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Charles Riou, P.E.
Wednesday, Feb, 1, 2012 | 1:00-2:30pm (Part 1) and 3:00-4:30pm (Part 2)
• AICP CM’s applied for
This workshop is for Texas bicycle coordinators and others with similar state, local and metropolitan planning organization (MPO) jobs such as Safe Routes to School (SRTS), Traffic Safety, and Obesity Prevention specialists. Charles Riou, [...read more] 
Brenda Chuleewah
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 | 1:00 – 2:30pm (Part 1) and 3:00 – 4:30pm (Part 2)
• AICP CM’s applied for
Given the need to foster more active lifestyles, encouraging youth and their families to become more physically active both through education and by providing real life practice through events, is a [...read more] 
Charlie Gandy
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 |1:00-2:30pm (Part 1) and 3:00-4:30pm (Part 2)
A meeting of minds of bike / walk advocacy leaders across the state, facilitated by BikeTexas founder and lifetime bicycle advocate Charlie Gandy. As an attendee, you will have the opportunity to share successes and challenges with your peers and get help [...read more] 
Marita Roos ASLA AICP RLA LEEDAP, Mark G. Goode III P.E.
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 |1:00-2:30pm (Part 1) and 3:00-4:30pm (Part 2)
• AICP CM’s applied for • CEPH Eligible
Complete Streets is a national initiative to plan, design, build and operate roadways that safely meet the needs of all users: pedestrians, cyclists, those [...read more] 
Alan Markert MBA
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 | 1:00-2:30pm (Part 1) and 3:00-4:30pm (Part 2)
San Antonio Parks and Recreation Partnership with South Texas Off Road Mountain Bikers (STORM) to Develop Natural Surface Trails This off-site workshop is a case study is important to planners who are looking for ways to partner with citizen [...read more] 
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 | 3:00 – 4:30 pm
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 3:30 – 4:45 pm
This neighborhood of stately houses shaded by enormous trees is located just south of downtown along the San Antonio River . Many Germans immigrants began to settle in this area by the 1870s and it became known [...read more] 
Self-guided: Available anytime!
Info available at: http://hugmantour.com/desktop/audiotour.php The San Antonio River Walk is an internationally recognized tourist attraction and one of the country’s most unique urban linear parks. With its winding, tree-lined walks, lush tropical landscaping, and array of restaurants, hotels, and shops, the River Walk provides a scenic destination for visitors and locals alike [...read more] 
Lee Marlowe
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 | 3:00 – 4:30pm
The Mission Reach Ecosystem Restoration and Recreation Project is transforming an eight mile stretch of the San Antonio River into a quality riparian woodland ecosystem. Come learn about the Mission Reach, including the ecosystem restoration process underway along the San Antonio River just south of [...read more] 
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 at 7:30 – 9:00am
• AICP CM’s applied for
The Country with the Greatest Potential for Bicycling – the United States! John Burke has wowed audiences from Taipai to Washington D.C. with his vision for a better America, one that includes dramatic increases in bicycling for transportation, recreation, and health. [...read more] 
Robert L. Rayburn
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 9:15 – 10:45am
• AICP CM’s applied for • CEPH Eligible
This session will be a case study of how stakeholders, led by the Houston Energy Corridor District, came together with the help of the National Park Service in a charrette that successfully identified gaps in community [...read more] Andrew Burleson
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 9:15 – 10:45am
• AICP CM’s applied for
For planners and public officials without a real estate/economics background. This session will start with a quick overview of real estate economics targeted at professionals from other disciplines, and then will examine several case studies demonstrating patterns in the relationship [...read more] 
Julia Diana AICP, Cindi Snell
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 9:15am to 10:30am
• AICP CM’s applied for
San Antonio B-Cycle launched in March 2011 and is an urban short-trip transportation network of 14 bike stations in the downtown core. This presentation will highlight the process taken by the City of San Antonio for [...read more] 
Bret “Bee” Martin AICP, MRCP
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 9:15 – 10:45am
• AICP CM’s applied for
