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CATHERINE L. ROSS 760 Spring Street, Suite 213Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0790
EDUCATION
Undergraduate Kent State UniversityB.A. in History, B.A. in Sociology and Education Certification
Graduate Cornell UniversityIthaca, New YorkMaster of Regional Planning Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning Major Planning TheoryMinor Quantitative Methods and Civil Engineering
Post-Doctoral, University of California, Berkeley
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTEREST
Transportation planning and engineering; regional planning; urban revitalization; environmental planning; spatial analysis; land use planning; sustainable development and quality growth; megaregion planning, and research methods.
CAREER HISTORY
Regents’ Professor, University System of Georgia, 2018 – present
Harry West Professor of City and Regional Planning, 2003 – present
Faculty appointment in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014 – present
Director, Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD), Atlanta, GA, 2003 – present
College of Architecture ADVANCE Professor, 2008-present
Deputy Director, National Center for Transportation Productivity and Management, 2012 - 2017
Executive Director, Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA), Atlanta, GA, 1999 – 2003
Principal, Catherine Ross and Associates, Inc. - Atlanta, GA. 1980 - 1999
Professor, Graduate City Planning Program, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 1990
Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 1995 - 1996
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 1994 -1995
Special Assistant to the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Office of Academic Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 1993 - 1994
Senior Policy Advisor, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., 1991-1992
Co-Director, Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC), Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 1991-1996
Director, Doctoral Program, College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 1987 - 1993
Associate Professor, Graduate City Planning Program, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 1984 - 1990
Assistant Professor, Graduate City Planning Program, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 1976 - 1983
Assistant Professor, Public Administration Department, Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA, 1977 - 1979
Transportation Planner, Dalton-Dalton-Little-Newport (Engineers and Planners), Shaker Heights, Ohio, 1973 - 1974
FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS
Co- Principal Investigator“Washington at Access,” Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Lacey, WA. $59,803
Co- Principal Investigator“GDOT Local Beneficiary Analysis of TIA Project Expenditures Phase III,” 09/07/2018 – 04/06/2020 Georgia Department of Transportation, $180,000
Principal Investigator“Disaster Recovery Grant”, American Planning Association, 09/01/18-06/30/19, $ 15,000
Principal Investigator“Multimodal Planning at the Multi-Jurisdictional Scale, Phase 2”, American Planning Association.; prime: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)., 04/26/18-05/25/19, $ 65,000
Principal Investigator“Megaregion Pilot”, ICF Incorporated.; prime: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)., 10/03/17-09/28/19, $ 84,847
Principal Investigator
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“Art and Culture Strategic Implementation Plan”, Civic Moxie LLC.; prime: Atlanta Beltline Inc., January 2018 – April 2018, $ 26,000
Principal Investigator“Integrating Transportation Management Companies (TMCs) and Public Transportation”, Center for Transportation Equity, Decisions and Dollars (C-TEDD), 09/01/2017 – 08/31/2018, $ 96,537
Co-Principal Investigator“Research and Support to Implement Recommendations of the GDOT Small Business Program Evaluation”, Georgia Department of Transportation, 08/21/2017 – 10/21/2018, $180,000
Principal Investigator“2016 Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship Program-Elliot Sperling”, US Department of Transportation/ Federal Highway Administration, 08/01/2016 - 09/01/2017, $5,000
Co-Principal Investigator“GDOT Local Beneficiary Analysis of TIA project expenditures, Phase II,” Georgia Department of Transportation, 07/14/2016 – 04/14/2018, $43,227.97
Co-Principal Investigator“Crowdsourced social media monitoring system,” Georgia Department of Transportation, 05/25/2016 - 05/25/2017, $94,918.
Principal Investigator“Challenges to CV and AV application in tuck freight operations,” Booz, Allen and Hamilton Inc., 11/23/2015-12/14/2016, $ 15,254.
Principal Investigator“SHRP 2 – Implementation Assistance Program,” The Atlanta Regional Commission, 2015- 2017, $30,000.
