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Enhance Safety Action Plans with Human Centered Design
Dramatic results in transportation safety will require multi-faceted solutions, including behavioral changes. Physical interventions alone will be insufficient to discourage unsafe driving, as humans are hardwired to ignore warnings in certain contexts.- Stacey Meekins
- Andrew Ladd
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Accelerating Integrated Mobility Innovation
FTA's Integrated Mobility Innovation (IMI) and Accelerating Innovative Mobility (AIM) provide a venue where mobility concepts and strategies, supported through local partnerships, are demonstrated in real-world settings. This session will discuss emerging lessons and practices from 49 demonstrations.- Kerri Snyder, AICP
- Kendra McGeady
- Patricia Dinoa
- Laura Corff
- Charla Sloan
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Congestion Pricing: Challenges & Opportunities
Congestion pricing programs have long been a goal of urban planners working to improve safety, environmental, economic, and livability standards in their cities. New York City is in the process of implementing its program and offers many valuable lessons.- Charles Komanoff
- Colin Brown, AICP
- Betsy Plum
- Samuel Schwartz
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Streetscapes as Canvas: Memphis' Artistic Mobility Playbook
Let’s agree that our streets can BE more and DO more. We all know change is hard and transforming streets for vehicles into streets for PEOPLE is a challenge. Memphis’ approach is creative, artistic, and gaining momentum.- Jared Draper, AICP
- Susannah Barton
- Khara Woods
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Mobility Trust Fund:Private Dollars for the Public Realm
Leveraging private funds to make public improvements is a powerful way to improve the public realm. Pittsburgh's Mobility Trust Fund helps bring neighborhood mobility projects to fruition when otherwise unfunded. Learn how this valuable tool is a win-win for everyone.- Katherine Reed, AICP
- Katie Rakus, AICP
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Urban Park Futures: Navigating Transformative Mobility Trends
This discussion promises an engaging exploration of dynamic shifts within urban parks, touching on community engagement, safety considerations, and equitable access. Attendees will gain valuable insight into planning for a changing mobility landscape in the urban parks of today.- Sarah Neilson
- Brian Stokle
- Emily Dunlop
- Kelsey McGuinness, AICP
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Zeroing In On Your Community's Active Transportation Trends
Headlines touted the pandemic biking boom, while the exodus to the suburbs hurt walkable downtowns. So how is the U.S. faring at increasing biking and walking activity?- Corinne Arriaga, AICP
- James Hubbell, AICP
- Rebecca Sial, AICP
- Mark Seaman
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Planning Zero-emission Bus Transition with Community
The focus on the transition to zero-emission technologies is increasing. Learn how planning with the community helps ensure that those most vulnerable to the effects of climate change can benefit and not be burdened in the transition.- Daniel Pfeiffer
- Carrie Desmond
- Gavin Poindexter
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Resilient Design and Engagement for Sustainable Modern Corridors
THEA’s Selmon Extension is a model for incorporating equity during the development of a regionally significant project. The team will discuss diverse methods and inclusionary protocols utilized throughout the public engagement process to provide a community-focused resilient corridor project.- Anna Quinones, AICP
- Robert Frey, AICP
- Kelly Flannery
- Judith Villegas
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Shifting Perspectives: Applying Vision Zero to SRTS
Traffic crashes are one of the leading causes of death among children. The Safe Routes to School program emphasizes mode shifts rather than safety. For program success, a focus on speed reductions is needed, in line with Vision Zero Initiatives.- Leigh Ann Von Hagen, AICP
- Hannah Younes
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Immerse Yourself! Youth and XR Master Planning
Explore Mesa, Arizona's use of VR/MR to create new engagement strategies, starting with youth and civic planning. These immersive technologies bring abstract concepts like TOD and climate-adaptation to life, allowing for experiential understanding and participatory decision-making across diverse groups.- Sarah Bassett
- Nicholas Pilarski
- Bruce Meighen, AICP
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Imagine 2050: Scenario Planning for the MSP Region
The future is full of uncertainty that can paralyze today’s public actions. In this session, you will learn how the Twin Cities Metropolitan Council is exploring future scenarios to manage uncertainty and coordinate long-range policies and investments.- Dan Marckel
- Heather Sauceda Hannon, AICP
- Baris Gumus-Dawes
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Here's $1 Million - Now Solve Climate Change!
