Symposium Agenda

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Mobile tour of Vancouver, British Columbia

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Mike Shiffer, vice president of planning, strategy, and technology at TransLink, led a special opportunity to see how the Vancouver region’s transportation system connects with transit-supportive land use in one of the most livable regions in the world. Participants had the opportunity to experience a comprehensive regional network of major roads, ferries, buses (including North America’s largest fleet of electric trolley buses), commuter rail, and the world’s most extensive fully automated rapid transit network. Participants saw firsthand examples of mature transit-supportive developments as well as emerging clusters and some areas of opportunity throughout the region. There were examples of exceptional transport efficiency and others where the system is particularly strained. This is one of the few regional transportation systems in the world that is both modally and geographically comprehensive that has the authority to both fund and implement projects.

Thursday, July 28, 2011

8:00am - 8:30am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30am - 9:00am	Welcome Kevin J. Krizek, Department of Planning and Design, University of Colorado Why WSTLUR/Whistler (708 KB PDF) David Levinson, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota Laurie McGinnis, Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota
9:00am - 10:30am	Session 1: Design Moderator: Susan Handy, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis Delivering the 'D' in Transit Oriented Development: Examining the Town Planning Challenge (609 KB PDF) Carey Curtis, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Curtin University Community Design and How Much We Drive (4.52 MB PDF) Wesley Marshall, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Colorado Denver The Socio-Demographic and Built Environment Characteristics of Emissions in Neighborhoods Under Compactness and Sprawl: The Case of Charlotte, North Carolina (2.11 MB PDF) Daniel Rodriguez, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10:30am - 10:45am	Networking Break
10:45am - 12:15pm	Session 2: Macro 1 Moderator: David Banister, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University Measuring the Impacts of Local Land Use Policies on Vehicle Miles of Travel: The Case of the First Big Box Store in Davis, California (562 KB PDF) Susan Handy, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis Recent Trends in the Travel Intensity of the U.S. Economy (2.03 MB PDF) Chuck Kooshian, Center for Clean Air Policy Urban Form and Travel Behavior: Experience from a Nordic Context (407 KB PDF) Petter Naess, Department of Urban Planning, Aalborg University
12:15pm - 1:30pm	Lunch and Panel Discussion: Research Needs for Goods Movement (sponsored by Transport Canada) Moderator: Jennifer Dill, School of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University Presentation (1.29 MB PDF) Tom Oommen, Transport Canada Matthew Roorda, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto
1:30pm - 3:00pm	Session 3: Transit Planning Moderator: Greg Yeomans, TransLink Canada Towards Land-Use Supported Frequent Transit Services: The Case Study of Vancouver, British Columbia (7.94 MB PDF) Javier Pacheco-Raguz and Lyle Walker, TransLink Canada Does Public Transit Use Increase the Economic Efficiency of Urban Areas? (2.09 MB PDF) Matthew Drennan, Department of Urban Planning, University of California, Los Angeles; Charles Brecher, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University Development of a Temporal and Spatial Linkage Between Transit Demand and Land Use Patterns (1.3 MB PDF) Sanggu Lee, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Arizona Session 4: Subcenters Moderator: Lei Zhang, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland Residential Location and Travel in a Polycentric City (404 KB PDF) Petter Naess, Department of Development and Planning, Aalborg University Smart Growth Centers: An Evaluation of Incentive Policies in Four Metropolitan Regions (1.74 MB PDF) Richard Margerum, Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management, University of Oregon Development of Employment Sub-Centers in Ahmedabad City, India (4.15 MB PDF) Talat Munshi, Faculty of Planning and Public Policy, Center for Environmental Planning and Technology University
3:00pm - 3:15pm	Networking Break
3:15pm - 4:15pm	Session 5: Innovations Programs Moderator: Jennifer Dill, School of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University An Evaluation of Topography on Bike-Share Demand Projections (1.03 MB PDF) Erica Wygonik, University of Washington How Price Strategy Impacts Participation in Neighborhood Transit Pass Programs (698 KB PDF) Eric Stonebraker, College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado Denver
4:15pm	Day 1 Sessions Adjourn
6:00pm	Conference Dinner
7:00pm	Plenary Address: Triumph of the City Moderator: Daniel Rodriguez, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Presentation (4.19 MB PDF) Audio (69.6 MB MP3) Ed Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University

