Disruptive weather patterns are on the rise. What does this mean for the future of transportation planning? This workshop will equip transportation planners with tools and strategies to both assess the threats posed by climate change and ensure the resiliency of any transportation system. Although focused on transportation planning, these strategies can be applied to other planning disciplines as well.
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Christopher L. Dorney, AICP
Transportation & Land Use Planner
Parsons Brinckerhoff
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Bio: Mr. Dorney is a land use and transportation planner at Parsons Brinckerhoff in Baltimore, MD. Over the past four years, he has contributed to five studies/projects focused on adapting transportation to climate changes: (1) Gulf Coast Study Phase II; (2) NCHRP 20-83(5) Climate Change and the Highway System: Impacts and Adaptation Approaches; (3)Western Federal Lands Highway Division adaptation guidance and prioritization tool;(4) Maryland State Highway Administration adaptation policy and implementation plan; and (5) DC Department of Transportation adaptation policy and implementation plan.
Education: (1) Bachelors of Geography from the Pennsylvania State University; (2) Masters of Community Planning from the University of Maryland; and (3) PhD in Urban and Regional Development from the University of Maryland (in progress)
Key Publications: (1) Climate Change and the Highway System: Impacts and Adaptation Approaches, NCHRP 20-83(5), publication forthcoming in 2013; (2) Forecasting Indirect Land Use Effects of Transportation Projects, NCHRP 25-25(22)
Past Assignments: (1) Presentation on climate change adaptation planning for MPOs: 2009 AMPO Conference in Savannah, GA; (2) Presentation on climate change adaptation for transportation planners: 2011 APA National Conference in Boston, MA; (3) Presentation on a benefit-cost approach to adaptation decision-making: 2012 Adaptation Futures Conference in Tucson.
Michael J. Flood, AICP
Planning Group Manager
PB
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Bio: Senior Supervising Planner and Plannig Group Manager for Parsons Brinckerhoff in the Baltimore office
Education: Bachelors' Degree - Urban Planning - UMD Masters Degree - Urban and Environmental Planning - UVA
Key Publications: Keller, Jake A.;Armstrong,Amit;Flood,Michael;Meyer,Michael D.; An Approach to Addressing the Impacts of Climate Variability on Highway and Bridge Design - Submitted for 2011 TRB Annual Meeting Meyer, Michael; Flood, Michael; Dorney, Chris; Leonard, Ken; Hyman, Robert; Kwan, Danny; Smith, Joel. (2010). Task 1.2 Technical Memorandum: Review of Climate Drivers and Key Climate Impacts to the Highway System. Climate Change and the Highway System: Impacts and Adaptation Approaches, NCHRP 20-83(05). Meyer, Michael; Flood, Michael; Dorney, Chris; Leonard, Ken; Hyman, Robert; Kwan, Danny; Smith, Joel. (2010). Task 1.4 Technical Memorandum: Projections of Change in Regional Climates. Climate Change and the Highway System: Impacts and Adaptation Approaches, NCHRP 20-83(05). Meyer, Michael; Flood, Michael; Dorney, Chris; Leonard, Ken; Kwan, Danny; Smith, Joel. (2011). Task 2.3 Synthesis Report: Review of Key Climate Impacts to the Highway System and Current Adaptation Practices and Methodologies. Climate Change and the Highway System: Impacts and Adaptation Approaches, NCHRP 20-83(05). URL: http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=2631. Meyer, Michael; Flood, Michael; Dorney, Chris; Leonard, Ken; Hyman, Robert; Smith, Joel. (2011). Task 2.4 Technical Memorandum: Synthesis of Information on Projections of Change in Regional Climates and Recommendation of Analysis Regions. Climate Change and the Highway System: Impacts and Adaptation Approaches, NCHRP 20-83(05). URL: http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=2631. Meyer, Michael; Flood, Michael; Dorney, Chris; Leonard, Ken; Smith, Joel. (2011). Task 3.1 Memorandum: A Diagnostic Framework for Adaptation Planning. Climate Change and the Highway System: Impacts and Adaptation Approaches, NCHRP 20-83(05). Meyer, Michael; Flood, Michael; Dorney, Chris; Leonard, Ken; Kempel, Erik; Guerre, Joe; Smith, Joel. (2011). Task 3.2 Position Paper: Approach for Evaluating Cost-Effectiveness of Adaptation Strategies. Climate Change and the Highway System: Impacts and Adaptation Approaches, NCHRP 20-83(05). Meyer, Michael; Flood, Michael; Dorney, Chris; Leonard, Ken; DeFlorio, Josh; Kempel, Erik; Smith, Joel. (2011). Phase 3 Report: Development and Assessment of a Diagnostic Framework for Adaptation Planning. Climate Change and the Highway System: Impacts and Adaptation Approaches, NCHRP 20-83(05).
Past Assignments: Transportation Research Board, January 2013, “Transportation Adaptation and Climate Change: Results from NCHRP Project on Climate Change Adaptation and the Nation's Road System” American Geophysical Union, December 2011, “Assessing Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Transportation Infrastructure” American Association of Geographers, April 2011, “Assessing Infrastructure for Criticality” Association Society of Civil Engineers, March 2011, “Gulf Coast Critical Infrastructure Survey and Global Warming Impact Adaptation” Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 2011, NCHRP 20-83 (05) “Climate Change and the Highway System” Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 2011, “An Approach to Addressing the Impacts of Climate Variability on Roadway and Bridge Design” Association of Municipal Planning Organizations, October 2009, “A Climate Change Adaptation Framework for MPOs - Lessons From Abroad”
Jonathan T. Lockman, AICP
Vice President of Environmental Planning
Catalysis Adaptation Partners
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Bio: Vice President of Environmental Planning, Catalysis Adaptation Partners LLC; Planning Director, Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission; Planning Director, Town of Wells, Maine; Planning Director, Town of Bar Harbor, Maine
Education: MRP, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; BS, Cornell University
Past Assignments: • Appointed member, Synthesis Panel No. 44-08, “Response to Extreme Weather Impacts on Transportation Systems,” National Academies of Science, National Cooperative Highway Research Program, August 2012 – present. • Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Rising Seas Forum, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, MA, February 2012 • US Federal Highway Administration, Volpe Center, Knowledge Sharing Conference, Atlanta, GA, September 2011 • COAST 2011 Conference, Chicago, IL, July 2011 • American Planning Association National Planning Conference, Boston, MA, April 2011 • Urban Land Institute, Boston Chapter, Portsmouth, NH, Spring 2011 • Northern New England Chapter, American Planning Association, Portsmouth, NH, Fall 2010
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