Transportation, Planning, Land Use and Air Quality Conference 2009 -- Schedule

Revised 6/25/09
2009 Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Air Quality Conference
http://www.ucs.iastate.edu/mnet/tpluaq/home.html

July 28th and 29th, 2009

Embassy Suites- Denver Tech Center
10250 East Costilla Avenue
Centennial, Colorado
Embassy Suites Denver - Tech Center

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
7:30-8:30 am	Registration
8:00-8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
8:30-8:45 am	Welcome and Introduction of the Keynote Speaker Matthew McDole, ASCE T&DI President Bob O'Loughlin, Federal Highway Administration
8:45-9:15 am	Keynote Speaker Deborah Gordon, Transportation and Energy Consultant
9:15-10:30 am	Climate Change and Sustainability Moderator: Bob O'Loughlin "Climate 2030, A National Blueprint for a Clean Energy Economy" - Patricia Monahan "The Build Environment and Transportation Greenhouse Gas Emissions in a Rapidly Developing City" - P. Christopher Zegras. "How Will State Transportation Agencies Handle the Issue of Climate Change: A Case Study from the State of Maryland" - Collen Reitz Turner, James A. Frazier, Robert G. Kaiser.
10:30-10:45 am	Refreshment Break
10:45-12:00 pm	Advanced Diesel and Fuel Effects on Climate Change Panel Moderator: John Storey "Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Advanced Diesel Technologies - What to Expect Now and in the Future" - John Storey, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. "Algae Derived Biofuels for the Transportation Sector" - Anthony Marchese, Colorado State University. "Transportation Energy: Field to Wheels" - Dale Gardner, National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
12:00-1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30-2:45 pm	Session 1: Freight Moderator: Jim Wilson "Analysis of National County-Level Heavy Duty Freight Truck Emissions" - Joshua Auld, Taha H. Rashidi, Jie Lin. "Freight Emission Modeling Framework Phase One: Generating County-Level Freight Data Using Public Sources" - Minyan Ruan, Jie Lin. "A Strategic-Level Modelling Tool for Evaluating Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Strategies for Urban Road Freight in Sydney" - Stephen Greaves. Session 2: Fuel Prices Moderator: Steve Reid "The Power of the Pump: The Effect of Rising Gas Prices on Transportation Choices in the United States" - Dan Piatkowski, Andrew Duvall, Krista Nordback. "Fuel Consumption and GHG Emissions of Light-Duty Gasoline Vehicles at High Speeds" - Mohamadreza Farzaneh, Josias Zietsma. "Impact of Rising Fuel Prices on Prevailing Traffic Speed on Freeways in Houston, Texas" - P. Songchitruksa, K. Boriboonsomsin, M. Barth.
2:45-3:00 pm	Break
3:00-5:00 pm	Session 3: Land Use/Transportation Moderator: Shauna Hallmark "Transportation and Land Use-Is There a Relationship?" - Robert D. Stevens. "Spatial Allocation Effects of Forecast Land Uses on Statewide Mobile Source Emissions" - Michael DuRoss, Reza Taromi, Ardeshir Faghri, Scott Thompson-Garves. "Greenhouse Gas Benefits of Land Use Strategies" - Christopher Porter. "Does High Density Development Lead to Greater Traffic Congestion?" - J. Richard Kuzmyak. Session 4: Pollutant Emissions Moderator: Mike Claggett "Post Evaluation of Emission Benefits of CMAQ Projects" - Elizabeth Jensen, Jie Lin, Piyushimita Thakuriah. "Emission Benefits from Alternative Land Use Development" - Christopher Klaus, Carrie Reese, Jenny Danieau (presenting). "North Central Texas Council of Governments' High Emitting Vehicle Program" - Jody Purvis (presenting), Robby Sprosty. "North Central Texas Pay-As-You-Drive Insurance Pilot Program" - Carrie A. Reese, Amanda Pash-Brimmer, Chris Klaus (presenting).
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
8:00-9:00 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00-10:30 am	Session 5: Results of the Moving Cooler Study Panel April Marchese, Federal Highway Administration Deron Lovaas, Natural Resources Defense Council Dean Schwanke, Urban Land Institute Rob Padgette, American Public Transit Association
10:30-10:45 am	Break
10:45-12:00 pm	Session 6: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Moderator: Jeff Houk "State Approaches to Reducing Transportation Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions" - James H. Wilson, Jr., Luana Z. Williams, J. Jackson. "BASSTEGG- Sketch Planning Charette/GIS Models for Predicting Household Vehicle Miles of Travel (VMT) and Greenhouse Gas (CO2) Emissions" - Harold M. Brazil, Charles L. Purvis.. "Future passenger-vehicle CO2 Emissions: Application of an Urban Scaling Rule" - Steve Hankey, Julian D. Marshall.
12:00-1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00-2:15 pm	Session 7: US EPA MOVES Model Workshop Michael Claggett, Federal Highway Administration Jeff Houk, Federal Highway Administration Session 8: Intelligent Transportation Technology Moderator: Grant Zammit "Operational Strategies to Address Climate Change" - Grant Zammit. "Examples from the United States and Europe that Support Sustainability" - Eric Schreffler. "Integrating Demand Management and Traveler Information into the T-Rex Reconstruction Project" - Hunter Sydnor.
2:15-2:30 pm	Break
2:30-3:45 pm	Session 9: Land Use/Transit Moderator: Rob Padgette "APTA's Efforts in Linking Land Use and Transit Development" - Rob Padgette. "Planning for Sustainability-Analyzing the Fit Between Land Use Policy and Transit Investments - Transportation Economic Land Use Systems (TELUS) for Transit" - Jerome M. Lutin, Charles Goodman, Suni Saigal. "The South Coast Rail Project: A Case Study of How the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is Working to Develop a Commuter Rail Project That is Part of the Climate Change Solution" - Kristin Egan, Scott Peterson. "On-Road Biodiesel Emissions in Transit Buses" - Shauna Hallmark, Abhisek Mugdal, Massiel Orellana, Dennis Kroeger. Session 10: Near Roadway Particulates Moderator: Kevin Black "National Near Road Study" - Kevin Black "Urban and Roadway Design Features Impacts on Near-Road Air Quality" - Rich Baldauf. Spatial and Temporal Variability of Particle Mass and Number Concentrations on Rural and Urban Road Networks in the State of New York" - Russell Winans, Oliver Gao, Patrick Morse. "Successful Strategies for Diesel Emission Reduction" - Ramesh Raman.
3:45-4:45	TRB Transportation and Air Quality Committee Meeting Welcome Feedback on the TPLUAQ Conference TRB Annual Meeting Committee Communication Other Topics