The purpose of this presentation is to educate session attendees on the importance of incorporating planned/programmed bicycle and pedestrian trail projects into the environmental documentation process and planning studies (such as environmental impact statements, environmental assessments, [...read more] 
Angela Hunt, Delia Jasso, Pauline Medrano
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 10:45am – 12:00pm
• AICP CM’s applied for
Three Dallas City Council members who took exploratory trips to Bogota, Colombia and Seville, Spain in 2011, will share their observations, insights, and lessons learned on bicycle network / facility planning and on Cyclovia-type programming. [...read more] 
Pedro T. Garcia, Katherine Velasquez
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 10:45am – 12:00pm
• AICP CM’s applied for • CEPH Eligible
In partnership with the YMCA of Greater San Antonio and the assistance of many volunteers and the community, the City of San Antonio held its first ciclovía on October 2, 2011 as an [...read more] Jamie Rae Walker, Jay Daniel, John Collins
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 10:45 – 12:00pm
• AICP CM’s applied for
Over the last decade the importance and relevance trails contribute to physical and mental health, to the environment, to the economy, and to quality of life has been well documented. While public support for trail [...read more] 
Sue Darcy, John Havenstrite
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 10:45am – 12:00pm
• AICP CM’s applied for • CEPH Eligible
Two members of Marsh Darcy Partners will discuss how they happened to develop a model to measure the benefits of linear green infrastructure. The model, commissioned by the Houston Parks Board for their Bayou [...read more] 
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 12:00 – 2:00pm
• AICP CM’s applied for
Bringing Racial and Socio-Economic Diversity to Cycling Senator Rodney Ellis is an African American state legislator from Houston, Texas, the fourth largest city in the United States where he represents one of the most racially and socio-economically diverse senatorial districts [...read more] 
Brandon Ross AICP
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 2:00 – 3:15pm
• AICP CM’s applied for
This session will include a PowerPoint presentation and detailed discussion of the following topics related to San Antonio’s Greenway Trails system: History of the formative development of the concept of developing trails along San Antonio’s creekways Funding [...read more] Dr. Deanna M. Hoelscher PhD RD LD CNS, Dr. Marcia G. Ory PhD MPH
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 2:00 – 3:15pm
• AICP CM’s applied for • CEPH Eligible
The Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program has been administered in Texas by allocating funds through a competitive process for two types of policy intervention: [...read more] 
Abigail Kinnison AICP
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 2:00 – 3:15pm
• AICP CM’s applied for
Bikes and public transportation work well together for passengers that may be outside of the transit service area or interested in a healthy and green transportation option. VIA Metropolitan Transit in San Antonio has committed to accommodate [...read more] 
Irby Hightower FAIA
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 2:00 – 3:15 pm
• AICP CM’s applied for
This walking tour will begin on the patio of the El Tropicano Hotel and tour the new Museum Reach, Urban Segment of the San Antonio River Walk north of downtown. The project is the first milestone [...read more] 
Jim Oberstar, Rodney Ellis, Robin Stallings, Howard Peak
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 2:00 – 4:45pm
Every visitor to San Antonio is aware of the rich history of the Alamo. But not all know of the other four Spanish Missions, each one built in the 1700’s, administered by the National Park Service, currently home to [...read more] 
Cindi Snell, JD Simpson
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 2:00 – 4:45pm
• AICP CM’s applied for
San Antonio B-Cycle is the first bike sharing system in Texas. With 20 stations at popular downtown destinations, the system is becoming a popular alternative transportation option for residents and visitors. Planners will learn how bike [...read more] 
Rolf Eisinger MPH LCI
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 3:30 – 4:45pm
• AICP CM’s applied for • CEPH Eligible
Based on public input from Louisville’s Bike Summit and Metro Council Public Bike Master Plan Forums, the public wanted an increase in youth bicycle education and enforcement. Therefore, Bike Louisville used a [...read more] Melissa Parker BF, MS
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 3:30 – 4:45pm
• AICP CM’s applied for
Expand your community’s trails program to the water! This program will introduce you to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Texas Paddling Trails Program. After going statewide with a model of working with local community partners in 2006 [...read more] 
