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W. <br />GOTRIANGLE TRANSIT CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPLICATION The purpose of this committee is to <br />advise the GoTriangle Board of Trustees (hereinafter "Board ") on current and emerging issues <br />associated with planning and providing a high - quality transit network that serves the needs of our entire <br />community. Please complete the information below to apply to serve on the Advisory Committee. <br />Name: Cor Rademaker <br />Address: 112 Emerywood PI. City: Chapel Hill State /ZIP: NC 27516 County: Orange County <br />Cell phone: 919 537 2504 <br />Education: Msc Urban Design, Msc Human Geography, Mba. <br />Current employment: Professor UNC Smart Cities <br />Licenses held: <br />References (limit of 3): Jodi Bakst (realestateexperts.com, Phil Mason, Planning Manager Town of Chapel <br />Hill, Prof. Arcot Rajasekar, Professor (Big) data analytics <br />Do you use public transit? Yes <br />If so, how often? Twice a month in the US, daily in Europe <br />Would you be willing to try public transit? Ofcourse! <br />Describe the importance of transit with regards to affordable housing and land use planning. <br />Depends on the kind of PT, PT services are essential for affordable housing, but for instance the Light <br />Rail would have a positive impact on housing prices, Commercial Development, and car use! Essential <br />for Land use planning to include effective PT planning. (PT= Public Transit) <br />Describe the importance of transit with regards to individuals with handicaps or disabilitie: <br />Essential, but busses must be low floor vehicles. <br />Describe the importance of transit with regards to economic opportunity. <br />There are different levels of Public Transport, just giving a rough system overview; local buses, <br />streetcars, rapid buses, interliners, light rail, trainsystems, etc. The higher the level of transit, the more <br />economic influence. Dominant examples are airports, but basically you can see economic developments <br />occur already at levels as rapid bussystems /interliners, and lightrail. <br />Have you had experiences with transit or other related issues in other places that could provide <br />beneficial information to this committee? <br />1. Former VP of the The Hague (Netherlands) public transport company HTM ( bussystems, <br />streetcars, light rail, 3000 empl.) <br />2. My company Strateq consults on all urban systems, public transit systems as well <br />3. Professor at UNC, School of Information and Library Sciences in Smart Cities <br />4. As user and citizen of Orange County <br />