Prioritizing infrastructure resilience throughout the transportation capital planning process

Presenter: Jon Carnegie
Institution / Organiztion / Agency: Rutgers University - Voorhees Transportation Center

Bio: Jon A. Carnegie, AICP/PP, is Executive Director of the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and an adjunct member of the faculty at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers. Mr. Carnegie has 27 years of experience in the fields of land use and transportation planning and policy at the municipal, county and regional level. His expertise includes: vulnerability/risk assessment, transportation resilience and climate change adaptation, sustainability, land use planning, community development, public engagement, environmental justice and transportation equity. Mr. Carnegie recently served as co-principal investigator on a study for the National Academies Transportation Research Board that examined the adoption of resilience measures by public transit agencies nationwide and developed a guidebook for transit industries interested in advancing resilience at their agencies. In 2011, he worked in the State Emergency Operations Center, assisting with the evacuation and shelter response to Tropical Storm Irene. Mr. Carnegie was also the lead author of a report for the New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance investigating how prepared New Jersey’s transportation sector is to address the impacts of climate change and severe weather events. In addition to his research and planning work, Mr. Carnegie has developed and regularly instructs several courses for the National Transit Institute (NTI). He holds a B.A. and a Master of City and Regional Planning degree from Rutgers University.