Transportation System Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gases (GHG) in Florida that Support Healthy Communities

June 16th - Tuesday, FDOT Orlando Urban Office Meeting Facility
133 South Semoran Boulevard, Orlando Florida

Goal: Assist Metropolitan Planning Organizations and local governments in addressing greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle miles traveled reductions in local and regional plans.

Objectives:

• Provide an overview of climate change and the latest information on national and state transportation and land use efforts to address climate change impacts by reducing travel congestion, delay and vehicle miles traveled.
• Identify regional and local efforts and planning processes targeted toward reducing travel growth through coordinated transportation and land use actions offering public health and environmental benefits.
• Discuss challenges and opportunities in integrating climate change into local and regional plans.

10:00 Introduction - Charles Pattison, FAICP - President, 1000 Friends of Florida

10:15 Presentations and Panel Discussion: Overview - National and State Perspectives and Developing Actions to Reduce Greenhouse Gases - Moderator - Tim Center, Vice President of Sustainability Initiatives, Collins Center for Public Policy

National Perspective

• Dr. Michael Meyer, Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Transportation Group, Georgia Institute of Technology - Climate Change and Transportation: Cause and Effect Challenges
• Peter Plumeau, RSG Transportation Planning & Policy Analysis , Burlington Vermont - Climate Change in Transportation Planning: Addressing the Challenges Facing States & MPOs

State Perspective

• Kathy Neill, Director, Office of Policy Planning, Florida Department of Transportation - Climate Change and Transportation
• Charles Gauthier, AICP, Director, Division of Community Planning Florida Department of Community Affairs - Transportation Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas that Support Healthy Communities
  

12:25 Luncheon Speaker - David Overfield - Orange County Health Department - Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Public Health - Greenhouse gas emissions and public health are linked in a variety of ways. These connections will be examined along with the response of state and local health departments.

1:15 Florida Specific Approaches and Initiatives to Support Reductions in GHGs
Moderator - Tim Center, Vice President of Sustainability Initiatives, Collins Center for Public Policy

• Phil Laurien - Executive Director, East Central Florida Regional Planning Council - Transit Oriented Design and Central Florida's Sustainable Future
• Marianne Gurnee - SunRail Public Liaison - The SunRail Project - Central Florida
• Lisa Darnall, Chief Operating Officer, LYNX - Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority - LYNX Efforts to Reduce Greenhouse Gases

3:15 Closing Thoughts and Follow-up Opportunities - Charles Pattison, FAICP - 1000 Friends of Florida

Adjourn