SMART CITIES COLLABORATIVE: SEATTLE MEETING AGENDA
MONDAY, JULY 9TH
11:00AM – 12:00PM — LUNCH
12:00PM – 12:20PM — WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
12:20PM – 12:35PM — OPENING KEYNOTE
12:35PM – 1:45PM — PERFORMANCE METRICS FOR NEW MOBILITY
Interactive small–group discussions to provide feedback on Los Angeles Department of Transportation’s Transportation Happiness Core Principles and related metrics.
1:45PM – 2:15PM — INFORMATION AS INFRASTRUCTURE
How Seattle DOT is focusing on information flow as critical infrastructure for the department and for the transportation system.
2:15PM – 2:30PM — BREAK
2:30PM – 3:30PM — DEVELOPING A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE FOR OUR STREETS
Interactive discussion on creating global, non–proprietary data standards for describing the right–of–way to help communities better understand and manage their streets.
Mollie Pelon McArdle
Technology and City Transportation Program Manager, NACTO
Kevin Webb
Founder, SharedStreets
3:30PM – 5:55PM — MINIMUM VIABLE DATA SHARING STANDARDS
Small group exercise to understand the data being generated by mobility services operating in our communities and develop a shared baseline of data that any city should be collecting as they operate, procure or permit these services.
5:55PM – 6:00PM — CLOSING REMARKS
7:30PM — SMART CITIES SUPPER CLUB
Small group dinner arrangements at interesting local dinner spots. We have made reservations at various restaurants so participants can get to know their colleagues from other cities better.
TUESDAY, JULY 10TH
8:30AM – 9:00AM — CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
9:00AM – 9:05AM — WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
9:05AM – 9:50AM — RECENT DESIGN CHANGES FOR NEW MOBILITY
Discussion highlighting the latest changes in street design and how leading edge communities are addressing rapidly evolving mobility services through new design guidelines, processes and policy.
9:50AM – 10:50AM — HOW ARE OUR TYPOLOGIES AND STREET DESIGN PROCESSES WORKING FOR US?
Short presentations by participant cities to better understand how their current street typologies and street design processes are serving their needs.
Alex Pazuchanics
Assistant Director for Policy, Planning and Permitting, Pittsburgh Department of Mobility and Infrastructure
Randall Rutsch
Senior Transportation Planner, Boulder Public Works
Francie Stefan
Mobility Division Manager, City of Santa Monica
10:50AM – 11:00AM — BREAK
11:00AM – 12:00PM — BRIDGING THE GAPS BETWEEN POLICY, PLANNING AND ENGINEERING
Seattle has made substantial progress over the past 15 years to improve their street design and we’ll discuss the internal steps, operational and policy documents updates and collaboration necessary to implement the city’s values.
12:00PM – 1:00PM — LUNCH
1:00PM – 2:00PM — STARTING WITH EQUITY IN STREET DESIGN
How to engage the community and incorporate equity-based outcomes at the start of the design process.
Emiko Atherton
Director, National Complete Streets Coalition
Naomi Doerner
Transportation Equity Strategist, Seattle Department of Transportation (invited)
Ben Stone
Director of Arts & Culture, Smart Growth America
2:00PM – 3:30PM — HOW IS PRICING BEING IMPLEMENTED IN CITIES?
Rotating, small group discussions on pricing mechanisms currently being utilized in cities, how they operate and the challenges faced throughout their development and ongoing management.
Fearghal King
Mobility Pricing Independent Commission Staff Secretariat
Amanda Baxter
Practice Builder, Kimley-Horn
Maureen Bock
OReGO Program Manager, Oregon Department of Transportation
Evan Corey Costagliola
New Mobility Manager, Seattle Department of Transportation
Francesca Napolitan
Curb Access Manager, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
Benito Perez
Curbside Management Operations Planning Manager, District Department of Transportation
Rodney Stiles
Assistant Commissioner for Data & Technology, NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission
3:30PM – 3:45PM — BREAK
3:45PM – 5:25PM — PROJECT-BASED SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS
Small group, project-based discussions between participants to share and collaborate across cities.
5:25PM – 5:30PM — CONCLUDING REMARKS
T4America will provide concluding remarks, wrapping up the meeting and setting the stage for the next convening in September.