Michael Hellmann, Jared White AICP
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 3:30 – 4:45pm
• AICP CM’s applied for • CEPH Eligible
The demand for trails is on the rise as people turn to them as a form of recreation, exercise and alternative transportation. With increased [...read more] Cecilio Martinez, Stephanie Velasquez, Lydia Kelly
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 3:30 – 4:45pm
• AICP CM’s applied for • CEPH Eligible
In this case study session San Antonio-Bexar County MPO staff will discuss: The San Antonio-Bexar County Metropolitan Planning Organization’s (MPO) recent active transportation studies and public outreach How the MPO collects data [...read more] 
Anna Glover
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 3:30 – 4:45pm
• AICP CM’s applied for
This field session will be a running tour of the Dignowity Hill Historic District, the Hays Street Bridge and Eastside Cemeteries, burial sites of some of San Antonio’s early movers and shakers. Participants will begin at the Sunset [...read more]
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 3:30 – 4:45 pm
This neighborhood of stately houses shaded by enormous trees is located just south of downtown along the San Antonio River . Many Germans immigrants began to settle in this area by the 1870s and it became known as “Sauerkraut Bend” to the rest of San Antonio [...read more] 
Thursday, February 2, 2012 | 6:00 – 7:30pm
• AICP CM’s applied for
Active Transportation: Lessons from Europe America should be doing more to encourage passenger rail, urban transit, and bicycling than we are today. Congressman Oberstar brings over 50 years’ experience in the Transportation Committee in Washington D.C. He will discuss his recent survey [...read more] 
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 7:30 – 9:00am
Keith Laughlin is the president of Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC), the nation’s largest trails organization with more than 100,000 members and supporters. With an extensive network of partners in the recreation, health promotion, transportation and conservation communities, RTC works to create a national environment that promotes, [...read more] 
Charlie McCabe, Glee Ingram, Paul Stuffel
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 9:15 – 10:45am
• AICP CM’s applied for • CEPH Eligible
The Austin Parks Foundation, City of Austin Parks Department, American Youthworks E-Corps and a host of non-profit partners and volunteer groups will have completed over 1 year of focused effort to rehabilitate [...read more] Gary Pinkerton
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 9:15 – 10:45 am
• AICP CM’s applied for
Trammel’s Trace was the first road into Texas from the United States to the north. Around 1813, Indian trails were adapted for smuggling horses out of Spanish Texas through Nacogdoches into markets east of the Sabine River in New [...read more] 
Andrew Howard AICP
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 9:15 – 10:45am
• AICP CM’s applied for • CEPH Eligible
The “Better Block” project is a demonstration tool that temporarily builds-out a street to show the potential to create a great walkable, vibrant neighborhood center. The project acts as a living charrette so that communities [...read more] 
Justin Moore LCI
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 9:15 – 10:45am
• AICP CM’s applied for
This presentation will discuss best practices for encouraging bicycle commuting in your community. Planners will learn about: A case study of corporate support for bicycle commuting at a Fortune 200 company based in San Antonio The role of [...read more] Max Kalhammer, Jim Carillo
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 10:45am – 12:00pm
• AICP CM’s applied for
Come learn about how to plan for the future of bicycle systems in Texas, with a review of two of the newest bicycle plans in Texas. The 2011 Dallas Bike Plan is a 10-year comprehensive planning guide which [...read more] Hazem Rashed-Ali AIA LEED AP
Friday Feb. 3, 2012 | 10:45am – 12:00pm
• AICP CM’s applied for • CEPH Eligible
Increasing the sustainability of the built environment, through more efficient use of resources and reduced environmental impact, is a major component of sustainable development. Consequently, increasing energy efficiency in the built environment and reducing [...read more] 
Barrett Durst, Jeff Renfrow, Hill Abell
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 10:45am – 12:00pm
• AICP CM’s applied for
The acquisition of Big Bend Ranch State Park in 1988 nearly doubled the land holdings of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. For much of the 90’s public access was limited while TPWD undertook the daunting [...read more] 
