Complete Streets Forum 2010 Program
Complete Streets Forum 2010 - April 23, 2010
at the The Fairmont Royal York, Ballroom, 100 Front Street West, Toronto
Program At A Glance. (Download Detailed Program Here.)
Time |
Session |
Presenter
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| 8:00 am | Registration/breakfast | |
| 9:00 am | Welcome/Opening remarks | Morning Chair: Geoff Noxon, Principal, Noxon Associates
Eva Ligeti, Executive Director, Clean Air Partnership
His Worship David Miller, Mayor, City of Toronto Scott Thompson, Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy and Planning Division, Ontario Ministry of Transportation
|
| 9:30 am | Complete Streets in the U.S.: Updates on a Success Story | Barbara McCann, Executive Director, National Complete Streets Coalition |
| 10:30 am |
Morning Break |
|
| 10:45 am |
Complete Communities and Active Transportation in Growth Planning |
Jamie Austin, Manager, Growth Policy, Ontario Growth Secretariat, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure |
| 11:15 am |
Foresight Planning: Forwarding Active Transportation Planning in the GTHA |
Leslie Woo, VP, Transportation Policy and Planning, Metrolinx |
| 11:45 am |
The Public Health Role: Influencing Street Design with Public Health in Mind |
David McKeown, Medical Officer of Health, Toronto Public Health, City of Toronto |
| 12:15 pm |
Lunch | |
| 1:15 pm | Welcome from Afternoon Chair | Dan Leeming, Partner, The Planning Partnership |
| 1:20 pm |
A Step-by-Step Guide to Complete Streets Implementation |
Mark Cole, Design Section Manager, City of Charlotte Department of Transportation |
| 1:50 pm |
NYC Street Design Manual: The Making of Urban Street Design |
Andy Wiley-Schwartz, Assistant Commisioner, Planning and Sustainability, New York City Department of Transportation |
| 2:20 pm |
Coffee and Breakout Sessions |
|
| 2:30 pm |
Breakout Session #1 (Quebec Room)
Municipal Best Practice Case Studies: Halton, Peel and York Regions Moderator: David McLaughlin, Senior Project Manager, Transportation Planning, MMM Group |
Loy Cheah, Director, Infrastructure Planning, Planning and Development Services,York Region. Complete Streets as Practiced in York Region.
Andrew McNeill, Project Lead, Downtown 21 Master Plan, City of Mississauga. Downtown 21 - Complete Streets in Mississauga's Downtown. Andrea Smith, Development Planner & Vito Tolone, Senior Transportation Planner, City of Burlington. Plains Road Case Study.
|
| 2:30 pm |
Breakout Session #2 (Alberta Room)
Making the Tourism Case for Complete Streets Moderator:Justin Lafontaine, Projects Director, Transportation Options |
Ken Forgeron, Senior Planner, Niagara Region
Marlaine Koehler, Executive Director, Waterfront Regeneration Trust Louisa Mursell, Project Manager, Welcome Cyclists Network |
| 2:30 pm |
Breakout Session #3 (Territories Room)
The Holistic Design Approach to Complete Streets Moderator:Arlene Gould, Strategic Director, Design Industry Advisory Committee |
Chris Hardwicke, Associate, Sweeny Stirling and Finlayson & Co. Architects. Wayne McCutcheon, Principal, Entro Communications. Scott Torrance, Principal, Landscape Architect Inc. |
| 3:30 pm |
Afternoon Break |
|
| 3:45 pm |
Open Floor: What are the next steps for implementing safer, livable streets in Ontario? |
Fiona Chapman, Manager, Pedestrian Projects, City of Toronto Antonio Gomez-Palacio, Founding Partner, Office for Urbanism Barbara McCann, Executive Director, National Complete Streets Coalition Christopher Norris, Director, Technical Services, Canadian Urban Transit Association |
| 4:45 pm |
Concluding Remarks
Eva Ligeti, Executive Director, Clean Air Partnership
Nancy Smith Lea, Director, Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation |
|
| 5:00 pm |
Wine and Cheese Reception | |
