TED2002 Program of Speakers

TED2002 CONFERENCE PROGRAM (Portland, OR, May 2002)

Sunday 11:00AM to 12:30pm (Colonel Lindbergh Room)

Welcome
Welcome on behalf of Committee on Transportation and Economic Development, Norman S. J. Foster, Minnesota Department of Finance
Welcome on behalf of Oregon Department of Transportation and AASHTO, David Williams

PLENARY "Transportation and Economic Development: A Relationship Under Stress"
Moderator: Michael Bell, MEB Associates, Inc.
Congressman Earl Blumenauer, U.S. House of Representatives: Transportation and Economic Development: A Smart Growth Perspective
Looman Stingo, Senior Vice President for Logistics, Holcim (U.S.), Inc. Transportation and Economic Development: A Business Perspective
Tom Stephens, Director, Nevada Department of Transportation and President, Western Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials: Transportation: A Statewide Perspective

Sunday 12:30PM to 1:30PM LUNCH (Colonel Lindbergh Foyer)

Sunday 1:30PM to 3:30PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS 1

Evolution of rural development corridors, (Chief Poker Jim)
Moderator: Greg Bischak, Appalachian Regional Commission
Martin Weiss (Martin.Weiss@fhwa.dot.gov), Principal Official for the Economic Development Highway Initiative, Federal Highway Administration: Brief history of transportation and economic development in the US since the Interstate System
Aurelia Jones-Taylor (aurelia.taylor@access.gov), CEO, Aaron E. Henry Community Health Service Center: Rural Transportation Access and Health Services
Ed Terry (eterry@arc.gov), Senior Transportation Planner, Appalachian Regional Commission: Transportation for Development in Appalachia
Linda Darr (ldarr@buses.org), Vice President of Policy and External Affairs, American Bus Association: The Essential Need for Passenger Carrier Services to Rural America

Lessons to be learned from major urban areas around the world, (Queen Marie Ballroom)
Moderator: Dr. Jean-Claude Ziv, President of CODATU and Professor at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers in Paris
Alejandro Villegas-Lopez (villegas@mit.edu), Visiting senior scientist at MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Metropolitan Mexico City: Transportation Policies and Economic Development
Jeffrey Zupan (jmzupan@optonline.net), Regional Plan Association: Transportation in New York: Past is Prologue
Joseph Berthet (joseph.berthet@iaurif.org), Directeur Division Infrastructure et Transport, Institut d'Aménagement et d'Urbanisme de la Région d'Ile de France (IAURIF), Paris, France: The new policies of transportation for the Paris Metropolitan Region: how to reach a sustainable development?
Ravi Gurumurthy (Ravi.Gurumurthy@cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk), Social Exclusion Unit, Cabinet Office, London, UK: Incorporating wider social objectives into transport policy: health care costs and educational achievement

Planning for transportation in urban areas (Gevurtz Ceremonial)
Moderator: Jim Gillespie, Virginia Transportation Research Council
Judith Gray (jgray@kittelson.com), Engineering Associate, Kittelson & Associates, Inc.: Access and Parking Management in Downtown Corvallis, Oregon
Tony Grayling (t.grayling@ippr.org.uk), Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Public Policy Research, London, UK: Traffic impacts and inequality pedestrian accidents in Britain
Todd A. Litman (litman@vtpi.org), Director, Victoria Transport Policy Institute, Victoria, Canada: Economic Development Impacts of Transportation Demand Management

The Transportation Perspective on Economic Development, and Vice Versa, (Eric Hauser)
Moderator: R. Leo Penne, AASHTO
Brian J. Gregor (brian.j.gregor@odot.state.or.us), Senior Transportation Analyst, Oregon Department of Transportation: Oregon's Integrated Statewide Model
R. Leo Penne (lpenne@aashto.org), Program Director, Intermodal and Industry Activities, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials: What does it all mean and who says so?
David Rose (david@dyemanagement.com), Vice President and Director Consulting Services, Dye Management Group (and Steven Landau (slandau@edrgroup.com), Economic Development Research Group): Mutually Reinforcing Transportation and Economic Development: The Montana Case

