Transportation Planning Division Chief Jane Hayse Receives National Outstanding Achievement Award
(ATLANTA - November 7, 2008)
The Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO) presented Jane Hayse, Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) Transportation Division Chief, with the National Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement in Metropolitan Transportation Planning for her excellence in and advancement of metropolitan transportation planning.
Hayse received the award at Seattle City Hall in Seattle, Washington on October 29th, 2008 during the AMPO Annual Conference.
ARC’s Freight Mobility Plan was also recognized with the National Award for Outstanding Technical Merit in Metropolitan Transportation Planning.
From AMPO’s announcement:
National Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement in
Metropolitan Transportation Planning
Recipient: Jane Hayse, Transportation Planning Division Chief,
Atlanta Regional Commission
The National Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement in Metropolitan Transportation Planning was presented to Jane Hayse, the Transportation Planning Division Chief for the Atlanta Regional Commission.
Jane was nominated for this award by her co-workers at the Atlanta Regional Commission because of her ability to show leadership in addressing regional transportation issues and particularly her ability to bring attention to policy issues associated with finance and project implementation.
In early 2006, Jane took the first step towards increasing awareness among local, regional, and state MPO officials that funding shortfalls were on the horizon and would lead to future project cuts. With this insight, she directed her staff to educate policy makers on the impending crisis. Because of this, officials acknowledged the problem and were thus prepared for the multi-billion dollar shortfall.
Ms. Hayse also recognized that slow project implementation was a major issue in the transportation crisis. Under her direction, the MPO staff took the unprecedented step of measuring the regions progress toward meeting TIP implementation commitments. By demonstrating that nearly 60% of programmed projects were delayed each year in the TIP, attention was focused on this major challenge. Jane’s leadership and willingness to address difficult issues and engage
National Award for Outstanding Technical Merit in Metropolitan Transportation Planning Recipient: Atlanta Regional Commission
The National Award for Outstanding Technical Merit in Metropolitan Transportation Planning was presented to the Atlanta Regional Commission for their Freight Mobility Plan.
The Atlanta Regional Commission or ARC is the regional planning and intergovernmental coordination agency for the 10-county metropolitan area. The development of this data-driven, policy-based Regional Plan was essential to the identification and prioritization of improvements that accommodate mobility of both people and goods while mitigating the negative impacts of freight movement on congestion, safety, and communities.
A lot of the success of this plan relied on the dialogue between public decision makers and private sector freight stakeholders. For part of the study, Class 1 Railroads, local distributors, retail representatives, and developers worked with county and city planners on understanding the implication of local regulations, ordinances and permitting processes for freight mobility and freight transportation facilities. Another success of the study was that it identified project prioritization criteria and performance measures that can be applied in project selection, ensuring that freight mobility becomes fully integrated into the agency’s planning process.
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The Atlanta Regional Commission is the official planning agency for the 10-county Atlanta region, including Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry and Rockdale counties as well as the City of Atlanta and other municipalities. The Atlanta Regional Commission serves as a catalyst for regional progress by focusing leadership, attention and planning resources on key regional issues.
