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Tony Hull
Visioning / Design / GIS / Modeling
"My sense of professional responsibility as a transportation planner compels me to question traditional priorities - we typically design our streets for the vehicle and occasionally accommodate people ...
What if we designed these streets for people and made accommodations for the automobile?
I firmly believe that a robust transportation system is the foundation of a great community ...
This system should facilitate choices where affordability trumps convenience and mobility is safe, affordable and accessible for everyone."
Tony Hull is a Community Design Group Partner. He is a multi-modal transportation planner, with a focus on pedestrian needs and traffic calming. Tony has worked as a principal planner at the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) in Columbus Ohio for the past seven years and has prior planning experience with the Central Ohio Transit Authority and city of Hilliard, Ohio.
His work has focused on balancing transportation outcomes to foster equitable access to mobility and improve the quality of life in communities. These efforts include facilitating traffic calming in diverse communities, community engagement in the planning process, educating local staff and elected officials, and spearheading regional pedestrian planning efforts.
More recently Tony has been instrumental in pushing for a complete streets approach in central Ohio. His work efforts have contributed to shifting priorities in the Columbus metro region where the City of Columbus has dedicated $50 million in bonding money to connect sidewalks and promote walkability.
Select Project Experience
- Making Strides MORPC Pedestrian Best Practices, Columbus, Ohio
- MORPC Regional Pedestrian Plan, Columbus, Ohio
- MORPC Regional Transit Plan, Columbus, Ohio
- Columbus Pedestrian Thoroughfare Plan, Columbus, Ohio
- Walkable Streets Columbus, Columbus, Ohio
- Franklinton Community Mobility Plan, Columbus, Ohio
- Linden Area Traffic Management Plan, Columbus, Ohio
- NHTSA Pedestrian Enforcement and Education Grant, Columbus, Ohio
Education
- Bachelor of Arts , Urban and Regional Geography, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1998
Recent Professional Presentations
- Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO) Conference, presented web-based resource at AMPO annual meeting
- Transportation Research Board, presented paper "Developing Capacity in Context of Livability: Case Study for Engaging Disadvantaged Communities"
- APBP Professional Development Seminar, member of panel discussion "Debunking traffic engineering myths," presentation on "Biased Language in Transportation Planning"
- Urban Land Institute, presented "Walkability in Central Ohio"
- Ohio Transportation Engineering Conference "Rethinking the Role of Our Streets," moderated and co-presented on Complete Streets and ADA
- Ohio Planning Conference, presented "Complete Streets: Accommodating Change," overview of the role of complete streets in community placemaking
Memberships
- Professional member, Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP)
- Professional member, Minnesota Chapter of the American Planning Association
- Organizational member, Complete the Streets Coalition