Grant said: "Maybe it's time for Madison to consider becoming a member [of NACTO]."
I have spoken to a few folks at the city about this. But the Director of Transportation would be the person to join NACTO. It is the National Association of City Transportation Officials. And my question has always been, "Who is the Director of Transportation in Madison?" We don't have one person that oversees ALL modes of transportation, planning, and construction. Metro is separate from Parking (which is technically a utility, but is managed by Traffic Engineering), which is separate from the Transportation Planner (located in the Planning Division), which is separate from City Engineering (which builds, but doesn't oversee operation of transportation infrastructure). Traffic Engineering houses folks that deal with lane widths, traffic lights, the bike-ped program, and other operational issues. But they don't do transportation demand management or policy to plan and prioritize which modes will get more space, money, and attention. No one oversees biking, walking, transit, parking, transportation demand management, multimodal planning, and transportation infrastructure construction and operation all together. In my mind this gap keeps Madison from joining the most forward-thinking cities with regard to transportation. The closest the City has to that is the Transportation Planning Board, which is technically a regional transportation planning agency, and does not directly manage the day-to-day transportation operations and construction of the city. They do planning, not implementation, and they do it for the entire metropolitan region. Robbie Webber Transportation Policy Analyst 608-263-9984 (o) [email protected] All opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer or any other group with which I am affiliated.
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