Friday, July 29, 2011

8:00am - 8:30am	Continental Breakfast
8:30am - 9:30am	Plenary Address: Making the Transportation-Land Use Connection in Developing Countries Moderator: Petter Naess, Department of Urban Planning, Aalborg University Audio (58.8 MB MP3) Robert Cervero, Professor of City and Regional Planning, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley
9:30am - 10:30am	Session 6: Local Distribution Moderator: Bilal Farooq, Transportation and Mobility Laboratory, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne What Makes Travel “Local”: Defining and Understanding Local Travel Behaviour (469 KB PDF) Ahmed El-Geneidy, School of Urban Planning, McGill University A New Approach to Modelling Distance-Decay Functions for Accessibility and Transport Studies (4.71 MB PDF) Tomás Eiró, Civil Engineering Department, Instituto Superior Tecnico
10:30am - 10:45am	Networking Break
10:45am - 12:15pm	Session 7: Macro 2 Moderator: Eric Miller, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto How Built-Environment Affect Travel Behavior: A Comparative Analysis of Travel Behavior and Land Use in U.S. Cities (1.37 MB PDF) Lei Zhang, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland How Did Rising Gasoline Prices Contribute to the Foreclosure Crisis? An Examination of the Housing Market Foreclosures in Metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, 2007-2009 (1.19 MB PDF) Carol Atkinson-Palombo, Center for Transportation and Livable Systems, University of Connecticut
12:15pm - 1:30pm	Box Lunch and Networking
1:30pm - 2:30pm	Session 8: Bicycling Moderator: Kelly Clifton, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Portland State University Why People Use Their Cars While the Built Environment Imposes Cycling (3.49 MB PDF) Veronique Van Acker, Department of Geography, Ghent University A Methodology to Study Bicycle Activity at Signalized Intersections and Its Link to Built Environment, Road and Transit Characteristics, Bicycle Facilities and Weather Conditions (376 KB PDF) Jillian Strauss, Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics, McGill University Session 9: Real Estate Moderator: Nicholas Lownes, Center for Transportation and Livable Systems, University of Connecticut Understanding Spatial Variations in the Impact of Light Rail Infrastructure on Land Value Using Geographically Weighted Regression (707 KB PDF) Corinne Mulley, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney The Impact of a New Light Rail System on Single Family Property Values in Charlotte, North Carolina (385 KB PDF) Michael Duncan, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
2:30pm - 2:45pm	Networking Break
2:45pm - 3:45pm	Session 10: Urban Dynamics Moderator: Yingling Fan, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota Microsimulation Framework for Urban Price-Taker Markets (833 KB PDF) Bilal Farooq, Transportation and Mobility Laboratory, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne; Eric Miller, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto A Methodology for Evaluating Land-Use, Parking, and Transit Supply Strategies on Mode Choice of Downtown Commuters (2.14 MB PDF) Seyed Amir Zahabi, McGill University Session 11: Value Capture Moderator: Robert Cervero, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley Rail Integrated Communities in Tokyo (2.37 MB PDF) John Calimente, Stantec The Value Capture Potential of the Lisbon Subway (1.27 MB PDF) Luis Martínez, Civil Engineering Department, Instituto Superior Tecnico
3:45pm - 4:00pm	Passing Time
4:00pm - 5:00pm	Session 12: Transit Stations Moderator: Wesley Marshall, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Colorado Denver Urban and Suburban Perception of Transit Stop Built Environment (2.59 MB PDF) Abigail Osei-Asamoah, Center for Transportation and Livable Systems, University of Connecticut A Station-Level Ridership Model for the Subway Network in Montreal City (1.69 MB PDF) Sabrina Chan, Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics, McGill University Session 13: Pedestrian Moderator: Sivaramakrishnan Srinivasan, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida Explaining Walking Distance to Public Transport (1.91 MB PDF) Rhonda Daniels and Corinne Mulley, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney The Paths from Walk Preference to Walk Behavior: Applying Latent Factors in Structural Equation Modeling (1.64 MB PDF) Matthew Coogan, New England Transportation Institute
5:00pm	Day 2 Sessions Adjourn
6:00pm	Informal Reception Dinner on your own
7:00pm	Book Discussion: Two Billion Cars: Driving Toward Sustainability Moderator: Kelly Clifton, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Portland State University Dan Sperling, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis

