AGENDA
From the Margins to the Mainstream:
Getting Transportation & Land Use Decisions that Create Walkable Communities with Mobility Choices
Marriott Orlando Downtown
January 30-31, 2008
Wednesday, January 30 2008 - Day 1 |
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| 8:00am | Welcome & Introductions |
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Scott Bernstein, President Jacky Grimshaw, Vice-President for Policy, Transportation and Community Development |
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| 8:30am | Keynote Address | Plenary Session |
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Mayor Rick Baker, St. Petersburg, FL |
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| 9:00am | Making Transportation & Land Use Connections Real | Plenary Session |
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A good land use plan is the foundation for a good transportation system. With an understanding of what integrating transportation& land use means, a panel of experts will discuss the value of integration from various perspectives. Anne Canby, President, President, STPP, Moderator |
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| 10:15am | Break | |
| 10:30am | Principles of Good Integration At the Region, Corridor & Project Levels | Plenary Session |
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Providing mobility choices for communities of all sizes and densities is the key to good transportation & land use integration. Resource experts will discuss the role network connectivity, land use mixes, densities, building & facility design and travel behavior play from the development of a long-range regional plan to project design and construction. Linda Watson, Chief Executive Officer, Orlando Lynx, Moderator |
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| Noon | Lunch & Tour of Baldwin Park | Bus Trip |
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Box Lunch & Bus tour to see the integration of land use and transportation Narrated by Chris Sinclair, Renaissance Planning Group |
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| 1:30pm | Putting the Principles to Work-Part 1 | Bus Trip |
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Field Trip to Downtown Hospital(s) and future rail station sites using a “place audit” tool. Led by Kate Ange & Chris Sinclair, Renaissance Planning Group |
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| 2:45pm | Return to Marriott | |
| 3:00pm | Putting the Principles to Work-Part 2 | Breakout Sessions |
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Interactive Exercise using info from field trip and tools. Each group will work on proposals for one of the sites visited. Kate Ange, Renaissance Planning Group |
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| 4:30pm | How Good Integration Can Make Mobility Choices | Plenary Session |
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All groups will reconvene and report out on the strategies developed for integrating the new rail line and the surrounding land uses including redevelopment options. |
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| 6:00pm | Reception | |
Wednesday, January 31 2008 - Day 2 |
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| 8:00am | Recap of Day 1 & Plan for Day 2 | |
| 8:30am | Getting a Planning Process that Works for Your Community | Plenary Session |
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Works for Your Community Gary Toth, Senior Director for Transportation Initiatives, Project for Public Spaces, Moderator |
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| 10:15am | Break | |
| 10:45am | Bringing Developer Economics and the Vision Together | Plenary Session |
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Developers will share their perspectives on how they evaluate markets, what motivates them, and what drives them away from a community. How the elements of density, diversity, design and location work from a market perspective. Examples of different development and redevelopment types will be discussed. Troy Russ, Glatting Jackson, Moderator |
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| Noon | Luncheon: Transit Oriented Development | |
Scott Bernstein, President, Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) |
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| 1:00pm | Putting these Principles into Practice in my Community | Breakout Sessions |
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Participants will convene in small groups with one of the
workshop experts to discuss what is most critical in their communities. Working together, participants will identify |
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| 2:00pm | Break | |
| 2:15pm | Putting an Integrated Planning Process in Place | Plenary Session |
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Each group will report on their discussions and the top challenges to a fully integrated land use and transportation planning process in their communities. |
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| 2:45pm | Creating High Value Places | Plenary Session |
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Pulling it all together to create livable places with mobility choices for everyone. Tom Murphy, Senior Resident Fellow, Urban Land Institute |
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| 3:15pm | Closing | |