[sustran-discuss] Adam Karp: Introductions!

[A. Karp]

Hello all,

	My name is Adam Karp.  Many of you have probably heard me knocking
at your electronic doorstep once or twice in the past few months.  More
than likely, I was contacting you about my now completed Comment on
China's changing attitude toward mass motorization, which also happens to
be a good place to start.  My Comment, entitled "China Must Not 'Wait
Until the Evening': Resisting Mass Motorization's Assault on Bicycles and
Mass Transit" will be published in 6:3 of the Pacific Rim Law and Policy
Journal ("PRJ").  The PRJ originates from the University of Washington
School of Law in Seattle, WA, USA.  I mention this fine journal not just
because I'm in it, but because it started me on the path to sustainable
tranpsortation as a career.  By studying a critical problem in a foreign
region, I managed to learn what to do with my life domestically.
	While working on the paper I applied for a joint degree in Urban
Planning and Design.  To make a long story short, I withdrew my
application from urban planning and submitted it to Transportation
Planning and Engineering in the University of Washington's School of Civil
Engineering.  As of two months ago, I have been accepted into the program
for the degree of M.S. (with an option to get an M.S.E.), to be embarked
upon after receiving my law degree in 1998.
	I currently serve as the Graduate and Professional Student Senate
Representative for the UW's Bicycle Advisory Group, am a member of the
Cascade Bike Club (the largest in the USA) and attend the Government
Action Committee meetings, am a un-numbed-and-loving-it recumbent rider,
and plan on working with the Chair of the City of Seattle's Transportation
Committee on general transportation strategy and the NEW Regional Transit
Authority ("RTA").  The RTA is a big deal for this region since it will
raise over $3.5 billion to finance electric light rail, commuter rail,
high-occupancy vehicle lanes, and expanded bus service.  My biggest
challenge will be to get the RTA to accommodate bicycles (trail
development, bike-and-ride facilities, and a few radical ideas like two
one-way 20-mile-long enclosed bicycle freeways with a fan-generated 30-mph
tailwind) and favor bus-dedicated roadways where more efficient than light
rail).  I am also interested in the revival of the railroads versus
intercity trucking with regard to freight.
	
	MY BIG QUESTION FOR YOU, though: 

	Can you point me in the direction of a job, an environmental
organization, a group of lawyers who happen to be transportation
practitioners, or a role model who paved the way on her own such that I
could integrate both my LEGAL and ENGINEERING AND PLANNING talents?


	WHAT I CAN OFFER:

	Research-sharing, gut reactions, a sense of humor, an ally.

Bravo to Paul Barter for starting this list!

Adam



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  Machiavellian Polyglot Cyclommuter
	      ADAM KARP
University of Washington School of Law
      *machia at u.washington.edu*
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