Sustainability and Public Transportation Workshop
July 27-29, 2008
Chicago, Illinois
Preliminary Agenda: As a web page |
In Adobe PDF
Registration:
In Microsoft Word |
In Adobe PDF
Pre-Registration List: coming soon
Lodging: In Microsoft Word |
In Adobe PDF
Travel: Official
APTA Travel Agency | Travel Discounts
Visitor Information: Chicago Transit Authority |
Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau
Program Information: Contact Rich
Weaver, or phone (202) 496-4809.
Registration Information: Adam Martin, or phone (202) 496-4845.
SUNDAY, JULY 27 |
| 11:30 a.m. – 4 p.m |
Sustainability In Action Tours
- Tour 1: Transit Oriented Development – City Of Evanston
- Tour 2: Transit Oriented Development – Arlington Heights
- Tour 3: Inter-city Redevelopment Based on Transit Interface
- Tour 4: Millennium Park Development
- Tour 5: Sustainable Projects Completed by CTA
- Tour 6: Urban Green Design
|
| 3:30 – 5 p.m. |
Sustainability and Urban Design Standards Policy Committee |
| 6 – 7 p.m. |
Welcoming Reception |
MONDAY, JULY 28 |
| 7:30 a.m. -- 12 p.m. |
Registration Opens |
| 8 – 9 a.m. |
Opening General Session |
| 9 – 10 a.m. |
Going Green in Chicago |
| 10:15 a.m. – 12 p.m. |
General Session: Sustainable Development/ Sustainable Mobility |
| 12 – 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch – Chicago’s Sustainability Partnership
|
| 1:30 – 3 p.m. |
General Session: Making Sustainability a Strategic Objective for Transit: Setting You Up
for Success |
| 3:15 – 5:15 p.m. |
“Go Green” Breakout Sessions
- Sustainable Transportation Planning
- Green Design and Construction of Capital Facilities
- Sustainable Operations – What You Can Do
|
| 6 – 7:30 p.m. |
Architectural Tour and Reception – Chicago River |
TUESDAY, JULY 29 |
| 7:30 – 9 a.m. |
Business Perspectives on Sustainability |
| 9 – 10:15 a.m. |
General Session: Measuring and Communicating Sustainability |
| 10:30 – 11:45 a.m. |
General Session:
The Endgame for Transit as Sustainable Transport: Mixing Policy and
Practice |
| 12 – 1:30 p.m. |
Working Lunch – Establishing a Transit-Wide Commitment on
Sustainability |
| 2 – 5 p.m. |
Climate Change Working Group
Continues all day Wednesday |
| 2 – 5 p.m. |
Urban Design Working Group
Continues all day Wednesday |
| 5 – 6 p.m. |
Tuesdays at APA
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