Flexible Design for 21st Century Challenges: Balancing Competing Objectives and Optimizing Return on Investments Forum
CTS hosted the Flexible Design for 21st Century Challenges: Balancing Competing Objectives and Optimizing Return on Investments Forum on February 23-24, 2009. Sponsored by Mn/DOT, the forum was held to “jump start” and tailor a concerted Minnesota initiative to apply greater and more consistent flexibility in transportation planning, design development, and operations statewide. The forum focused on improving the understanding of opportunities to apply greater design flexibility, how to use design flexibility to increase the return on transportation investments, and institutional challenges that need to be addressed to be more successful. An action plan for implementation will be developed based on discussions from the forum.
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Agenda
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Monday, February 23
7:30 |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
8:30 |
Welcome and Forum Objectives
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9:00 |
Minnesota’s Current Status with Project Delivery
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9:30 |
FHWA Approach to Design Flexibility
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10:00 |
Break |
10:15 |
State DOT Perspectives
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12:15 |
Lunch |
1:00 |
Panel Discussion with State DOT Representatives: Institutional Challenges and Performance Objectives |
3:00 |
Break |
3:15 |
Panel Discussion with State DOT Representatives: Design Flexibility |
4:15 |
Daily Wrap-Up
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5:00 |
Adjourn Day 1 |
Tuesday, February 24
7:30 |
Continental Breakfast |
8:00 |
Breakout Group Discussions: Institutional Challenges |
9:15 |
Breakout Group Discussions: Performance Objectives |
10:30 |
Break |
10:45 |
Breakout Group Discussions: Design Flexibility |
12:00 |
Lunch |
1:00 |
Small Group Reports: Institutional Challenges and Performance Objectives |
| 2:00 | Small Group Reports: Design Flexibility |
| 2:30 | Daily Wrap-Up
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| 3:00 | Adjourn Day 2 |