The EPA awarded $250 million in planning grants to states, MSAs, tribes, and territories to address climate action planning regionally. Each entity was given the same requirements, timeline, and budget. Let’s check in and see how they’re doing!- Joshua Lathan
- Ariella Maron
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Equity Strategies for LA’s Clean Energy Transition
How can communities increase equity in clean energy transitions? Learn what the City of Los Angeles, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and UCLA found over two years of community engagement, modeling, and analysis in the LA100 Equity Strategies project.- Megan Day, AICP
- Shana Bonstin
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Bee the Change: Habitat from Yard to Landscape
Minnesota’s popular “Lawns to Legumes” small grant program supports the creation of pollinator habitats in residential yards and is now expanding to public spaces, solar installations, and utility corridors. Learn how to apply the program's lessons and avoid common pitfalls.- Suzanne Rhees, AICP
- Dan Shaw
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Community Climate Planning and Action Toolbox
Local climate planning and action are critical to addressing the global climate crisis through strategies for economic and environmental resiliency and GHG emission reduction. Ideal for planners at a range of scales looking to focus their efforts on high-impact solutions.- Jessi Eidbo, AICP
- Abby Finis
- Rebecca Alexander
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Managing Rapid Growth in Environmentally Rich Regions
Rapid growth can decimate the natural environment if not well-managed. Learn how to establish the nexus between policy, community values, planning, development regulations, and consensus for action, to protect the natural environment and enhance the sense of place.- John Houseal, FAICP
- Longinos Gonzalez
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Resilient Housing in a Changing Environment
Planners are grappling with housing supply issues and climate change impacts. This case study offers an investigation of both. Planning for housing that can withstand current and future conditions will be fundamental to the profession for generations to come.- Tara Lambeth, AICP
- Evelyn Campo
- Sarah Bechdel, AICP
- Dov Block, AICP
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Getting Fired Up About Wildfire Resilience
Tragic lessons from the past decade have revealed many communities are not prepared for wildfire. Learn about critical guidance and recommendations from experts in wildfire planning, hazard mitigation, and building science to incorporate wildfire resilience concepts across multiple community scales.- Molly Mowery, AICP
- Stacy Wright, FAICP
- Yana Tukvachinski
- John Squerciati
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PROTECTing a Region: Informing H-GAC’s Regional Resiliency Plan
$250,000,000,000: the estimated cost of five disasters impacting the Houston-Galveston MPO since 2016. H-GAC will expand upon a 2018 FHWA Resiliency Pilot Program to inform a Regional Resiliency Plan to increase the region’s resiliency to climate change and billion-dollar disasters.- Caroline Bailey, AICP
- Pramod Sambidi
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Preventing the Extinction of Small Farms Through Planning
Farmers continue to face environmental, social, and economic challenges to their agricultural operations which outdated land use policies and regulations can exacerbate. Planners have opportunities to adapt land use regulations in order to support farm viability.- Martin Laws, AICP
- Sabrina Torres
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Build Climate Resilience Through Restored Urban Ecosystems
A connected system of habitat, public spaces, and surface stormwater (HPS) improves our mental, physical, and spiritual health; turns waste into valued resources; uses land more efficiently; and builds social cohesion which results in more resilience in communities.- Daniel Kalmon, AICP
- Nathan Campeau
- Julie Aldrich
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Framing Climate Action for Small & Medium-sized Communities
Planners are often at the forefront of local climate action. This course will describe straightforward local government climate action planning models and associated tools and resources in four states that connect climate and energy data with tailored high-impact actions.- Brian Ross, AICP
- Jessica LeClair
- Randall Solomon
- Sawyer Sidelinger
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Equitable Climate Migration Receiving Communities
The expected quantity of climate migration over the next decades will place significant pressures on receiving communities but present an opportunity for transformative change. This course explores how places can prepare for climate in-migration while managing community needs, equity, and resilience.- Patrick Welch, AICP
- Amy Cotter
- DAMLA KURU
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Using Scenarios to Plan for Hazards
As climate change disrupts historical weather patterns, uncertainty rules the day, especially about natural hazards. Learn about how exploratory scenario planning could help planners strike back by embracing adaptability and nimbleness in the face of uncertainty.- Joseph DeAngelis, AICP
