Program – 2018 TxDOT Transportation Planning Conference

Updated May 29, 2018 | complete program

Tuesday, June 5, 2018
12:00 noon – 6:30 p.m.	Registration/Information Desk (Foyer)
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon	TEMPO Meeting (Trinity Ballroom)
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon	Decision Lens Training – Option 1 (Ballroom AB)
12:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.	Klyde Warren Park Tour (Foyer)
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.	Decision Lens Training – Option 2 (Ballroom AB)
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.	Managing the TDM Process with the TDM Dashboard (Texas Learning Center)
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Texas Model Users Group – TxMUG (Trinity Ballroom)
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.	Reception (Foyer)
Wednesday, June 6, 2018
7:30 a.m. – 5: 00 p.m.	Registration/Information Desk (Foyer)
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast (Foyer)
8:30 a.m. – 10 : 00 a.m.	Welcome Session (Park West Ballroom) Moderator: Lauren Garduño, P.E., Director, Project Planning and Development, TxDOT, Austin, Texas Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins, Dallas County Judge, Dallas, Texas Stephen Salin, AICP, Vice President of Rail Planning from Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Dallas, Texas Loyl Bussell, P.E., District Engineer, Fort Worth District, TxDOT, Fort Worth, Texas Mo Bur, P.E., Deputy District Engineer of TxDOT Dallas District, Dallas, Texas
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.	BREAK
10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.	Plenary Session Theme 1 – Emerging Technologies and New Mobility Paradigms (Park West Ballroom) Moderator: Lauren Garduño, P.E., Director, Project Planning and Development, TxDOT, Austin, Texas Kenneth Petty (Invited), Director, Office of Planning, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC Thomas Bamonte, Senior Transportation Manager, North Central Texas Council of Governments, Arlington, Texas James C. Cline, Jr., P.E., President, Denton County Transportation Authority, Denton County, Texas Brian Moen, Assistant Director of Engineering/Transportation, City of Frisco, Frisco, Texas
12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m.	LUNCH (Park West Ballroom) The Evolution of Transportation in DFW and Future Trends Keynote Speaker: Michael Morris, P.E., Director of Transportation, North Central Texas Council of Governments
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.	Plenary Session Theme 2 – Performance Based Planning (Park West Ballroom) Moderator: Jose Campos, Intermodal Team Leader, Federal Highway Administration, Texas Division, Austin, Texas Kenneth Petty, Director, Office of Planning, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC Donald Koski, AICP, Director of Planning and Program Development, Federal Transit Administration – Region VI, Fort Worth, Texas Dan Lamers, Senior Program Manager, North Central Texas Council of Governments, Arlington, Texas
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.	BREAK (Foyer)
3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.	Concurrent Breakout Sessions Session I: Project Development – A District’s Perspective (Texas Learning Center) Moderator: Michael Haithcock, P.E., Director of Transportation Planning and Development, Abilene District, TxDOT, Abilene, Texas Consultant Selection Julie Rogers, Contract Specialist, District Design, Abilene District, TxDOT, Abilene, Texas Environmental Bobby Burke, Environmental Specialist, District Design, Abilene District, TxDOT, Abilene, Texas Design Brandon Vinson, Engineering Assistant, Transportation Planning and Development, Abilene District, TxDOT, Abilene, Texas Utilities Cliff Hallford, Transportation Specialist, Advanced Project Development, Abilene District, TxDOT, Abilene, Texas Construction Cliff Hallford, Transportation Specialist, Advanced Project Development, Abilene District, TxDOT, Abilene, Texas Session II: Program /Project Management Plans at TxDOT (Park West Ballroom) Moderator: Lynn Isaak, P.E., PMP, Project Portfolio Management Section Director, Transportation Programs Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas Management Plans at TxDOT Linda Lindsay, P.E., PPM Project Manager, Transportation Programs Division, TxDOT, Houston, Texas (Lindsay presentation slides, 1.9MB) Panel Discussion on Development and Implementation of Management Plans Juan Quiroz, P.E., PhD., Design Engineer, Bryan District, TxDOT, Bryan, Texas Zelma Myers, P.E., Central Design Manager, Fort Worth District, TxDOT, Fort Worth, Texas (Lindsay, Quiroz and Myers Panel presentation slide, 1.9MB) Session III: Corridor Planning – Developing Solutions (Trinity Ballroom) Moderator: Roger Beall, P.E., Section Director, Corridor Planning, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas I-37 Corridor Planning Study Inas Aweidah, P.E., MBA, PMP, Senior Manager, AECOM, Houston, Texas Rodney Bragg, P.E., Associate Vice President, AECOM, Phoenix, Arizona (Aweidah and Bragg presentation slides, 4.0MB) Capital – Alamo Connections Study Nair Barrios, AICP, Transportation Planner, Jacobs, Austin, Texas (Barrios presentation slides, 3.7MB) Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) Marco Cameron, P.E., Transportation Engineer, Traffic Management, Traffic Operations Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas (Cameron presentation slides, 1.6MB)
