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Conference on Performance Measures for Transportation and Livable Communities

SEPTEMBER 7-8, 2011 • AUSTIN, TEXAS


Sessions

Full Summary
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Opening Session

General Session

Luncheon Speaker

Closing Session

Breakout Session 1: Complete Streets Performance Measures

Breakout Session 2: Sustainability, Livability, Planning, and Policy Performance Measures

Breakout Session 3: Urban and Rural Livable Communities

Breakout Session 4: Transportation Performance Measures for Communities of all Sizes, Shapes, and Forms

Breakout Session 5: Land Use, Social Justice, and Environmental Performance Measures

Breakout Session 6: Livable Communities and Transit Performance Measures

Breakout Session 7: Access to Destinations Performance Measures

Breakout Session 8: Freight, Economic Development, and Return on Investment Livability Performance Measures

Breakout Session 9: FTA Livability Performance Measures Projects

Breakout Session 10: State, MPO, and Local Examples

Breakout Session 11: Bicycle and Pedestrian Performance Measures

GENERAL SESSION

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Presiding

LAURIE McGINNIS, Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota

Federal Transit Administration and Livable Communities

KEITH GATES, Federal Transit Administration

Sustainable Transportation Performance Measures

CHRISTOPHER FORINASH, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Housing and Sustainable Communities Initiative

RICHARD LOPEZ, Department of Housing and Urban Development, San Antonio


Federal Transit Administration and Livable Communities

KEITH GATES, Federal Transit Administration

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Keith Gates discussed the FTA's activities related to livable communities and the Partnership for Sustainable Communities. He reviewed the roles of HUD, U.S. DOT, and EPA in the partnership and summarized activities underway related to performance measures for transit and livable communities. Keith covered the following topics in his presentation.

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Sustainable Transportation Performance Measures

CHRISTOPHER FORINASH, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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Chris Forinash discussed the EPA’s role in the Partnership for Sustainable Communities.  He also described the EPA’s Office of Sustainable Communities, the partnership and performance measures, and recent EPA work on performance measures for sustainable communities.  Chris covered the following topics in his presentation.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Housing and Sustainable Communities Initiative

RICHARD LOPEZ, Department of Housing and Urban Development, San Antonio

Richard Lopez discussed HUD’s housing and sustainable communities initiatives.  He described elements of the interagency sustainability partnership and activities underway at HUD’s Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities (OSHC).  Richard covered the following topics in his presentation.

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