- Scarlet Andrzejczak
- Brendan Irsfeld, AICP
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Driving Less, Accessing More: Strategies and Communications Tools
Housing, transportation, land use, economic development planners, and more: YOU have a role to play in reducing vehicle miles traveled (VMT) to meet emissions goals. Learn from MnDOT’s trailblazing efforts and take home VMT reduction strategies you can implement!- Ashwat Narayanan
- Kristina Heggedal
- Maria Wardoku, AICP
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Plan Now for Just-in-Time (JIT) Post-Disaster Recovery Training
Planners have a role in emergency management, especially in the post-disaster recovery process, which can be very complex. Planners have the knowledge/coordination skills needed to help their communities recover. Discover the disaster recovery process now before disaster strikes your community!- Wynne Kwan, AICP
- Jessica Pugh
- Ramona Huckstep
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Roadmap to Meeting Climate Goals Through Home Decarbonization
What does it take to decarbonize all 1-4 unit homes in a cold climate city like Minneapolis, and can this be done equitably? Learn how to leverage data and participatory processes to create a roadmap to achieving your climate goals.- Rebecca Olson
- Marisa Bayer
- Arbor Otalora-Fadner
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ASLA Climate Action Plan: A Vision for 2040
ASLA is implementing an ambitious Climate Action Plan. The interconnected climate and biodiversity crises require both organizational and individual action. ASLA is committed to working together to achieve zero emissions – with our members, corporate partners, and allied organizations.- Torey CARTER-CONNEEN
- Maura Rockcastle
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Connecting Green Infrastructure and Community Action
The daylighting of Tibbetts Brook – a historic Bronx stream – will use green infrastructure to improve water quality while creating recreational space. It will also catalyze community change, anchored in ecological improvements and amenities at nearby Van Cortlandt Park.- Daniel O'Shaughnessy, AICP
- Carol Samol, AICP
- Mitchel Loring
- Amy Motzny
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PlaNYC Getting Sustainability Done: From Initiatives to Implementation
Learn about NYC's climate action efforts in environmental justice communities through incorporating climate budgeting, growing the green economy, and improving air and water quality for all residents.- Edward Lamson, AICP
- Elizabeth Kei Hayashi
- Katie Axt
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Metrics and Measuring Success in Comprehensive Planning
During comprehensive planning processes, planners often hear concerns about plans being written only to "collect dust on a shelf". This session will describe the Kansas City, Missouri's efforts to modernize comprehensive planning and provide more awareness and transparency through implementation.- Morgan Pemberton, AICP
- Gerald Williams, AICP
- Joshua Boehm, AICP
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Designing Public Facilities for the Neuro-Diverse Community
Inclusive design goes beyond meeting and engaging with stakeholders; it expressly meets the unique spatial needs of populations often excluded from the process. This course reviews research on outside spaces and actual public school construction unique to the autistic community.- Saralee Morrissey, FAICP
- Claire Weisz
- Galyna Korniyenko
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Beyond the Rainbow Crosswalk: LGBTQ+ Preservation
Beyond the rainbow crosswalks, this session will showcase tools to support LGBTQ+ preservation and placekeeping including historic context statements, landmarks, resource surveys, cultural districts, interpretation, and more.- Alex Westhoff, AICP
- Tania Tully
- Max Chavez
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Deconstructing Engagement – Intersectionality and Community Planning Post-Pandemic
As planners, we need to apply best practices and success metrics to determine that our engagement processes are garnering input from audiences most impacted by our planning work. Intersectionality analysis is a valuable tool to achieve successful project outcomes.- Beth Elliott, AICP
- Binoy Panicker, AICP
- Jasmine Carey
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Be an ADA Title II Pro(w)
This session gives planners the background and tools to improve accessibility in their communities and be a pro at PROW (public right-of-way) ADA compliance.- Jaemi Jackson, AICP
- Robin Jones
- Yochai Eisenberg
- John Helmkamp
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Dynamic Downtowns at Various Scales
Cities of all sizes are addressing the changing landscape of work, housing, and public space post-pandemic. Representatives from Boulder, Salt Lake City, and Los Angeles will share recent wins, on-going challenges, and exciting visions for the future of their downtowns.- Craig Weber
- Kristofer Johnson, AICP
- Brad Mueller, AICP
- Amanda Roman
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Public Monuments: Shaping More Equitable and Inclusive Cities