Valuing Freight Linkages for Economic Development, (Fireside Room)
Moderator: Kathleen H. Quinn, FHWA
Sergio Ostria (sergioostria@icfconsulting.com), Vice President, ICF Consulting: How Do Freight Transportation Improvements Affect Economic Development? Overview of Linkages
John C. Falcocchio (jfalcocc@poly.edu), Professor of Transportation Planning, Polytechnic University: Why is Freight Improvement the Neglected Child of the Transportation Improvement Program?
Susie Lahsene (lahses@portptld.com), Transportation Planning Manager, Port of Portland: Freight, Logistics, and the Economy
Kathleen H. Quinn (Kate.H.Quinn@fhwa.dot.gov), FHWA: Goals of FHWA's Freight Benefit Cost Analysis Initiative

Sunday 4:00PM to 6:00PM TOURS

Sunday 6:00PM to 8:00PM RECEPTION (Colonel Lindbergh Room)

Monday 8:00AM to 10:00AM

PLENARY "Transportation and Economic Development: A New View for the 21st Century" (Colonel Lindbergh Room)
Moderator: Glen Weisbrod, Economic Development Research Group
David Forkenbrock, University of Iowa Public Policy Center: Ten Keys to Using Transportation Investments to Promote Economic Development
Alan Pisarski, Transportation Consultant: Transportation and Economic Development: Making the Reauthorization Case
Frank Francois, Transportation Consultant: 21st Century Linkage Between Transportation and the Economy
James A. Dunn, Jr., Department of Public Policy and Administration, Rutgers University-Camden

Monday 10:15AM to Noon BREAKOUT SESSIONS 2

Economic development in rural regions, (Chief Poker Jim)
Moderator: Ron Poole, formerly North Carolina DOT
Robert Juravich (juravich@danc.org), Executive Director, Development Authority of the North Country: North Country case study of the economic development potential of transportation improvements serving a rural distressed area
Greg Bischak (gbischak@arc.gov), Senior Economist, Appalachian Regional Commission: Issues for examining economic development impacts using a networked model of the Appalachian Development Highway system
Don Rychnowski (drychnowski@southerntierwest.org), Executive Director, Southern Tier West Regional Planning & Development Board, Salamanca, NY: Identifying Opportunities Arising from Highway Development in Rural Areas

Planning and analysis tools and methodologies, (Fireside Room)
Moderator: Adjo Amekudzi, Georgia Tech
Albert Racciatti (aracciatti@louisberger.com), Senior Planner, The Louis Berger Group, Inc.: Estimating the Indirect Effects of Proposed Transportation Projects
Daniel R. Pitzler (dpitzler@ch2m.com), Consulting Economist, CH2M HILL: Multimodal Benefit-Cost Analysis using STEAM: Is STEAM the tool for you?
Francis Wambalaba, PhD, AICP (wambalaba@cutr.eng.usf.edu), Senior Research Associate, Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida: Least Cost Planning: Improving Identification and Implementation of Transportation Investments to Maximize Economic Development

Considering economic development in transportation decisions: views from various countries, (Gevurtz Ceremonial)
Moderator: David Forkenbrock, University of Iowa
Martin Weiss (Martin.Weiss@fhwa.dot.gov), Principal Official for the Economic Development Highway Initiative, Federal Highway Administration: U.S. Economic Development and Benefit-Cost Policy for Transport in the Era of TEA-21
Nilam Bedi (nilam.bedi@mto.gov.on.ca), Team Leader, Strategic Policy, Ontario Ministry of Transportation: Impact of Institutional Factors on Transportation Investment Decisions
Paul Chapman (Paul.Chapman@dtlr.gsi.gov.uk), Economic Advisor, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, United Kingdom; and John Stephens, Head of Economics Group, Steer Davies Gleave: The Economic Impacts of Transport projects: Developing Guidance in the UK

Using joint development effectively, (Eric Hauser Room)
Moderator: Rob Ritter, Eno Transportation Foundation
George Hazel (georgehazel@mcleanhazel.com), Managing Director, McLean Hazel, Ltd, Edinburgh, Scotland: Innovative approach to financing a rail project using increased land and development value around the stations
Laurel Land (land@cutr.eng.usf.edu), Senior Research Associate, Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida: Managing Interchange Areas
Rick Rybeck (rick.rybeck@dc.gov), Deputy Administrator for the Transportation Policy & Planning Administration, District Division of Transportation, DC DPW: Using Value Capture to Finance Infrastructure & Encourage Compact Development

