Wednesday, January 8, 2014

This Year's Pedestrian-Friendly Confereces

Courtesy of the ever-helpful John Z. Wetmore, a list of conferences that may interest you this year: 

January

7-10  International Disaster Conference / National Evacuation Conference;  New Orleans, LA
12-16  Transportation Research Board (TRB);  Washington, DC
16-17  Transforming Transportation (EMBARQ);  Washington, DC
17-18  Oklahoma Bike Summit;  Tulsa, OK
20-24  World Of Concrete;  Las Vegas, NV
22-24  Conference of Mayors;  Washington, DC
22-25  National Sheriffs Association Winter Conference; Washington, DC
24  Iowa Bicycle Summit; Des Moines, IA
27-28  ASTM F13 Pedestrian/Walkway Safety and Footwear; Houston, TX
28-30  Nat'l Conf on Science, Policy and the Environment: Building Climate Solutions; Washington, DC

February

4-7  Winter Road Congress;  Andorra
6-7  Media That Matters; Washington, DC
8  New Jersey Bike & Walk Summit; New Brunswick, NJ
9-11  National Conference of Regions; Washington, DC
10-11  Good Jobs, Green Jobs;  Washington, DC
10-11  Colorado Bike Summit; Denver, CO
11  Maryland Bike Symposium; Annapolis, MD
12-13  International Winter Cycling Conference;  Winnipeg, Canada
13-15  New Partners For Smart Growth;  Denver, CO
16-19  Conference on Play; Clemson, SC
16-24  Safer Roads by Design: Across Six Continents;  Orlando, FL
21-25  ATSSA - American Traffic Safety Services Assn. Convention and Traffic Expo; San Antonio, TX
22  Alumni Day; Princeton, NJ
23-27  Partners for Public Lands; Albuquerque, NM

March

1-5  NACO - National Association of Counties Legislative Conference; Washington, DC
3-4  Transportation/ Land Use Planning and Air Quality (TLUPAQ) Conference; Charlotte, NC
3-4  Smart and Sustainable Campuses; Baltimore, MD
3-5  National Bike Summit;  Washington, DC
8-12  Congressional City Conference; Washington, DC
9-11  American Public Transportation Assn. Legislative Conference (APTA); Washington, DC
9-12  Active Living Research;  San Diego, CA
9-12  Institute Of Transportation Engineers (ITE);  Miami, FL
11-15  Aging in America;  San Diego, CA
14-16  North American Handmade Bicycle Show;  Charlotte, NC
19-21  Design-Build in Transportation;  San Jose, CA
19-22  Urban Affairs Association;  San Antonio, TX
21  Delaware Walk & Bike Summit; Newark, DE
25-26  National Recreation and Parks Association Legislative Forum;  Washington, DC
26-28  Texas Trails and Active Transportation Conference; Fort Worth, TX
27-29  MT Bike Walk Summit; Billings, MT
30-4/5  Sustainable Trails Conference; Stonewall, WV


April

1-4  American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance; St. Louis, MO
8-10  California Trails and Greenways; Palm Springs, CA
8-11  International Association for Impact Assessment;  Vina del Mar, Chile
8-12  Association of American Geographers (AAG);  Tampa, FL
9-11  Fifth International Transportation and Economic Development Conference; Dallas, TX
9-11  ULI - Urban Land Institute Spring Meeting; Vancouver, Canada
11-12  Georgia Trail Summit; Athens, GA
12-13  Global Health and Innovation Conference;  New Haven, CT
14-16  Women's Issues in Transportation;  Paris, France
14-17  Transport Research Arena;  Paris, France
16-18  International Conference on Roundabouts;  Seattle, WA
21-22  Oregon Active Transportation Summit; Portland, OR
22-25  ICTI - International Conference on Transportation Infrastructure;  Pisa, Italy
24-26  Alaska Statewide Trails Conference; Anchorage, Alaska.
26-30  APA - American Planning Association; Atlanta, GA
27-29  Lifesavers National Conference on Highway Safety Priorities; Nashville, TN
28-30  Transportation Asset Management;  Miami, FL

