The Road Ahead 2020: The Slow Death of Urban Parking

Transportation Solutions Foundation

Denver Botanic Gardens

Transportation Solutions' sixteenth annual seminar featuring buffet breakfast, presentations, a panel discussion, and invitation-only luncheon.Thursday, March 12, 2020--------Balancing parking demand and the need to encourage less single occupant vehicle travel is often a dilemma for local government, developers and employers; and certainly an issue here in the Denver region. The Road Ahead attracts a variety of different communities, including elected officials, policy makers, private developers, and transportation industry leaders. The presentation elicits animated dialog from panelists who have a passion for accessing the benefits of multi-modal communities and transit-oriented developments in the Denver area.--------AgendaBuffet Breakfast - 7:30amWelcome - 8:00am<ul><li>Chad King, Transportation Solutions Chair | Sustainability Director for the University of Denver</li><li>Chris Hinds, Denver City Council, District 10</li></ul>Awards	Presented by Kendra Black, Transportation Solutions Vice Chair | Denver City Council, District 4<ul><li>Transportation Solutions Champion Award, Jessie Carter, RTD</li><li>Transportation Solutions Champion Award, Zocalo Community Development, David Zucker and Madeline Grawey</li><li>Transportation Solutions Founding Member Award, Jerry Peters, Former Glendale City Manager</li><li>Community Leadership Award, Mary Beth Susman, Former Denver City Councilmember</li></ul>Keynote<ul><li>Dr Rachel Weinberger, Principal, Weinberger &amp; Associates</li></ul>PanelModerated by Stuart Anderson, Transportation Solutions Executive Director<ul><li>Chris Viscardi, Kentro Group</li><li>Jim Anderson, University of Denver </li><li>Cris Jones, City of Boulder</li><li>Jolon Clark, Denver City Council, District 7</li></ul>Adjournment - 11:30am --------Invite-Only Luncheon - 11:40am<ul><li>Taber Ward and Melissa Rary, CDR</li></ul>--------About Our KeynoteRachel Weinberger, Principal, Weinberger &amp; Associates

Dr. Rachel Weinberger is a senior fellow for transportation at the Regional Plan Association and a Principal at Weinberger &amp; Associates, LLC. She has over 30 years of transportation planning experience in the public and private sectors and in academia. Weinberger is an internationally recognized expert in sustainable transportation with specializations in travel behavior, land use transportation interactions, economic impacts of the transportation system, and parking policy. She has published dozens of journal articles and book chapters covering topics as disparate as racial and gender differences in commuting behavior, peer pressure in auto ownership decisions, land value capitalization of transportation infrastructure investments, and the use of Big Data in analyzing travel patterns. Along with her book Auto Motives: Understanding Car Use Behaviours. Weinberger earned her Ph.D. in Urban Planning and M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Berkley. She has served on the urban planning faculty at the University of Pennsylvania, and is currently a member of the adjunct faculty at Columbia University.

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