Workshop: Cutting Carbs in the Transportation Sector: International Efforts to Address Global Climate

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When
January 13, 2008   12:15 pm - 5:30 pm
Where
Washington Hilton
1919 Connecticut Av. (at Columbia Rd. & T St.)
Washington, D.C.
Cost
$375 for one-day registration after Nov. 30 ($250 before Nov. 30); $120 ($105) for students or $55 (%45) for student TRB members; $750 ($500) for the whole five-day conference or $650 ($400) for TRB affiliate members; Free for members of the news media and employees of TRB sponsors
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Transportation Research Board's 87th Annual Meeting
Workshop 141: Cutting Carbs in the Big Apple
Notes
Session sponsored by the Transportation Research Board International Activities Committee; Environment and Energy Section; Transportation Policy Section; Transportation Energy and Alternative Fuels Committee; Transportation and Air Quality Committee; Transportation Demand Management Committee; Congestion Pricing Committee; and Transportation and Sustainability Committee

Global climate change transcends national and international borders, involving all transportation modes. This workshop will showcase leading initiatives, legislative and programmatic actions, and new research being undertaken around the world to address this issue. Key public officials, practitioners, researchers, and subject matter experts will highlight cuttingedge applications in their domain.

Overview of International Energy Issues
Robert K. Dixon, International Energy Agency, France

Keynote Presentation: Cutting Carbs in the Big Apple
Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor, City of New York

Panel 1: Cutting Edge and Key Approaches
Randell H. Iwasaki, California Department of Transportation; Sarah Dunham, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Malachy Hargadon, European Commission

Panel 2: Key Programs and Initiatives
Johannes Heister, The World Bank; Ian Hogson, European Commission; Guy Bourgeois, INRETS, France; Todd Alexander Litman, Victoria Transport Policy Institute, Canada

Panel 3: Current and Needed Research
Dan Sperling, University of California, Davis; Michael Q. Wang, Argonne National Laboratory

Discussants
Alexander E. Farrell and Lee Schipper, University of California, Berkeley

Research
Jorge A. Prozzi, University of Texas, Austin; Michael D. Meyer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Janette Sadik-Khan, New York City Department of Transportation; Maryvonne Plessis-Fraissard, World Bank; Jonathan D. Rubin, University of Maine, presiding

Note
This workshop is a session within the Transportation Research Board's 87th Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting program covers all transportation modes, with more than 3,000 presentations in nearly 600 sessions addressing topics of interest to all attendees—policy makers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions. The spotlight theme for 2008 is "Partnerships for Progress in Transportation".