2017 MPO/RPC/WisDOT/FHWA Conference

The 2017 Conference on Regional and Metropolitan Planning in Wisconsin took place on October 30 and 31 in Milwaukee. The conference was very successful, driven primarily by the quality of our presenters and the questions from attendees. We were honored to be joined by WisDOT Secretary Dave Ross and Waukesha County Executive Paul Farrow, along with our distinguished presenters. The agenda included six sessions, which generated interesting conversations about major topics and issues in regional planning. The full presentations document provided includes a table of contents with links to the presentations. In addition, each individual presentation can be downloaded.

Thank you to those who participated in this year’s conference!

Full Presentations Document (21.2 MB)

Session 1 - Megaregions, Economics and Infrastructure Needs

• FHWA PERSPECTIVE ON MEGAREGIONS
  Mary Forlenza, Federal Highway Administration
• Donna Brown-Martin, Wisconsin Department of Transportation
• KEEPING GREATER CHICAGO’S ECONOMY MOVING
  Elizabeth Irvin, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
• FREIGHT AND PORT PERSPECTIVE
  Ron Chicka, Duluth-Superior Metropolitan Interstate Council

Session 2 - Resilient Transportation

• WISCONSIN 2016 FLOODING AND RECOVERY
  Rosie Meer, Wisconsin Department of Transportation
• RESILIENCY IN THE STATE HIGHWAY PROGRAM
  Jeff Gust, Wisconsin Department of Transportation
• FHWA RESILIENCE PRIMER
  Mitch Batuzich, Federal Highway Administration
• BUILDING RESILIENT TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS IN CHICAGO
  Elizabeth Irvin, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning

Session 3 - Environmental Trends in Wisconsin, With a Focus on the Southeastern Region

• TRENDS IN AIR QUALITY
  Gail Good, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
• OVERVIEW OF WATER RESOURCE TRENDS IN WISCONSIN
  Laura Herrick, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
• THE RECENT EVOLUTION OF WATER USE AND HIGH CAPACITY WELLS IN WISCONSIN
  Adam Freihoefer, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
• WISCONSIN’S CAFOs, KARST TOPOGRAPHY, AND GROUNDWATER RESOURCES
  Joe Baeten, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Session 4 - Employment Trends in Wisconsin

• WORKFORCE TRENDS IN WAUKESHA COUNTY
  Tim Casey, Waukesha County Business Alliance
• Willie Wade, Employ Milwaukee
• TRANSIT: CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES IN METRO MILWAUKEE
  Joe Peterangelo, Public Policy Forum

Session 5 - Technology Trends and the Future of Travel

• AV TECH: (EM)BRACING THE IMPACT
  Rob Fischer, Wisconsin Automated Vehicle Proving Grounds
• TECHNOLOGY TRENDS AND THE FUTURE OF TRAVEL
  Joseph D. Vruwink, Baird Equity Research
• THE NEED FOR STEERING THE DRIVERLESS HORSELESS CARRIAGE: ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
  Art Harrington, Shareholder in Godfrey & Kahn’s Environmental and Energy Strategies Practice Groups
   

Session 6 -Processing What We Heard

This was a group discussion; no presentations were shown.