Transportation for America's Innovative MPO Series about the Fast Forward Mobile Outreach Bus which was used in 2011 in Tulsa, OK to engage the public on public transit planning.

1. The Story of the Fast Forward
Mobile Outreach Bus
Tulsa, OK
Transportation for America
How can MPOs and Citizens Better Engage with Each Other?
The Innovative MPO Webinar Series – Webinar #4
September 30, 2015
Presented by James Wagner, AICP

2. The problem:
The public had little knowledge of
public transportation options,
costs and benefits
The solution:
Create a tool that would access
the Tulsa region an educate
citizens on transit and funding
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3. Interior (before)
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4. Interior (before)
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5. Interior (during renovation)
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6. Interior (during renovation)
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7. Interior (during renovation)
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8. Interior (during renovation)
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9. Interior Completed
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Coffee Bar
Displays
TV
Chat Table

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12. The transformation
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Before After

13. The transformation
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Before After

14. Mobile Outreach Bus

15. Inside the “Transit Lab”

16. Inside the “Transit Lab”

17. Inside the “Transit Lab”

18. Inside the “Transit Lab”

19. Spring Break Camp
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21. Out in the community
Tulsa Tech Hip Hop Radio Station
Spring Break CampBOK Center

22. Transit Trivia Night
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23. Transit Trivia
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24. Street Festival
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25. Mardi Gras Parade
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26. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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29. Displays

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31. Menu Exercise
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32. Menu exercise - Capital costs
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Scenario B………….
Basic stops………….
Enhanced
stops…………………..
Landscaping…………
Off-Board ticketing
$18
$5
$2
$2
$2
Total $29

33. Menu exercise - Operating costs
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34. Media Coverage
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35. 9 Weeks of Mobile Outreach
117 Stops
2,085 Citizens Onboard
1,500 Surveys Taken
$450,000 in Earned Media
718 Comments Given
1,942 Web Hits
By the numbers

36. Awards
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Federal Highway Administration
Federal Transit Administration
Transportation Planning Excellence Award
American Planning Association
National Planning Excellence Award
Public Outreach

37. Thank you!
James Wagner, AICP
Principal Transportation Planner
INCOG | Tulsa, OK
(918) 579-9447
jwagner@incog.org