Principal Investigator“Multimodal Planning at the Megaregion Scale,” The American Planning Association, American Planning Association, Washington, D.C. 06/01/2015 – 12/31/2016, $70,000
Principal Investigator“A collaborative model for healthy freight planning,” The Pew Charitable Trusts Washington, D.C., 11/01/2014 – 10/31/2016, $257,308.00
Principal Investigator“2014 Eisenhower Fellowship/P.Hylton, US Department of Transportation/ Federal Highway Administration, 08/01/2014 - 09/01/2015, $5,000
Investigator(GDOT #14-34) Managing Transportation System Health, Georgia Department of Transportation, 05/08/2014-07/15/2015, $ 15,612.75
Co-Principal Investigator
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GDOT Local Beneficiary Analysis of TIA Project Expenditures: Phase I (Establishment of Baseline Conditions, Expectations and Beneficiaries), Georgia Department of Transportation, 2013-2015, $164,662.
Principal InvestigatorFreight-Movement, Port Facilities, and Economic Competitiveness - Supplemental Task: County-to-County Freight Movement (National and State Level), Georgia Department of Transportation, 2013-16, $ 47,249.66
Co-Principal InvestigatorPLAN 2040 HIA: CREATING A NATIONAL MODEL FOR REGIONAL HIA IMPLEMENTATION, Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington, DC, 2014, $ 22,518.
Principal Investigator Freight impacts on Small Urban and Rural Areas, National Transportation Center for Productivity and Management, UTC, 2013, $ 140,000.00
Principal Investigator National MAP-21 Implementation and Monitoring, National Transportation Center for Productivity and Management, UTC, 2013, $ 100,000.00
Co-principal InvestigatorA Data Driven Approach to State Transportation Investment Decisions: a Transportation Project Investment and Evaluation Resource (T-Pier), National Transportation Center for Productivity and Management, UTC, 2013, $ 150,000.00
Co-principal Investigator and Deputy Director Selected a Tier 1 University Transportation Center (UTC): Center for Transportation System Performance and Management. Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), United States Department of Transportation (US DOT), January 2012, $14,000,000.00
Principal Investigator Freight Movement, Port Facilities, and Economic Competitiveness, National Transportation Center for Productivity and Management, UTC, 2012, $ 162,000.00
Principal InvestigatorGeorgia SPLOST Database and Clearinghouse for Transportation Finance. Woodruff Foundation, 2012, $80,000.00
Principal InvestigatorHealth Impact Assessment Technical Assistance. Georgia Department of Community Health. 2012, $104,000.00
Co-principal InvestigatorAtlanta Beltline Eastside Trail: Population Comparison Measuring Changes in Behavior Related to Health. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Inc. March 2012, $34,996
Co-principal InvestigatorImpact of Environmental Justice Analysis on Transportation Planning. Georgia Department of Transportation. 2011, $100,000
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Principal InvestigatorHIA, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Program, Department of Community Health, Division of Public Health. 2011, $9,320.10
Principal InvestigatorHealth Benefits of the Atlanta Beltline Eastside Trail: A Pre-Post Impact Assessment, Beltline Partnership. 2011-2012, $51,251.72
Principal InvestigatorThe Architecture of the Megaregion. US Department of Transportation/ Federal Highway Administration. 2011-2013, $270,209.00; 2013-2014-$138,302.96 (Phase II optional on completion of Phase I)
Principal InvestigatorAssessment and Community Revitalization at 10th and Monroe. Betty and Associates LLC. 2010-2011, $29,986.37
Principal InvestigatorImpact of Regional SPLOST’s on County Infrastructure- Georgia Department of Transportation and United States Department of Transportation. 2010-2011, $100, 000.00
Principal InvestigatorDevelopment and Implementation of a Decision Support Tool for Atlanta Beltline Inc. Atlanta Beltline Inc. 2010-2011, $159,000.00
