Reshaping Metropolitan America: Development Trends And Opportunities To 2030 Metropolitan Planning + Design Series
September 20, 2013 at NYU Wagner Puck Building

Nearly half the buildings that will be standing in 2030 do not exist today. That means we have a tremendous opportunity to reinvent our urban areas, making them more sustainable and livable for future generations. But for this vision to become reality, the planning community needs reliable data about emerging trends and smart projections about how they will play out. Arthur C. Nelson delivers that resource in Reshaping Metropolitan America.

This unprecedented reference provides statistics about changes in population, jobs, housing, nonresidential space, and other key factors that are shaping the built environment, but its value goes beyond facts and figures. Nelson expertly analyzes contemporary development trends and identifies shifts that will affect metropolitan areas in the coming years. He shows how redevelopment can meet new and emerging market demands by creating more compact, walkable, and enjoyable communities. Most importantly, Nelson outlines a policy agenda for reshaping America that meets the new market demand for sustainable places.

Publisher’s Link to purchase the book: http://islandpress.org/ip/books/book/islandpress/R/bo8079737.html
To register, please visit the website at: www.utrc2.org/Events

Building Regulatory Bridges Between Airports and Transportation Regulators (2013 IATR-AGTA Joint Conference Preview)
September 22-25, St. Louis, Missouri

Taxicab and limousine government officials and airport ground transportation professionals have existed for way too long in separate regulatory silos. Airports are the elixir of economic life for regulated for-hire transportation industry owners and drivers, as well as for tourism and business travel to most neighboring localities. Many members of the International Association of Transportation Regulators (IATR) and the Airport Ground Transportation Association (AGTA) have little or no communication with one another, but share important responsibilities for seamless customer service and passenger safety for private ground transportation to, from and beyond airports. Well, all of that is about to change. Better regulatory communication and collaboration in these challenging times is not an option, but a necessity.

The IATR’s first-ever joint conference this year will be held from September 22- 25 in St. Louis, Missouri, with AGTA, with the theme of “Building Regulatory Bridges” between airports and regulators. To register for the IATR conference, please visit www.iatr.org. The deadline for conference registration is fast approaching so please make your plans now before we are sold out.

Last Mile Freight Delivery: Use of Cleaner Mobility Vehicles
October 4, 2013 at Baruch College William and Anita Newman Conference Center

The event will present cross-disciplinary perspectives on urban logistics using electric vehicles (EV) and other vehicles as a sustainable mobility transportation solution. Presentations at the event will reflect various perspectives, as speakers will represent the public and private sectors and academia, including public officials, community leaders, transit community members, academia, consultants and the interested public. The multi‐disciplinary team will be from the U.S. and Europe. The event will provide a forum that will gather experts and sustainability advocates to focus on the actions that can be taken immediately to meet the environmental challenges and take advantage of the business opportunities presented by such dense city areas, namely with the use of small sized mobility solutions.

Stay tuned for a detail program agenda with detailed description.
To register, please visit the website at: www.utrc2.org/Events

Bureau of Research 15th Annual NJDOT Research Showcase
October 23, 2013 at Conference Center at Mercer

The 15th Annual NJDOT Research Showcase is an opportunity for NJDOT customers to experience the broad scope of ongoing research initiatives, technology transfer activities, and academic research being conducted by university research partners and their associates. Research is highlighted in presentations, poster sessions, and displays. Continental breakfast and lunch are included in the program.

To register, please visit the website at: http://cait.rutgers.edu/cait/15th-annual-njdot-research-showcase

19th Statewide Conference on Local Bridge
October 30-31, 2013 – Holiday Inn Syracuse

Since 1994 Cornell Local Roads have collaborated with the New York State Department of Transportation Structures Division to present a conference about bridge issues for local governments. It is held in the Syracuse area and runs for 1½ days.
A Steering Committee guides the Conference format and program, meeting two or three times annually. The Conference is intended to actively foster partnerships between local agencies with bridge responsibility and the NYSDOT. Conference participants include NYS county, city, town, and village highway officials; representatives of state and federal agencies; and private sector personnel.
19th Statewide Conference on Local Bridge

October 30-31, 2013 – Holiday Inn Syracuse
• NYSDOT
• FHWA
• NYS County Highway Superintendents' Association
• ABCD, Western NY Chapter, Inc.
• ABCD, Northeast Chapter, Inc.
• ABCD, Eastern NY Chapter, Inc.
• ACEC, American Council of Engineering Companies

For more information, please visit the conference website at:
http://www.clrp.cornell.edu/trainingevents/bridgeconference.htm

Parking Reform Made Easy
November 8, 2013 at The City College of New York Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture

Today, there are almost three and a half parking spaces for every car in the United States. Outdated minimum parking requirements stand at the heart of this excess parking, wasting land in the suburbs and thwarting economic development in urban centers. The presentation explains the problems with minimum parking requirements and shows how to reform them. Drawing on his new book, Parking Reform Made Easy, Dr. Willson illustrates a 12-step parking requirement reform process with practical examples. This process helps stakeholders answer the question of how much parking, if any, should be required in zoning codes. The parking reform process emphasizes good quality parking data, an understanding of future trends affecting parking use, and a series of technical and policy adjustment factors. The presentation also addresses ways of managing parking reform through challenging community and political processes. In the end, parking requirements are a policy choice, not a technical calculation. The presentation will be useful to land use and transportation planners, economic developers, housing developers, designers, policy makers, and community activists.

More information on Parking Reform Made Easy is available at http://islandpress.org/ip/books/book/islandpress/P/bo8793591.html
To register, please visit the website at: www.utrc2.org/Events