The idea of the 15-minute city is a concept that is here to stay because it is an elegant summation of what has always been the fundamental goal of a transportation and land-use system for creating environmentally, and socially, sustainable places. It also contains the seeds for the revitalization and restoration of thousands of older cities and towns in America. But what does the 15-minute city look like? To illustrate the concept, Dr. Garrick will use the case of Zürich, Switzerland which has slowly over the last 50 years recreated itself as one of the world’s preeminent 15-minute cities.

This free virtual summit, sponsored by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and the New Jersey Department of Environment Protection, is an opportunity to highlight the creation of robust trail and greenway networks throughout the state and to celebrate exemplary projects as an increasingly important piece of New Jersey's transportation and recreation network.

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.

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.

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.