Co-principal InvestigatorImpact of the Location of New Schools on Transportation Infrastructure and Finance. Georgia Department of Transportation. 2010-2011. $149,000
Principal InvestigatorHealth Impact Assessment (HIA) of Atlanta Regional Plan 2040. The Pew Charitable Trusts: 2010 – 2011, $144,992.00
Principal InvestigatorHealth Impact Assessment (HIA) on the Aerotropolis Atlanta Brownfield Redevelopment Project. The Pew Charitable Trusts: 2010 – 2011, $142,992.58
Principal InvestigatorEstimating Safety Benefits of Context-Sensitive Design (CSD). Georgia Department of Transportation: 2010 – 2011, $160,534.62
Principal InvestigatorMegaregions and Transportation Planning. U.S. Department of Transportation/Federal Highway Administration: 2007 – 2009, $124,209.00
Principal InvestigatorCongestion-Pricing Implementations and Deployment Strategies for the Metropolitan Atlanta Area. Georgia Department of Transportation: 2007-2008, $501,843.99
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Principal InvestigatorHospitals and Community Health: A Study of Localized Health Impacts of Hospitals. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: 2006-2007, $94,731.00
Principal Investigator“Megacities and Megaregions: Frontiers in Spatial Planning” Funding for Book on American Spatial Planning. The Ford Foundation: 2006-2007, $36,000.00
Co-Principal InvestigatorCommunity Transportation Plan for Decatur, Georgia. City of Decatur: 2006-2007, $106,250.00
Co-Principal InvestigatorFreight Planning for Atlanta Region. Atlanta Regional Commission: 2005-2007, $30,000.00
Principal InvestigatorPopulation Projections. Coastal Georgia Regional Development Center: 2006, $43,000.00
Principal InvestigatorHealth Impact Assessment of the Atlanta Beltline. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: 2005-2006, $87,000.00
InvestigatorNorth Fulton Greenway Project. Georgia Legislature: 2006-2007, $45,930.00
Principal InvestigatorMaking the Case for Healthy Neighborhoods. Atlanta Neighborhood Development (ANDP): 2006, $20,000.00
Co-Principal InvestigatorEvaluation of HOPE VI Revitalization of Grady Homes. Atlanta Housing Authority and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: 2005-2011 $501,447.00
Principal Investigator A Time for Leadership: Growth Management and Florida 2060. 1000 Friends of Florida: 2006, $10,000.00
Co-Principal InvestigatorA Generalized Model for Evaluating the Success of Mix-Income Revitalization: With a Case Study of the Chicago Housing Authority. The MacArthur Foundation: 2005-2006, $500,000.00
Co-Principal InvestigatorEconomic Diversification Plan. Camden County (GA) Public Service Authority: 2005, $125,000.00
Principal Investigator“Context Sensitive Design” training seminar, Regional Coalition: 2005, $65,000.00
Principal Investigator“Governments and Growth” training seminar, Regional Coalition: 2005, $40,000.00
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ChairHarry West endowed chair, Georgia Tech Foundation, 09/01/2004 - present
Co-Principal Investigator“Materials Flow Modeling in Sustainable Industrial Systems within Urban Centers,” National Science Foundation: 2004-2005, $125,000.00
Principal Investigator“Development Potential of the SR 365 Corridor in Hall County, Georgia: A Quality Growth Study,” Hall County Board of Commissioners: 2004, $50,000.00
Co-Principal InvestigatorT. Boston and C. Ross. Grant to purchase 500 books to be distributed free of charge to government officials, policy analysts and researchers concerned with the economic problems of inner cities. T. Boston and C. Ross are authors of the book. The Ford Foundation: 1997-1998, $14,000.00
Co-Principal Investigator “A Spatial and Statistical Analysis of Commercial Vehicle Activity in Metropolitan Atlanta.” U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: 1997-1998, $41,000.00. Contract G.35-X45
Principal Investigator “Land Use and Transportation Interaction: An Examination of the 1995 NPTS Data”. Federal Highway Administration: 1996-1997, $25,000.00.
