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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 also has experience in the
hospitality industry. 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). Her recent project management
experience includes completion of an MPR for the Fayetteville Area System of
Transit, as well as TDPs and Community Transportation Improvement Plans
(CTIP) for several counties in Maryland and North Carolina. In the Williamsburg area of Virginia, Ms.
Fetting was the assistant project manager for a Long-Range Public
Transportation Plan that included the expansion of the existing public
transit system, the integration of the fixed route system with the tourist
shuttle, and coordination opportunities with the College of William and Mary
and Colonial Williamsburg. 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. She is currently
working on a regional coordination effort in the Hickory area of North
Carolina, which includes four counties with both rural and urban
services. A major component of this
study is the development of a financial agreement and plan that is equitable among
all parties. Ms. Fetting is also currently
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
Maryland, Michigan, Texas, and Virginia.
She was also a co-author of the Maryland Coordination Manual. 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: Employee
Compensation Guidelines for Transit Providers in Rural and Small Urban Areas
(underway) · 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
is an appointed member of the Frederick City, Maryland, Planning
Commission. She is also a member of
the Frederick County Transit Services Advisory Committee. |
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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