Port development and intermodal connections, (Queen Marie Ballroom)
Moderator: Shirley Loveless, Coleshill Associates
Shirley M. Loveless (sml23@cornell.edu), President, Coleshill Associates: Port development and intermodal connections for a just-in-time economy: A real world example in Philadelphia
Mark Burton (burtonm@marshall.edu), Director, Center for Business and Economic Research, Marshall University: Improving Access to Rail/Highway Intermodal Transport: Lessons from West Virginia
Melissa Grimm (MGrimm@drpa.org), Delaware River Port Authority: Optimizing port access for maximum regional economic development: Challenges facing a bi-state port authority
Mary Gibson (gibsom@portptld.com), Senior Planner, Port of Portland: Port of Portland and Smart Growth

Monday Noon to 1:00PM LUNCH (Colonel Lindbergh Foyer)

Monday 1:00PM to 2:00PM (Colonel Lindbergh Room)
Introduction: Norman S. J. Foster, Minnesota Department of Finance
Bill Scott, Oregon Economic and Community Development Department, and Bruce Warner, Oregon Department of Transportation: Oregon's economic development policies and programs from the points of view of two state departments
Followed by:

2:00PM to 3:30PM, PLENARY "Alternative Perspectives on Transportation and Economic Development: Views from the Private Sector, State DOT, and Local Economic Development Community"
Moderator: Randy Eberts, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Karen Goddin, Executive Director, Pacific Northwest International Trade Association (PNITA): Don't Let the Economy Pass You By:
Transportation Needs in the 21st Century
Robin Roberts, Governor's Regional Coordinator, Metro/Northwest: How Economic Development Relates to Transportation: A Local Economic Development Perspective

Monday 3.45PM to 5:30PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS 3

Transportation and rural connections, (Chief Poker Jim)
Moderator: Richard Begley, Marshall University, Appalachian Transportation Institute
Lisa Petraglia (lpetraglia@edrgroup.com), Director of Economic Research, Economic Development Research Group, Inc., (and Dr. Barbara Koth, National Scenic Byways Resource Center): Grappling with the Regional Economic Impacts of National Scenic Byway Designation
Michael J. Hicks (hicksm@marshall.edu), Director of Research/Assistant Professor of Economics, Center for Business and Economics Research, Marshall University: The Impact of Appalachian Highway Corridors on the Scope of Small Business Activity
Robert B. Walker, M.D. (kinney@marshall.edu), Professor and Chairman of the Department of Family and Community Health, Robert C. Byrd Center for Rural Health at Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University: Transportation-related Barriers to Medical Care: A Grant Supported Study of a Rural West Virginia County

Economic Development and State DOT Practices, (Queen Marie Ballroom)
Moderator: Glen Weisbrod, Economic Development Research Group
Glen Weisbrod (gweisbrod@edrgroup.com), President, Economic Development Research Group, Inc.: Survey of Economic Development Tools and Policies Among Transport Planning Agencies
David Williams (david.g.williams@odot.state.or.us), Oregon Department of Transportation: Economic Development Policies at Oregon DOT
Dennis Leong (dennis.leong@dot.state.wi.us), Chief, Economic Development and Planning, Wisconsin Department of Transportation : Economic Development Practices at Wisconsin DOT
Richard Albertin (ralbertin@gw.dot.state.ny.us), Director of Resource and Risk Management, NYS Department of Transportation: The Role of Transportation in New York State in the new World Economy

Urban redevelopment projects, (Gevurtz Ceremonial)
Moderator: Abe Farkas, Portland Development Commission
Carmen Morosan (cmorosan@bul.org), Coordinator, Equity Project, Baltimore Urban League: Transportation Investment, Environmental Justice, and Social Equity
William W. Lee (Bill.Lee@econres.com), Economics Research Associates: Portland Downtown retail strategy study
Robert F. Baker (rbaker@tid1s0.engr.ccny.cuny.edu), Research Program Manager, University Transportation Research Center, City College of New York: Airport Access and Community Redevelopment: Jamaica, New York

Making airports support economic development, (Eric Hauser)
Moderator: Michael Lawrence, Jack Faucett Associates, Inc.
J. David Innes (innesd@frederictonairport.ca), Professor of Civil Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada: Fredericton's Airport and the Knowledge Industry
Steven Coons (steven.coons@dot.state.wi.us), Aviation Planner, Bureau of Aeronautics, Wisconsin Department of Transportation: Airport Improvements to Support Just-in-Time Auto Assembly Processes
Brian Campbell (campbb@portptld.com), Planning Manager, Port of Portland, Airports and Economic Development

