Join your APA colleagues for an intermediate + level session to learn more about this timely issue for our communities. Panelists and discussions will consider impacts on infrastructure and social vulnerability as well as the role planners can play in improving outcomes.
The Policy and Advocacy Conference brings you the opportunity to meet with elected officials, gain critical insights, and conduct in-depth conversations with meaningful results. You can be a part of the wave of progress and raise your voice for the policies and programs your community needs most.
Hosted by the New Jersey Builders Association (NJBA), ABC is the largest building industry trade show in the Northeast, drawing thousands of participants from the Northeast region. Now in its 71st year, the convention features hundreds of exhibits showcasing the latest products and services to a large and diverse audience of decision-makers. Attendees gain up-to-date information about the latest market trends, government policies, and technical developments at educational seminars.
This session will focus on the health benefits of active transportation (walking and bicycling). In addition to providing relevant health data and statistics, Mr. Jackman will discuss regional and statewide efforts such as WalkWise Tampa Bay, Safe Routes to Schools, and Healthy Communities. Join us and learn about the importance of active transportation, as well as available resources that can help to transform your community and/or your lifestyle.
Dr. Doan will deliver the presentation virtually via zoom. The presentation may be accessed remotely or in a group setting in Discovery Hall, Room 201. An in person reception will be held at 5:00 p.m. in Discovery Hall, 2nd Floor Atrium.
his session will explore public education, outreach, policy development, and technical advances in RUC through the eyes of the two states that have conducted the country’s largest per-capita RUC pilots: Washington and Hawaii. Since 2012, Washington has studied the business case for RUC, examined various operational approaches to implementing RUC, pilot tested five promising methods of mileage reporting, and conducted extensive stakeholder and public outreach.
The Prep Course will cover general exam topics including the State Plan, County Planning Act, environmental regulations, affordable housing, Planning Board and Board of Adjustment activities, MLUL, regional planning entities, and other relevant material for the PP Exam.
Each fall, the New Jersey Association for Floodplain Management (NJAFM) conducts an annual conference that attracts over 500 people for a 3-day conference that showcases state-of-the-art techniques, programs, resources, materials and equipment, and services to accomplish flood mitigation and other community goals.
This session shares frameworks that can serve as a tool for public- and private-sector actors to shape a vision of an intentional planning decision-making ecosystem that ensures equity is centered in public investments in: access - transit and local mobility; community health from an all age lens and a rural-urban lens; financing cross-generational services and needs across the life cycle; and 2Gen strategies to break the cycle of poverty and replace with opportunity.
Responding to the combined sewer overflow (CSO) problem is more than a matter of complying with permit requirements. Spending hundreds of millions of dollars in ways that do not improve municipal quality of life is not the optimal solution. Using redevelopment as a tool to improve CSO results should be seriously considered. This workshop is designed to help municipal planners, drinking water/sewer utility officials, and municipal development officials understand the ways in which they can reduce sewage generation through water conservation and redevelopment design, including stormwater systems retrofits and green infrastructure.
Cycling is a sustainable means of urban travel. It has the potential to serve many short- and medium-distance trips—for commuting to and from work and school, shopping, and visiting friends—as well as providing recreation and exercise. This presentation explores how to make city cycling safe, practical, and convenient for a broad spectrum of ages, genders, and abilities.
