ADD40 - Committee Meeting Agenda
Ralph Hall
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Hi all,
Just wanted to confirm the agenda for our final ADD40 Transportation and Sustainability Committee meeting. I really hope that many of you can attend. Also, there is time at the end of the meeting for folks to share their thoughts about ADD40 past, present, and future.
1:30 -5:30 PM - Transportation and Sustainability Committee <https://annualmeeting.mytrb.org/interactiveprogram/Details/12570>
Agenda:
- Introductions and agenda overview – 15 min (Tim Sexton, MnDOT)
- Committee updates; 2020 Conference update, review of events at TRB - 15 min (ADD40 subcommittee chairs/others)
- TRB realignment; discuss TRB changes, including conversion of sustainability from committee to section and what that mean - 30 min (Bill Anderson, TRB)
- Electric Vehicles as a climate strategy – 45-60 min
- The role of EVs in climate action (Ryan Allard, Project Drawdown),
- The state of EVs in the US and related policy context (Nick Nigro, Atlas Public Policy)
- California’s approach to clean cars and legal status update (Steve Cliff, CARB)
- Closing thoughts on ADD40 – 30 min (all)
- Wrap-ups and thank you – 10 min (Tim Sexton, MnDOT)
The goal is to finish the meeting around 4/4:30 pm to allow people to visit the poster session that ADD40 is sponsoring at the same time.
Regards,
Tim Sexton
Assistant Commissioner and Chief Sustainability Officer, Minnesota Department of Transportation
651-366-3622 |
timothy...@state.mn.us
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From: Sexton, Timothy (DOT)
ADD40 members and friends,
I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season and getting away from work to quality spend with friends and family.
As you know, the TRB Annual Meeting is coming up quickly and I wanted to remind folks of our ADD40-sponsored events. Some highlights are below and the full list is online <https://www.trbsustainability.org/trb-2020/>.
Big thanks to Ralph Hall for the website updates.
Monday (Jan 13)
· 10:15 AM-12:00 PM - Lectern: A Century of Progress?: Reflecting on How Transportation Has/Has Not Promoted Sustainability Outcomes in Equity, the Economy, and the Environment <https://annualmeeting.mytrb.org/interactiveprogram/Details/14021>. US Representatives Mark Takano (D, CA) and Jesus "Chuey" Garcia (D, IL) will share their perspectives during this provocative session moderated by Ralph Hall (Assoc. Prof, Virginia Tech). There will be time for audience questions but we would like to give ADD40 members/friends first crack.
o Action: Please send Ralph and me any questions you have for the Congressmen by Jan 3.
· 6:00 -7:30 PM - Sustainability and New Transportation Technologies Conference 2020 Planning Committee <https://annualmeeting.mytrb.org/interactiveprogram/Details/12567>
o I'm really excited about the conference ADD40 is co-organizing with ADB20 Effects of Information and Communication Technologies on Travel Choices (Giovanni Circella, chair). Please consider attending if you want to learn more and/or help with conference planning. More info on conference website <https://trb.secure-platform.com/a/page/SETT2020>; save-the-date attached.
Tuesday (Jan 14)
· 1:30 -5:30 PM - Transportation and Sustainability Committee <https://annualmeeting.mytrb.org/interactiveprogram/Details/12570>
· Agenda:
o Committee updates; 2020 Conference update, review of events at TRB - 15 min
o TRB realignment (see the email below); Bill Anderson will discuss TRB changes, including conversion of sustainability from committee to section and what that mean - 30 min
o Short presentations - Clean Cars: Nick Nigro/Atlas Public Policy, CARB rep (tbc), Toyota rep, Ryan Allard/Project Drawdown - 60 min
o Plan to wrap by 4 pm to allow time for people to visit the poster session (plus, 4 hr. meeting is just too long...)
· 3:45 -5:30 PM - Poster Session - Sustainability and Transportation <https://annualmeeting.mytrb.org/interactiveprogram/Details/14022>
Wednesday (Jan 15)
· 8:00 -9:45 AM - Lectern: Vehicle Miles Traveled Reduction as Climate Action <https://annualmeeting.mytrb.org/interactiveprogram/Details/14020>
Thursday (Jan 16)
· 8:00 AM-12:00 PM - Workshop - Sustainability Reflections <https://annualmeeting.mytrb.org/interactiveprogram/Details/13351>
o This closing workshop has been popular in the past as a way to discuss, share, and summarize the sessions and conversations people heard around sustainability during the AM.
o Action: Please let Dan Hardy (dha...@citiesthatwork.com) know if you can help facilitate a small group discussion or give a brief summary presentation to the full group.
Finally, probably buried the lead, but TRB completed their realignment <http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/dva/strategicalignment/TRBDispositionCurrentCommittees.pdf>
and this will be the last AM under the current structure. There are lots of reasons for the realignment that you can read online, but one outcome is to eliminate ADD40. The change reflects the success of ADD40 as sustainability
topics are now ingrained into committees throughout TRB, which is largely because of work done by the members and friends of ADD40 - thank you all for that. TRB still recognizes a need to integrate sustainability into policy and research, so TRB is grouping
a series of committees into a sustainability section and group. Bill Anderson will attend the Tuesday afternoon committee meeting to describe the realignment in greater detail and answer questions.
Looking forward to seeing many of you next week. Please let me know if you have any questions about/before the AM.
Happy Holidays!
Tim Sexton, AICP
Assistant Commissioner and Chief Sustainability Officer
651-366-3622
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Dear TRB Technical Activities Committee, Section, Group, and Task Force chairs,
The Technical Activities Division of the Transportation Research Board is engaged in a “strategic alignment” of its organizational structures and processes to strengthen their contribution to the mission of TRB and our parent organization, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Over the last year, much of the alignment effort has focused on reorganizing the TAD volunteer structure in ways that ensure that the talent of TRB’s thousands of volunteers can focus on 21st century critical, and emerging transportation issues with an organization that is flexible enough to respond to rapidly-changing circumstances. In short, we are developing a more sustainable organization that can retain the stability and continuity for which TRB is recognized internationally.
After a year of consultation with volunteers, sponsors, and staff, this effort has reached the stage at which TRB and the Technical Activities Council (TAC) is proudly able to release its newly aligned TAD volunteer structure. You can find the new structure and other resources, included updated Frequently Asked Questions, on our strategic alignment website at (http://www.trb.org/AboutTRB/TADStrategicAlignment.aspx ). Please feel free to share this link with your committee members. I encourage you to read the introductory letter and FAQs on this site to prepare for the questions you may get during the Annual Meeting.
In addition, there will be an all-chair event at the Annual Meeting to introduce the new structure, lay out the plans for the next year, and answer your questions. Here is the information for the event:
Sunday, January 12, 2020
10:00-11:00 am
Marriott Marquis, Salons 1 & 2
We realize that this late addition to the schedule means that some chairs will not have arrived at the meeting yet or will be involved in workshops. Please feel free to ask a committee member to represent you at this event if you are not able to attend.
As is said about many things, change is like a coin: it has two sides and you can’t have one without the other. Change can be difficult, uncertain, confusing—we don’t have all the answers to how it will work out. But change can also renew energy, spark innovation, and open up possibilities that were obscured by our familiarity with the things we have “always done.” This volunteer restructuring, and other elements of TAD’s strategic alignment, are sure to involve both sides of the change coin. We are committed to work together to minimize the difficult side; and we are confident that this community of dedicated and enthusiastic experts will quickly discover the energy, innovation, and possibilities offered by taking a fresh look at a century-old tradition of national service.
Thank you for all you do to make TRB’s mission a reality and to create this very special community.
Technical Activities Council
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