The WTS Charlotte Metro Chapter is pleased to host Taiwo Jaiyeoba, Assistant City Manager and Director of Planning, Design and Development for the City of Charlotte, on Thursday, October 29th, 2020 for a virtual program.

For the City of Charlotte, 2020 was to be a time of renewed focus on improving mobility (transportation) for all. However, a few months into the year, Charlotte, along with the rest of the world, encountered the coronavirus pandemic, and the resurfacing of outrage against systemic racism and injustices experienced by communities of color, particularly the Black community. While inequity has historically defined our city’s make-up for many years, resulting in the more prosperous wedge and a less affluent crescent, improved connectivity is a way of leveling the field so as to get residents, especially to jobs and housing that they could afford. Despite the tragic nature of the pandemic, we are presented an opportunity to redefine our city in an equitable manner, creating the Next Charlotte. Cities that will be able to pivot successfully are cities that invest in different mobility options to get people to where they need to go and when they need to get there. This is why the Mayor and Council launched Charlotte Moves Task Force in February 2020 to position our city to implement an integrated but safe and equitable mobility network for all travelers regardless of age, income, ability, race, where they live, or how they choose to travel.

 Join a conversation with Taiwo, where he will present on the City of Charlotte’s bold planning efforts and strategies to address challenges surrounding connectivity, mobility and equity in the City of Charlotte. 

All proceeds from this event will go towards the WTS Charlotte Metro Chapter Scholarship Fund. 

 

Engineers attending this program could earn 1.0 Professional Development Hour. 

This event has been approved for APA Certification Maintenance (CM) credit: Program #9205126.

More information about ACIP's CM program can be found at www.planning.org/cm