Co-Principal Investigator“Building the Next Generation of Transportation and Air-Quality Models, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: 1995 to 1999 $372,700.00. Contract #EAS-EPA G-35-X45
Principal Investigator“The MARTA Impact Study: Comprehensive Assessment of the Impact of the MARTA System on the Atlanta Region, component of the Transit Impact Monitoring Program, Atlanta Regional Commission: 1994 to 1996, $100,000.00. Contract #D-48-A73
Research Associate“The Benefits and Costs for Rural Transit Systems, Georgia Department of Transportation: 1994-1995, $97,795. Contract #D-48-A94
Principal Investigator“Building the Next Generation of Transportation and Air Quality Models, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: 1994 to 1999, $8,000,000.00Contract #CR-817732-01
Research Associate“Mobility Indices,” U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT): 1993-1994, $150,000.00 Contract #AD-48-478
Co-Principal InvestigatorAir Quality Modeling in Urban Environments. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: 1992, $800,000.00. Contract #UCAR S9170.
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Principal InvestigatorAir Quality Modeling in Urban Environments: Analysis of Major Contributors in Non-Attainment Areas and Implications for Improved Air Quality Modeling. Environmental Protection Agency: 1992, $325,000.00. Contract # UCAR S9170
Principal InvestigatorThe Federal Test Procedure (FTP) Atlanta: Vehicle instrumentation study to identify driving behavior of Atlanta residents. Environmental Protection Agency: 1992, $150,000.00. Contract # UCAR S9170
Principal InvestigatorAir Quality Modeling in Urban Environments: Analysis of Major Contributors in Non-Attainment Areas and Implications for Improved Air Quality Modeling. Environmental Protection Agency: 1991, $250,000.00. Contract # UCAR S9170.
Co-Principal InvestigatorTransportation Management Associations (TMA’s) in the United States. Assessing Public and Private Efforts to Relieve Congestion and Other Transportation Problems through TMA’s. U.S. Department of Transportation, Urban Mass Transportation Administration: 1991, $130,000.00. Contract # GA-11-0022-92-1
Co-Principal InvestigatorThe Impact of the Federal Overmatch Initiative. Project funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Urban Mass Transportation Administration, 1990, $104,898.00
Co-Principal InvestorFord Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship for Minorities: Development of a manuscript on natural disasters and transportation systems. Project funded by the Ford Foundation through the National Research Council, $31,000.00, September 1987 to September 1988.
Research AssociateDetermination of an Appropriate Future Role for the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority. Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority: 1987, $154,000.00. Contract #D-48-669.
Principal InvestigatorOvercoming Barriers to Greater Private Sector Involvement in Transportation. U.S. Department of Transportation, Urban Mass Transportation Administration: 1986 – 1987, $93,956.00. Contract #GA-11-0017
Principal InvestigatorPrivate Provision of Transportation Services: Assessment of the ways in which the private sector participates in the delivery of transportation services. College of Architecture/Georgia Institute of Technology: 1984 – 1985, $7,500.00.
Principal InvestigatorTransit Operations Institute. U.S. Department of Transportation, Urban Mass Transportation Administration: 1983 – 1984, $89,607.00. Contract #D48-615
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Principal InvestigatorImpact Assessment of Natural Disasters on Transportation Lifelines: 1971 to 1981. National Science Foundation: 1983 - 1986, $150,000.00. Contract #D48-608.
Principal InvestigatorLifeline Engineering: A preliminary examination of the impacts of disasters on a number of urban systems. Project funded by College of Architecture/Georgia Institute of Technology: 1982, $8,422.00.
Principal InvestigatorRural Transportation Planning. College of Architecture/Georgia Institute of Technology: 1981, $7,856.00.
Principal InvestigatorEvaluation of Transportation Services. College of Architecture/ Georgia Institute of Technology: 1980, $7,483.00.
Co-Principal InvestigatorEvaluating Energy Projects in the Southeast United States. Community Services Administration: 1980, $40,000.00. Contract #D48-643.
Co-Principal InvestigatorConducting Type III Evaluations of CSA Programs in the Southeast United States (Region IV). Community Services Administration, Contract #D48-643, $222,721.00 January 1980.
Principal InvestigatorPolicy Sensitive Approach to Transportation Evaluation. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development/Atlanta University, Contract #5008-RG, $16,000.00 September 1979.
