2023 Transportation Summit
Burlington, Vermont
The 2nd annual CATMA Transportation Summit is scheduled for Thursday, October 12, 2023 at the beautiful UVM Davis Center in Burlington, Vermont.
Thursday 12 Oct 2023
Registration Open
Registration opens at 8:00am and continues throughout the day.
8:00 am – 9:00 am
Breakfast, Networking & Exhibits
Join us for breakfast located in the Silver Maple Ballroom, catch up with colleagues, make new connections and visit our Exhibitors located in the Fireplace Lounge.
9:00 am – 9:15 am
Welcome Remarks
Silver Maple Ballroom
Greetings by Charlie Baker, Chair CATMA Board of Directors and Sandy Thibault, Executive Director of CATMA
9:15 am – 10:00 am
Keynote Address
Michele Boomhower, Director of Policy, Planning & Intermodal Development at the Vermont Agency of TransportationSilver Maple Ballroom
Transportation System Resilience – Keeping Businesses Open Following a Natural Disaster
10:00 am – 10:15 am
Break, Networking & Exhibit Visits
A 15-minute break to move around, visit exhibitors, catch up with colleagues and make new connections.
10:15 am – 11:00 am
General Session
Vermont Business PanelSilver Maple Ballroom
Jobs, Housing & Vibrant Growth: Improving Transportation Connections Equitably
Moderated by Kyle Dodson, CEO at Greater Burlington YMCA
Panelists on Main Stage
Richard Amore, Planning & Outreach Manager, Vt Dept Of Housing & Community Development
Lisa Groeneveld, Co-Founder and Vice Chair, OnLogic, South Burlington VT
Megan Sullivan, Vice President Government Affairs, Vt Chamber of Commerce
11:00 am – 11:15 am
Break, Networking & Exhibit Visits
A 15-minute break to move around, visit exhibitors, catch up with colleagues and make new connections.
11:15 am – 12:00 pm
Discussion Session: Equitable Transportation, Economic Development, Jobs and Housing.
Attendee Round Table TalksJost, Williams, Sugar Maple, Silver Maple or Chittenden Rooms
After spending a morning together for the Keynote and General Sessions, attendees participate in an interactive discussion session in small groups.
Organization and structure is presented at the beginning. The goal is for attendees to meet someone new in an easy, low-stakes way. Let’s start some conversations.
12:00 pm – 12:15 pm
Networking & Exhibit Visits
A 15-minute break to move around, visit exhibitors, catch up with colleagues, make new connections and proceed to lunch.
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch & Networking
Silver Maple Ballroom
Join us in the Sugar Maple Ballroom for a delicious catered lunch from our partners at Sodexo.
1:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Break, Networking & Exhibit Visits
A 15-minute break to move, visit exhibitors, catch up with colleagues and make new connections.
1:15 pm – 1:45 pm Afternoon Breakout Session 1
Choose from four presentations: Housing & Transportation, Equity & Justice, Smart Growth, Mobility Solutions
Designing a Downtown: the Construction of South Burlington’s City Center
Jessie Baker, City of SBSugar Maple Room
For decades, South Burlington envisioned having its own downtown. Now, that vision is becoming a reality, through the use of Tax Increment Financing, smart growth principles, form-based code, extensive community engagement, and working with partners. Join us to learn about the tools used, the orientation to being a walkable, bikeable, and transit-oriented downtown, and the connection to climate resilience. Hear about what’s next for our growing City!
Employer TDM Panel
Jost Room
Environmental Justice & Transportation
Yasamin Gordon, Opportunity ConsultingWilliams Room
Rethinking Green Mountain Transit Fares
Clayton Clark, GMTChittenden Room
A discussion of the considerations made with the reintroduction of fares to GMT’s urban operations. These considerations included limiting the financial harm of fares on vulnerable riders, lowering barriers for regional transit, and improving technology to allow for collaboration, convenience, and protections.
1:45 pm – 2:00 pm
Break, Networking & Exhibit Visits
A 15-minute break to move, visit exhibitors, catch up with colleagues and make new connections.
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Afternoon Breakout Session 2
Choose from four presentations: Housing & Transportation, Equity & Justice, Smart Growth, Mobility Solutions
Coping w/ High Fuel Prices in Small & Rural Communities
Dr. Greg Rowangould, UVM TRCWilliams Room
A dramatic spike in gasoline and diesel fuel prices during the first half of 2022 impacts residents living in diverse small cities, towns, and rural communities in Vermont. Hear about the findings, including the larger role of attitudes and beliefs explaining how people respond to higher fuel prices than their geographical location or socioeconomic characteristics. Results suggest that compact and mixed-use developments and improved transit options may be effective means to further reduce travel demand even in more rural contexts.
Diving into the Microtransit TDM Strategy. Does it work in Vermont?
Ross MacDonald, VTransChittenden Room
Learn about Microtransit, the Micotransit Pilot Programs being conducted throughout the state, lessons learned so far, and possible future plans or opportunities with this type of service.
New Housing Policy & Transportation Impacts
Charlie Baker, CCRPCJost Room
UVM Comprehensive Sustainability Plan
Abby Bleything & Elizabeth Palchak, UVMSugar Maple Ballroom
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm
Break, Networking & Exhibit Visits
A 15-minute break to move, visit exhibitors, catch up with colleagues and make new connections.
2:45 pm – 3:15 pm Afternoon Breakout Session 3
Choose from four presentations: Housing & Transportation, Equity & Justice, Smart Growth, Mobility Solutions
Balancing Affordable Housing Transportation Needs & Social Equity
Michael Monte, Champlain Housing TrustJost Room
Hear about some basic policies, programs and initiatives and recent survey work, along with insight on built in inequities in our transportation expectations for affordable housing.
Equity & TDM Strategic Planning
Williams Room
Evolving for Economic Resilience and Connectivity: Digging Deep in the Planner’s Toolbox to transform from big box shopping to a connected mixed-use Town Center.
Matt Boulanger, City of WillistonSugar Maple Room
Williston’s Taft Corners was the epicenter of big-box retail and suburban commercial development in Vermont in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Designated as Vermont’s first Growth Center in 2006, Taft Corners has since been a living lab for performance-based zoning standards and the encouragement of connectivity via planned “Grid Streets,” with varying degrees of success. Beginning in 2020, Williston explored and ultimately adopted a set of new tools, integrating a Form-Based zoning code with careful and more prescriptive planning for a network of walkable blocks and bikeable streets. Learn about the development of this “all-in” planning effort and discuss some likely future scenarios for this ever-evolving piece of Chittenden County.”
Vanpooling Works
Leslie McNeice, Global FoundriesChittenden Room
Essex/Williston employer, Global Foundries has cracked the nail on vanpooling
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm
Break, Networking & Exhibit Visits
A 15-minute break to move, visit exhibitors, catch up with colleagues and make new connections.
3:30 pm – 4:15 pm
Legislative Panel
State of Vermont LegislatorsSilver Maple Ballroom
We close out the day with a group of Vermont legislators. Hear their perspectives on transportation and our Summit.
Moderated by Charlie Baker, Executive Director of CCRPC
Panelists on Main Stage
Senator Kesha Ram Hinsdale
Senator Thomas Chittenden
Representative Emilie Krasnow
Representative Kate Lalley
4:15 pm – 4:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Silver Maple Ballroom
Thank you for a great day! Sandy Thibault, CATMA Executive Director closes out day.
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