| SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2007 |
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| 7:00 am - 12:00 noon |
Golf Outing
(Advanced Sign-Up Required) |
| 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm |
LUNCH
(On your own) |
| 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm |
TRB Freeway Operations Committee Meeting
(Members Only) |
| 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm |
DINNER
(On your own) |
| 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm |
Research Subcommittee Meeting
(Members and Friends) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm |
Conference Planning Subcommittee Meeting
(Members and Friends) |
| 7:45 pm - 9:00 pm |
Handbook Subcommittee Meeting
(Members and Friends) |
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| MONDAY, MAY 21, 2007 |
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| 8:30 am - 11:30 am |
TRB Freeway Operations General Committee Meeting
(Members and Friends) |
| 11:30 am - 1:30 pm |
LUNCH
(On your own) |
| 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm |
Technical Bus Tour of Houston Freeway and Tollway Projects:
(Ticket required)
- Houston TranStar - Transportation and Emergency Management Center
- Katy Freeway and Managed Lanes
- Harris County Operation Center
- Westpark Tollway
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| Evening |
DINNER
(On your own) |
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| TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2007 |
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| 8:30 am - 10:00 am |
OPENING SESSION
Moderator: Phil Masters
Part I - Federal, International, and Local Perspectives
- US DOT Direction and Initiatives
Patrick DeCorla-Souza, FHWA
presentation (281KB)
- Mexico, Distrito Federal
Amado Athie-Rubio, Technical Coordinator of Road Infrastructure
presentation (276KB)
- Local Perspective
Art Storey, Harris County Public Infrastructure Department
Part II - US and European Experience
- Managed Lane Planning and Development Trends: A National Perspective
Darren Henderson, PB
presentation (1.3MB)
- Active Traffic Management – Experience from Europe
Beverly T. Kuhn, TTI
presentation (1.1MB)
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| 10:00 am - 10:30 am |
BREAK |
| 10:30 am - 12:00 pm |
CONCURRENT BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
Session 1: Public Private Partnerships
Moderator: Christopher Poe
- Closing America's Infrastructure Gap: The Role of PPPs
Pete Teigen, Deloitte
presentation (2.2MB)
- A New Multimodal Public-Private Partnership Approach to Restore Metropolitan Mobility
Patrick DeCorla-Souza, FHWA
presentation (48KB)
white paper (97KB)
- Transportation Public-Private Partnerships: A Good Deal for the Public
Gary Groat, Fluor
presentation (936KB)
- The Path to Public Acceptance for PPP and Toll Roads
Russell Bell, Frank Wilson & Associates
presentation (65KB)
Session 2: System Operation & Management
Moderator: Walter Kraft
- Building a Systems Operation and Management Organization and Culture
Gregory Selstead, Washington State DOT
presentation (684KB)
- Integrated Corridor Management: West Houston ICM Pioneer Site Activity Overview
John Gaynor, TxDOT
- Congestion Management – A New Direction
Dan Baxter, DKS Associates
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| 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm |
LUNCHEON
Sponsored by TransCore
(with Speaker TBA) |
| 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm |
CONCURRENT BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
Session 3: Traffic & Revenue Forecasting
Moderator: Rodney Brown
- Deep Future Forecasting
Dan Gomez-Duran, Steer Davies Gleave
presentation (178KB)
- Sensitivity Analysis of Traffic Forecast in Toll Road Studies
Xiaojin (Jerry) Ji, Wilbur Smith Associates
- The Impact of Traveler Information on Commuter's Travel Behavior and Toll Road Choice
Zhong Wang, CTR, UT-Austin
white paper (141KB)
- A Comparison of Traveler's Value-of-Time in Toll Road Studies
Yong Zhao, Wilbur Smith Associates
Session 4: HOT/Managed Lanes
Moderator: Jessie Yung
- Integration of Managed/HOT Lanes into Freeway Operations
