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Conference on Performance Measures for Transportation and Livable Communities

SEPTEMBER 7-8, 2011 • AUSTIN, TEXAS

PDF of the Conference Program

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

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Day 1 - September 7, 2011
7:30 a.m. -
5:00 p.m.		 Registration
7:30 -
8:30 a.m.		 Continental Breakfast
8:30 -
10:00 a.m.		 Longhorn
3rd Floor

Opening Session

Moderator: Katie Turnbull, Texas Transportation Institute
    Conference Welcome and Overview, Katie Turnbull, Texas Transportation Institute
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 1.8M Livable Communities: The Critical Role of Performance Measures from Concept to Implementation, Robert C. Johns, Associate Administrator and Director, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 2.4M Federal Highway Administration and Livable Communities, Jim Thorne, Federal Highway Administration
10:00 -
10:15 a.m.		 Break
10:15 -
11:45 a.m.		 Longhorn
3rd Floor

General Session

Moderator: Laurie McGinnis, Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota
  PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 1.4M Federal Transit Administration and Livable Communities, Keith Gates, Federal Transit Administration
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 3.7M U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Guide to Sustainable Transportation Performance Measures, Christopher Forinash, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Sustainable Partnership, Mark Brezina, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fort Worth, TX
11:45 a.m. -
12:00 p.m.		 Break
12:00 p.m. -
1:15 p.m.

Luncheon

Introduction: Linda Watson, President/CEO, Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Austin, TX
Speaker: Texas State Senator Kirk Watson
1:15 -
1:30 p.m.		 Break
1:30 -
3:00 p.m.

Breakout Sessions 1-3
  Austin North
2nd Floor

Session 1: Complete Streets Performance Measures

Moderator: Fred Dock, City of Pasadena, CA
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 6.7M Principles for Measuring and Understanding Livability to Guide Transportation Planning and Design Decisions, Bruce Appleyard, University of Utah
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 2.4M Washington State Main Street Highways Initiative, Paula Reeves, Washington State Department of Transportation
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 1.6M Performance Measurement of Contact Sensitive Solutions (CSS) in Urban Thoroughfare Design, Brian Bochner and Beverly Storey, Texas Transportation Institute
Longhorn
3rd Floor

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

Moderator: Antoinette Quagliata, Federal Transit Administration
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 1.9M NCHRP Project on Sustainability Performance Measures, Joe Zietsman, Texas Transportation Institute
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 977K Oregon Statewide Project, Mariah VanZerr, CH2M Hill
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 2.1M Planning for Sustainability at a Regional Scale, Carissa Schively Slotterback, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 540K Performance Measures or Indicators: Methods for Evaluating Transportation Policy Effectiveness, David Hitchcock and Jennifer Ronk, Houston Advanced Research Center
Austin South
2nd Floor

Session 3: Urban and Rural Livable Communities

Moderator: Tim Lomax, Texas Transportation Institute
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 262K Livability and Scenic Byways: An Exploration and Opportunity for Measurement, Brigid Tuck, Center for Tourism, University of Minnesota
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 3.3M Measuring Livability in Small Urban and Rural Communities with Disaggregate Data, Nathan Belz and Lance Jennings, Transportation Research Center, University of Vermont
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 5.1M An Evaluation of Automobile Use, Parking Provision, and Urban Activity, Christopher McCahill and Norman Garrick, University of Connecticut
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 909K Sustainability Performance Measures for El Paso's Transit Corridors, Tara Ramani, Texas Transportation Institute
3:00 -
3:30 p.m.		 Break
3:30 -
5:00 p.m.

Breakout Sessions 4-6
  Austin South
2nd Floor

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

Moderator: Maulik Vaishnav, Arup
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 9.8M New Tools for Measuring Livability, Jeff Taebel, Houston-Galveston Area Council
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 99K Targeted Transportation Programs for Livable Communities: Lessons from Three Pennsylvania Programs, Mark Stout, Consultant
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 713K Learning About Transportation-Related Livability: A Mixed-Methods Approach, Ingrid Schneider, University of Minnesota
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 724K Livability & Sustainability Efforts Within the State of Texas, Kirk Fauver, FHWA Texas Division
Austin North
2nd Floor

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

Moderator: Lucy Galbraith, Capital Area Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Austin, TX
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 1.9M Measuring Transportation's Role in Supporting Quality of Life and Livable Communities, Chad McKeown, North Central Texas Council of Governments
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 66K Social Equity Impact Assessment, Marc Brenman, Social Justice Consultancy
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 1.2M Transportation, Sustainability, and Urbanization, Jason Zheng, University of Connecticut
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 9.6M On Modeling the Travel Behavior – GHG Emissions Linkage, Chandra Bhat, University of Texas at Austin
Longhorn
3rd Floor

