Purpose: To discuss and consider transportation choices, those being offered elsewhere and the role of land development in providing travel options.
8:30 Welcome
Tommy Adkisson
Bexar County Commissioner
8:45 Why transportation choices are needed for a
healthy urban region
Bill Barker, AICP, San Antonio, TX
Introduction by Honorable Mary Alice
Cisneros, San Antonio City Councilwoman, District 1
9:15 How to use smart growth to reduce vehicle
travel requirements
Dr. Reid Ewing, National Center for Smart
Growth, College Park, MD
Introduction by Honorable Michael Villarreal
State Representative, District 123
10:00 Break
10:15 How to use the NEPA process to effectively
examine alternatives in transportation corridors
Michael Replogle, Environmental Defense,
Washington, DC
Introduction by Honorable Chris Riley,
Mayor, City of Leon Valley
10:55 An update on passenger rail transit in Texas
Lyndon Henry, Capital Metropolitan Transporation Authority,
Austin Tx,
Introduction by Honorable David Leibowitz,
State Representative, District 117
11:30 What about those other modes?
(carsharing, pedestrianism, etc.)
David Hitchcock, HARC,
The Woodlands, TX
Introduction by Honorable Joaquin Castro,
State Representative, District 125
Noon Plenary Luncheon: How to mitigate the coming transportation energy crisis
Dr. Marc Melaina, National Renewable
Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO
Introduction by Honorable Nelson W. Wolff
Bexar County Judge
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