The Upstate Transportation Forum is history. We hoped to register 75 and 103 people came. Presentations are published!
Successful mobility management is essential for New York's economy, environment and communities to become more sustainable. This is hard, in the trenches, work, requiring successful coalition building, inter-relationships, mutual support and resources. Mobility managers need to share ideas, problems, solutions, and customer-focused strategies.
103 people attended, a broad spectrum of participants interested in developing sustainable mobility in Upstate NY communities. The target market included transportation operators, community development agencies, planners, mobility managers, community organizers, academia, local and state elected officials, large employers, entrepreneurs, local and State agencies, and sustainability advocates.
Links to Presentations are listed below!!
Mobility Managers Meet
Eighteen people came to the mobility managers meeting on Sept 22 to share issues and solutions in the first session of the Forum. The session was created by the group. Participants volunteered three questions for discussion & resolution every 15-20 minutes. The group shared ideas for answers. The cycle repeated. We resolved to meet at the NYPTA Conference in Nov. 2011. Interest was expressed in creating a statewide network of mobility managers to engage State policy makers and other partners.
103 people attended, a broad spectrum of participants interested in developing sustainable mobility in Upstate NY communities. The target market included transportation operators, community development agencies, planners, mobility managers, community organizers, academia, local and state elected officials, large employers, entrepreneurs, local and State agencies, and sustainability advocates.
Links to Presentations are listed below!!
Mobility Managers Meet
Eighteen people came to the mobility managers meeting on Sept 22 to share issues and solutions in the first session of the Forum. The session was created by the group. Participants volunteered three questions for discussion & resolution every 15-20 minutes. The group shared ideas for answers. The cycle repeated. We resolved to meet at the NYPTA Conference in Nov. 2011. Interest was expressed in creating a statewide network of mobility managers to engage State policy makers and other partners.
Livable Streets Film Festival
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More about the Transportation Forum….
The Forum will explore examples from Tompkins County and across Upstate New York to inspire your next partnership. Over the span of two days a variety of topics will be covered at the forum including carsharing, active transportation, new technologies, partnering with big business, and using local talent and resources. You will also have the opportunity to extend your stay in Ithaca by adding a Friday afternoon field-trip to your conference package.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER We are excited to have Susan Zielinksi, the Managing Director of SMART (Sustainable Mobility & Accessibility Research & Transformation) as our keynote luncheon speaker. Susan comes to us from Ann Arbor Michigan where she spent a year as a Harvard Loeb Fellow focusing on New Mobility innovation and leadership. Prior to 2004, she cofounded and directed Moving the Economy (MTE), a Canada-wide “link tank” that works to catalyze and support sustainable urban transportation innovation as well as New Mobility industry development. She has advised on a wide range of local, national, and international transportation efforts. As a transportation planner for the City of Toronto for over 15 years, she worked developing and leading transportation and livability policies and initiatives. HOSTED BY This conference is hosted by Ithaca Carshare in partnership with NYSERDA, NYSDOT and many other partners including: TCAT, Ithaca College, Tompkins County, Ithaca Tompkins County Transportation Council, Way2Go, VisitIthaca.com, Downtown Ithaca, Cornell University and the City of Ithaca. Forum PresentationsThanks to all of our fantastic presenters at the 2011 Upstate Transportation Forum! You can view and download many of the presentations by clicking on the links below.
Make sure to check out the films from the Livable Streets Film Festival Program Schedule Opening Keynote - Susan Zielinski, SMART Session 1 Solutions on a Shoestring: Using Your Local Talent and Resources 511- Jim Davis -NYDOTStatewide TDM Framework - Katie Rooney TCAT - Joe Turcotte Show Off Your Unique Place with a Community Partnership Downtown Ithaca Alliance 2020 Plan - Gary Ferguson Department of Public Works -Tom West Cayuga Waterfront Trail -Rick Manning Session 2 Communicating to the Public, Policy Makers and Funders 211 Tompkins - Ed Swayze City of Albany Planning Department - Doug Melnick Way2Go - Chrisophia Somerfeldt Session Summary Carsharing Basics: Making it Happen Carsharing in a Small City- Jennifer Dotson Insurance and Carsharing - Bill Curtis Session 3 Getting the Gorilla to Work for you: Collaborating with Large Employers Collaborating for Community Transportation Options - Marian Brown and David Lieb Sharing the Space: Making Room for Active Transportation Sharing the Space - Lois Chaplin Neighborhood Greenways - Tom Knipe Ithaca/Tompkins Transportation Council -Karim Beers Session 4 Communicating the Connections: Transportation, Health and Budget Way2Go- Ray Weaver Creating Healthy Places - Jeanne Leccese Session Summary Land Use Impacts on Resource Use and Transportation Tompkins County Planning Department - Ed Marx Green Resource Hub - Rob Morache Seeing the Whole Picture -Adam Blair Closing Keynote - Jeff Olson, Alta Planning Popcorn Session Notes9/22/2011 4:15pm – 5:00pm Popcorn Session at Cinemapolis – Enjoy some popcorn while discussing key concerns and challenges during a moderated open dialogue
The popcorn session was held in Cinemapolis's largest theater as the afternoon was winding down. After a full day of concurrent sessions, we wanted to offer an open session to hear feedback and discuss issues and concerns from the participants. Of course, there was plenty of popcorn too. The discussion was captured and organized (mind mapped) using MindManager software. The empty box in the center of the image below was a graphic of "Ideas", (which was not displayed when the file was saved in this format. The questions and statements were generated by the participants. | ||