ITE International and Mid-Colonial District Annual Meeting and Exhibition
Balancing Engagement and Data-Driven Analysis in a Large Bus Network Redesign
SEPTA’s Bus Revolution was a blank slate redesign of SEPTA’s bus network of more than 125 bus routes carrying ~600 daily riders in 2022. The planning team recognized early in the project that while they could identify many solutions through technical work, implementing the redesign would require extensive community engagement. This session will discuss how they designed the engagement efforts to integrate with the technical work, lessons learned throughout the Bus Revolution project, and how to build a strategy for implementation.
Clayton is a sustainable transport leader and city planner with 25 years of international experience implementing innovative approaches to address climate change and promote inclusive communities. Clayton has led numerous bus rapid transit (BRT), rail, TOD, shared mobility, and zero-emission bus projects and catalyzed innovative solutions internationally. Previously, he led two of world's top environmental and mobility think-tanks to shape best practice and implement precedent-setting projects in over 100 cities on 4 continents. He founded highly successful PhillyCarShare from start-up to market leader, earning an EPA Environmental Achievement Award and Harvard Innovation finalist. Clayton has also successfully led global policy, sustainability, and strategic initiatives for micro-mobility pioneer Bird. He also developed mobility consulting and tech start-up GoAscendal.
Keaton partners with communities to realize the economic and environmental benefits of public transit.
Keaton knows the importance of marrying the insights gleaned from community engagement with the findings from thorough quantitative analysis to inform transit network redesigns and long-range plans. He is a specialist in service planning, bus stop design, and transit funding. He finds satisfaction in leveraging his expertise to make transit and the public realm more equitable, accessible, safe, and efficient. Previously, Keaton worked as an internal consultant for New York City Transit to streamline and forecast operations and hiring practices on the city’s most crowded lines.