Transit Interest Group

Mission

The Transit Interest Group brings together MPOs to discuss their roles in planning and coordination related to public transportation.

Goals

The purpose of this interest group is to provide a forum for MPO staff to share practices, information, and resources as well as identify needs and gaps. Focus areas to be addressed include, but are not limited to:

• Regional transit planning and the role that MPOs play in it;
• Funding transit capital projects and operations;
• Connecting transit with active transportation, microtransit, and other roadway projects to promote safe and easy movement among modes;
• The unique benefits and challenges of working with FTA funding;
• Communicating and sharing best practices, guidance, resources, and activities with other AMPO committees and at AMPO events, as appropriate.

Transit Discussion Forum

AMPO members can join the Transit Interest Group leadership team and its members on the discussion forum. To gain access to the Interest Group forums, visit this page and use the toggle buttons along the right side to subscribe to one or more Interest Groups.

Leadership Team

Pierre is a Transportation Planner with the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board in Washington, DC He is a member of TPB’s Systems Performance Planning team, focusing on regional public transportation and PBPP activities. Pierre also facilitates collaboration among public transportation operators through TPB’s Regional Public Transportation Subcommittee.

Zaccary is a transit planner with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission in San Francisco. He has implemented equity-focused transit fare programs, conducted conceptual planning for BRT and APM projects, and contributed to the development of regional transportation plans. Zaccary has a BA/BS in Urban Planning & Political Science from UC San Diego and a master’s in City Planning from San Diego State University.

Committee Liaison

TBD

USDOT Liaison

AMPO Contact

Ellen Zavisca, ezavisca@ampo.org

Ndemazea is a Transportation Program Analyst & TIP Coordinator with the Baltimore Metropolitan Council. She is passionate about sustainable and equitable infrastructure development and the ways we can equip renewable energy independence, transportation systems, and food sovereignty to create healthy, thriving, and democratic communities.

Cole is a Senior Transit Planner with the Denver Regional Council of Governments, overseeing DRCOG’s Coordinated Transit Planning initiatives, assisting the Denver metro’s Area Agency on Aging, and assisting with regional transit planning activities as a staff representative and transportation subject matter expert. Cole has lived in northern Colorado since 2022.