Research AssociateConducting Type III Evaluations of CSA Programs in Southeast United States (Region IV). Community Services Administration (CSA), Contract #D48-634, $170,000.00 January 1979.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Ross, Catherine L. “Megaregions Prosperity and Sustainability,” book under contract with Routledge, 2012-2018.
Ross, Catherine L, Orenstein, Marla, Botchwey, Nisha, “Health Impact Assessment in the United States Springer-Verilog: April 2014. ((ISBN-10: 1461473020 | ISBN-13: 978-1461473022)
Ross, Catherine L. “Megaregions: Planning for Global Competitiveness” Island Press, Washington DC: 2009.
Boston, Thomas and Ross, Catherine, “The Inner City: Urban Poverty and Economic Development in the Next Century”, New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers 1997.
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Chapters
Ross, Catherine L., Hylton, Peter and Wang, Fangru, “Integrating Health into Metropolitan Transportation Planning”, in Transportation, Land Use and Environmental Planning. Published by Elsevier Press forthcoming 2020.
Ross, Catherine L., “Regional Growth, Transportation, and Congestion: The Atlanta Problem,” Part 3, Chapter 14 in Planning Atlanta published by APA Planners Press, 2014 ISBN: 978-1-61190-126-9, December 2014.
Ross, Catherine L. and Rao, Arthi, “HIA in the U.S.: Practice, Policy and Legal Underpinnings.” Integrating Health Impact Assessment (HIA) into the Policy Process: Lessons and Experiences from around the World. Oxford University Press, April 2013.
Ross, Catherine L. and Danner, Amy,2010. “Beyond the Metropolis: Megaregions and the Global Economy.” Building Metropolitan Atlanta: Past, Present, and Future. Atlanta Chapter for the Congress for New Urbanism: pp. 21-22, April 2010.
Ross, Catherine L. and Marcus, Michelle J. 2010. “Calculating for Health: The Atlanta Beltline Health Impact Assessment and Study.” Building Metropolitan Atlanta: Past, Present, and Future. Atlanta Chapter for the Congress for New Urbanism, pp 68-70, April 2010.
Ross, Catherine. “Smart Growth: A National Perspective” Dr. Catherine Ross, Harry West Professor Georgia Institute of Technology.
Ross, Catherine L. and Marcus, Michelle. “Roadways and Health: Making the Case forCollaboration.” In Shireen Malekafzali (Ed.), Healthy, Equitable Transportation Policy: Recommendations and Research (PolicyLink, Prevention Institute, Convergence Partnership, 2009).
Ross, Catherine L. Hack, Gary, Birch, Eugénie, Sedway, Paul, and Silver, Mitchell (Eds.) “Regional Transportation and Development in Atlanta.” Local Planning: Contemporary Principles and Practice (Washington, DC: International City/County Management Association, 2009).
Ross, Catherine L., Leigh, Nancy Green, Birch, Eugénie (Ed.). “Planning, Urban Revitalization and the Inner City: An Exploration of Structural Racism.”, The Urban and Regional Planning Reader (London: Routledge Urban Series, 2009).
Ross, Catherine, “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, But Nobody Wants to Die”, In Atlanta Women Speak (St. Barthelemy Press, 2002).
Ross, Catherine L, “Human Health Burden of Transportation.” In Critical Issues in Transportation 2002 (Transportation Research Board the National Academies, 2001).
Ross, Catherine. In Cantonese, A. and J. Snyder, (Eds.), “Transportation Planning.” Introduction to Urban Planning (New York: McGraw Hill, 1988).The Chapter examines the major theories underlying contemporary transportation planning and outlines future issues.
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Ross, Catherine., Stein, Jay M. (Ed.) ““Transportation Infrastructure: Current and Projected Needs.” Public Infrastructure Planning and Management (Beverly Hills, CA:) Sage Publications, Urban Affairs Annual Review Series, Volume 33, 1988).The Chapter includes a definition of need, an assessment of the facilities, and an examination of innovative financing methods.