May

4-7  APWA - American Public Works Assn. North American Snow Conference; Cincinnati, OH
4-7  APTA Bus and Paratransit Conference; Kansas City, MO
7  Bike To School Day
7-9  Eastern Region Communication and Technology Conference; New Brunswick, NJ
8-10  AARP - Life@50+; Boston, MA
13-16  National Outdoor Recreation Conference;  San Francisco, CA
14-16  PedsCount! 2014;  Sacramento, CA
18-21  National Main Streets Conference; Detroit, MI
18-21  International Safer Roads Conference;  Cheltenham, U.K.
19-21  Electric Drive Transportation Association;  Indianapolis, IN
21-23  International Transport Forum; Leipzig, Germany
27-30  Velo-City Global;  Adelaide, Australia
28-30  Urban Transport and the Environment;  The Algarve, Portugal
29-6/1  Reunions;  Princeton, NJ

June

3-5  Energy Ocean International;  Atlantic City, NJ
4-7  CNU - Congress For The New Urbanism;  Buffalo, NY
7  National Trails Day
8-11  NARC - National Association of Regional Councils; Louisville, KY
8-12  International Making Cities Livable (IMCL);  Portland, OR
15-18  APTA Rail Conference; Montreal, Canada
20-13  U.S. Conference of Mayors;  Dallas, TX
20-25  National Sheriffs Association; Fort Worth, TX
23-24  ASTM F13 Pedestrian/Walkway Safety and Footwear; Toronto, Canada
26-28  AIA - American Institute of Architects; Chicago, IL
29-7/2  North American Travel Monitoring Exposition and Conference (NATMEC);  Chicago, IL

July

9-11  Surface Transportation Financing;  Irvine, CA
9-11  NACCHO - Nat'l Ass'n of County and City Health Officials; Atlanta, GA
10-11  Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) Safety Symposium;  Washington, DC
11-14  NACO - National Association of Counties; New Orleans, LA
16-18  Footbridge 2014;  London, UK
20-23  Alternative Intersections and Interchanges;  Salt Lake City, UT
21-23  Transportation Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Communities; Burlington, VT

August

3-8  Global Level Crossing Symposium;  Urbana-Champaign, IL
6-8  Alliance for Community Media; Philadelphia, PA
6-9  International Cycling History Conference; Baltimore, MD
10-13   Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE);  Seattle, WA
17-20   APWA - American Public Works Association; Toronto, Canada
19-22   NSCL - Nat'l Conference of State Legislatures - Legislative Summit; Minneapolis, MN

September

1  Mackinac Bridge Walk; Mackinaw City, MI
4-6  AARP - Life@50+; San Diego, CA
7-9  ARTBA - American Road and Transportation Builders Association; Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
7-10  GHSA - Governors Highway Safety Association; Grand Rapids, MI
7-11  Global Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) World Congress;  Detroit, MI
8-12  ProWalk-Probike; Pittsburgh, PA
14-17  IBTTA International Bridge Tunnel and Turnpike Association; Austin, TX
14-17  ICMA - International City/County Management Association; Charlotte, NC
18-20  National Land Conservation Conference; Providence, RI
21-24  Rail~Volution; Minneapolis, MN
29-10/1  Child in the City;  Odense, Denmark
29-10/1  European Transport Conference; Frankfurt, Germany

October

7-10  ASCE -- 143rd Annual Civil Engineering Conference; Panama
8  Walk to School Day
12-15  American Public Transportation Association (APTA); Houston, TX
14-16  NRPA - National Recreation and Park Association; Charlotte, NC
16-18  Washington State Trails Conference; Bellingham, WA
21-23  Walk21;  Sydney, Australia
21-24  ULI - Urban Land Institute Fall Meeting; New York, NY
21-24  AMPO - Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations; Atlanta, GA

November

6-8  ASCE International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure; Long Beach, CA.
10-14  National Preservation Conference; Savannah, GA
15-19  American Public Health Association (APHA); New Orleans, LA
21-24  ASLA - American Society of Landscape Architects; Denver, CO

December
10-12  NCSL - Nat'l Conference of State Legislatures - Fall Forum; Washington, DC

1 comment:

  1. The Association of Travel Instruction is another walking-friendly conference. That annual conference will be held in Portland, OR August 19-21.

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