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Designing Cities 2019: Toronto

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Monday, Sep 09

Monday, Sep 09 - 8:00 am - 12:00 pm (6 Events)

Controlling the Narrative: Communicating for Results

Training
Learn how effective communications builds the support needed to sustain momentum on the group.

Street Design 201: Transit Street Design Workshop

Training
Great transit starts with great streets. Great streets start here.

Interim Strategies and Metrics to Support Long-Term Change

Training
This training, based on national and international experiences, offers examples of how cities can apply interim design strategies to improve streets in the short term.

Thriving Professionally Amid a World of Constant Change

Training
We exist in a field that changes rapidly - learn how to maneuver, lead, and thrive professionally, even when there is constant flux.

Making Meetings Matter: A Facilitation Skill-Building Workshop

Training
Designing and facilitating effective meetings--from public community meetings to internal staff huddles--is a learnable skill.

Vision Zero Arterials & Intersections Workshop: Controlling Speeds to Save Lives

Training
Learn from cities that have tackled their most dangerous streets, wielding the entire engineering toolbox to not only reduce fatalities and injuries, but to transform these important corridors into efficient, inviting urban places.

Monday, Sep 09 - 8:30 am - 12:00 pm (3 Events)

Bikeway Design 201: Don't Give Up at the Intersection

Training
Learn how to make intersections in your city work for people of all ages and abilities.

Street Design 301: Transit-Friendly Signals

Training
Explore how to improve transit operations through various signal strategies.

Workshop: Advancing Equity in Government and Transportation

Training
This workshop will cover practical approaches to frame, explain, and take action to address the complex problems at the intersection of equity and transportation.

Monday, Sep 09 - 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (1 Event)

Registration Opens

Breakout Session
Pick up your badge, printed program book, and conference bag!

Monday, Sep 09 - 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm (1 Event)

Opening Plenary

Plenary
Welcome to Toronto!

Monday, Sep 09 - 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm (9 Events)

From Margins to Center: Creating Agency for People of Color in the Transportation Sector

Breakout Session
This session is specifically designed to hold space for—and center—the voices of people of color.

Scaling Up: From Bike Lanes to Complete Networks

Breakout Session
Hear from cities doing large-scale rollout of bike infrastructure, and how they're turning their agencies into well-oiled network delivery machines.

Navigating New Challenges in a Digital Age

Breakout Session
As mobility data proliferates, cities (and private sector companies) must grapple with how to ensure that technology serves to enhance, not diminish, civic life.

Planning to Deliver

Breakout Session
Left unmanaged, the rapid increase in urban freight delivery looking to access the curb poses big challenges for efficiency, safety, and sustainability.

Lessons From the Front Line

Breakout Session
Maintenance and operations professionals are a valuable source of in-the-field experience and expertise, but projects often struggle to incorporate their valuable perspectives.

Communities Take Action: Countering Systemic Exclusion Through Public Space Planning

Breakout Session
Learn how underrepresented communities have successfully organized and formed coalitions with cities to elevate their voices and be at the planning table.

25's the Limit: Setting Safe Speed Limits in Your City

Breakout Session
Given the choice, how would you set speed limits? Based on how fast people are already driving, or how fast you want them to drive?

Red Light, Green Light 1-2-3: A Live Signals Charrette

Breakout Session
Join some of the finest minds in city signal design for an in-person version of a NACTO Digital Design Charrette.

The Stairway to (AV) Heaven

Breakout Session
Drawing from NACTO's just-released second edition of the Blueprint for Autonomous Urbanism, join our panel of policy, transit, and freight experts as they lay out their visions for making AV heaven a reality.

Monday, Sep 09 - 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm (1 Event)

Opening Reception

Breakout Session
Kick off NACTO19 in Underpass Park!

Tuesday, Sep 10

Tuesday, Sep 10 - 6:15 am - 7:15 am (1 Event)

Fun Run: Corktown

Breakout Session
Get your energy up by starting the second day of #NACTO19 with an enjoyable jog through the Corktown neighborhood in downtown Toronto.

Tuesday, Sep 10 - 8:00 am - 9:00 am (1 Event)

Breakfast Plenary

Plenary
Join Chief Planner Gregg Lintern and three Toronto City Councillors for a morning panel discussion about mobility policy and challenges in Toronto.

Tuesday, Sep 10 - 9:00 am - 12:00 pm (1 Event)

WalkShops

Walkshop
WalkShops are an outstanding opportunity to see projects with your own eyes.

Tuesday, Sep 10 - 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm (1 Event)

Lunch Plenary

Plenary
Why is equity practice an imperative for people who work in government? Climate equity thought leader Desiree Williams-Rajee will share how equity must be fundamental to the work of those who choose the calling of public service. Through an exploration of

Tuesday, Sep 10 - 1:45 pm - 3:15 pm (9 Events)

The Role of Transit and Mobility Management in an Era of New and Expanded Shared Mobility Options

Breakout Session
Join the TRB Committee on Mobility Management for an interactive workshop to inform their major study on new mobility services.

Caught in a Ride-Hail Storm?

Breakout Session
This panel brings together decision-makers from large global cities to discuss how each has managed (or not) to absorb ride-hail onto already-saturated streets.

Free For All: Managing and Expanding People-Focused Street Events

Breakout Session
Car-free events are a powerful tool, converting streets to public spaces and contributing to positive environmental, economic, and social outcomes.

Don't Give Up at the Intersection

Breakout Session
This session will show how each element of the intersection—geometry, signals, movements—work hand-in-hand to make the street work for everyone.

