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The San Joaquin Valley Regional Planning Agencies Fall Policy
Conference was held on October 11-13, 2011 in Bass Lake,
California. The staff of the Madera County Transportation
Commission would like to thank everyone who joined us for this
year's conference. Special thanks to all of our speakers and
sponsoring organizations, without whom this event would not have
been possible.
Copies of the conference program and presentations are linked
below. For more information on the San Joaquin Valley Regional
Planning Agencies, please visit
sjvcogs.org.
PowerPoint Presentations
Day One - October 12
Session I: High Speed Rail
Jeff Abercrombie, California High Speed Rail Authority
Session III: San Joaquin Valley Travel Demand Model
Applications
San Joaquin Valley Model Improvement Plan - Mike Bitner, Fresno
COG
SJV Models: What Needs Improvement? - Mike Aronson, Dowling
Associates
Future of Valley Modeling - Mike Wallace, Fehr & Peers
Better Models = Better Results - Richard Lee, Fehr & Peers
Session IV: Goods Movement/Federal Reauthorization
Enhancing Transportation Infrastructure in the Central Valley
and Beyond - Liisa Stark, Union Pacific Railroad
SJV Interregional Goods Movement Plan - Michael Sigala, Sigala
Inc.
Day Two - October 13
Session V: Smart Growth
Smart Growth in Small Communities - Chris Ganson, OPR
Susan DeCarli, City of Paso Robles
Balancing Farmland and Open Spaces with Rural Economic
Development - Richard Brassfield, USDA
Session VI: Sustainable Communities Strategy Development
Carolina Gregor, SANDAG
Steve Devencenzi, SLOCOG
Has SB 375 Dramatically Changed California? - Garth Hopkins,
Caltrans Planning
Review of GHG Reductions from MPO Sustainable Communities
Strategy Plans - Lezlie Kimura Szeto, CARB |
