Are We Ready for the Rise of the Megaregion?

Draft Agenda

• Tuesday, December 6

• Part 1: Background / Setting the Stage
• 8:00 AM Check In / Meet and Greet
• 8:30 AM Welcome/Introductions

  Secretary Leslie Richards, PennDOT
  Martin Knopp, FHWA Director of Field Services East
  Barry Seymour, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission

• 8:50 AM Starting the Conversation: Are we ready for the rise of the Megaregion?

  Catherine Ross, Georgia Institute of Technology

• 9:20 AM Megaregional Collaboration: Long Term Trends and Demands in the Mid-Atlantic

  DeLania Hardy, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations
  Jeffrey Short, Senior Research Associate, American Transportation Research Institute

• 10:05 AM Mid-Atlantic Megaregional Freight Activities

  Marygrace Parker, I-95 Coalition

• 10:40 AM Break
• Part 2: Current and Near-Term Initiatives
• 10:15 AM Focus on Megaregional Freight and Rail Activities
• 11:00 AM Taking Action on Freight: A Focus on Statewide Activities

  Catherine Ross, Facilitator

• 12:30 PMWorking Lunch: A Panel Discussion on the Emergence of Connected/Autonomous Vehicles in the Megaregion

  Roger Cohen, PennDOT Policy Director
  Trish Hendren, I-95 Coalition

• 1:45 PM Break
• 2:00 PM FAST and Freight- New Opportunities for Expanding the Concept of Megaregions

  Tamiko Burnell, FHWA Office of Freight

• 2:30 PM Open Discussions on Freight and Rail Challenges

  Ted Dahlburg, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
  Barbara Nelson, Richmond Regional TPO

• 3:30 PM Break
• Part 3: Moving Forward
• 3:40 PM Keeping the Conversation Going - Discussion of Next Steps/Action Items

  Moderator, Catherine Ross

• 4:45 PM Closing Remarks

  Barry Seymour, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
  Christopher Lawson, Federal Highway Administration

• 5:00 PM Adjourn

• Wednesday, December 7

• 8:00 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
• 8:30 AM Welcome

  The Honorable Valerie Arkoosh, MD, MPH
  Vice Chair, Montgomery County Board of Commissioners and DVRPC Board Chair

  Barry Seymour
  Executive Director, DVRPC

  James Garland
  Team Leader, Transportation Planning Capacity Building, FHWA

• 9:00 AM Keynote: Importance of Megaregions

  Catherine Ross, PhD
  Director, Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development
  Georgia Institute of Technology

• 9:45 AM Panel 1: Megaregions and Greater Philadelphia

  Renee Sigel
  Pennsylvania Division Administrator, FHWA

  Mary K. Murphy
  Executive Director, North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority

  Rebecca Reyes-Alicea
  Northeast Corridor Joint Program Advisor, Federal Railroad Administration

• 11:00 AM Panel 2: Multi-State Regional Planning

  David Warm
  Executive Director, Mid-America Regional Council (Kansas and Missouri)

  Chuck Bean
  Executive Director, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (Washington DC, Virginia, and Maryland)

  Mark Policinski
  Chief Executive Officer, OKI Regional Council of Governments (Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana)

• 12:00 PM Lunch

  Table discussions about next steps

• 1:45 PM Conference Adjourns
• 2:00 PM DVRPC Board Meeting
• 3:00 PM Board Meeting Adjourns