Calthorpe speaks at Brookings Institution Event: Metropolitan Planning for Sustainable Growth
The Obama administration has proposed a new agenda for urban policy that includes an integrated sustainability model for connecting infrastructure investments, especially transportation, to housing, land use and the environment. Given the challenges that exist around implementing this ambitious model, how do we best prepare and support metropolitan regions beginning to develop integrated blueprint plans for sustainability? What is the federal role in this effort?
On October 13, the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program hosted a panel discussion around building smartly for the future. Architect and planner Peter Calthorpe delivered opening remarks, and Brookings Visiting Fellow Christopher B. Leinberger moderated a conversation among metropolitan leaders who are utilizing blueprint-style planning to guide transportation and other infrastructure investments.
Welcome
Robert Puentes
Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program
The Brookings Institution
Opening Remarks
Peter Calthorpe
Principal
Calthorpe Associates
Panel Discussion
Christopher B. Leinberger (moderator)
Visiting Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program
The Brookings Institution
Michael McKeever
Executive Director
Sacramento Area Council of Governments
Natalie Gochnour
Chief Operating Officer
Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce
Peter McLaughlin
Commissioner
Hennepin County, Minneapolis, MN