Stacey Stegman, Colorado DOT
presentation (403KB)
- Managed Lanes in North Texas – Over a Decade in the Making
Matt MacGregor, Texas DOT
short presentation (3.7MB)
long presentation (4.7MB)
- HOT Highways: Costs, Benefits and Revenues
Patrick DeCorla-Souza, FHWA
presentation (137KB)
white paper (94KB)
- Issues Affecting Violation Enforcement on Managed Lanes
David S. Burgess, PBS&J
presentation (1.5MB)
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| 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm |
BREAK |
| 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm |
CONCURRENT BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
Session 5: Toll Operations
Moderator: Matt MacGregor
- Current Toll Road Activity in the U.S., A Survey and Analysis
Ben Perez, PB Consult
presentation (902KB)
- Optimizing Optional Toll Lane Performance in Minnesota: I-394 MnPASS Phase II Planning
Kenneth R. Buckeye, Minnesota DOT
presentation (578KB)
- Projections of Operating Costs for Toll Facilities
Phillip D. Miller, PBS&J
presentation (481KB)
Session 6: Emergency Management
Moderator: Gordon Paesani
- Regional Traffic Dispersal Patterns under Managed Evacuation: The Katrina Case Study
Brian Wolshon, Louisiana State University
- Contraflow Strategies: Microscopic vs. Mesoscopic Simulation Analysis
Vinayak Dixit, University of Central Florida
presentation (592KB)
- Impact of Climate Change on Gulf Coast Emergency Management
Russell Henk, TTI
presentation (1.5MB)
- Guidance on Diverting Traffic to HOT/ETL Facilities for Incident Management
David Ungemah, TTI
presentation (8.9MB)
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| 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm |
NETWORKING DINNER
Thomas C. Lambert, Vice President and Chief of Police of the Department of Police and Traffic Management for the Metropolitan Transit Authority in Houston, Texas |
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| WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2007 |
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| 8:00 am - 9:30 am |
CONCURRENT BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
Session 7: Impact of Pricing
Moderator: David Ungemah
- Zone Pricing for Urban Areas – Costs, Earnings and Savings
Thomas Biggs, PBS&J
presentation (329KB)
- Impacts on Pricing on the Behavior of Commercial Traffic: A Review of the Evidence and Its Implications to Freeway Management
Jose Holguin-Veras, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
presentation (467KB)
- Lessons Learned from Implementing London's Congestion Charging Scheme
Pete Teigen, Deloitte
presentation (1.2MB)
- Linking System Efficiency to Return on Private Investment in Toll Corridors through Targeted Incentives
Myron Swisher, DMJM Harris
presentation (4.6MB)
Session 8: International Case Studies
Moderator: Jeff Randall
- The Building of the Metro Manila Skyway
Donald Hubbard, PB
presentation (1.6MB)
- Tolling Policy in PPPs: Balancing Objectives and Risks in Completion of Autoroute 25 in Montreal
Michael Benouaich, PB Consult
presentation (323KB)
- The Use of Technologic Development Fund in Ten Years of The Federal Road Concession Program in Brazil
Bruna Pinheiro de Melo, Agencia Nacional de Tranportes Terrestres
presentation (251KB)
- Toll Concessions and PPPs, The French Experience
Nicolas Gauthier, Transportation and Construction Attaché, French Embassy
presentation (1.0MB)
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| 9:30 am - 10:00 am |
BREAK |
| 10:00 am - 11:30 am |
BREAK-OUT SESSION
Session 9: North American Case Studies
Moderator: Myron Swisher
- Successfully Bringing a New Toll Facility to Market
Greg Hulsizer, South Bay Expressway
presentation (1.4MB)
- What Kind of Managed Lanes for Atlanta?
Leonard Gilroy, Reason Foundation
presentation (1.4MB)
- Houston HOT Lane System
Loyd Smith, Houston METRO
- 407 ETR Project
Imad Nassereddine, 407 ETR Concession Company Limited
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| 11:30 am - 12:00 pm |
Key Themes Observed from the Conference
Dan Baxter & Phil Masters, TRB Freeway Operations Committee
presentation (55KB) |
| 12:00 pm |
CONFERENCE ADJOURNS |
