KRISTINE
M. WILLIAMS, AICP
Areas
of Expertise
Access
Management
Growth
Management
Comprehensive
Planning
Land
Development Regulation
Corridor
Management
Public
Involvement
Intergovernmental
Coordination
Representative
Experience
·
Principal Investigator and project
manager for the development of a systematic corridor preservation and access
management program for the City of Tallahassee and Leon County, Blueprint 2000
Intergovernmental Agency.
·
Principal Investigator for the TRB
access management manual. The manual
includes access spacing considerations, access design concepts, strategies for
developing a state or local access management program, and methods for developing
a corridor access management plan.
·
Conducting a national review of agency
practices involving cooperative agreements for arterial corridor management for
the National Academy of Sciences, Transportation Research Board.
·
Conducted national reviews of corridor
management practices in the U.S. and Canada (NCHRP Synthesis 289: Corridor
Management), Driveway Regulation Practices (NCHRP Synthesis 304: Driveway
Regulation Practices) and of state and local access management practices (NCHRP
Synthesis 233: Land Development Regulations that Promote Access Management) for
the National Academy of Sciences, Transportation Research Board.
·
Co-Principal Investigator for research
on the safety and operational impacts of median opening closures and raised
medians in relation to right turns/U-turns versus direct left turns from
driveways.
·
Developed a model ordinance,
comprehensive plan amendments, and delivered short courses on right-of-way
preservation for state, local and MPO practitioners in the Panhandle region of
Florida.
·
Developed a Community Impact Assessment
Handbook and training course for the Florida Department of Transportation that
establishes methods for assessing the social and economic impacts of
transportation projects on people and communities.
·
Developed and conducted numerous short
courses and workshops on access management, land development regulation,
right-of-way preservation and public involvement techniques for planners,
engineers, and public officials for state agencies, local governments and
MPOs. Lead trainer for the Florida
Department of Transportation on Land Development and Access Management.
·
Assisted the Florida Department of
Transportation in developing procedures, policies, and technical guidelines for
addressing requests for deviation from median opening spacing standards and
developed public involvement guidelines for median projects.
·
Evaluated land development and access
issues related to highway interchange areas for the State of Florida and
developed proposed changes to state transportation and growth management
policies. The project focused on state
and local measures for managing access to development in the vicinity of
highway interchanges and included model regulations, intergovernmental
agreements, and changes to state Interchange Review Procedures.
·
Developed model land development and
subdivision regulations that support access management for Florida cities and
counties. Prepared Roadway Design and
Access Code for Martin County, Florida.
Provided technical assistance to consultants and local government
agencies in the development of regional and area-specific access management
strategies.
·
Evaluated intergovernmental
coordination issues and practices in Florida and developed strategies and
procedures for improving state and local coordination on access management
issues. Facilitated coordination on
access management issues between Florida Department of Transportation
representatives and local government planning staff.
·
Evaluated transportation and growth
management policy and practice in Florida and proposed policy changes as part
of a multi-year analysis of growth management and transportation considerations
conducted under the State Transportation Policy Initiative.
·
Featured speaker on access management
for access management symposiums in New York, Iowa, Arkansas, Kansas, and
Kentucky that were aimed at obtaining support for access management from state
and local agency representatives, public interest groups, and elected
officials.
·
Provided technical assistance to
consultants and agencies in the development of regional and area-specific
access management strategies (developing corridors, interchange areas, older
strip development)
·
Authored over 20 manuscripts and
co-authored five guidebooks on planning and regulatory techniques, including Managing Corridor Development: A Municipal
Handbook
·
Evaluated state and local right-of-way
preservation policies and practices and recommended changes
·
Conducted statewide policy study of the
consistency between comprehensive plans and land development regulations (State
Transportation Policy Initiative)
·
Instructor at the University of South
Florida
Previous
Positions
Community
Planner, Planning and Zoning Center, Inc.
Assistant
Editor, Planning and Zoning News8
magazine
NYC
Urban Fellow, New York City Department of City Planning-Manhattan Office
U.S.
Peace Corps Volunteer, Thailand
Education
M.U.P. (Urban Planning), Michigan State
University
B.A.,
Anthropology, Michigan State University