Overview
This annual event provides peer-to-peer learning for regional transportation planners, state DOT representatives, and their local and private sector partners.
View the final program here. (PDF)
The conference provides training and networking opportunities on a variety of rural and small metropolitan transportation topics. With hands-on workshops, best practice panels, and facilitated networking sessions that feature peer trainers and expert speakers, the conference will offer training for organizations and individuals just beginning to work in transportation, as well as those with more experience.
For more information, please contact NADO Associate Director Carrie Kissel at ckissel @ nado.org.
Feedback from last year's attendees
- I seem to pick up ideas and practices at each and every event. THANK YOU!
- This was my first NADO conference. It was a really wonderful experience!
- Always a great learning experience and way to network with peers.
- I had a great time and I feel like it was productive and inspiring for my work.
- A great conference attended by a group of people who love to share their experiences and hear from others.
Looking for information from prior conferences? Choose the event below:
- June 2016, Chattanooga, Tennessee
- December 2014, Cincinnati, Ohio
- April 2013, Greenville, South Carolina
- April 2012, Burlington, Vermont
- August 2011, Washington, DC
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Agenda & Presentations
Click here for a printable version of the conference program (PDF).
Wednesday, June 28
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Conference Registration
8:45 a.m. – Noon Mobile Workshop: Improving Transportation Planning and Active Transportation through Better Community Engagement: Lessons from Golden, Colorado
9:00 a.m. – Noon Workshop: Doing Transportation and Economic Development Differently
9:00 – 10:15 a.m. Session: Partnerships with State and Local Governments: RTPO Ideas that Work
10:30 a.m. – Noon Session: Innovative Uses of GIS and Technology in Planning
Noon – 12:30 p.m. Excellence Awards Photo Session (award winners only)
Noon – 1:30 p.m. Lunch on Your Own
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Opening Plenary: Innovations and New Approaches Changing Transportation
2:45 – 3:45 p.m. Concurrent Session: Planning for Regional Resilience
2:45 – 3:45 p.m. Concurrent Session: Achieving Safety Results by Addressing Behavioral Issues
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. RPO America Business Meeting and National RPO Council of Peers Meeting (all attendees are encouraged to attend)
5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Reception: Excellence in Regional Transportation Awards Showcase
Thursday, June 29
8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Conference Registration
8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Concurrent Session: Freight Planning Practices
8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Concurrent Session: Bicycle and Pedestrian Access in a Multimodal Context
9:45 – 10:45 a.m. Concurrent Session: RTPO Roles in Megaregion Planning and Multi-region Planning
9:45 – 10:45 a.m. Concurrent Session: Innovative Regional Transit
11:00 a.m. – Noon Concurrent Session: Aligning Transportation and Economic Development Plans and Measuring Progress
11:00 a.m. – Noon Concurrent Session: Mobilizing Support for Transportation Solutions
Noon – 1:30 p.m. Plenary Luncheon: Innovative Transportation Practice in Colorado
1:45 – 5:30 p.m. Mobile Workshop: Building Back Better: Flood Recovery and Economic Development in Longmont, Colorado
1:45 – 4:00 p.m. Workshop: Public Engagement through Storytelling
1:45 – 2:45 p.m. Session: Data and Tools for Regional Planning
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Session: Minnesota’s Highway 169: A Case Study in Innovative Transportation and Economic Development
Friday, June 30
7:30 – 11:00 a.m. Conference Registration
7:30 – 8:00 a.m. Networking Breakfast
8:00 – 10:15 a.m. Regional Transportation Planning Organizations’ Peer Exchange
10:30 – 11:45 a.m. Closing Plenary: Federal Agency Update—What’s Happening Now, and What’s Next?
~ Please note this schedule is subject to change ~
