What’s
Driving Global Warming?
Transportation
and Climate Change
Tuesday, May 18, 2004
8:00 am to 5:30 pm
Seattle
Center, Northwest Rooms
Seattle, Washington
8:00 Registration
8:30 Welcome – Conference
Hosts represented by
Peter
Hurley, Transportation
Choices Coalition
Keynote Address: Making the Connection:
Transportation and Climate Change
Denis Hayes, (Earth
Day, Bullitt Foundation)
9:00 Panel:
Climate Impacts on Washington Businesses
Climate Impacts: Prof.
Richard Gammon, University of Washington, Program on the Environment
Agriculture: Michael Scott, Climate Scientists
(Water Impacts), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Salmon Industry: Pete
Knutson, Puget Sound Harvesters, salmon commissioner
9:45 Break
10:00 Plenary
Panel: Clean Cars, Less Cars
Introductions/Moderator:
Harold Taniguchi, Director, King County Dept. of Transportation
Innovative Pricing Mechanisms
Alan Durning, Executive
Director, Northwest Environment Watch
Local Success Stories
Grace Crunican, Director, Seattle
Department of Transportation,
Realistic Vehicle Technology Paths
Ben Knight, Vice
President of Environmental Planning, Honda
Managing Cars and Carbon
John DeCicco, Senior
Fellow, Automotive Strategies, Environmental Defense
Questions 15 min
11:00 Break
11:15 Concurrent Breakout Sessions on
above topics:
Shaw Conference Room: Innovative
Economic Mechanism
Alan Durning, joined by
Chris Hagerbaumer, transportation
director, Oregon Environmental Council
Fidalgo Conference Room : Local
Success Stories
Grace Crunican, joined by
Matt Hansen, marketing director, King County Metro
(possible third person)
Lopez Conference Room: Vehicle Technology and Carbon
Ben Knight and John DeCicco, joined
by
Tony Usibelli, energy policy
division
director, Dept of
Community Trade and Economic Development
12:15 Lunch
1:00 Introduction
of Keynote Speaker
King
County Executive
Keynote
Address: Smart
Growth and Transportation
The Honorable Parris Glendening
Governor
of Maryland (1995-2003)
2:00 Plenary
Panel: Clean Cars, Less Cars
Introductions/Moderator: K. C.
Golden, project director, NW Climate Connections, Climate Solutions
LUTAQH: Land Use, Transportation,
Air Quality, Health. Three Case Studies
Larry Frank, Professor, University of British
Columbia
Chicago Sprawl: Lessons
Learned
Jacky
Grimshaw, Transportation Director, Center
for Neighborhood Technology,
Transportation and Climate
Strategies in the Northeast
Abbey Tennis, Deputy Director of Air Quality,
Exec. Office of Massachusetts Governor Mit Romney
Policy Initiatives for Carbon
Reductions
Roland Hwang,
Transportation Director (California), Natural
Resources Defense Council
Questions
3:00 Break
3:15 Concurrent Breakout Sessions
above topics:
Fidalgo Conference Room: LUTAQH: Land Use, Transportation, Air Quality,
Health
Larry Frank, joined by
Bill Kreager, Mithune Architects and
Charlotte Claybrooke, Department of Health
Shaw Conference Room: Chicago
Sprawl, Seattle Sprawl
Jack Grimshaw, joined by
Kevin Shivley, policy director, Transportation Choices
Coalition
Lopez Conference Room:
Transportation Climate Strategies: California, New England, Puget Sound
Abbey Tennis and Roland Hwang,
joined by
Dennis McLerran, executive director, Puget Sound Clean Air
Agency
4:15 Break
4:30 Views
from Olympia
Moderator: Dave Ross, The Dave
Ross Show, 710 KIRO Radio
Sen. Jeanne
Kohl-Welles (D-36-Seattle)
Ranking Minority Member on the Higher
Education Committee;
Economic Development, and Rules Committees
Rep. Toby Nixon (R-45-Kirkland)
Republican Caucus Vice-Chair,
Transportation Committee
Rep. Fred Jarrett (R-41-Mercer
Island)
Sen. Karen Fraser (D-22-Thurston
County)
Ranking Minority Member on the Natural
Resources, Energy
& Water Committee; Ways & Means Committee
Questions
5:30 Reception
6:30 Adjourn