Low Carbon Transportation

Promising Practices in Low Carbon Transportation

John Robert Smith, President and CEO of Reconnecting America, shares his perspectives on federal transportation reauthorization. Watch the video of the presentation here. Photo Credit: ISC
  • Overview
  • Resources

  • Overview

    Jun 08 - Jun 10, 2011
    Washington, DC USA
    Presenters:
    Christopher B. Leinberger, President, Locus, Responsible Real Estate Developers
    and Investors; Founding Partner, Arcadia Land Company
    John Robert Smith, President and CEO, Reconnecting America
    Geoff Anderson, Executive Director, Smart Growth America
    Maria Choca-Urban, Director, Transportation & Community Development Program, Center for Neighborhood Technology
    Radhika K. Fox, Federal Policy Director, PolicyLink
    Harriet Tregoning, Director of Planning, District of Columbia
    Scott Bernstein, President, Center for Neighborhood Technology
    Stockton Williams, Senior Advisor for Urban Policy, U.S. Department of Energy
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    Workshop Recap

    Transportation, the ability to move people and goods, is among the most influential factors shaping economic development. Investment in transportation infrastructure, including transit, has allowed cities from New York to Los Angeles to grow and thrive. Much of that growth, however, occurred under conditions that are very different from the ones that cities face today. Population growth, high fuel prices, and the increasing risk of climate disruption now necessitate more compact development patterns served by more efficient modes of transportation. To put it simply, the challenge for cities is how to move more people and goods, using less fossil fuel

    Climate Leadership Academy on Promising Practices in Low-Carbon Transportation was an intensive peer-learning workshop designed to increase the ability senior government officials and their key partners from 14 cities, counties, and states across the country to make the case for sustainable transportation implementation by showcasing effective models and strategies in reducing the carbon dioxide emissions associated with motorized transportation..

    Participants

    • Denver
    • Durham
    • El Paso
    • Eugene
    • Eugene
    • Johnson County
    • Maryland
    • Miami-Dade
    • Minneapolis
    • Portland
    • Salt Lake City
    • San Francisco
    • San Francisco
    • Seattle
    • St. Louis
    • Twin Cities Region

  • Resources

    • Resource Guide

      Promising Practices in Low Carbon Transportation

      Resource Guide provides concrete examples and references to tools that can help practitioners make the case for low–carbon transportation, including the environmental, economic and equity reasons for seeking to expand transit, bicycling, walking; improve the integration of land use and transportation planning; achieve financing; and reach consensus across sectors and jurisdictions.
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      Jun 8, 2011
      Washington, DC

    • Video

      Making the Case for Low-Carbon Transportation

      Geoff Anderson, President and CEO of Smart Growth America, speaks about how to make the case for low-carbon transportation. He came to his current position in January 2008 after 13 years at the US EPA, where he was instrumental in creating the Agency's Smart Growth Program, which he then headed.
      Play
      Jun 8, 2011
      Washington, DC

    • Video

      New Thinking for a New Time

      Harriet Tregoning is the Director of the Washington, DC Office of Planning, where she works to make DC a walkable, bikeable, eminently livable, globally competitive and sustainable city.
      Play
      Jun 8, 2011
      Washington, DC

    • Video

      An Outlook on Federal Transportation Reauthorization

      John Robert Smith, co–chairman of Transportation for America, is the former Mayor of Meridian, Mississippi, and a long–time leader on behalf of passenger rail. He is a veteran of the station–centered community development movement, and led the drive to renovate the City of Meridian's Union Station.
      Play
      Jun 8, 2011
      Washington, DC

    • Video

      The Option of Urbanism

      Chris Leinberger, a land use strategist, teacher, developer, researcher and author, balances business realities with social and environmental issues. His most recent book is The Option of Urbanism, Investing in a New American Dream, published in 2008.
      Play
      Jun 8, 2011
      Washington, DC

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