Shari L. Holland
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 10:45 – 12:00pm
• AICP CM’s applied for
The purpose of the presentation is to emphasize the importance of planning for, measuring, and reporting program performance data. Interwoven throughout the presentation will be Ms. Holland’s experience with the City of Austin Safe Routes to School [...read more] 
Adam Wood AICP
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 2:00 – 3:15pm
• AICP CM’s applied for
The Collin County Regional Trails Master Plan was developed to provide coordination and connectivity between cities and towns for the development of a county-wide trail system. The plan builds upon the planning efforts of the 31 cities [...read more] 
Bud Melton, Dennis Wilson
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 2:00 – 3:15pm
• AICP CM’s applied for • CEPH EligiblPurpose
Trails are linear non-motorized corridors that people use to get around. Many times these corridors pass through range of habitats with varying development characteristics shaped through densities, intensities, and roadway networks. The relationship between [...read more] Billy Fields
Friday, Feb, 3, 2012 | 2:00 – 3:15pm
• AICP CM’s applied forThis presentation will provide an overview of the $100 million federal Nonmotorized Pilot program. The emphasis is on lessons learned.
Specifically, planners will learn the results of qualitative study of the impacts of the program in Minneapolis the key lessons [...read more] 
Leslie Luciano, Jen Ohlson
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 2:00 – 3:30pm
• AICP CM’s applied for
Through collaboration, Boltage and PE-3 enhance individual accountability, education, support and data that results in optimizing the overall health of children, their families and communities. The Boltage and PE3 large scale Wellness Initiative makes key inroads [...read more] 
Jim Doersam PE, Matthew Driffill
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 2:00 – 4:45pm
• AICP CM’s applied for
The Mission Reach Ecosystem Restoration and Recreation Project is transforming an eight mile stretch of the San Antonio River into a quality riparian woodland ecosystem. This unique project restores riverine features and riparian woodlands, reintroduces [...read more]
Greg Hammer, Brandon Ross AICP
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 2:00 – 4:45 pm
• AICP CM’s applied for
Thirty-four miles of developed urban Greenway trails are now open to the public. The Linear Park Development Program for Salado Creek, Leon Creek, Medina River and the San Antonio River is funded through sales [...read more] 
Deb Humphreys
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 3:30 – 4:45pm
• AICP CM’s applied forThe North Central Texas region has a population of over 6 million people and a Transportation Improvement Program estimated at $6.7 billion over the next 3 years. To address the needs of all roadway users it is critical to include [...read more]
Mark Stine, Krista Sherwood, Trisha Bicknell
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 3:30 – 4:45pm
• AICP CM’s applied for
Texans are proud of their heritage and the history of the State’s various regions. Part of this history includes the almost forgotten paths that helped shape the State’s growth and identity. Many Texans desire a [...read more] 
Nadia Barrerra, David Kim Taylor
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 3:30 – 4:45pm
• AICP CM’s applied for
The long awaited final trail connection around Lady Bird Lake (formerly Town Lake) in Austin is finally about to be implemented. This case study session will recap progress for this over the past two years, [...read more] 
Hans-Jurgen (Jack) Becker, BASC, MBA Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 3:30 – 4:45pm
Separated bike lanes, social marketing, what comes first? The presentation will explore the proposition that true cycling traffic growth will not come about until a cycling infrastructure exists that is appealing to customers of the target market for future cycling traffic growth, [...read more] 
Dale Bransford
Friday, February 3, 2012 | 3:30 – 4:45pm
• AICP CM’s applied for
Starting in August of 2011 The City of San Antonio opened up a portion of the San Antonio River known as the King William Neighborhood for paddling recreation. Since then this historic neighborhood, home to many historic homes, [...read more] 
Guided option: Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Self-guided option: Available anytime!
Follow the Texas Star plaques set into the sidewalk downtown to see some of San Antonio’s most significant commercial and public buildings of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The tour begins in Alamo Plaza and returns [...read more] |
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