Overview
Event Summary: Incorporating green infrastructure into transportation projects is a cost-effective, resilient approach to managing stormwater. It also has significant community benefits, such as improving water quality, sequestering carbon, reducing heat island effects and improving the livability of streets, to name a few.Additional Details
This free TNJ Training Institute workshop has been approved for 3 AICP Continuing Education credits.
This workshop will be of interest to engineers, planners, elected officials, planning board members, public works directors, and other local and regional officials interested in investing in green infrastructure within their transportation network.
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PROGRAM OUTLINE
9:00 Registration
9:30 Welcome – Zenobia Fields, Department Director of Planning, NJTPA
9:40 Green Infrastructure as a Resilient Management Tool – Bill Cesanek, AICP, Vice President, CDM Smith
10:00 Green Infrastructure and Transportation in Neighboring States
- Philadelphia: Elizabeth Svekla, AICP:Planning Manager, Green Stormwater Infrastructure Unit, Philadelphia Water Department
- New York City: Vincent Lee, PE, LEED AP, ENV SP:Associate Principal, Arup
10:45 Green Infrastructure and Transportation in New Jersey
- Hoboken: Jennifer Gonzalez, AICP, CFM, LEED-GA, ENV SP: Director of Environmental Services and Chief Sustainability Officer for the City of Hoboken, New Jersey
- Newark: Robert Thomas,Chief of Energy and Environment in the City of NewarkDepartment of Engineering
- NJ Meadowlands: Garrett Avery, Senior Project Manager, AECOM