PROCEEDINGS
Transportation Design for Communities, 2006
May 2006, Atlanta, Georgia
Transportation Design for Communities was a two-day program held in May of 2006 that presented principles to help create more livable places. Experts shared their tools for designing transportation facilities where pedestrians, bicyclists, transit customers, and motorists are all partners in mobility. The program focused on community and street design solutions, economic and land development implications, land use regulations that support transportation projects, and the community involvement process.
Governments and Growth, 2006
March 2006, Atlanta, Georgia
Elected officials and local government staff, community leaders, and others from throughout Georgia gathered in Atlanta for the 2006 Governments & Growth Workshop. The workshop featured expert-led panel discussions and breakout sessions on growth-related issues, including land development, public engagement, transportation methods and funding, legal tools, and economic development.
January 2006 MegaRegions Symposium
Atlanta, Georgia
On January 30, 2006, representatives from private, public, academic, and non-profit organizations across six southern states gathered in Atlanta, GA for a groundbreaking symposium on the future of the emerging southeastern MegaRegion, known as the Piedmont Atlantic MegaRegion (PAM). This gathering, both informative and action-oriented, laid the framework for a region-wide agenda aimed at the creation of policies, infrastructure, resources, and regional cooperation to position the southeastern MegaRegion for success in the global economy.
Context Sensitive Design Symposium
May 2004, Atlanta, Georgia
More than 100 engineers, urban designers, city planners, municipal and state officials, community and nonprofit representatives, and others met with national experts in May 2004 to learn more about context sensitive design (CSD), a philosophy for transportation system and public space design that takes into account environmental, aesthetic, historic, and community resources to produce projects that meet transportation needs and support the community's goals and surroundings. The presentations and results of the hands-on workshop are available online.
