TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT

I N S T I T U T E

  CONFERENCE AGENDA PROGRAM 2015

 
TUESDAY OCTOBER 20

 
 
8:00-8:30 am

NETWORKING & REGISTRATION

 
 
8:30-10:00 am

TOD TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICA

-David Langol, New Boston Fund
-Andy Kunz, Transit Oriented Development Institute
-Christopher Leinberger, LOCUS / George Washington University School of Business
-Lynn Richards, Congress for the New Urbanism
-Robin-Eve Jasper, NoMa Business Improvement District (BID)
-Harriet Tregoning, HUD

TOPICS: Sweeping Changes in City Living, Cultural Shift to Walkable Urbanism, Benefits & Challenges, Removing All Obstacles, Winning Economics of TOD

 
 
10:00-10:30 am

NETWORKING BREAK

 
 
10:30-11:30 am

TOD COMPONENTS & PROJECT TYPES

-Shyam Kannan, Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority
-Christopher Leinberger, LOCUS / George Washington University School of Business

TOPICS: Prototypes, TOD Sizes and Make Up, Best Practices, Mix of Uses, Re-Balancing Uses

 
 
11:30-12:30 pm

TOD ACROSS AMERICA

-Evan Goldman, Federal Realty
-Transbay Joint Powers Authority
-Paul Morris, Atlanta Beltline
-Daniel Krause, Transit Oriented Development Institute

TOPICS: Successful National Catalyst Projects, Design, Models, Lessons Learned, Public and Private Roles and Incentives

 
 
12:30-1:30 pm

NETWORKING LUNCH

 
 
1:30-3:30 pm

TOD DC PART 1

OVERVIEW
-Christopher Leinberger, LOCUS / George Washington University School of Business
-Eric Shaw, DC Office of Planning

DOWNTOWN (City Center)
-Bill Alsup, Hines
-Richard Bradley, Downtown DC BID

DOWNTOWN ADJACENT (Capital Riverfront, NoMa, Union Station)
-Michael Stevens, Capital Riverfront BID
-Doug Firstenberg, StonebridgeCarras
-Beverley Swaim-Staley, Union Station Redevelopment Corporation

URBAN COMMERCIAL (U Street/14th Street)
-Jair Lynch, Jair Lynch Real Estate Development Partners

 
 
3:30-4:00 pm

NETWORKING BREAK

 
 
4:00-6:00 pm

TOD DC PART 2

OVERVIEW
-Christopher Zimmerman, Smart Growth America
-Andrew Scott, Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority

-Steven Cover, Arlington Co., Dept. of Community Planning, Housing & Development

SUBURBAN TOWN CENTER (Clarendon)
-Rod Lawrence, The JBG Companies
-Bob Brosnan, City Version 3

DRIVABLE SUBURBAN REDEVELOPMENT (Tysons)
-Michael Caplin, Tysons Partnership
-Gary Block, The Meridan Group
-Patricia Nicoson, Dulles Corridor Association

GREENFIELD / BROWNFIELD - Urban Transformation (Crystal City, Pentagon City, Potomac Yards)
-Mitch Bonanno, Vornado/Charles E. Smith
-Karl Moritz, City of Alexandria, Planning & Zoning

 
 
7:00-9:00 pm

EVENING RECEPTION

 
 
 
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 21

 
 
8:00-8:30 am

NETWORKING & REGISTRATION

 
 
8:30-10:30 am

DESIGNING GREAT PLACES

-Andy Kunz, Transit Oriented Development Institute
-Kristopher Takacs, SOM
-Ellen McCarthy, McCarthy Urban Associates
-Gabe Klein, Klein Associates
-John Torti, Torti Gallas and Partners

TOPICS: Creating a Great Public Realm and Spaces, Placemaking Details, Urban Design, Smart Codes, Human Scale Buildings & Places, Design for Walkability, Pedestrian-Only Streets, Retrofitting the Suburbs, Getting Parking Right, Design for Successful Retail & Sidewalk Cafe Districts

 
 
10:30-11:00 am

NETWORKING BREAK

 
 
11:00-12:30

PLACE MANAGEMENT & MARKETING THE TOD LIFESTYLE

-Angela Fox, Crystal City BID
-Tina Leone, Ballston BID
-Tom Fairchild, City Version 3
-Paul DeMaio, MetroBike

TOPICS: Management & Role of BIDs, CIDs, Main Street Organizations, Programing Farmers Markets, Outdoor Festivals & Events, Marketing TOD and the Urban Lifestyle, Delivering Convenience & Enjoyment, Encouraging the Bicycle Culture with Bikeshare and Protected Bike Lanes

 
 
12:30-1:30 pm

NETWORKING LUNCH

 
 
1:30-2:30 pm

SPECIAL WALKING TOUR OF NOMA DISTRICT

 
 
2:30-3:30 pm

FEDERAL & STATE ROLE IN TOD

-Stewart Schwartz, Coalition for Smarter Growth
-Christopher Coes, LOCUS
-James Corless, Transportation For America
-Tim Sullivan, Connecticut Department of Economic Development

TOPICS: Federal Update on TOD Funding Sources in Transportation Bill, Additional Funding Sources and Incentives, Successful Ballot Measures Funding New Light Rail & Streetcar Projects, States' Role in TOD Rollout, California's New Carbon Tax Funding Rail & TOD

 
 
3:30-4:30 pm

CORPORATE AMERICA EMBRACES TOD

-Christopher Zimmerman, Smart Growth America
-Nathan Edwards, Cushman & Wakefield
-Angela Fox, Crystal City BID

-Traci Jenks, Cushman & Wakefield
-Alex Dodds, Smart Growth America


TOPICS: Corporations Moving to Urbanism, Sweeping National Trend, Attracting Young Employees With Urbanism, The Value of Lively Mixed-Use Neighborhoods With Transit as Ideal Corporate Setting

 
 
4:30-5:00 pm

NETWORKING BREAK

 
 
5:00-6:00 pm

SOURCES OF EQUITY FUNDING FOR TOD

-Christopher Leinberger, LOCUS / George Washington University School of Business
-Kurt Roeloffs, Protean Company

-Geoffrey Anderson, Smart Growth America

TOPICS: New TOD Funding Sources, New Pool of Investment for TOD, Combining Multiple Funding Sources

 
 
THURSDAY OCTOBER 22

 
8:30am - 3:00pm        

PROJECT TOURS

 
TOUR 1) DOWNTOWN DC & NEW GREEN LINE TODs
-City Center, Gallery Place, Columbia Heights, Navy Yard

TOUR 2) UNIVERSITY & NORTHERN VIRGINIA TODs
-George Washington University, Pentagon Row, Crystal City, Potomac Yards, Carlyle, Eisenhower Valley


TOUR 3) ROSSLYN-BALLSTON CORRIDOR & TYSONS
-Clarendon, Courthouse, Tysons

TOUR 4) RED LINE CORRIDOR - SUBURBAN RETROFITS
-Bethesda Row, Pike & Rose, Rockville Town Center