Papal Visit 2015

Philadelphia, USA

Service: Traffic Control, Travel Demand Reduction, Strategies Pedestrian, Emergency/Incident Management Plan Mitigations, Communications
Client: New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT)
Period: 2015

Sam Schwartz, North American subsidiary of GPO Group, provided a high level assessment of the various operations plans for the September 2015 visit of Pope Francis in Philadelphia for the New Jersey Department of Transportation. The New Jersey Operation Plan identified and focused on strategies to relieve and minimize the impacts within New Jersey. SSC worked on improvements to road, ramp, and highways closures, transit and vehicular routing plans, and dynamic sign plans for the state’s highways. It also assisted the Department in developing a media strategy.