JOURNAL EDITORSHIPS
Wang, Lan and Ross, Catherine, Guest Editors, Urban Planning International, Vol.31 No.4, August 2016.
Boston, Thomas and Ross, Catherine. Co-editors of a special edition of The Review of Black Political Economy, “Responses to Michael Porter’s Competitive Advantage of the Inner City.” Vol. 24, No. 2 and 3, Fall/Winter 1996.
Ross, Catherine, et al. “Cities and Planning Series,” Advisory Board of Editors, Sage Publications 1996 -2000.
EDITORIAL BOARDS The Global Environmental Engineers, Editorial Board 2017 - present Contemporary Social Science, Journal of the Academy of Social Sciences, Editorial
Board, 2015 – present International Journal of Urban Science, 2010-present Journal of Planning Literature, Editorial Board, 2002-present Progress in Planning Editorial Board, 1995 to 2000 Journal of Planning Education and Research, Editorial Board, 1995 to 1997
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REFEREED ARTICLES
Sperling, E. and Ross, C.L. “Strategically Aligning Capital Improvement Prioritization to Performance Goals” Transportation Research Record, Article Number 787639, July 2018.
Wang, Fangru, Ross, Catherine, “Machine Learning Travel Mode Choices: Comparing the Performance of an Extreme Gradient Boosting Model with a Multinomial Logit Model, Transportation Research Board, Transportation Research Record, 0361198118773556, May 2018.
Zhang, Wenwen, Guhathakurta, Subhrajit, Pendyala, Ram, Garikapati, Venu and Ross, Catherine, “A Generalizable Method for Estimating Household Energy by Neighborhoods in US Urban Regions,” World Engineers Summit – applied Energy Symposium and Forum: Low Carbon Cities & Urban Energy Joint Conference, WES-CUE, Singapore, 19-21 July 2017.
Ross, Catherine and Guhathakurta, Subhrajit, “Autonomous Vehicles and Energy Impacts: A Scenario Analysis,” World Engineers Summit – Applied Energy Symposium & Forum: Low Carbon Cities & Urban Energy Joint Conference, accepted: WES-CUE 2017, Singapore, 19–21 July 2017.
Wang, Fangru and Ross, Catherine, “New potential for multimodal connection: exploring the relationship between taxi and transit in New York City (NYC), Transportation (2017). doi:10.1007/s11116-017-9787-x, pp 1-22, Transportation | Planning – Policy – Research – Practice|, Springer, New York 2017, May 30, 2017.
Wang, F. and Ross, C. L., “Modeling the Choice of On-demand Ride Service with Multinomial Logit Model and Tree-Based Ensemble Methods: Evidence from New York and Seattle.” Submitted to Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies (Under Review). 2017.
Wang, F., and Ross, C. L., “Understanding the Choice of On-demand Ride Service: A Discrete Choice Model using the 2017 National Household Travel Survey Data”. Submitted to Transportation Policy (Under Review) 2017.
Ross, Catherine, Woo, Myungje and Wang, Fangru, “Megaregions and regional sustainability,” International Journal of Urban Sciences, Volume 20, Number 3, pp. 19, November 2016.
Wang, Lan and Ross, Catherine, “Healthy City Planning and Assessment: Initiation and Trend”, Urban Planning International, Vol.31 No.4, August 2016.
Ross, Catherine, Sperling, Elliot and Guhathakurta, Subhrajit, “Adopting a New Energy Economy in the United States”, Energy Procedia 88 (2016), 139-145, Energy Procedia, June 2016.
Zhang, Wenwen, Guhathakurta, Subhrajit and Ross, Catherine, “Trends in Automobile Energy Use and GHD Emissions in Suburban and Inner-City Neighborhoods: Lessons from Metropolitan Phoenix, USA”, Energy Procedia 88 (2016) 82 – 87, Energy Procedia, June 2016.
Hylton, Peter and Ross, Catherine, “Identifying Factors that Influence Logistics Clusters’ Competitiveness”, Regional Studies, January 14, 2016.
