Project Client


Project owner

Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Project Tasks

  • Website
  • Graphic design and production of all materials:
    • Brochures
    • Posters
    • Flyers
    • Door Hangers
    • Postcards
    • Comment Cards
    • Display Boards
    • Project Maps and Illustrations
  • Meeting Reports
  • Logistics/Coordination of Meeting Venues
  • Audio Visual Support
  • Event Staffing
  • Project Information Center at the Mineola train station

Long Island Rail Road Expansion Project

Stokes members are part the MTA/LIRR’s Project Management Team (PMT) which consists of agency staff and a team of consultants from the Arup-Jacobs Joint Venture. Stokes has provided a wide range of services including public outreach management, serving a s agency representatives to elected officials and other stakeholders, public presentations, venue logistics, website services, meeting reports, design of the project’s Community Information Center and extensive graphic design.

Stokes collaborates with other PMT members to manage the contractor’s outreach efforts and ensure that the owner agencies are well represented. Great care is taken to identify and mitigate project components with potential quality of life impacts including environmental and accessibility concerns. Stokes’ graphic design work for this project was meticulously conceptualized and created; maintained a consistent, recognizable look; and focused on clarity and simplicity of message for the public and all stakeholders. Stokes also produces technical maps and graphics for engineering and management oversight staff.

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The Work
Media members were eager to cover the LIRR scoping events, so Stokes coordinated and monitored their involvement.
Clear directional posters at large-scale public events are crucial so attendees can easily navigate the location.
Stokes provided audio visual support to ensure smooth presentations at the LIRR scoping meetings.
The reception area allowed attendees to easily sign in and receive project information.
Many Union employees came out to show support for the LIRR expansion project.
Members of the Stokes team greeted hundreds of attendees and directed them to the project information boards.
Digital stations enabled attendees to quickly enter their comments on the project survey.
Elisa Pica provided opening remarks about the LIRR expansion project and the scoping process.
Videos help explain the project and keep the audience interested.
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Attendees provided public commentary at the meetings in front of a panel and other attendees.
At Hofstra University meetings, residents were greeted with a smile and warm welcome by the Stokes staff.
Chris Stokes, the site leader for the Hofstra University events, discussed the event logistics with other team members.
The staff who helped make the Hofstra University a success included members from Stokes, LIRR, AECOM and Gannet Flemming.
Nearly 50 project boards were on display at the LIRR expansion project public meetings.
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For the public outreach efforts on the Long Island Rail Road Expansion Project, the Stokes team produced large, informational display boards with infographics about the project limits, overview, goals, need, and purpose. These boards were instrumental for informing and engaging the public at the scoping meetings held in Long Island in June 2016.
For the public outreach efforts on the Long Island Rail Road Expansion Project, the Stokes team produced large, informational display boards with infographics about the project limits, overview, goals, need, and purpose. These boards were instrumental for informing and engaging the public at the scoping meetings held in Long Island in June 2016.
In addition to large posters, Stokes also created the Long Island Rail Road Expansion Project comment forms, sign-in materials, hundreds of lanyard-style name badges and speaker name cards for the public hearing meetings.
The Stokes team is not only responsible for manning the Long Island Rail Road Expansion Project outreach center at the Mineola Train Station, but also produced all of the printed materials for the office such as brochures, information sheets and quick overview postcards with the contact information for the outreach office.