This past May, a group of 10 transportation and regional planning professionals from New York, Chicago and San Francisco attended a Peer Exchange in Berlin, Germany. After the fall of the Berlin Wall and reunification efforts began to piece East and West Berlin together, transportation officials saw the integration of their transit system as an essential component to building a cohesive, comprehensive and unified city. With policies that promoted high-density development near transit, bicycle services and accessibility at rail stations, and a universal fare card system to accommodate seamless mobility throughout the region, some of Berlin’s most innovative thinkers introduced their American peers to the process, mechanics, and structure to building a well - coordinated and balanced transportation network.
MPC's Emily Tapia and Peter Skosey were part of this trip. View their photos of best practices found in Berlin!
