Monday, June 23, 2025

7:15 AM – 8:00 AM

Tour Registrants Only – Pick badges and breakfast (grab and go)

8:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Petroglyph National Monument Tour (require registration separately)

·       8:00AM: Bus Departs to the Petroglyph National Monument Park

·       For more information, click the Tour

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Registration Opens

12:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Lunch on own

2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Concurrent Workshops

Workshop 1:  Agency Coordination

Federal Land Management Agency Coordination

• Bill Delo, DJ&A
• Dan Malsom, Kimley Horn
• Jason Rosenblum, DJ&A

Consultation amongst State DOTs, MPOs, and Federal Land Management Agencies

• Katherine McQuillan, Western Federal Lands, FHWA, US DOT

Workshop 2: Planning Activities

Supporting Planning Activities with NHTS Data

• Stacey Bricka, MacroSys, LLC
• Daniel Jenkins, Federal Highway Administration
• David Lee, Tennessee Department of Transportation
• Yifang yuan, Virginia Department of Transportation
• C. Ross Wang, ORNL

5:15 PM – 6:45 PM

Committee Meetings

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

7:30 AM – 5:00 PM

Registration

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Breakfast

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Welcome and Keynote
Secretary Ricky Serna, New Mexico Department of Transportation

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Morning Break

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Session A1:  Planning for Recreation

Moderator: TBD

Summit County - White River National Forest Recreation Activity Management Initiative

• Benjamin Rasmussen, Volpe Center, US DOT
• Sam Massman, US Forest Service
• Sophie Abo, Volpe Center, US DOT

The Maroon Bells Scenic Area Comprehensive Recreation Management Plan

• Benjamin Rasmussen, Volpe Center, US DOT
• Sam Massman, US Forest Service
• Sophie Abo, Volpe Center, US DOT

US Fish and Wildlife Service's Site Master Planning Initiative

• Benjamin Rasmussen, Volpe Center, US DOT
• Peter Tomczik, US Wildlife and Fisheries
• Taylor Long, Volpe Center, US DOT

Session B1:  Travel Demand Modeling Tools

Moderator: TBD

Systematic Assessment of Big Data Products Using your Travel Demand Model

• Gaurav Vyas, Bentley Systems
• Mike Wallace, The Time Travelers Group
• Aleeta Zeller, Chattanooga-Hamilton County/North Georgia Transportation Planning Organization

ABM-Lite: A Modeling Framework to Generate Activity-Based Travel Demand from Trip-Based Model and Open-Source Datasets

• Brian Yueshuai He, University of Louisville
• Eronmonsele Esekhaigbe, Kentuckiana Regional Planning and Development Agency (KIPDA)

Enhanced HTML-based Client-side Visualization and Comparison Tools in TexPACK V3.0

• Hoa Pang, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Tammye Fontenot, Texas DOT
• Yuhan Gao, Texas A&M Transportation Institute

Session C1:  Systemic Safety Tools and Resources

Moderator: TBD

Roadway Departure Safety Implementation Plans: Systemically Addressing Safety on Rural Roadways

• Paul LaFleur, Office of Safety, Federal Highway Administration
• Scott Himes, VHB

Navigating the Systemic Safety User Guide

• Tori Brinkly, Federal Highway Administration, USDOT

Development of a Spreadsheet-Based Tool for the Application of the Safe System Approach Framework to Roadway Departure

• Md Shakir Mahmud, VHB
• R.J. Porter, VHB

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Session A2:  Regional Coordination for Transportation Planning

Moderator: TBD

Planning Across Boundaries: Two Cases in Multi-Jurisdictional Regional Planning

• Cole Grisham, Western Federal Lands, Federal Highway Administration
• Andrew Mortensen, David Evans and Associates

A Balancing Act: Unlocking Freight Data for Small Communities Through State-Led Innovation

• Megan Motamed, Cambridge Systematics
• David Gray, South Carolina Department of Transportation
• Christopher Lindsey, Cambridge Systematics

U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Coordination Tools and Recommendations Established through the Power Projection Platform (PPP) Route Assessment Process and Military at the Table Guidebook Development

• Jamie Todt, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, Transportation Engineering Agency
• Lewis Grimm, Federal Highway Administration
• Carroll Collins, Kimley Horn

Session B2:  Agency Perspectives on Resiliency Planning

Moderator: TBD

Practical Resiliency Planning in Clearwater, FL

• Steve Bourne, AtkinsRealis
• Presenter TBD, City of Clearwater, FL

Case Study: Dutchess County, New York

• Amanda Vargo, ICF

US Fish and Wildlife Service's Assessment Tool

• Benjamin Rasmussen, Volpe Center, USDOT
• Peter Tomczik, US Wildlife and Fisheries
• Peter Wilke, Volpe Center, USDOT

Session C2:  Safety: Workforce Development Perspectives

Moderator: TBD

Road Safety Champion Program: A Tool for Workforce Development

• Jaime Sullivan, National Center for Rural Road Safety
• Tori Brinkly, Federal Highway Administration
• Cameron Ishaq, National Center for Rural Road Safety