Session 6: Livable Communities and Transit Performance Measures

Moderator: Kartik Sribarra, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 932K FasTracks Quality of Life Study: Measuring the Effects of Implementing Rapid Transit, Genevieve Hutchison, Regional Transit District, Denver, CO
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 1.8M Performance Measures for the New Houston METRO, Kim Slaughter, Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, TX
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 830K Using Integrated Data to Measure Performance at TriMet, David Crout, Portland TriMet
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 1.4M More than Lines on a Map: How Capital Metro is Using Performance Measurement to Shape Transit Service, Todd Hemingson, Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Austin, TX

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Day 2 - Thursday, September 8, 2011
7:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Registration
7:30 -
8:30 a.m.		 Continental Breakfast
8:30 -
10:00 a.m.

Breakout Sessions 7-9
  Austin North
2nd Floor

Session 7: Access to Destinations Performance Measures

Moderator: Gina Baas, Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 6.2M Lowering the Barriers on Performance Measures: An Open Source Approach to Calculating Transit Accessibility, Mike McGurrin, Noblis, Inc.
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 3.0M Access to Destinations Study – Key Findings, Michael Iacono, University of Minnesota
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 1.2M Impact of Light Rail Implementation on Labor Markets Accessibility: A Transportation Equity Perspective, Andrew Guthrie, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 939K Accessibility Ratings of Massachusetts Municipalities, Anna Gartsman and Jessica Casey, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy, Northeastern University
Longhorn
3rd Floor

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

Moderator: John Elias, U.S. Department of Transportation
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 615K Freight, Economic, and Global Competitiveness Performance Measures, Katie Turnbull, Texas Transportation Institute
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 928K Using Performance Measures/Indicators to Calculate the Triple Bottom Line, Leigh Lane, Center for Transportation and the Environment, North Carolina State University
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 6.4M Parking Policies and Livability, Valerie Knepper, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, San Francisco Bay Area
  Economic Development and Return on Investment Livability Performance Measures, Kevin Johns, City of Austin, TX
Austin South
2nd Floor

Session 9: FTA Livability Performance Measures Projects

Moderator: Linda Cherrington, Texas Transportation Institute
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 817K Overview of FTA Transit and Livability Performance Measures, Angela Dluger, Federal Transit Administration
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 820K Rural Transit Performance Measures, Suzie Edrington, Texas Transportation Institute
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 836K Spatial Display of Transit Livability Performance Measures, Martin Catala, Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida
10:00 - 10:15 a.m. Break
10:15 - 11:45 a.m.

Breakout Sessions 10-11
  Longhorn
3rd Floor

Session 10: State, MPO, and Local Examples

Moderator: Sam Seskin, CH2M Hill
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 1.0M Ohio Futures Statewide Plan, Elizabeth Sanford, Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 990K Transportation Outlook 2040, Tom Gerend, Mid-America Regional Council, Kansas City, MO
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 7.1M Livability Measures in Practice: Case Study Examples, Kevin Tilbury, Gresham, Smith and Partners
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 286K Data Points for Measuring Livability in the Austin Area, Betty Voights, Capital Area Council of Governments, Austin, TX
Austin North
2nd Floor

Session 11: Bicycle and Pedestrian Performance Measures

Moderator: Joan Hudson, Texas Transporation Institute
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 615K National and International Perspective in Bicycle and Pedestrian Data and Performance Measures, Shawn Turner, Texas Transporation Institute
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 298K Roadway Bicycle Compatibility, Livability, and Environmental Justice Performance Measures, Greg Griffin, Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, Austin, TX
PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 2.3M Multimodal Arterial Level-of-Service Measures, Bruce Landis, Sprinkle Consulting, Inc.
11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Break
12:00 -
1:30 p.m.

Closing Luncheon - Review of Conference Themes

Moderator: Eric Gleason, Texas Department of Transportation
Joe Zietsman, Texas Transportation Institute
Lynne Bly, Minnesota Department of Transportation
Christopher Forinash, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - PDF document - For best results, view PDF files with the most recent version of Adobe Reader 149K
2:00 -
5:00 p.m.		 Tours
  • Walking Tour of downtown Austin (no charge)
  • Tour of commuter rail line and transit oriented development (participants are responsible for commuter rail fare)

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