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Program

Updated April 19, 2022 | complete program

Tuesday, May 3, 2022
12:00 noon – 6:00 p.m.

Registration/Information Desk
(Post Oak Ball Room–Prefunction)
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Statewide TP&D Director’s Quarterly Meeting
(Post Oak Ball Room DEFG)
9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.

Pre-Bike Tour Presentation
(Post Oak Ball Room C)
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

TexPack – Network and TAZ Development
(Post Oak Ball Room A)
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Power Up Your PI Planning Process – Approach to Strategic Internal Public Involvement Planning Tool (Mini EPI 200 Training Session)
(Post Oak Ball Room B)
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Bike Tour – Memorial Park Land Bridges, Buffalo Bayou Trails, through Downtown to Discovery Green
(Hotel Lobby)
weather permitting
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

TEMPO Meeting
(Post Oak Ball Room C)
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

TDM Demographic Data Development for MPOs
(Post Oak Ball Room A)
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Freight Investment Optimization (FIO) Tool: Scenario Planning, Investment Prioritization, and Network Assessment
(Post Oak Ball Room B)
1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

The Only Certainty is Uncertainty: Two Different Scenario Planning Approaches (SMART & SWIFT) to Analyze Subregional Areas in Houston, Texas
(Post Oak Ball Room C)
(Introduction presentation slides, 1.4MB | SMART presentation slides, 9.4MB | SWIFT presentation slides, 17.2MB)
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Highway Project Scoring – Best Practices, Lessons Learned, and Tools
(Post Oak Ball Room DEFG)
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Port Tour
(Hotel Lobby)
tentative and weather permitting
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Identifying, Tracking, and Remediating ADA Deficiencies – Overview of TCAP
(Post Oak Ball Room B)
3:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Texas Model Users Group (TxMUG) Meeting
(Post Oak Ball Room C)
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

TP&D Director’s Closed Door Meeting
(Post Oak Ball Room DEFG)
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Reception
(Post Oak Ball Room–Prefunction)
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Registration/Information Desk
(Post Oak Ball Room–Prefunction)
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast
(Post Oak Ball Room–Prefunction)
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Welcome Session
(Post Oak Ball Room)

MODERATOR: Jessica Butler, P.E., Director, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas
(Butler presentation slides, 177KB)

  • Brandye Hendrickson, Deputy Executive Director, Planning and Administration, TxDOT, Austin, Texas
  • The Honorable David Robinson, Council Member At-Large, Position 2, City of Houston, Houston, Texas
  • Eliza Paul, P.E., District Engineer, Houston District, TxDOT, Houston, Texas
  • Craig Raborn, Director, Transportation Planning, Houston-Galveston Area Council, Houston, Texas
  • Roger Guenther, Executive Director, Port Houston Authority, Houston, Texas
  • Sanjay Ramabhadran, P.E., Chair, Board of Directors, Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Houston, Texas (tentative)
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

BREAK
(Post Oak Ball Room–Prefunction)
10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Plenary Session
(Post Oak Ball Room)

MODERATOR: Raquelle Lewis, Section Director, Public Information Officer, Communications Division, TxDOT, Houston, Texas

  • Kenneth Petty, Director, Office of Planning, FHWA, Washington, D.C.
    (Petty presentation slides, 1.1MB)
  • Cheryl Walker, Associate Administrator for Safety, FHWA, Washington, D.C.
    (Walker presentation slides, 4.2MB)
  • Joung Lee, Deputy Director, Chief Policy Officer, AASHTO, Washington, D.C.
12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m.

