DRAFT FINAL PROGRAM

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

8:00am Welcome & Introductions – Anne Canby, STPP & Jacky Grimshaw, CNT
8:30am Keynote Address Plenary Session
 

Integrating Transportation & Land Use: Making Transportation Work for Everyone
Mayor Rick Baker, St. Petersburg, FL

9:00am Making Transportation & Land Use Connections Real Plenary Session
 

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. Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions.

Panelists:
Shelley Poticha, Reconnecting America
Jacob Snow, Regional Transporation Commission of Southern Nevada
Jana Lynott, AARP
Rick Hall, Hall Planning & Engineering, Inc
10:15am Break
10:30am Principles of Good Integration At the Region, Corridor & Project Levels Plenary Session
 

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, Orlando Lynx, Moderator
Panelists:
Troy Russ, Glatting Jackson
Chris Sinclair, Renaissance Planning Group
Noon Lunch & Tour of Baldwin Park Bus Trip
 

Box Lunch & Bus tour to see the integration of land use and transportation, Narrated by Chris Sinclair, Renaissance Planning Group

1:30pm Putting the Principles to Work-Part 1 Bus Trip
 

Field Trip to Downtown Hospital(s) and future rail station sites using a "place audit" tool.

Led by Orlando & Lynx staff, Hannah Twaddell & Chris Sinclair, Renaissance Planning Group
2:45pm Return to Marriott
3:00pm Putting the Principles to Work-Part 2 Breakout Sessions
 

Interactive Exercise using info from field trip and tools. Each group will work on proposals for one of the sites visited.

Hannah Twaddell, Renaissance Group

4:30pm How Good Integration Can Make Mobility Choices Plenary Session
 

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.
6:00pm Reception

Wednesday, January 31 2008 - Day 2
8:00am Recap of Day 1 & Plan for Day 2
8:30am Getting a Planning Process that Works for Your Community Plenary Session
 

A panel of practitioners will describe their processes including: what technical tools you need to create the vision; how to get all the stakeholders (citizens to implementers) values into the equation; and how stakeholders ensure accountability and consistency with the adopted vision.

Gary Toth, Moderator
Panelists:
Marlie J. Sanderson, North Central Florida Regional Planning Council
Alex Graziani, Smart Growth Partnership of Westmoreland Co, PA
Tom Weyandt, Director, Department of Comprehensive Planning, Atlanta Regional Commission, invited

10:15am Break
10:45am Bringing Developer Economics and the Vision Together Plenary Session
 

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, Moderators
Panelists:
David Pace, President, New Broad Street Companies, Orlando, FL
Sam Sherman, Managing Partner, New Urban Ventures, LLC

Noon Luncheon: Transit Oriented Development
  Shelley Poticha, Reconnecting America
1:00pm Putting these Principles into Practice in my Community Breakout Sessions
 

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 key actions to champion in their communities.
2:00pm Break
2:15pm Putting an Integrated Planning Process in Place Plenary Session
 

Each group will report on their discussions and the top challenges to a fully integrated land use and transportation planning process in their communities.
2:45pm Creating High Value Places Plenary Session
 

Pulling it all together to create livable places with mobility choices for everyone.

Geoff Anderson, incoming President, Smart Growth America, invited

3:15pm Closing