{"407961":{"#nid":"407961","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CQGRD partners with APA on recently awarded research project","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD) is partnering with the American Planning Association (APA) on a recently awarded research project titled \u201cMultimodal Planning at the Megaregional Scale.\u201d The $145,000 grant from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will support research to enhance transportation planning nationwide. The project objective is to advance the practice and application of transportation planning as it relates to the megaregional scale.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAPA will subcontract with the CQGRD, an established leader in research on megaregions, to assist with each major task of the project. The CQGRD\u2019s team will be led by Dr. Catherine Ross, director of the CQGRD and Harry West Professor of city and regional planning at Georgia Tech. \u201cThe project has national significance,\u201c said Ross.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDavid Rouse, AICP, ASLA, managing director of APA\u0027s Research and Advisory Services, added, \u0022The project is an opportunity to develop strategies and implementation tools that don\u0027t currently exist for planners working to solve complex transportation planning issues across local, regional, and megaregional geographic areas.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearch efforts are anticipated to conclude in late 2016. For more information and updates please visit the following sites:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.planning.org\/newsreleases\/2015\/may27.htm%20\u0022\u003Ewww.planning.org\/newsreleases\/2015\/may27.htm \u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022planning.org\/nationalcenters\/green\/megaregions\/\u0022\u003Eplanning.org\/nationalcenters\/green\/megaregions\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD) is partnering with the American Planning Association (APA) on a recently awarded research project titled \u201cMultimodal Planning at the Megaregional Scale.\u201d The $145,000 grant from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will support research to enhance transportation planning nationwide. The project objective is to advance the practice and application of transportation planning as it relates to the megaregional scale.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD) is partnering with the American Planning Association (APA) on a recently awarded research project titled \u201cMultimodal Planning at the Megaregional Scale.\u201d"}],"uid":"28044","created_gmt":"2015-05-28 14:02:06","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:21","author":"Jessie Brandon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-05-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-05-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"183911":{"id":"183911","type":"image","title":"CQGRD Logo","body":null,"created":"1449179062","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:44:22","changed":"1475894830","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:10","alt":"CQGRD Logo","file":{"fid":"196093","name":"cqgrd_logo.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cqgrd_logo_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cqgrd_logo_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":10142,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/cqgrd_logo_0.jpg?itok=m5C7pOK7"}}},"media_ids":["183911"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3531","name":"APA"},{"id":"648","name":"catherine ross"},{"id":"808","name":"CQGRD"},{"id":"2634","name":"grant"},{"id":"171","name":"megaregions"},{"id":"168","name":"Transportation"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}