LUNCH
(Post Oak Ball Room)
1:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Concurrent Break-out Sessions

SESSION I: Maritime, Rail, and Aviation
(Greenway Ballroom)

MODERATOR: Lynn Isaak, P.E., PMP, Section Director, Project Portfolio Management, Transportation Programs Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas

  • Connecting You with Texas Ports: Integrating Seaports into TxDOT’s Planning Process
    Geir-Eilif Kalhagen, Director, Maritime Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas
    (Kalhagen presentation slides, 3.2MB)

  • Rail Division: Replanks, Spring-Loaded Frogs, and Other Rail Stuff You Didn’t Know TxDOT Does
    Chad Coburn, Rail Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas
    (Coburn presentation slides, 6.3MB)

  • Developing the Flight Plan for the Future of Texas’ Aviation System
    Jim Halley, Section Director, Airport Planning and Programming, Aviation Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas
    (Halley presentation slides, 1.4MB)

SESSION II: Topics with Environmental Affairs
(Constellation Ballroom–West)

MODERATOR: Adrienne Boer, Section Director, Project Delivery, Environmental Affairs Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas Management Plans at TxDOTs

  • Promoting Faster Clearance: The Open-Ended Discussion
    Anthony Horne, Environmental Specialist, Project Delivery, Environmental Affairs Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas
    (Horne presentation slides, 1.5MB)

  • When Avoiding a Problem is the Best Solution: Early Planning and Coordination to Identify and Avoid Endangered Species, Critical Habitat and Jurisdictional Waters
    Clover Clamons, Section Director, Natural Resources Management, Environmental Affairs Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas
    (Clamons presentation slides, 6.7MB)

  • Go Beyond the Road in Public Engagement
    Jennifer Carpenter, Historian, Cultural Resources Management, Environmental Affairs Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas
    (Carpenter presentation slides, 124.8MB)

SESSION III: Statewide Planning
(Constellation Ballroom–East)

MODERATOR: Christeen Pusch, Transportation Planner, Statewide Planning, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas

  • Statewide Long Range Plan Introduction and Overview
    Casey Wells, Branch Manager, Statewide Planning, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas
    Phillip Baker, P.E., Urban Planner and Engineer, AECOM, Washington, D.C.
    Jim Meyer, Senior Transportation Planner, Transportation Plans Lead Americas, AECOM, St. Petersburg, Florida
    (Wells, Baker and Meyer presentation slides, 2.2MB)

  • Statewide Resiliency Plan
    Carlos Calle, Transportation Planner, Statewide Planning, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas
    (Calle presentation slides, 443 KB)

    Kirk D. Fauver, Planning and Research Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, Texas Division, Austin, Texas
    (Fauver presentation slides, 1.4MB)
3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

BREAK
3:30 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.

Concurrent Break-out Sessions

SESSION IV: Texas Delivers 2050: The Role of the Supply Chain, and How Data Informs Freight Planning
(Greenway Ballroom)

MODERATOR: Sherry Pifer, Branch Manager, Freight Systems, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas
(Pifer presentation slides, 1.4MB)

  • Paula Dowell, Ph.D., Principal, National Practice Leader, Freight and Economics, Cambridge Systematics, Austin, Texas
  • LD White, Senior Research, Scientist Mobility Analysis, TTI, College Station, Texas
    (White presentation slides, 2.0MB)
  • Lisa Haley, Director, Supply Chain and Logistics, Nacero Company, Houston,Texas
    (Haley presentation slides, 1.6MB)

SESSION V: Spotlight on Houston
(Constellation Ballroom–West)

MODERATOR: Andrew Mao, P.E., Director, District Advanced Transportation Planning, Houston District, TxDOT, Houston, Texas

  • Plan: Using Big Data and Tableau to Inform Decision Making
    Qing Li, Ph.D., Transportation Planner, Houston District, TxDOT, Houston, Texas
    Heng Wang, P.E., Transportation Planner, Houston District, TxDOT, Houston, Texas
    Sungmin Lee, Principal Data Analyst, Houston-Galveston Area Council, Houston, Texas
    (Li, Wang and Lee presentation slides, 7.4MB)

  • Build: The Regional Express Access Lanes (REAL) Plan
    Andrew Mao, P.E., Director, District Advanced Transportation Planning, Houston District, TxDOT, Houston, Texas
    Catherine McCreight, MBA, MA, Transportation Planner, Houston District, TxDOT, Houston, Texas

