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Conference Wrap-Up 63805_165_184 4/7/05 3:46 AM Page 155
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1 5 7 Why Brian Bochner, Texas Transportation Institute As noted at the beginning, the conference wasdivided into four themes: the what, where, who,and how of pursuing smart growth and supportive transportation. Background on trends in transportation and land use was presented during the first session.
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1 5 8 What Robert Dunphy, Urban Land Institute The next session was the "what" of smartgrowth -- what smart growth transportation sys-tems looks like and how they vary from place to place. We heard general remarks from Mary McCumber of the Puget Sound Regional Council; Harrison Bright Rue of the Jefferson Planning District Commission, Charlottesville, Virginia; Steve Heminger of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)
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1 5 9 Where Alexander Taft, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations The next session was on the different transporta-tion looks of smart growth, and we heard aboutthree. Luann Hamilton of the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT)
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They discussed a construction sales tax, which is a unique way to pay for the capital improvements through a sales tax for whatever facilities they need -- mostly roadways. They are going to try to bring the jobs and retail closer to residential areas.
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1 6 1 Where and Who Mary Kay Santore, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency I'm with the U.S.
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oritization, and multiple wider entries into the vehicle itself. Robert Grow of Envision Utah outlined the premise of the program, which is similar to that of most smart growth programs: the public has the right to choose its future, and the role of the public official is to carry out the vision.
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1 6 3 How Catherine Rice, Maryland State Highway Administration This has been a great conference, and what set itapart from other TRB conferences I've attendedis that we have been practical and applications oriented. Speakers discussed not just theory and concepts, but actual application.
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1 6 4 Conference Closing Charles Howard, Washington State Department of Transportation Iwant to give my own summary of what I got fromthis conference. This "highways versus transit"issue is posed so often, and it is really a futile argument.
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