Climate Change: A Transportation Planning Approach To Reducing Greenhouse Gases
June 26, 2005 Workshop #10
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This workshop will discuss the ramifications of climate change in the United States. Panelists will focus on the topics of regional planning, transportation infrastructure, and the environment in relation to climate change and present ways Regional Councils and Metropolitan Planning Organizations can educate themselves about this topic. The workshop also will include concrete examples of how to reduce greenhouse gases in regional communities and offer participants a unique opportunity to interact with climate change experts.
Presentations
Panel I: Overview of Climate Change and Transportation
Philip Duffy, Lawrence-Livermore Lab, Group Leader, Climate and
Carbon Cycle Modeling, Atmospheric Science Division - The
scientific evidence behind climate change.
Daniel Sperling, UC Davis, Director, Institute of Transportation
Studies/ Professor Civil & Environmental Engineering/ Professor,
Environmental Science and Policy - The connection between
transportation and climate change.
Panel II: Federal Government Involvement with Climate Change and Transportation
Diane Turchetta, USDOT, Federal Highway Administration,
Environmental Protection Specialist - Discussion of the Center
for Climate Change & Environmental Forecasting and FHWA
projects to combat climate change.
Panel III: Regional Involvement with Climate Change
Melissa Royael, International Council on Local Environmental
Initiatives, Senior Project Advisor, Cities for Climate Protection
(CCP), - CCP initiative and how regional planners can get involved/
Central Connecticut Regional Planning Authority case study.
Kate Zyla, Pew Center for Climate Change, Research Fellow -
Research completed by the Pew Center on transportation and
climate change.
Rex Burkholder, Metro, Deputy President -Transportation and Land
use planning in Portland, OR.
John Zamurs, Department of Transportation, State of New York,
Head, Air Quality Section - MPOs actions to reduce CO2.
Panel IV: California and Climate Change
Doug Thompson, California Air Resource Board - A discussion of
California's air quality regulatory process and its connections to
climate change.
Ina Shlez, Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD)
- Efforts by Bay Area planners to affect climate change.
Larry Greene, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management
District, Air Pollution Contol Officer - SMAQMD actions on
greenhouse gas reduction & collaboration with SACOG.
Wrap-Up
Kenneth C. Topping, FAICP, President, Topping Associates
International, Affiliated Faculty Member, California Polytechnic
State University, San Luis, Obispo, CA
Contact: Peggy Tadej, Director of Environment and Special Projects - Click to Email or call 202.986.1032 Ext: 224