Emerging Technologies and Advanced Tools: Tackling Safety Challenges in the Desert Southwest Amid Limited Funding and Workforce Shortages

• Sanjay Paul, HDR

Tools to Support Safety in Planning for all in Southern California

• Ian Hamilton, VHB
• Michael Gainor, Southern California Association of Governments

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Afternoon Break

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Session A3:  Technology Applications for Small- and Medium-Sized Communities

Moderator: TBD

Connecting intersections and vehicles - Where we are, where we want to be and how to get there

• Shalini Ghosh, WSP

Electrifying Microtransit

• Charvi Gupta, WSP

Automated Pavement Condition Evaluation for Gravel Roads Using Artificial Intelligence

• Luis Ramirez, QES
• Javier Urbina, engineAI
• Mona Nobakht, QES

Session B3:  Travel Modeling and Impacts

Moderator: TBD

Pueblo Colorado Travel Model Toolkit

• Mary Lupa, Wilson & Company Inc.
• Dean Munn, Convergence Planning LLC
• Maureen Paz de Araujo, Wilson & Company Inc.

Presentation by Pueblo Area Council of Governments

• Maureen Paz de Araujo, Wilson & Company Inc.
• Eva Cosyleon, Pueblo Area Council of Governments
• Hannah Haunert, Pueblo Area Council of Governments

 Predicting Household VMT Reductions Resulting from Residential Densification in Gateway Communities

• Scott Ramming, Colorado Department of Transportation

Session C3:  Public Engagement in Transportation Planning

Moderator: TBD

Leveraging AI to Create, Update, and Analyze Qualitative Public Involvement Datasets

• Amy Johnson, North Central Texas Council of Governments

Building Trust Through Data: Achieving Representative Public Engagement

• Graham Stone, PublicInput

Bridging the Gap between Pedestrian Mobility and Traffic Improvements: The Broad Causeway Bridge Replacement in Metro Miami-Dade

• Felipe Jung, AtkinsRealis

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Posters & Reception

High Injury Network Methodologies: A Review

• Erin Robartes, Virginia Department of Transportation

Proactive Pedestrian Safety: Leveraging LiDAR and Near-Miss Analysis for Vulnerable Road Users

• James Weston, HDR

NPS Automated Driving System Pilots, Research, and Strategic Planning

• David Daddio, Volpe Center, USDOT
• Michael Madej, National Park Service
• Joshua Cregger, Volpe Center, USDOT

Collaborative Transportation Planning in Alaska: Coordinated Decision-Making between Federal Land Management Agencies and Alaska DOT&PF

• Jamie Lemon, Western Federal Lands Highway Division, Federal Highway Administration
• Dusty Escamilla, United States Forest Service
• Judy Chapman, Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities

Improving transit service by leveraging existing data for every transit agency

• Mingyang Li, WSP

Connecting healthcare to transportation - tying the knot with API's

• Raymond Chan, Arcadis
• Kenzie Maidl, Arcadis
• Phil White, Arcadis

Data-Driven Solutions for Understanding Travel Behavior in the Lake Tahoe Region

• Hannah Carson, RSG
• Kevin Johnson, RSG

Enhancing Traveler Information for National Park Visitors

• Sophie Abo, USDOT
• Erica Cole, National Park Service
• Eric Englin, USDOT

GeoAI-Supported Modeling Approach for CULVERT Vulnerability Assessment Decision Support Tool Development with Hydro-Geomorphologic Analyses

• Sudhanshu Panda, University of North Georgia
• Sourav Mukherjee, USDA-Forest Service
• Devendra Amatya, USDA-Forest Service

Clearinghouse to promote collaborative management of the travel demand model development processes in Texas

• Hao Pang, Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI)
• Tammye Fontenot, Texas Department of Transportation
• Kevin Hall, Texas A&M Transportation Institute

TSMO and ITS in MPO Planning; an Effective Approach at MRMPO

• Nathan Masek, MRCOG/MRMPO

Incorporating User Data in Distributional Analyses of Transportation Investments

• Chris Behr, HDR

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

7:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Registration

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM

Breakfast

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Session A4:  TBD

Moderator: TBD

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Session B4:  Rural Transportation Planning Topics

Moderator: TBD

Rural Microtransit: Where to start?

