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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] 
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] 
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] 
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] 
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] 
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] 
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] 
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] 
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] 
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] 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] 
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]
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] |
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