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MORNING SESSIONS

8:00 – 9:00 am

REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST

9:00 am – 9:15 am

OPENING REMARKS AND WELCOME
Sam Zimmerman, Urban Transport Advisor, TUDTR, World Bank

9:15 – 10:45 am

SESSION 1: PROJECT PLANNING AND EVALUATION FOR RAPID TRANSIT PROJECTS: ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS OR FEASIBILITY STUDY?
Facilitator and Commenter: Jose Gomez-Ibanez, Harvard Kennedy School/World Bank

• The U.S. Alternatives Analysis Process (PDF 69 KB)
  Ron Fisher, USDOT Federal Transit Administration
• The French Approach to Rapid Transit Mode Selection and Project Planning (PDF 502 KB)
  Thierry Gouin, Ministry of Transport, France
• Environmental Considerations in Urban Transport Planning (PDF 231 KB)
  Don Emerson, PBConsult

Discussion

10:45 – 11:15 am

COFFEE BREAK

11:15 – 12:45 pm

SESSION 2: GETTING THE RIGHT THING DONE IN DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES
Facilitator and Commenter: Jit Bajpai, Sector Director, EASTR, World Bank

• Mexico: Mobilizing Resources to Manage Risks and Pursue Opportunities (PDF 368 KB)
  Nancy Kete, EMBARQ/World Resources Institute
• How to Get Things Done: Lessons from the Jakarta BRT (PDF 423 KB)
  John Ernst, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy
• Innovative World Bank Financing for Transport Activities: The Cases of TranSantiago and the LAC Regional GEF Project (PDF 503 KB)
  Pierre Graftieaux, Senior Urban Transport Specialist, LCSFT, World Bank

Discussion

12:45 – 2:00 pm

LUNCH

AFTERNOON SESSIONS

2:00 – 3:30 pm

SESSION 3: PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: MOVING BEYOND TALK TO RESULTS
Facilitator and Commenter: Ajay Kumar, Senior Transport Economist, AFTTR, World Bank

• Managing Rapid Growth through Transit Compatible Land Use (PDF 3.4 MB)
  Mary-Francis Turner, Executive Vice President, York Rapid Transit Corporation and former Development Commissioner, Town of Markham, Ontario
• Making the TOD Vision a Reality: Two US Case Studies (PDF 5 MB)
  Alden Raine, AECOM DMJM+HARRIS and former Secretary of Commerce, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, former CEO, Massport
• Public Transport and Development: Making it Work  (PDF 2 MB)
  Robert Dunphy, Urban Land Institute

Discussion

3:30 – 4:00 pm

COFFEE BREAK

4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

SESSION 4: PUBLIC TRANSPORT CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT: PLANNING FOR FIXING WHAT YOU HAVE Chair: Motoo Konishi, Sector Manager, ECSIE, World Bank

• Asset Management: The Chief Operating Officer’s Perspective
  Anne Herzenberg, former Chief Operating Officer, MBTA
• Capital Planning & Programming at the MBTA (PDF 562 KB)
  Brian McCollom, McCollom (public transport) Management Consulting
• Projecting Transit Capital Needs: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (PDF 4.8 MB)
  Robert Peskin, AECOMConsult

Discussion