4th Annual Summer Conference on Livable Communities

Session

Title

Speaker

9:00 – 10:00

Registration

Opening

10:00 – 10:15

Welcoming Remark

Congratulatory Remark

Jun-Seok Oh, Director, TRCLC

Timothy Greene, Provost, WMU

Session 1:

10:15 – 11:45

Pedestrian Transportation

[1-1] Using Data Collection and the District-wide Model to Approach Safe Routes to School

Katie Johnson

Michigan Fitness Foundation

[1-2] Development of Crosswalk Design Guidelines for the City of Ann Arbor

Cynthia Redinger

City of Ann Arbor

[1-3] Final Results of the Gateway R1-6 Study

Ron Van Houten

Western Michigan University

[1-4] Impact of Access Management Practices to Pedestrian Safety

Deo Chimba

Tennessee State University

11:45 – 1:30

Lunch

Poster Session

Session 2:

1:30 – 3:00

Transportation & Livability

[2-1] Livability in State Departments of Transportation

David Kack

Western Transportation Institute Montana State University

[2-2] Public Health Performance Measures and Their Role in the Regional Metropolitan Transportation Planning Process

Stephen Mattingly

University of Texas at Arlington

[2-3] Community-Aware Charging Station Network Design for Electrified Vehicles in Urban Areas

Saravanan Venkatachalam

Wayne State University

[2-4] Mobility and Economic Impacts due to Bridge Construction

Upul Attanayake

Western Michigan University

3:00 – 3:15

Break

Session 3

3:15 – 5:00

Transportation for People with Mobility Limitations

[3-1] Maintaining Safe Mobility for Oder Adults: Michigan's Integrated Approach.

David  Eby

University of Michigan

[3-2] An assessment of vehicle condition, maintenance, advanced technologies and assistive modifications among older drivers

Nicole Zanier

University of Michigan

[3-3] Which roadway features are problematic to older adults? - An insight from Michigan crashes

Valerian Kwigizile

Western Michigan University

[3-4] Estimating and Enhancing Public Transit Accessibility for People with Mobility Limitations: A Kalamazoo County, Michigan Case

C. Scott Smith

DePaul University,

[3-5] Beaconing Signalization to Reduce Blind Pedestrians' Veer on Snow-covered Pavement

Dae Kim

Western Michigan University

5:00 – 8:00

Networking Dinner

@ Parkview Room

Session

Title

Speaker

7:30 – 8:30

Breakfast & Networking

Session 4

8:30 – 10:00

Bicycle Transportation & Safety

[3-1] Exploring Bicycle Route Choice Behavior with Space Syntax

Ziqi Song

Utah State University

[3-2] Development of Safety Performance Functions and Other Decision Support Tools to Assess Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety

Timothy Gates

Michigan State University

[3-3] Assessing bicycling environments using GPS-instrument probe bicycle

Shinhye Joo

Western Michigan University

[3-4] Grand Rapids Bike Safety Education - The Results!

Chris Zull

City of Grand Rapids

10:00 – 10:15

Break

10:15 – 11:30

Roundtable Group Discussion

Ron Van Houten (Non-motorized)

C. Scott Smith (Shared Mobility)

Stephen Mattingly (Livability)

11:30 – 1:30

Lunch

Poster Session

Segway Trial (East Parking)

Session 5

1:30 – 3:10

Transportation Equity

[5-1] Shared Mobility as an Equity Strategy: Local and Global Impacts

Cassie Halls

Shared-Use Mobility Center

[5-2] Wyoming Intercity Bus Service Study

David Kack

Western Transportation Institute Montana State University

[5-3] Leveraging App Technology to Document Social Exclusion and Lost Opportunities Due to Transportation Disadvantage

Noelle Fields

University of Texas at Arlington

[5-4] The Role of Transportation in Fostering Placemaking in Benton Harbor

Denise Smith

Michigan Department of Transportation

[5-5] Does Location Matter? Affordability Analysis of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program

Shima Hamidi

University of Texas at Arlington

3:10 – 3:30

Best Poster Awards and Closing

Jun-Seok Oh, WMU