development Plan (TDP). Listeners will learn the following in Episode 31: The importance of establishing the context of where a TDP is developed to...

Episode Summary:  Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, both with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about how the Corridor ID program is progressing the future of high-speed rail in the US. Listeners will learn the answers to the following questions in Episode 30: How the Corridor ID program started and why it is important? What are the different selection cri...

Episode Summary:  Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp, Kirsten Mote, and Matt Reeves with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about what planners can do to utilize Artificial Intelligence in Transportation Planning. Listeners will learn the following in Episode 29: Non-technical use cases for AI in the planning process including: Background information and report drafting Publi...

Episode Summary:  Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, both with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles. Listeners will learn the following in Episode 028: How do fuel cell vehicles work using Hydrogen? What is the efficiency and range of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles? What is the refueling time of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles? What...

Episode Summary:  Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, both with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about what planners can do to support the ongoing NEVI plan through siting electric charging stations, planning the sites, and designing infrastructure around the stations. Listeners will learn the following in Episode 027: Understand the goals of the NEVI plan,...

Episode Summary: Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, both with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about what planners should know about estimating transit ridership. Listeners will learn the following in Episode 26: How transit planners use ridership forecasts How ridership forecasts change in different planning situations Potential data demands for ridership...

Episode Summary:  Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, both with Modern Mobility Partners interview guest speakers Melissa Taylor and Julia Billings about the innovative strategies used in the Chattanooga MPO’s 2050 Regional Transportation Plan. Listeners will learn about the following topics in this Season 4 Bonus Episode: Identifying innovative strategie...

Episode Summary:  Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, both with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about what planners should know about electrified roadways. Listeners will learn the following in Episode 25: What are electrified roadways? What is the purpose of electrified roadways? What is the technology of electrified roadways? What are the benefits of ele...

Episode Summary:  Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, both with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about what planners can do to analyze the emissions reductions for state and regions. Listeners will learn the following in Episode 24: Need for understanding 7 Inputs to Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Analyses. How to use the AASHTO’s tool for calculating th...

Episode Summary:  Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, both with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about what planners can do to make intersections safer and more connected for all modes of transportation. Listeners will learn the following in Episode 23: How to measure walksheds to determine walking accessibility. How to assess the quality of walking and bik...

Episode Summary:  Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, along with guest speaker Hunter Abel, all with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about the Federal Transit Administration’s Title VI Program and steps to completing Title VI analysis for fixed-route transit providers. Listeners will learn the following in Episode 22: An explanation of the Federal Transit...

Episode Summary:  Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, both with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about what planners can do to implementing Justice40 considerations. Listeners will learn the following in Episode 21: About the federal Justice40 initiative How the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) is incorporating the Justice40 initiative How a disadvan...

Episode Summary:  Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, and guest host Peyton Moran, all with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about what planners can do to conduct a comprehensive evaluation and prioritization process to match capital improvement plans with available funding. Listeners will learn the following in Episode 20: Understand why evaluating and pri...

Episode Summary:  Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, both with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about what planners need to know about current EV trends and topics. Listeners will learn the following in Episode 19: Understand the safety tradeoffs of EVs for EV drivers and passengers, as well as for other drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians. Explore issues...

Episode Summary:  Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, both with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about what planners can do to apply for Safe Streets for All grants and create their action plans. Listeners will learn the following in Episode 18: What is the Safe Streets for All program? What makes a competitive Safe Streets application? What are some safety...

Episode Summary:  Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, along with guest speaker Jing Xu, all with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about what five other ways to evaluate user and non-user benefits of investing in transportation. This episode builds off Episode 10 on how to conduct a benefit-cost analysis for transportation project. Listeners will learn the f...

Episode Summary:  Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, both with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about what planners can do to incorporate the eight (8) federal planning emphasis areas into state, regional, and local plans. Listeners will learn the following in Episode 16: An explanation of the federal planning emphasis areas An overview of each emphasis ar...