  • Manage: ConnectSmart – Making Houston More Connected and Less Congested
    Brenda Bustillos, Ph.D., P.E., Transportation Engineer, Houston District, TxDOT, Houston, Texas
    Jamila Owens, MBA, TDM-CP, Manager, Transportation-Travel Demand Management, Houston-Galveston Area Council, Houston, Texas
    Yi-Chang Chiu, Ph.D., CEO & President, Metropia, Inc., Houston, Texas
    (Bustillos, Owens and Chiu presentation slides, 13.2MB)

SESSION VI: Addressing System Safety from Three Different Perspectives: FHWA, TxDOT, MPO
(Constellation Ballroom–East)

MODERATOR: Rose Marie Klee, P.E., Section Director, Hydrology and Hydraulics, Design Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas

  • Stephen Ratke, P.E., RSP2I, Senior Safety and Geometric Design Engineer, Federal Highway Administration Resource Center
    (Ratke presentation slides, 2.1MB)
  • Khalid Jamil, P.E., Section Director, Traffic Simulation and Safety, Design Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas
    (Jamil presentation slides, 763KB)
  • David Fink, P.E., Program Manager, Houston-Galveston Area Council, Houston, Texas
    (Fink presentation slides, 1.8MB)
Thursday, May 5, 2022
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast
(Post Oak Ball Room – Prefunction)
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Concurrent Break-out Sessions

SESSION VII: Transit/Traffic Safety Updates
(Greenway Ballroom)

MODERATOR: Giacomo Yaquinto, AICP, International Trade and Border Coordinator, International Trade, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas

  • Performance Measures for Transit Safety
    J.D. Allen, AICP, Executive Vice President, Alliance Transportation Group, Lake Charles, Louisiana
    Mark Sprick, AICP, Section Director, Administration and Program Support, Public Transportation Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas
    (Allen and Sprick presentation slides, 391KB)

  • Bus & Rail Public Transportation Agency Safety Plans (PTASP)
    J.D. Allen, AICP, Executive Vice President, Alliance Transportation Group, Lake Charles, Louisiana
    Mark Sprick, AICP, Section Director, Administration and Program Support, Public Transportation Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas
    (Allen and Sprick (2nd) presentation slides, 268KB)

  • Traffic Safety Trends and Issues in the Three Border Regions: El Paso, Laredo, and the Rio Grande Valley
    Eduardo Perales, Director of Transportation Operations, El Paso District, TxDOT, El Paso, Texas
    (Perales presentation slides, 4.9MB)

    Humberto “Tito” Gonzalez, P.E., Director, Transportation Planning and Development, Laredo District, TxDOT, Laredo, Texas
    (Gonzalez presentation slides, 2.1MB)

    Rex Costley, P.E., Deputy District Engineer, Pharr District, TxDOT, Pharr, Texas
    (Costley presentation slides, 1.6MB)

SESSION VIII: Building the UTP and Managing the Statewide Portfolio
(Constellation Ballroom–West)

MODERATOR: Mildred Litchfield, Section Director, UTP/Portfolio Performance, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT,
Austin, Texas

  • Importance of Planning Cost Estimates and Tactical Takeaways
    Christopher Johnson, PMP, Section Director, Project Portfolio Management, Transportation Programs Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas
    Erika Kemp, PMP, Director, MPPM Projects, Transportation Programs Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas
    (Johnson and Kemp presentation slides, 810KB)

  • Affordability and Selection
    Will Etheredge, Business Operations Project Manager, UTP/Portfolio Performance, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas
    Eric Clennon, Project Development Manager, UTP/Portfolio Performance, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas
    (Etheredge and Clennon presentation slides, 1.7MB)

