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Group Staff Elisabeth R. Fetting Senior
Transportation Planner Elisabeth (Lib) Fetting is a
transportation planner with 20 years of research and practical experience in transit
planning, operations and research. Her
background includes the development of plans and studies for local transit,
regional coordination studies, performance assessment, human service
transportation coordination, college transportation, intercity bus,
facilities, state-level programs, and Medicaid transportation. Ms. Fetting has recently passed the
American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) Comprehensive Planning
Examination (May 2009). Selected Experience Local Transit Plans and Management Performance
Reviews: Ms.
Fetting has extensive experience in the preparation of rural and urban
Transportation Development Plans (TDPs) and Management Performance Reviews
(MPRs), having completed several in North Carolina, Maryland, and Virginia. Ms. Fetting is currently completing a
Transit Development Plan for the Fayetteville Area System of Transit (FAST),
having completed an MPR for FAST in 2008.
The 2008 MPR discovered that the City needed to increase its investment
in FAST and the City Council voted to do so in the FY2009 and FY2010
budgets. In Virginia, Ms. Fetting is
nearing completion of a Transit Services Plan for the Winchester-Frederick
County Metropolitan Planning Organization. This plan includes recommendations
for expansion of the local fixed route transit system in the City of
Winchester, as well as rural demand response services, local and regional
corridor services, and improved commuter infrastructure. Ms. Fetting is also working on a Technical
Planning Study for Williamsburg Area Transport, which has included extensive
rider surveys as well as route planning assistance. Coordination and Consolidation Studies: Ms.
Fetting has directed and participated in a number of coordination studies,
some of which involved single counties and others that were
multi-jurisdictional. In 2008 Ms.
Fetting was the Project Manager for the Western Piedmont Regional
Transportation Implementation Study, which resulted in the creation of the
first urban-rural, multi-jurisdictional transit authority in the State of
North Carolina. Ms. Fetting also led
the development of the Washington County, Maryland Transportation
Coordination Plan. This plan resulted in the development of a new human
service coordinated transportation program, aimed at assisting local human service
agency programs and area residents with mobility limitations. Ms. Fetting was also involved with the
development of the State of Maryland’s Coordinated Human Services
Transportation Plan, serving as the project manager for the Western region,
including Frederick, Washington, Allegany, and Garrett Counties. She was also involved as the project
manager for the East and West regions of the Arkansas Public Transit-Human
Services Coordinated Transportation Plan.
Ms. Fetting has also prepared coordination plans for counties in
Michigan, Texas, and Virginia. She was
also a co-author of the Maryland
Coordination Manual. Technical Assistance: Ms. Fetting is currently the editor
and primary author for the Maryland
Transit Update, which is a quarterly newsletter that highlights community
transportation news and events for the Maryland Rural Transit Assistance
Program and the Transportation Association of Maryland. Earlier in her career, Ms. Fetting worked
on the New York State RTAP program as well as the National RTAP program. College
Transportation: Ms. Fetting was the project manager for the
Colltown Transportation Study, which looked at ways to provide transportation
services among 12 colleges and universities as well as other points of
interest in the Baltimore, Maryland area.
The study included a survey of 1,600 college students and the writing
of a draft Request for Proposals to solicit a contractor to provide
transportation to some of the schools that were not served by the public
transit system. Ms. Fetting also
provided route planning guidance for Shuttle-UM, the transit system of the
University of Maryland. She completed
a Master’s Thesis entitled, “Characteristics of and Demand Estimation
Techniques for University Transit Systems.”
Intercity Bus Studies: Ms. Fetting participated in the New
Hampshire Intermodal Transportation Study, the focus of which was to provide
recommendations for the improvement of the park and ride, intercity bus, and
commuter bus network in the State of New Hampshire. She also participated in the Statewide
Assessment of Texas Intercity Bus Facilities and Needs and the Pennsylvania
Intercity Bus Facilities and Needs Study. Ms. Fetting also surveyed State
Section 5311 program managers, state rail program managers, and intercity bus
carriers to collect data on effective intercity bus projects for the Transit
Cooperative Research Program’s Project B-21: Effective Approaches to Meeting
Rural Intercity Bus Transportation Needs.
National
Transit Research and Program Evaluation:
Ms. Fetting’s national-level research
experience includes: · Participated in
TCRP Project F-12, resulting in TCRP Report 127: Employee Compensation Guidelines for
Transit Providers in Rural and Small Urban Areas · Participated in
NCHRP Project 20-65(7), resulting in NCHRP Research
Results Digest 314: State DOT Staff
Resources for Administering Federal Public Transportation Programs · Compiled a survey
of state Medicaid agencies, state transit departments, and public transit
providers to discover innovative coordination mechanisms as part of
Transportation Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Project J-7 (Topic SB-13),
resulting in TCRP
Synthesis 65: Transit Agency
Participation in Medicaid Transportation Programs · Managed project for
the American Public Works Association (APWA) to conduct a survey and analysis
of both the national and state components of the Federal Transit
Administration’s Rural Transit Assistance Program in 1994 and again 2002,
published by APWA as Rural
Transit Assistance Program at Work - The State of the States Community Planning: As a volunteer citizen planner, Ms. Fetting
was an appointed member of the Frederick City, Maryland, Planning Commission
in 2003 and again from 2006-2009. She
was also a member of the Frederick County Transit Services Advisory Committee
from 2007-2009. |
Education ·
M.S., Transportation
Studies, Morgan State University, Outstanding Scholar ·
B.S., Kinesiological
Sciences, Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa Previous Positions ·
Owner/Manager, Emma,
An American Bistro ·
Senior Operations
Planner, Montgomery County Department of Public Works and Transportation,
Transit Division ·
Associate,
Ecosometrics, Incorporated ·
Information
Specialist, Community Transportation Association of America ·
Supervisor, Trainer,
Dispatcher, Driver, Shuttle-UM, The University of Maryland |
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