Thursday, June 7, 2018
7:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.	Registration/Information Desk (Foyer)
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast (Foyer)
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.	Concurrent Breakout Sessions Session IV: Freight, International Trade, and Border Planning – TxDOT District’s Perspective (Trinity Ballroom) Panel Moderator: Timoteo “Tim” Juarez, Jr., International Trade and Border Coordinator, Freight and International Trade, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas Freight: A Border Perspective on International, Interstate, and Intrastate Demands Robert Bielek, DPA, P.E., District Engineer, El Paso District, TxDOT, El Paso, Texas Local Implications of the Texas Freight Mobility Plan John Speed, P.E., District Engineer, Odessa District, TxDOT, Odessa, Texas Port and Gulf Coast Freight Impacts Adam Jack, P.E., Director, Transportation Planning and Development, Beaumont District, TxDOT, Beaumont, Texas Session V: Redundancy, Repetition, and Repeating Things (Data Management Tools) (Texas Learning Center) Moderator: Matthew Washburn, GIS Analyst, Mapping Branch, Data Management Section, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas Foundation – Linear Referencing System and Roadway Inventory Chris Bardash, GISP, Branch Manager, Mapping Branch, Data Management Section, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas David Freidenfeld, Branch Manager, Roadway Inventory Branch, Data Management Section, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas Applications – Project Tracker, Planning Map, Open Data Portal, Straight Line Diagram, and GRID Grace Richey, GIS Analyst, Data Management Section, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Dallas, Texas Jeremy Rogers, GIS Analyst, Mapping Branch, Data Management Section, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas Jessica Lane, GIS Analyst, Data Management Section, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas Jennifer Bierman, Senior Transportation Planner, Roadway Inventory Branch, Data Management Section, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas Jason Leazer, Planner, District Data Support Branch, Data Management Section, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas Reporting – State, Federal, and Standard Reports Jason Ferrell, GIS Analyst, Mapping Branch, Data Management Section, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas Cody Leitholt, Planner, District Data Support Branch, Data Management Section, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas Session VI: Transportation Alternatives (Park West Ballroom) Moderator: Bonnie Sherman, AICP, Planner, Statewide Bicycle and Pedestrian Program, TxDOT, Austin, Texas (Sherman presentation slides, 1.0MB) Texas Bicycle Tourism Trail Study Carl Seifert, AICP, Transportation Planner, Jacobs, Austin, Texas (Seifert presentation slides, 4.6MB) Urban and Rural Area Transit Needs Assessment Michael Walk, TTI Research Scientist, Transit Mobility Program Manager, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, College Station, Texas (Walk presentation slides, 1.2MB)
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.	BREAK (Foyer)
10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.	Concurrent Breakout Sessions Session VII: Planning for Accelerated Construction (Trinity Ballroom) Moderator: Camille Thomason, P.E., PMP, Director, Design Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas Accelerated Construction Experience in the Dallas District Ceason Clemens, P.E., Director, Transportation Planning and Development, Dallas District, TxDOT, Dallas, Texas (Clemens presentation slides, 1.2MB) Planning for Accelerated Construction in the Bryan District Allison Kurwitz, P.E., Transportation Engineer Supervisor, Advance Planning, Bryan District, TxDOT, Austin, Texas (Kurwitz presentation slides, 1.2MB) Accelerated Bridge Construction Techniques Kevin Pruski, P.E., Bridge Construction Supervisor, Bridge Field Operation Section, Bridge Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas (Pruski presentation slides, 1.2MB) Session VIII: Planning and Programming Tools (Texas Learning Center) Moderator: Robert Ramirez, Statewide Planning Branch Manager, Statewide Planning Section, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas Decision Lens Kevin M. Ford, Ph.D., Partner, High Street Consulting Group, Chicago, Illinois (Begin Ford presentation slides, 3.5MB) Performance Metrics: Data Integration System (PM-DIS) Ben Lauritzen, Systems Architect, Alliance Transportation Group, Austin, Texas (Begin Lauritzen presentation slides, 3.5MB) Portfolio Prioritization with Decision Lens and Wrap Up Dan Saaty, Co-Founder of Decision Lens Arlington, VA (Begin Saaty presentation slides, 3.5MB) Session IX: Environmental Affairs (Park West Ballroom) Moderator: Bruce Jensen, Cultural Resource Management Section Director, Environmental Affairs Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas Interactive Workshop: So Why Do We Have to Talk to These People? – Section 106 Public Involvement Terry Klein, SRI Foundation, New Mexico (Klein presentation slides, 927KB) Case Study: Going Above and Beyond – Meeting the Public on Their Terms Eddie Valtier, Director of Transportation Planning and Development, and Jennifer Wright, Public Affairs, El Paso District, TxDOT (Valtier and Wright presentation slides, 1.8MB) New Tools from ENV: Beyond the Road – Engaging the Public on Environmental Issues Laura Cruzada, Public Involvement Specialist, Archeological Studies, Environmental Affairs Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas (Cruzada presentation slides, 1.8MB)