Business Locations, Distribution and Productivity, (Fireside Room)
Moderator: Stewart Butler, Volpe Center, U.S. DOT
James R. Held (jheld@empire.state.ny.us), Empire State Development: Warehouse Distribution: An Economic Development Case Study
Joseph Cortright (jcortright@impresaconsulting.com), Economist, Impresa, Inc.: Transportation, Industrial Location and the New Economy
Maggie Cusack (mcusack@gw.dot.state.ny.us), GIS Coordinator, Hudson Valley Transportation Management Center: The Geographies of Cyberspace and Transportation
Bahar Barami (barami@volpe.dot.gov), Senior Economist, Volpe Center, US Department of Transportation: Productivity Gains from Pull Logistics: Tradeoffs of Internal and External Costs

Monday 6:00PM to 8:00PM RECEPTION (Colonel Lindbergh Room)

Tuesday 8:00AM to 9:45AM BREAKOUT SESSIONS 4

Economic growth, smart growth, sustainability: friends, kinfolk or competitors? (Queen Marie Ballroom)
Moderator: Lewison Lee Lem, Jack Faucett Associates, Inc.
Elaine Smith, AICP (lainie.smith@das.state.or.us), Community Development Liaison, Governor's Office of Community Development: Oregon's Strategy Toward Livable and Sustainable Communities
Richard Gilbert (richardgilbert1@csi.com), Research director, Centre for Sustainable Transportation, Ontario, Canada and Kathleen Nadeau (kathleen.nadeau@ec.gc.ca), Policy Analyst, Environment Canada: Decoupling economic growth and transport demand: a requirement for sustainability
James A. Dunn, Jr. (jadunn@camden.rutgers.edu), Professor and Chair, Dept. Of Public Policy and Administration, Rutgers University - Camden: Coping With The Car: Reconciling Automobility and 'Smart Growth'

Technical measurement of the effects of transportation projects, (Fireside Room)
Moderator: Nilam Bedi, Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Mark Burton (burtonm@marshall.edu), Director, Center for Business and Economic Research, Marshall University: Assessing Transportation-Related External Costs: Valuing Decreases in PM-10 Emissions due to Mode Switching
Bob Chase (bchase@huckellweinman.com), Principal Economist, Huckell/Weinman Associates, Inc., Assessing Strategic Freight Corridors in Washington State
Eric B. McClellan (emcclellan@wilbursmith.com), Senior Economist, Wilbur Smith Associates: Using Economic Development (and other) Measures for Statewide Aviation Resource Allocation

Using Transportation Financing and Funding for Economic Development, (Gevurtz Ceremonial)
Moderator: Maggie Cusack, Hudson Valley Transportation Management Center
Marc W. Simpson (simpsonmw@marshall.edu), Assistance Professor of Finance, Division of Finance & Economics, Marshall University: Highway Financing: Alternatives, Mixes, Sustainability and Public Policy
Todd Chase, AICP (todd.chase@otak.com), Planning Manager, OTAK, Inc.: Creative Uses of Federal Dollars to Leverage Private Investment Around Transit Facilities

Multijursidictional Transportation Projects as a Tool for Economic Development, (Eric Hauser)
Moderator: Arno Hart, Wilbur Smith Associates
Arno Hart (ahart@wilbursmith.com), Director, Economics, Freight and Finance, Wilbur Smith Associates: Overview of Multijurisdictional Projects in the U.S.
Gordon Rogers (Gordon@wcog.org), Planning Director, Whatcom Council of Governments: Multi-jurisdictional Coalitions: Perspectives on trends and economic implications
Natalie J. Harder (nharder@con1.com), Executive Director, Continental 1: Economic Development and Continental 1, an Eastern Seaboard Trade/Travel Corridor

Tuesday 10:00AM to 11:30AM (Colonel Lindbergh Room)
FINAL PLENARY "Transportation and Economic Development: The Way Forward"
Moderator: Norman S. J. Foster, Minnesota Department of Finance
R. Leo Penne, American Association of State Highway and Transit Officials
Greg Bischak, Appalachian Regional Commission
Randy Eberts, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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