Sustainable Transportation Strategies: Processes, Indicators, and Measurements

June 4, 2010
Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
UO in Portland, White Stag Block 152
Presenter: Susan Serres, PE

Course Description

Transportation accounts for an estimated 30%-40% of the carbon emissions into the atmosphere, and it's a number we must change. What makes transportation so complicated and these numbers difficult to address, is that transportation is not a closed system, and the players include people with individual choices and personal needs that make it impossible to direct outcomes. The carbon imbalance in the atmosphere is an indicator of imbalance here in our communities. Reaching true sustainability is about more than fixing the carbon equation. In transportation, sustainability is about providing equitable, safe, efficient access for all people while protecting the environment, health (in all of its forms) and communities.

Communities are challenged to immediately reduce the ongoing carbon output of their transportation projects. The instructors will share tips on:

• Developing a sustainability plan for your project
• ntegrating with NEPA
• Infrastructure and adaptation considerations
• Enhancing ecosystems, human health and needs
• System efficiencies and ITS
• Trip reduction
• Fleet and fuel efficiency and technology
• Planning for all modes, and
• Emerging land uses

This class shows how using integrated processes and specific tools yields real results. Participants will walk away with tools and knowledge to apply to projects the very next day, and ideas to inspire innovation in this emerging field.

Who should attend: planners, engineers, students, community involvement professionals and activists, health advocates, and others working to understand how to improve the sustainability of transportation projects in their communities.

Registration and Fees

• Non-Credit Fee: $279
• Earlybird Fee: $244
• Earlybird Registration Deadline: 05/21/2010
• Register for this course

More Information

• About Susan Serres, PE
• Download the program brochure

Workshops

• Community Event Design and Management: A Triple Bottom Line Approach
• Public/Private Partnerships for Sustainability
• Equity and Sustainability: How to Balance Your Triple Bottom Line
• Writing Your Sustainability Plan: Process and Framework
• Forming and Facilitating Sustainability Teams: Engaging and Training Employees
• Power of Purchasing: Sustainable Procurement
• Accounting for Sustainability: Reporting Principles and Concepts
• Green Building Design and Operations: Benefits, Strategies and Resources
• Investment in Natural Infrastr.: Ecosystem Services as an Emerging Asset Class
• Carbon Footprints and Climate Risk: Tools for Business and Government
• Sustainability Indicators and Assessment for Government
• Sustainable Economic Development through Public Sector Investment
• Sustainability by Design: Retrofitting our Cities, Communities and Neighborhoods
• Energy Efficiency First: A Map to Reducing Costs and Carbon Footprint
• Land Use Planning: an Ecosystem Approach to Achieving Sustainability
• Sustainable Transportation Strategies: Processes, Indicators, and Measurements
• Writing Your Sustainability Plan: Process and Framework
• Climate Policy, Carbon Credits and Business Risk
• Energy and Climate Action Planning

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