12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m.	LUNCH (Park West Ballroom) Everything I Needed To Know… Keynote Speaker: Lani Marshall, P.E.,LEED A.P., Deputy Director, Advance Project Development, Dallas District, TxDOT, Dallas, Texas
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.	Concurrent Breakout Sessions Session X: Online Engagement: Maximizing Public Participation (Park West Ballroom) Moderator: Jefferson Grimes, Section Director, Public Involvement, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas Lynda Rife, President, Rifeline, Austin, Texas Jeremy Wyndham, P.E., Manager/Transportation Engineer, Jacobs, San Antonio, Texas Lena Camarillo, Senior Environmental Project Manager, Poznecki-Camarillo, Inc., San Antonio, Texas Catherine McCreight, Senior Transportation Planner, Houston District, TxDOT, Houston, Texas Session XI: Metropolitan Planning Organization Efforts and Effects (Trinity Ballroom) Moderator: Christie Gotti, Senior Program Manger, North Central Texas Council of Governments, Artlington, Texas Addressing North Central Texas Transportation System Vulnerability and Resiliency Jeffery C. Neal, PTP, Program Manager – Congestion Management and Innovative Project Delivery Team, NCTCOG, Arlington, Texas (Neal presentation slides, 2.1MB) Planning for Resiliency – A Roundtable Discussion about Pilot Applications (Planning for Resiliency – Panel presentation slides, 1.0MB \| Planning for Resiliency – Pollack presentation slides, 626KB) Bicycle Mobility by Design in Corpus Christi: Installing the Right Infrastructure in the Right Places Jeff Pollack AICP, ENV SP, Director, Corpus Christi MPO, Corpus Christi, Texas (Pollack (Bicycle Mobility) presentation slides, 5.6MB) Session XII: TxDOT Project Cost, Scoping and Agreements (Texas Learning Center) Moderator: Jessica Butler, P.E., Transportation Program Branch Manager, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, Austin, Texas TxDOT Project Costing Demo Justin Lawson, Accounting Specialist, Finance Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas Maria Maldonado, Project Ledgers and Federal Billing Manager, Finance Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas (Lawson and Maldonado presentation slides, 1.8MB) Introduction to Transportation Planning & Development (TPD100) David M.Y. Millikan, P.E., Director, Local Government Projects, Transportation Programs Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas (Millikan (TPD100) presentation slides, 1.1MB) Project Scoping Guidebook for MPO Transportation · TxDOT Risk Assessment Process for Local Government Projects and Advance Funding Agreements · LGPP Training Re-qualification Requirements David M.Y. Millikan, P.E., Director, Local Government Projects, Transportation Programs Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas (Millikan (Guidebook) presentation slides, 565KB)
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.	BREAK (Foyer)
3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.	Concurrent Breakout Sessions Session XIII: FHWA/FTA (Texas Learning Center) Moderator: Michael Leary, Director of Planning and Program Development, Federal Highway Administration – Texas Division, Austin, Texas Transit Asset Management Plan and Performance Based Planning Requirements for Transit Donald Koski, ACIP, Director of Planning and Program Development, Federal Transit Administration – Region VI, Fort Worth, Texas (Koski presentation slides, 1.0MB) Update on Performance-Based Planning and Programming (PbPP) in Texas Kirk Fauver, Planning and Research Engineer, Federal Highway Administration – Texas Division, Austin, Texas (Fauver presentation slides, 4.4MB) QA / QC TIPs, MTPs, CMAQ, and TE Reporting Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration Queries / Retorts for Federal Partners Session XIV: Journey from Data Collection to Decision-Based Planning (Trinity Ballroom) Moderator: Chris Didear, Branch Manager, System Support, Traffic Analysis, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas (Didear (Moderator) presentation slides, 194KB) Where the Data Begins… Catherine Wolff, Branch Manager, Field Operations, Traffic Analysis, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas (Wolff presentation slides, 542KB) STARS II and Data Evolution Chris Didear, Branch Manager, System Support, Traffic Analysis, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas (Didear (STARS) presentation slides, 2.6MB) Reaching Your Decision Destination Janie Temple, Branch Manager, Transportation Analysis, Traffic Analysis, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas (Temple presentation slides, 1.1MB) Session XV: Maritime (Park West Ballroom) Moderator: Alisha Peña, Maritime Program Coordinator, Maritime, TxDOT, Austin, Texas Ports and Waterways Alisha Peña, Maritime Program Coordinator, Maritime Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas Lauren Brand, PPM, Associate Administrator for Intermodal Systems Development, U.S. Maritime Administration, Washington D.C. Sheridan Willey, P.E., Civil Engineer/Project Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Galveston District, Galveston, Texas