Planning Innovative Cities: MSP and PDX

A discussion with the experts who make it happen

Moderator:

• Jennifer Clark, Director, Center for Urban Innovation, Ivan Allen College, Georgia Tech

Guest Speakers:

• Todd Graham, Principal forecaster, Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities, provides project leadership and expertise in development monitoring, land use economics, demography, and economic analysis projects and products.
• Sonny condor, Principal Researcher, Portland Metro Research Center, develops and operates MetroScope, one of the first explicit "market based" integrated land use and transportation models to be in regular use by an MPO (Portland Metro)

Portland, Oregon's metropolitan government, Metro is the only elected regional planning agency in the US. Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota's regional government, The Met council, is the only regional government with similar planning authority. Together, the Twin Cities and Portland represent the most sustained, integrated, and comprehensive approach to regional government including city services and long-term planning for transportation, economic development, and demographic transitions in the US.

Co-sponsors:

• Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) at Georgia Tech
• Public Policy Graduate Student Association of Georgia Tech
• Georgia Tech Student Planning Association (SPA)
• Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS) - Georgia Tech Chapter
• The Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems