Transportation planner Siegman to discuss how to solve parking shortages

Rice University Office of Public Affairs / News & Media Relations MEDIA ADVISORY Amy McCaig 713-348-6777 amym@rice.edu

Transportation planner Siegman to discuss how to solve parking shortages

Rice University’s Kinder Institute will host public presentation Feb. 19 

HOUSTON – (Feb. 13, 2015) – Renowned parking and transportation planner Patrick Siegman will explain how to solve parking shortages by using new solutions to old problems during a free public talk at Rice University Feb. 19. The presentation will be hosted by Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Hudspeth Auditorium at the Anderson-Clarke Center, 6100 Main St.

Who: Renowned parking and transportation planner Patrick Siegman.

What: “Solving Parking Shortages: New Solutions to Old Problems.”

When: Feb. 19, 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Where: Hudspeth Auditorium inside the Anderson-Clarke Center at Rice University, located at 6100 Main St. in Houston.

Siegman, a principal with the San Francisco-based transportation planning firm Nelson/Nygaard, has led over 60 citywide, neighborhood, corridor and campus plans around North America. He has 20 years of experience and specializes in developing transportation solutions that help communities improve their economy, environment and quality of life. Siegman’s award-winning projects have transformed downtowns, neighborhoods and universities.

For more information or to RSVP for the event, visit http://kinder.rice.edu/patricksiegman.

Members of the media interested in attending the event may RSVP to Amy McCaig, senior media relations specialist at Rice, at 713-348-6777. 

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