The Texas Triangle

Megaregions & MetroProsperity

David Crossley, Jun 17, 09.

Tagged with transportation, transit, food, infrastructure, energy, high speed rail, planning, water, texas triangle, conference

Conference website

A conference convened by Houston Tomorrow and America 2050 is scheduled for September 24-25 in Houston.

UPDATE (9/28/09, 2:06 pm): The conference was a great success, and we will soon be publishing the many presentations, video, and survey results from the participants. Some of the great responses we have heard so far:

“Thanks again for the great conference you guys put together, I have to say it was the most thought provoking, information filled & interesting event I can remember having been to!” - Navid Rezanejad

“Thank you for organizing an excellent event. The location was perfect, and the agenda chock full!” - Michael Neuman

UPDATE (8/06/09, 2:06 pm): The Center for Sustainable Development at the University of Texas School of Architecture has released a report entitled Reinventing the Texas Triangle: Solutions for Growing Challenges. The report (pdf, 2.9 mb) will be used as a resource at the conference.

UPDATE (7/28/09, 4:32 pm): Arup and Morris to sponsor conference.

Confirmed Partners
America 2050, Center for Houston’s Future, Envision Central Texas, Houston Tomorrow, Houston-Galveston Area Council, Texas A&M College of Architecture, TSU Center for Transportation Planning and Research, TSU Department of Urban and Environmental Planning, University of Texas Center for Sustainable Development, Vision North Texas

Confirmed Sponsors
Arup, Daniel B. Barnum, FAIA, Greenspoint, METRO, Morris Architects, NuRide, Regional Plan Association, Tony Mandola’s Gulf Coast Kitchen, TREK, Waterstreet Engineering

Purpose
Build support for a national infrastructure investment plan and establish knowledge of Megaregions by leaders in the metro areas of the Texas Triangle, which includes Houston, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Austin, and San Antonio. Identify the major transportation, energy, and water infrastructure priorities in the Texas Triangle megaregion. Seek common ground among regions in the Texas Triangle on programs and policies to meet core infrastructure challenges. Explore emerging economic trends and strategies for sustainable prosperity in metro regions. Create a framework for working toward a vision for sustainable prosperity in the Texas Triangle

A website for the event has more information.

Confirmed speakers

Mark Anielski, President and CEO, Anielski Management Inc
Emily Braswell, Executive Director, Blueprint Houston
Sally Campbell, Executive Director, Envision Central Texas

Alan Clark, MPO Director, Manager of Transportation and Air Quality Programs, Houston-Galveston Area Council
David Crossley, President, Houston Tomorrow
Dan Bellow, Chairman, Greater Houston Partnership

David Goldberg, Communications Director, Transportation for America
Dan Hardin, PhD, Director, Water Resources Planning Division, Texas Water Development Board
Bill Hobby, former Lieutenant Governor of Texas
Jim Holway, PhD, Joint Venture Program Director, Sonoran Institute

Patrick Howard, Assistant Director, City of San Antonio Planning & Development Services Department
John Jacob, PhD, Coastal Community Development Specialist, Texas Sea Grant
Amy Myers Jaffe, Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies, James A. Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Associate Director, Rice Energy Program
Stephen Klineberg, PhD, Rice University Department of Sociology

Robert Lang, PhD, Co-Director, Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Christopher Leinberger, Visiting Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution
Dwayne Marsh, MA, Senior Director for Policy Engagement, PolicyLink
Bruce McCarl, PhD, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M

Michael Neuman, PhD, Chair, Sustainable Urbanism Program, Texas A&M
Ray Orbach, PhD, Director, Energy Institute at the University of Texas-Austin
Mark Pisano, Co-Chair and West Coast Director, America 2050
Bob Randall, PhD, Former Executive Director, Urban Harvest

Robin Rather, CEO, Collective Strength
Frederick Steiner, PhD, Dean, College of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin
Jeff Taebel, Director of Community and Environmental Planning, Houston-Galveston Area Council
Amanda Timm, MPAff, Executive Director, Local Initiatives Support Corporation - Houston

Petra Todorovich, Director, America 2050
Karen Walz, Project Manager, Vision North Texas
Frank Wilson, President & CEO, Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County
Robert Yaro, President, Regional Plan Association

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