Vincent Matheney serves as project manager for the Lower Savannah Council of Governments (LSCOG) 2050 Long Range Transportation Plan Update (LRTP). The plan involves coordination with regional and local South Carolina governments, stakeholders, DOT, and institutions addressing funding, grant, and performance issues.
To enhance the community engagement process, JFA and Metro Analytics implemented the Historical Equity Action Lens (HEAL) initiative, a historical and ethnographic evidence-based technique for identifying overlooked needs in traditional performance-based planning contexts. Under the direction of Dr. Gabrielle Westcott and Alden Copley, the HEAL team researched the historical development of the area and conducted oral history and ethnographic interviews with community members. Their findings highlighted local communities’ lived experience of the transportation system in the past and their transportation needs in the present, and were integrated into the baseline conditions report. Other key staff involved in the project included Chandler Duncan, Tony Furst, Rob Schiffer, Will Jones, Phillip Strickland, and Benjamin Blanchard.