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Project development conference planned
Context Sensitive Solutions key topic

Improving and expanding Idaho’s transportation system to meet the demands of rapid growth and a desire to retain Idaho’s best qualities will be a central theme of a two-day conference in Boise, Wednesday and Thursday (April 6, 7).

The 2005 Project Development Conference will focus on “Implementing Context Sensitive Solutions in Idaho.” It will include presentations by nationally known speakers, more than 20 breakout sessions, exhibits, sponsors and an awards banquet. The event will be at the Boise Centre on the Grove in downtown Boise.

A pre-conference ITS (Intelligent Transportation System) workshop is scheduled to begin Tuesday (April 5).

The context sensitive design conference will include presentations by a number of design experts. Among them are:

  • Tim Neuman, P.E., who manages projects involving traffic operations and safety and alternatives development. He has extensive experience in developing plans for reconstructing urban freeway corridors and is a nationally recognized expert in highway safety, geometric design and the Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS) approach.
  • Michael Ronkin, manager of the Oregon Department of Transportation’s bicycle and pedestrian programs the past 12 years. He chaired a panel that developed the AASHTO Guide for the Design of Pedestrian Facilities. Ronkin’s guiding principles are to provide for the most basic (walking) and efficient (bicycling) forms of transportation.
  • Keith Allred, Ph.D., an internationally recognized scholar and practitioner in negotiation and conflict resolution. A member of the Harvard University faculty, Dr. Allred is the 2004-05 Frank Church Distinguished Professor of Public Policy at Boise State University. He will discuss “Involving the Public without Being Hijacked by Extremists.”
  • Paul A. Garrett, Ph.D., who recently received the Federal Highway Administration’s Superior Achievement Award. He completed a video on stream restoration related to highway projects and established the National Academy of Sciences project on assessing ecological impacts of highway projects.

Sessions begin with a welcome from Idaho Transportation Board chair Chuck Winder at 9 a.m. on Wednesday. Sessions will continue non-stop through the day, concluding with a banquet from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The second day features a menu of four breakout sessions for planning, environmental, design and materials, and a concluding general session presented by Joe Haynes, administrator of Idaho’s Local Highway Technical Assistance Council (LHTAC).

The conference is supported by 42 local and national sponsors and will feature exhibits by nearly 20 vendors. For more information visit the conference Web site: itd.idaho.gov/design/cau/cau.htm