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Ross, Catherine and Sperling, Elliot, “Adopting a New Energy Economy in the United States and Megaregions”, Applied Energy Journal, December 26, 2015.
Dannenberg Andrew L.; Ricklin, Anna; Ross, Catherine L.; Schwartz, Michael; West, Julie; White, Steve, and. Wier, Megan L., “Use of Health Impact Assessment for Transportation Planning – Importance of Transportation Agency Involvement in the Process,” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2452, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., pp. 71-80. DOI: 10.3141/2452-09; 2014.
Rao, Arthi and Ross, Catherine L., “Health Impact Assessments and Healthy Schools,” Journal of Planning Education and Research 2014, Vol. 34 (2) 141-1582, 34: 141 DOI: 10.1177/0739456X14531488 jpe.sagepub.com. (Special issue on Green Health) 9 May 2014.
Woo, Myungje; Ross, Catherine L. and Boston, Thomas D., “Do Megaregions Produce Greater Regional Convergence or Divergence? Implications for Spatial Planning and Infrastructure Investment”, Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 10.1061/ (ASCE) UP.1943-5444.0000198 , 04014013. 17 February 2014.
Ross, Catherine; Hylton, Peter; Lee, David Jung-Hwi, “Megaregion Planning: State of Practice in Metropolitan Planning Organizations and State Departments of Transportation”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2453: 171-177; 2014.
Ross, Catherine L., West, Harry, Smith, S. and Rao, A., “Health Impact Assessment (HIA): An innovative tool for transportation planning, Case Study: health impact assessment of the Atlanta Regional PLAN 2040”, State of Transportation Planning, Pages 42-46, April 2013.
Ross, Catherine L., et al, “Health Impact Assessment of the Atlanta Beltline” American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Volume 42, Issue 3, Pages 203-213, March 2012.
Amekudzi, Adjo, Smith, Mshadoni, Brodie, Stefanie, Fischer, Jamie, Ross, Catherine, “Impacts of Improbable Justice on Transportation: A Performance-Based Framework for Benchmarking. Transportation Research Record of the national Academies, Washington, 2012.
Ross, Catherine L. and Woo, Myungje “The Identification and Assessment of Potential High-Speed Rail (HSR) Routes from a Megaregion Perspective. Transportation Research Record: No. 2307, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, 2012.
Dablanc, Laetitia and Ross, Catherine. Atlanta: A Mega Logistics Center in the Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion (PAM). Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, 24, pp 432-442, 2012.
Ross, Catherine L., Policy & Practice “Transport and Megaregions: High-Speed Rail in the United States”, Town Planning Review, Volume 82, Issue 3, Pages 341-357, 2011.
Ross, Catherine L. and Yang, Jiawen “Assessing China’s Mega-Regional Mobility in a Comparative Context”, Transportation Research Board, ISSN: 0361-1981, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Issue Number 2244, pp 61-68 (Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, 2011.
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Rajotte, Benjamin R., Ross, Catherine L., Ekechi, Chinyere O. and Cadet, Vladimir N. “Health in all Policies: Addressing the Legal and Policy Foundations of Health Impact Assessment”. Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics (JLME) Special Symposium Issue, National PHL Conference, pp. 27-29, 2011.
Nam, Jin, Woo, Myungje and Ross, Catherine L. “Financing Tools for Urban Revitalization Projects: Analysis of U.S. Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Statues and Case Law”. Journal of the Korea Planners Association Vol. 45(7), pp. 47-65, 2011.
Ross, Catherine L., Stiftel, Bruce, Woo, Myungje and Rao, Arthi. “Measuring Regional Transport Sustainability: An Exploration”, The Urban Lawyer, 42-4/43-1, Pages 67-89, fall, 2010/ Winter 2011.
Ross, Catherine L., Pei, Yi Lin, Amekudzi, Adjo, Meyer, Michael D., and Barella. Elise M. 2010. “Social, Environmental, and Economic Sustainability.” Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, pp 73-80, September 2010.