  • Empowering TxDOT with Data
    Ben McCulloch, Special Projects Reporting Supervisor, Transportation Programs Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas
    Emilie Schulz, Data Privacy Officer, Information Technology Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas
    David Ford, Business Operations Project Manager, UTP/Portfolio Performance, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas
    (McCulloch, Schulz and Ford presentation slides, 903KB)

SESSION IX: Corridor Planning
(Constellation Ballroom–East)

MODERATOR: Amy Redmond, Public Involvement Specialist, Public Involvement, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas

  • Identifying Greatest Needs on Our System with the Use of the New Corridor Planning Tools
    Lorena Echeverria de Misi, P.E., Branch Manager, Corridor Planning, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas
    Curtis Jones, Project Development Manager, Corridor Planning, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas
    Ana Ramirez Huerta, Ph.D., Transportation Planner, Houston District, TxDOT Houston, Texas
    Catherine McCreight, MBA, MA, Senior Transportation Planner, Houston District, TxDOT, Houston, Texas
    (Echeverria de Misi, Jones, Huerta and McCreight presentation slides, 12.5MB)

  • Leveraging Stakeholder Engagement on Corridor Studies to Foster a Culture of Care…A Culture of Safety
    Cary Karnstadt, Project Development Manager, Corridor Planning, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas

  • Advancing Project Development through Corridor Planning
    Steve Linhart, AICP, Project Development Manager, Corridor Planning, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

BREAK
10:15 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Concurrent Break-out Sessions

SESSION X: Map-Based Tools to Advance Active Transportation Planning in Texas
(Greenway Ballroom)
(Heath, Sherman, Seifer, and Huerta presentation slides, 12.0MB)

MODERATOR: Ibrahima Tembely, Transportation Planner, Statewide Planning, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas

  • Active Transportation Plan Inventory (ATPI)
    Noah Heath, AICP, Bicycle and Pedestrian Planner, Public Transportation Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas

  • Texas Bicycle and Pedestrian Count Exchange (BPCX)
    Bonnie Sherman, AICP, Bicycle and Pedestrian Program Supervisor, Public Transportation Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas

  • Bicycle Tourism Trails Prioritization Tool
    Carl Seifert, AICP, Active Transportation Planner, Jacobs, Austin, Texas

  • Using the Houston District’s GIS Library to Address Bicycle Accommodations
    Ana Ramirez Huerta, Ph.D., Transportation Planner, Houston District, TxDOT, Houston, Texas

SESSION XI: The Federal and State Stance on Virtual Public Involvement and Successes with Online Engagement Tools
(Constellation Ballroom–West)

MODERATOR: Julie Beaubien, Public Involvement Team Lead, Public Involvement, Transportation Planning and Programming Division TxDOT,
Austin, Texas

  • FHWA Every Day Counts Virtual Public Involvement Initiative
    Shelley Pridgen, Research Project Manager, Research and Technology Implementation Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas
    Kirk D. Fauver, Planning and Research Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, Texas Division, Austin, Texas
    Susan Howard, Section Director, Public Involvement, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas
    (Pridgen, Fauver and Howard presentation slides, 4.9MB)

SESSION XII: Data Analytics/Innovations
(Constellation Ballroom–East)

MODERATOR: Melissa Rothrock, Transportation Planner, Data Management Section, Transportation Planning and Programming Division,
TxDOT, Austin, Texas

  • Alternative Fuel Corridors and Electric Vehicle Planning
    Michael Chamberlain, Section Director, Data Management, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas

  • Statewide GIS Program
    Jennifer Lash, Statewide GIS Program Manager, Data Management, Transportation Planning and Programming Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas
    (Lash presentation slides, 8MB)

  • Telematics Data: Developing Tools for Actionable Insights
    James Kuhr, Strategic Research Analyst, Strategic Planning Division, TxDOT, Austin, Texas

    Shawn Turner, Senior Research Engineer, TTI, College Station, Texas
    (Turner presentation slides, 672KB)

    Ed Hard, Research Scientist/Program Manager, TTI, College Station, Texas