AGENDA
Context Sensitive Solutions: Designing Transportation Projects
for People and Places
Denver Convention Center
July 24-25, 2008
July 24, 2008 - Day 1 |
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| 8:00 am |
Welcome & Introductions |
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Scott Bernstein, Chairman, Surface Transportation Policy Partnership (STPP) |
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| 8:30 am | Keynote Address | Plenary Session |
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Peter Park, Manager-Community Planning and Development, City of Denver |
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| 9:15 am | Introduction to Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS) Principles and Project Delivery Processes | Plenary Session |
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CSS weaves people and places together incorporating all users and modes to design transportation solutions. Participants will learn what principles are included in a CSS approach, how a CSS approach differs from traditional methods, and what questions stakeholders should ask to ensure that CSS is being used in project planning and design. Jack Lettiere, former Commissioner, NJ DOT |
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| 10:15 am | Break | |
| 10:30 am | Projects from Concept to Construction: Understanding how Transportation Professionals Decide the “Why,” “What” and “Where” of Transportation Projects | Plenary Session |
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Participants will learn the role of traffic forecasting assumptions in project planning, how to find flexibility in the Green Book, and about the relationship between land use decisions and project design. Gary Toth, Senior Director for Transportation Initiatives, Project for Public Spaces |
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| 11:45 am | Lunch | |
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Participants will have an opportunity to share their community’s issues with others |
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| 1:00 pm | Thinking Beyond the Station: Applying CSS to Transit | Plenary Session |
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CSS has received the most attention as a way to think about and design highway projects. Participants will learn how CSS principles are applicable to transit projects. Marilee Utter, President, Citiventure Associates LLC |
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| 2:45 pm | Break | |
| 3:00 pm | Tools for Determining Community Context | Plenary Session |
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One of the first steps in applying CSS principles to project design is to assess current land uses, pending developments and most importantly, to develop a future vision for the corridor or area. The results of the lunchtime questionnaire will be used as a resource for this session. Participants will be introduced to the tools available for these assessments and to one that will be used in a Day 2 field exercise. Leigh Lane, Manager Transportation Policy, Louis Berger, Associates |
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| 6:00 pm | Reception | |
Jul 25, 2008 - Day 2 |
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| 8:00am | Recap of Day 1 and Final Field Trip Instructions | |
| 8:30am | CSS Applications along a Denver Corridor | Field Trip |
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Participants will be divided into groups and transported to several locations along a corridor(s) to apply one of the tools described on Day 1. |
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| 11:00 am | Working Together on creating a Vision | Breakout Sessions |
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Participants, upon return to the workshop site, will work in teams using the results of the morning exercise to create a vision using CSS principles for the assigned corridor. Team work will continue through lunch. A box lunch will be provided. |
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| 1:00 pm | Report out from Teams on Proposed Visions | Plenary Session |
| 1:30 pm | Advocates Role in Engaging and Motivating Transportation Decision Makers to Make CSS a Regular Part of Project Planning & Design | Plenary Session |
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Participants will hear from a panel of advocates about team building, respectful communication, the role of politics, and how to create an advocacy voice in their community. Opportunities for discussion will also be included. Linda Bolte, Chairperson, Oak Park Planning Commission (Oak Park, IL)-Moderator |
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| 3:00 pm | Break | |
| 3:15 pm | Moving CSS from Concept to Reality in Your Community | Plenary Session |
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Jim Charlier, President, Charlier & Associates, Inc. |
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| 4:00 pm | Wrap Up | Plenary Session |
| Anne Canby, President, STPP | ||