Complete Streets Forum 2012 - Program - April 23, 2012
Complete Streets Forum 2012 - Monday, April 23, 2012
at Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview Avenue, Toronto
Program At A Glance (Download Here)
Note: Program May be Subject to Change
Time |
Session |
Presenter |
| 8:00 am | Registration/Continental Breakfast | |
| 9:00 am | Welcome/Opening Remarks |
Eva Ligeti - Executive Director, Clean Air Partnership Stewart Chisholm, Director, Centre for Green Cities, Evergreen Chair: Ken Greenberg - Principal, Greenberg Consultants Inc. |
| 9:25 am | Keynote: "Complete Streets: the Foundation for Building Healthy Communities" | Gary Toth - Senior Director, Transportation Initiatives, Project for Public Spaces |
| 10:15 am | Keynote: "Laying the Foundation for Complete Streets" | John LaPlante, P.E., PTOE - Vice President and Director of Traffic Engineering, T.Y. Lin International |
| 10:45 am | Morning Break | |
| 11:00 am |
Incorporating Complete Streets Language into Policy Theme: Breakout Session #1
"Complete Streets and Policy"
Moderator: Elana Horowitz, TCAT Steering Committee Member |
Ryan Whitney - TCAT Complete Streets Researcher + Project Manager
Hannah Evans - Director, Partnerships and Consultation, Ontario Growth Secretariat |
| 11:00 am |
Complete Streets on the Ground Theme: Breakout Session #1
"Lessons from 20+ Years of Completing Streets"
Moderator: Antonio Gomez-Palacio - Principal, DIALOG
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Michael King, RA - Principal Nelson\Nygaard
Paul Lippens, AICP, APA - Senior Planner at Active Transportation Alliance Courtney Kashima - Senior Associate, Farr Associates |
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11:00 am |
Building Community with Complete Streets Theme: Breakout Session #1 "A Spectrum of "Start Points" for Engaging the Public in AT Infrastructure Improvements" Moderator: Loy Cheah, Director, Infrastructure Planning, Regional Municipality of York |
Paul Young, OALA, CSLA - Planner, landscape architect and health promoter with the Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition (B.N.) Raj Mohabeer, MCIP, RPP, AICP, ASLA, RLA (FL LA001726), LEED®AP - Transportation Planning Lead, Parsons Brinckerhoff Halsall |
| 11:00 am |
Workshop Stream:
Complete Streets Coalition Workshop: Laying the Foundation for Complete Streets |
John LaPlante, P.E., PTOE - Vice President and Director of Traffic Engineering, T.Y. Lin International
Norma Moores, P. Eng. - Senior Transportation Engineer, IBI Group |
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12:00 pm |
Incorporating Complete Streets Language into Policy Theme: Breakout Session #2 "What do Complete Streets Look Like in a Rural Community? Policy and Practice" Moderator: Jacquelyn Hayward Gulati, Manager, Cycling Office at City of Mississauga |
Sue Shikaze - Chair, Communities in Action Committee + Health Promoter, Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit Kate Hall - Project Coordinator, Communities in Action Committee |
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12:00 pm |
Complete Streets on the Ground Theme: Breakout Session #2 "Developing a CS Design Guide for the City of Calgary: Successes + Challenges" Moderator: Darryl Young - TCAT Steering Committee |
Joe Olson, P.Eng., PTOE - Complete Streets Project Lead, Transportation Solutions Division, Transportation Planning, Transportation Department, City of Calgary |
| 12:00 pm |
Building Community with Complete Streets Theme: Breakout Session #2
Moderator: Thomas Smahel - TCAT Steering Committee |
Antonio Gomez-Palacio, Arq. MES, RPP, MCIP, MRAIC - Principal, DIALOG
Chris Hardwicke - Associate at Sweeny Sterling Finlayson &Co Architects Inc. |
| 1:00 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:45 pm |
Keynote: Improving Health through Active Transportation Keynote: Active Living in Peel Region |
Monica Campbell - Director, Healthy Public Policy, Toronto Public Health, City of Toronto
Dr. David L. Mowat - Medical Officer of Health, Region of Peel Public Health |
| 1:45 pm | Workshop Stream: |
John LaPlante, P.E., PTOE -Vice President and Director of Traffic Engineering, T.Y. Lin International
Norma Moores - P. Eng., Senior Transportation Engineer, IBI Group |
|
2:45 pm |
Incorporating Complete Streets Language into Policy Theme: Breakout Session #3 "Where do you think you're going? Building Complete Streets + Livable Communities" Moderator: Raj Mohabeer- Transportation Planning Lead, Parsons Brinckerhoff Halsall |
Dan Burden - Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Walkable and Livable Communities Institute Robert Voigt, MCIP, RPP - Manager Planning and Infrastructure Projects Town of Collingwood |
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2:45 pm |
Complete Streets on the Ground Theme: Breakout Session #3 "Shared Streets and the Vision Impaired Moderator: Paul Kulig - Associate, regionalArchitects |
Mark Van Elsberg - Project Manager, Pedestrian Projects Unit, Public Realm Section, Transportation Services Sheyda Saneinejad - Project Lead, Public Realm Section, Transportation Services Boyd Hipfner - Canadian National Institute for the Blind |
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2:45 pm |
Building Community with Complete Streets Theme: Breakout Session #3 "Stepping Towards Complete Streets with Children's Mobility" Moderator: Gaby Kalapos - Clean Air Partnership |
Jennifer Lay - Program Coordinator, School-Based TDM at Metrolinx Wayne McKay - Physical Activity Coordinator Department of Health & Wellness, Cape Breton Region Stephanie Johnstone-Laurette - Ecology Action Centre’s Active & Safe Routes to School |
| 3:45 pm | Afternoon Break |
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| 4:00 pm | Keynote: "Walking Audits: Lessons, Best Practices, and Effecting Change" | Dan Burden - Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Walkable and Livable Communities Institute |
| 4:45 pm | Closing Remarks |
Chair: Ken Greenberg - Principal, Greenberg Consultants Inc.
Nancy Smith Lea - Director, Toronto Centre for Active Transportation |
| 5:00 pm | Travel to Reception | |
| 5:30 - 7:00 pm | Wine & Cheese Reception at the Hyatt Regency Toronto, 370 King Street West |