Monuments are more than reminders of the past; they communicate powerful messages about belonging in the present. Learn how cities are rising to the challenge to develop inclusive communities by reimagining who, and how, we remember in public.- Justin Moore, FAICP
- Stephanie Dahl
- Keri Butler
- Erin Harkey
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Erasing the Redline Together: The Troost Avenue Story
Decades after redlining was outlawed, communities still suffer from its legacy of barriers that perpetuate economic inequity and disinvestment. Learn how Kansas City, Missouri neighborhood leaders brought together residents, planners, and developers to establish community-focused redevelopment goals.- Diane Binckley, AICP
- Jeffrey Williams, AICP
- Peter Cassel
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Inclusive Placemaking: Empowering Grassroot Visions Through Community-led Design
Learn about the Neighborhoods Now Initiative as a case study for building interdisciplinary partnerships to empower local organizations in community planning efforts. The course will spotlight a project from the initiative, Chinatown Night Market, and its impact on NYC's Chinatown.- Katherine Sacco
- Alan Chan
- Ricky Liu
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Equity in Park Planning: Activate ATL
Atlanta anticipates a population increase to 750,000 by 2050. Atlanta’s Department of Parks and Recreation created its Activate ATL master plan to address growth. Learn about its goals and progress using the Equity Data Tool prioritizing Parks of Greatest Need.- Tara Buckner, AICP
- Sabina Kasumova
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Take Me to the Pond: Transforming Hidden Assets
Regenerative design restores underutilized natural resources through public involvement. This session will discuss how restoring and providing access to a pond has led to project success.- Julia Mintz
- Ken Schwartz
- Jeremy Rosenberger
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Bettman Session: Reforming Zoning: State Responses to the Housing Crisis
As housing affordability reaches all-time lows, state legislatures are increasingly looking to reform zoning laws to encourage the construction of more market-rate and below-market-rate housing. These reforms are forcing planners to reconsider plans and zoning codes or risk legal action.- Aline Fader
- Donald Elliott, FAICP
- Diana Jenkins
- Brian Connolly
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The Red Road: Reclaiming an Indigenous Cultural Corridor
The Red Road elaborates on existing projects and new planning methods used to foreground Native American cultural presence in the St. Louis River Estuary and to reclaim burial grounds and urbanized land from the dominant culture in Duluth, MN.- Samuel Geer
- John Koepke
- Wayne Dupuis
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What Makes a Just City?: Assessing Tempe’s Parks
Public spaces and activity levels are indicators of just living standards. This study used innovative engagement tools to assess a call for racial justice and equity and examines the modern impacts of the city’s historic segregation practices.- Anna Laybourn, FAICP
- Tarana Hafiz
- Erin Kirkpatrick
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Wakpada: Honoring Native Communities in Mixed-Use Development
This discussion will feature Dakota community members who helped to shape a mixed-use, transit-oriented development in Southeast Minneapolis. Their involvement shaped the building’s public art and design features, names, ownership structure, commercial uses, and more while honoring an endangered language.- Mei-Ling Smith, AICP
- Jeffrey Hall
- Joe Bendickson
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Warehouses to Homes: Design, Data, Dialogue Advancing Equity
Washington, DC’s historically industrial New York Avenue corridor is on the cusp of an exciting transition to a diverse, pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use neighborhood. Learn how the Office of Planning is applying design and data to spark dialogue about preparing for transformation.- Kevin Tilbury, AICP
- Ryan Hand
- Rebecca Schwartzman
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The Role of Gender in Travel Experiences
As gender identity becomes a focal point of political debates and media cycles, it’s timely and important to dig into how gender identity intersects with the transportation world. This panel will build on a report about gender’s role in transit/transportation and a micro transit pilot project in North Minneapolis.- Erika Shepard
- Ying Song
- Sheila Holbrook-White
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Tuning In: Understanding Music in Your City
Music is a tool that can help create vibrant places or create challenges for planners. We'll show you how incorporating music policies at the beginning of a planning process leads to healthier, more equitable civic ecosystems.- Angela Puerta, AICP
- Shain Shapiro
- Tooshar Swain
- Ethan Ellestad
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Equity Forum: Maintaining Forward Momentum
Twenty years ago, the first Diversity Forum was held at a National Planning Conference. Be a part of continuing to advance equity forward within APA and the planning profession.- David Magallanez
- Michael Brown, AICP
- Samantha Castro, AICP
- Meagan McMahan, AICP
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