Saturday, July 30, 2011

8:00am - 8:30am	Continental Breakfast
8:30am - 9:00am	Session 14: Adventures with Automated Trains, Electric Buses, Smart Roadways and Supportive Land Use in Metro Vancouver Moderator: Kevin J. Krizek, Department of Planning and Design, University of Colorado Boulder Presentation (5.06 MB PDF) Mike Shiffer, TransLink Canada
9:00am - 10:30am	Session 15: Distribution Moderator: Michael Duncan, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Modeling the Land-Use Correlates of Vehicle-Trip Lengths for Assessing the Transportation Impacts of Land Developments (875 KB PDF) Sivaramakrishnan Srinivasan, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Floriday An Agent-Based Model of Worker and Job Matching (444 KB PDF) David Levinson, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota Impact of Light Rail Implementation on Labor Market Accessibility: A Transportation Equity Perspective (1.02 MB PDF) Yingling Fan, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota Session 16: Mode Moderator: Brian Lee, Transportation Research Center, University of Vermont The Impact of Land Use Characteristics on Commute Behavior Changes Resulting from Temporary Freeway Closures: An Empirical Investigation from Northern California (363 KB PDF) Susan Pike, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis How Will Land Use Policies Affect Travel? The Importance of Residential Sorting (836 KB PDF) Jason Cao, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota; Daniel Chatman, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley
10:30am - 10:45am	Networking Break
10:45am - 12:15pm	Session 17: Sustainability, Safety, and Systems Moderator: Corinne Mulley, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney Using a Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Tool to Evaluate the Strategic Attainment of Sustainable Transportation in Developing Country Cities (2.61 MB PDF) David Ling, School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester Impacts of Low-Speed Vehicles on Transportation Infrastructure and Safety (8.61 MB PDF) Katharine Hunter-Zaworski, School of Civil and Construction Engineering, Oregon State University Session 18: Economic Theory Moderator: Daniel Chatman, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley The Impact of Transport, Land and Fiscal Policy on Housing and Economic Geography in a Small-Open Growth Model (1.01 MB PDF) Wei-bin Zhang, International School of Management, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Indirect Impacts on the Regional Economy Caused By Accessibility Improvements in Public Transport: Case Study Vienna, Austria (6.39 MB PDF) Juliane Stark, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Public Investment in a Simulated Spatial Overlapping Generations Model with Heterogeneous Skill (610 KB PDF) Ioannis Tikoudis, Royal Institute of Technology
12:15pm - 1:30pm	Lunch and Plenary Address: Assessing the Reality: Transport and Land Use Planning to Achieve Sustainability Moderator: Susan Handy, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis Presentation (606 KB PDF) Audio (57.1 MB MP3) David Banister, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University
1:30pm - 2:15pm	Awards, Reflections, and WSTLUR 2014 Moderator: Laurie McGinnis, Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota Awards Presentation Wesley Marshall, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Colorado Denver Next Steps Kevin J. Krizek, Department of Planning and Design, University of Colorado Boulder Reflections Daniel Chatman, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley David Levinson, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota
2:15pm	Symposium Adjourns
2:30pm	Optional hike in mountains adjacent to Whistler Coordinated by: Brian Lee, Transportation Research Center, University of Vermont Optional Peak 2 Peak Gondola Tour Coordinated by: Bryce Tupper, Urban Gondola Specialist and Past Project Manager of the P2P Gondola
5:30pm - 6:30pm	Meeting of the World Society on Transport and Land Use Research and Steering Committee (by invitation)
6:30pm	Dinner on your own