Creating the Demand for Change: TDM Strategies for a Low Carbon Future

Breakout Session
Hear from three Climate Challenge cities about how they are increasing transit, carpooling, and active transportation trips through transportation demand management programs.

Managing the Message & Getting Results

Breakout Session
Communication matters. Messaging can be the difference between a 'controversial' policy or program, and one with critical buy-in from the public.

Don't Lose Your Riders: Centering on Equity in Bus Network Redesign

Breakout Session
This panel will explore this trend and build on the bus network redesign topic through the lens of equity.

Paint, Posts, Pop-ups and Partnerships: The Quadruple Threat to Transform Streets Fast

Breakout Session
With the right combination of paint, posts, and partnerships, cities can prove concepts and change the status quo on their streets fast.

At the Intersection of Transportation & Equity

Breakout Session
Panelists will share their process to approach transportation planning through an intersectional lens.

Tuesday, Sep 10 - 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm (1 Event)

Meet the Cities

Breakout Session
Meet the faces behind the names of city leaders that are making a difference in urban mobility.

Tuesday, Sep 10 - 4:45 pm - 6:15 pm (9 Events)

Data Tools for the Bottom-up City, with SharedStreets

Breakout Session
SharedStreets works with cities to create open source, privacy protecting tools to understand their rapidly-changing streets. Join us to learn what we're building, how it works, and how it can support transportation planning and oversight.

Unlocking Benefits by (Strategically) Talking Transit

Breakout Session
How we talk about transit improvement projects—and how effectively we publicly connect better transit to other priorities—is crucial to success.

Making the Case with Data

Breakout Session
Driving decisions with data requires applying it deliberately to support project evaluation, community engagement, and public communications.

The Role of Streets in Creating Resilient Cities

Breakout Session
How can we use green infrastructure to build more resilient streetscapes and communities?

Public Art: Extending the Life of the Street

Breakout Session
As stewards of the road and the sidewalk, cities shape streets not just as places to travel through, but as places to be.

Get Poor Charlie off the MTA: Rethinking Transit Fare Policy to Set Riders Free

Breakout Session
What does a reliable, equitable, and accessible fare program look like?

Beyond Enforcement

Breakout Session
This is a forum to learn from and speak with panelists as you deep dive into specific challenges, opportunities, and next steps to move beyond inequitable enforcement practices.

A Global Perspective: Streets that Save Lives

Breakout Session
Experts from the across the globe will showcase how their programs, projects, and policies around safer street design have helped their cities and regions save lives.

Putting Transit to a Vote

Breakout Session
In this session, veterans of high-profile transit ballot fights will share their real-world insights for strategies to win at the ballot box.

Wednesday, Sep 11

Wednesday, Sep 11 - 6:15 am - 7:15 am (1 Event)

Fun Run: Waterfront

Breakout Session
Get your energy up by starting the third day of #NACTO19 with an enjoyable jog along Toronto's evolving Waterfront.

Wednesday, Sep 11 - 8:00 am - 9:00 am (1 Event)

Breakfast

Plenary
Sit down for breakfast with the NACTO ambassadors to chat about all things NACTO!

Wednesday, Sep 11 - 9:00 am - 12:00 pm (1 Event)

WalkShops

Walkshop
WalkShops are an outstanding opportunity to see projects with your own eyes.

Wednesday, Sep 11 - 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm (1 Event)

Afternoon Plenary - C'mon and Take a Free Ride: How Pricing Shapes Travel Decisions

Plenary
Should we put a price on it? And how?

Wednesday, Sep 11 - 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm (7 Events)

Embedding Vision Zero into the DNA of Your Agency

Breakout Session
NYC DOT staff will share their experiences building a comprehensive street safety program, with lessons learned to apply on your own city streets.

It Takes Two (to Make a Thing Go Right)

Breakout Session
Getting stuff done requires meaningful collaboration and strong relationships that overcome agency and department divides.

Dibs? Fitting in Transit Priority & Better Bikeways on Crowded, Contested Streets

Breakout Session
Active main streets with dense destinations are key routes for both bikes and transit. As our cities' most constrained environments, how do you ensure space for both?

The Pricing is Right: Capturing the Value of Places, Curbs, and Trips

Breakout Session
Combating unsustainable increases in driving, congestion, and carbon emissions will require unlocking the full potential of the public right-of-way: pricing the street.

Sharing Two Wheels: A How-To Guide for Cities

Breakout Session
As shared bikes and scooters grow in popularity, cities are grappling with how to leverage their regulatory power to achieve public goals without jeopardizing the promise of private sector resources.

All the Data & All the Privacy: Managing Mobility Data

Breakout Session
How are transportation agencies adopting a principles-based approach to data management to make smart and safe use of mobility data?

Streets for Kids: Why They Matter and How to Make Them

Breakout Session
Streets that account for the needs of children and their caregivers improve the health, safety, and quality of life for everyone using the street.

Wednesday, Sep 11 - 4:45 pm - 5:30 pm (1 Event)

Closing Plenary

Plenary
Effective transit service allows cities to grow without slowing down.

Wednesday, Sep 11 - 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (1 Event)

Neighborhood Dinners

Breakout Session
Join local hosts for an informal pay-your-own-way dinner out in Toronto. Sign up at the WalkShop table!

Thursday, Sep 12

Thursday, Sep 12 - 8:00 am - 2:00 pm (1 Event)

Long-Form WalkShops

Walkshop
WalkShops are an outstanding opportunity to see projects with your own eyes.