Second Round of Transportation Master Plan Forums Provides Opportunity for Campus Engagement

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 19, 2015) — The University of Kentucky is continuing work on a Transportation Master Plan (TMP) aimed at improving access and mobility to, from, and around campus for all members of the UK community.

Sasaki and Associates, the consulting firm developing the TMP, will return to campus for the second round of public forums on March 26.

The forums will take place at the following times and locations:

• 10:30 a.m.-noon in the Pavilion A Auditorium in the Chandler Hospital 
• 1-2:30 p.m. in the Student Center Room 230

The forums will also be live-streamed on UKNow.

Sasaki will present preliminary transportation solutions for the campus community to consider. These concepts are highly informed by feedback the university received from the first round of public forums, which took place in January, as well as through the "send us your feedback" feature on the EVPFA website, and from the TMP online survey which yielded nearly 4,800 responses. 

"The feedback that we receive at these March forums will continue to shape the recommendations that ultimately result in the Transportation Master Plan," Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration Eric Monday said.  

Videos of the January forums as well as Monday's responses to recurring questions from audience members are available here.

The TMP aligns with the UK Campus Master Plan — the blueprint for UK's campus transformation that‘s allowing it to become a national model for a thriving, public residential research campus. 

"It is also a time when campus engagement is crucial," Monday said. "We want to receive your input and feedback on the challenges facing the university in terms of transportation, parking and mobility."

MEDIA CONTACT: Sarah Geegan, 859-257-5365; sarah.geegan@uky.edu