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Planning

Sessions: Previous Session – Hydraulics | Next Session – Project Management

Wednesday, October 13
8:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Program and Session Co-Chairs:
Susan Howard, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT
Michael Chamberlain, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT
Katie Turnbull, Ph.D., TTI
Ed Hard, TTI

 

Moderator: Melissa Rothrock, Transportation Planning and Programming, TxDOT

8:30 – 8:55 a.m.

Putting TxDOT on the Map, Using GIS to Connect YOU with Texas
Jennifer Lash, PMP, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT
Bethany Wyatt, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT
Christopher Johnson, PMP, Amarillo District, TxDOT
(Lash, Wyatt, and Johnson presentation video)

8:55 – 9:15 a.m.

A New Normal? New Traffic Data Resources and New Traffic Data Patterns
David Freidenfeld, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT
(Freidenfeld presentation video)

9:15 – 9:35 a.m.

CO2 and On-Road Transportation in Texas
Michael Chamberlain, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT
(Chamberlain presentation video)

9:35 – 10:00 a.m.

Census 2020 Implications for Transit in Texas: Potential Census 2020 Impacts on Texas Transit Funding
Michael Walk, TTI
(Walk presentation video)

10:00 – 10:30 a.m.

BREAK

 

Moderator: Seth Howard, Transportation Planning and Programming, TxDOT

10:30 – 10:55 a.m.

The Power of Corridor Studies and Strategic Planning: The Statewide and District Application
Lorena Echeverria de Misi, MBA, P.E., Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT
Catherine McCreight, MBA, MA, Houston District, TxDOT
(Echeverria de Misi and McCreight presentation video)

10:55 – 11:15 a.m.

Setting the Bar for Virtual Public Involvement
Susan Howard, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT
Juan D. Quiroz, Ph.D., P.E., Bryan District, TxDOT
(Howard and Quiroz presentation video)

11:15 – 11:35 a.m.

What’s the Plan?
David Ford, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT
Jonathan Bean, P.E., San Antonio District, TxDOT
(Ford and Bean presentation video)

11:35 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Texas-Mexico Border Transportation Master Plan: Connecting Texas to Global Economies and Moving People and Goods
Aisa Showery, PMP, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT
Pedro “Pete” Alvarez, P.E., DE, Pharr District, TxDOT
Tomas Trevino, P.E., DE, El Paso District, TxDOT
David Salazar, P.E., DE, Laredo District, TxDOT
(Showery, Alvarez, Trevino, and Salazar presentation video)

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