• Adrianna Fragozo-Alvernia, The University of New Mexico
• Lisa Losada-Rojas, The University of New Mexico

Access to Essential Services: Enhancing Rural Transportation Planning

• Saumya Jain, Center for Transportation Studies at University of Minnesota
• Shirley Shiqin Liu, Center for Transportation Studies at University of Minnesota
• Matthew Hockert, Center for Transportation Studies at University of Minnesota

New Rural Highway Facility Operations Analysis Methods and Tools

• Scott Washburn, University of Florida
• Ahmed Al-Kaisy, Montana State University
• Jorge Barrios, Barrios Group

Session C4:  Project Decision Support Factors

Moderator: TBD

Establishing a Pipeline of Competitive Projects for Federal Grant Opportunities

• Sarah Windmiller, Cambridge Systematics
• Robin Ayers, Texas Department of Transportation
• Hannah Santiago, Cambridge Systematics

TBD

• A. Gabrielle Westcott, Metro Analytics
• Alden Copley, Metro Analytics

TBD

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Morning Break

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Session A5:  Evaluating Transportation Investments

Moderator: TBD

T-PET: A Comprehensive Tool for Strategic, Data-Driven Transportation Project Evaluation

• Madhusudhan Venugopal, Texas A&M Transportation Institution
• Rodolfo Souza, Texas A&M Transportation Institution
• Bumsik Kim, Texas A&M Transportation Institution

Measuring access to destinations for planning and performance management

• Eric Lind, University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies
• Andrew Owen, University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies
• Saumya Jain, University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies

A Decision Support Tool for Hydrologic and Hydro-geomorphological Assessment of Culvert Vulnerability to Extreme Flooding using an Ensemble Modeling approach.

• Saurav Mukherjee, USDA Forest Service
• Devendra Amatya, USDA Forest Service
• Sudhanshu Panda, University of North Georgia

Session B5:  Transit Planning

Moderator: TBD

GoBoro - Planning for Transit Innovation

• Johanna Cockburn, City of Greensboro
• Reginald Mason, Greensboro Transit Agency
• Scudder Wagg, Jarret Walker + Associates

Measuring Multimodal Connections to High-Capacity Transit

• Kyle Hearing, Foursquare Integrated Transportation Planning
• David Miller, Foursquare Integrated Transportation Planning

TBD

Session C5:  Session Focus TBD

Moderator: TBD

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12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Session A6:  Transit Ridership

Moderator: TBD

Sustaining Zero-Fare Transit in a Post COVID-19 World: A Guide for State DOTs (NCHRP Report 1126)

• James Cline, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Ipek Sener, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Kelly Blume, Texas A&M Transportation Institute

Improving service quality in low-frequency transit networks using inferred passenger journey data

• Dan O’Neil, Korbato
• Gabriel Sánchez-Martínez, Korbato
• Jay Gordon, Korbato

Bureau of Transportation Statistics Intercity Bus Atlas: Overview and updates

• Kyle Titlow, Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Session B6:  VisionEval

Moderator: TBD

Modeling Transportation Policies and Funding Scenarios Using VisionEval Tool

• Delwar Murshed, Washington State Department of Transportation
• Dan Cotye, Washington State Department of Transportation
• Natarajan Janarthanan, Washington State Department of Transportation

Tools for Extracting and Summarizing Statewide VisionEval Model Results

• Delwar Murshed, Washington State Department of Transportation
• Dan Cotye, Washington State Department of Transportation

When Can VisionEval Substitute for Travel Models

• Stephen Lawe, RSG
• Jonathan Salson, RSG

Session C6:  Vulnerable Road User Safety

Moderator: TBD

The right street in the right place – using context to achieve pedestrian safety

• Mary Raulerson, Kittelson & Associates, Inc.
• Jacqueline Morris, Florida Department of Transportation

Promoting Safety for Vulnerable Roadway Users in Amarillo's Safe Streets and Roads for All Plan

• Yige Tang, The Goodman Corporation
• Emily Koller, City of Amarillo
• Shari Kendall, City of Amarillo

TBD

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Afternoon Break

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Session A7:  Travel Forecasting

Moderator: TBD

A Web-Based Tool for Special Generator Trip Estimation Using Dynamic Data Integration

• John Murray, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Tammye Fontenot, Texas Department of Transportation
• Stella Nepal, Texas A&M Transportation Institute

Innovative Approaches to Developing Forecasting Tools Using Big Data - Use Cases for Better Decision-making

• Nikhil Puri, Cambridge Systematics
• Mobashwir Khan, LOCUS Inc

TBD

Session B7:  AI in Transportation Planning

Moderator: TBD

The Five Principles of Artificial Intelligent Policies to Promote Safety and Mobility at Public Agencies

• Raj Ponnaluri, Consor Engineers

Revolutionizing Project Delivery: Harnessing AI and Data for Transparent and Effective Decision-Making in Transportation Infrastructure Project Delivery

• Arthur Antoine, AXIOM

TBD

Session C7:  Safety Planning Approaches

Moderator: TBD

Using integrated data at the local level to inform safe transportation strategies

• Kristi Metzger, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
• Lauren O'Malley, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
• Melissa Pfeiffer, Pfeiffer

Enhanced Rest-in-Red Traffic Signal Operation to Improve Safety and Speed Compliance on Lead and Coal Avenues

• Stephen Montaño, Lee Engineering
• Paul Barricklow, Lee Engineering

TBD

5:00 PM

Adjourn

6:15 PM – 6:45 PM

Committee Meetings