La Crosse Area Planning Committee

Metropolitan Planning Organization for the La Crosse, Wisconsin and La Crescent, Minnesota Area

The 2011 Wisconsin and Minnesota MPO / DOT / RPC Transportation Conference

August 23, 24, 25, 2011

Thanks to all of you for a great conference! Total conference attendance was about 90, and a great time was had by all. Extra thanks to the conference presenters, it's a lot of work and I appreciate it.

Here are the presentations, converted to Adobe Acrobat format where possible to reduce download size. Please contact me if you are unable to download and open the presentations.

Corridor Management Approach - WisDOT
Current Trends in Minnesota Transportation - Mn/DOT
Social Media Update - MIC
Livability - FHWA
Passenger Rail Planning - Mn/DOT
Addressing Financial Uncertainty - FHWA
SW Wisconsin Commuter Bus - MRRPC
Dresbach Bridge - LAPC
Reauthorization Policy Issue - AMPO
Reauthorization - MIC

Here is the Agenda for the conference (August 23 - 25, 2011).

Conference Highlights included:

Tour of New Multi Use Transit Center "Grand River Station."

Minnesota and Wisconsin FHWA Educational Sessions on Financial Planning and Sustainability

High Speed Rail Update

Panel on Re-authorization and other transportation topics. Speakers included:

Commissioner Tom Sorel, Mn/DOT

Craig Thompson, TDA Wisconsin

DeLania Hardy, Executive Director, AMPO

Erika Young, Transportation Director, NARC

Ron Chicka, Executive Director, MIC

Invited guest speaker was Congressman Tom Petri of Wisconsin, member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

"Ed the Fed" on Census 2010 and CTTP

La Crosse Queen Paddlewheel Cruise on the Mississippi River

For more conference information please contact:

Tom Faella, (608) 785-5977, Faella.Tom@co.la-crosse.wi.us

La Crosse Area Planning Committee
400 North Fourth Street
La Crosse, Wisconsin 54601
Tom Faella, Executive Director
(608) 785-5977