Barella, Elise, Amekudzi, Adjo, Meyer, Michael D., Ross, Catherine L. and Turchetta, Diane, “Best Practices and Common Approaches for Considering Sustainability at U.S. State Departments of Transportation” Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Planning, Issue Number: 2174, pp.10-18, 2010.
Pei, Yi Lin, Amekudzi, Adjo, Meyer, Michael D., Barella, Elise M., Ross, Catherine L., “Performance Measurement Frameworks and the Development of Effective Sustainable Transport Strategies and Indicators” Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Environmental and Economic Sustainability, 2010.
Morallos, D., Amekudzi, A.; Ross, C., and Meyer, M. “Value for Money Analysis in U.S. Transportation Public-Private Partnerships” Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Vol. 2115, pp. 27-36, 2009.
Bodea, Tudor D., Garrow, Laurie Meyer, Michael D. and Ross, Catherine L., “Socio-demographic and built environment influences on the odds of being overweight or obese: The Atlanta experience” Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Volume 43, Issue 4, Pages 430-444, May 2009.
Bodea, Tudor D., Garrow, Laurie Meyer, Michael D. and Ross, Catherine L., “Explaining Obesity with Urban Form: A Cautionary Tale.” Transportation, Volume 35, Issue 2, Pages 179-199, March 2008.
Amekudzi, Adjo, Thomas-Mobley, Linda and Ross, Catherine “Transportation Planning and Infrastructure Delivery in Major and Megacities. Transportation Research Board: Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1997, pp. 17-23, 2007.
Realff, Matthew J., French Steven P., Bras, Berdinus A., Ross, Catherine L., Leigh, Nancey Green, and Ai Ning Ai, "Modeling Obsolete Computer Stock Under Regional Data Constraints: An Atlanta Case Study", Conservation and Recycling, Volume 51, Issue 4, Pages 847-869, October 2007.
Yang, Jiawen and Ross, Catherine, “Implementing Spatial Planning in China’s Market Economy,” Urban Planning Forum (in Chinese), No. 6, 2007.
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Dannenberg, Andrew L., Ross, Catherine L., et. al, “Growing the Field of Health Impact Assessment in the United States: An Agenda for Research and Practice” American Journal of Public Health, Volume 96, Issue 2, Pages 262-270, February 2006.
Ross, Catherine L. and Harbour, Jessica “Footprint for an International City: Transportation and Redevelopment” Georgia State University Law Review Symposium. Georgia State Law Review, February 2006.
Ross, Catherine L. and Leigh, Nancy Green “Planning, Urban Revitalization and the Inner City: An Exploration of Structural Racism.” Journal of Planning Literature. Volume 14, Issue 3, pages 367-380, February 2000.
Peponis, John, Ross, Catherine et al., “Regularity and Change in Urban Space: A Syntactic Analysis of Movement and Co-presence in Atlanta,” Ekistics, 1998.
Ross, Catherine, Guensler, R. and Stevens, P. “A Spatial and Statistical Analysis of Commercial Vehicle Activity in Metropolitan Atlanta.” Transportation Research Record, April 1998.
Peponis, John, Ross, Catherine and Rashid, Mahbub, “The Structure of Urban Space Movement and Co-presence: The Case of Atlanta.” Geoforum. Vol. 28, No.3-4, pp. 341-358, November 1997.
Nelson, Arthur, Meyer, Michael and Ross, Catherine Ross, “Parking Supply Policy and Transit Use: Case Study of Atlanta, Georgia “Transportation Research Record, Transportation Research Board, Transportation Research Board. No. 1604, 1997.
Nelson, Arthur, Sanchez, Thomas L., Ross, Catherine L., and Meyer, Michael, “Rail Transit in the Suburbs Case Study of Transit Use in Atlanta’s Affluent Northern Tier.” Transportation Research Board Record. No. 1571, 1997.
Ross, Catherine and Davis, Jeffrey W. “Multijurisdictional Project Evaluation in Chattanooga Urban Area.” Journal of Urban Planning and Development. Vol. 122, No. 2, June 1996.
Boston, Thomas and Ross, Catherine. “Location Preferences of Successful African Owned Businesses in Atlanta.” The Review of Black Political Economy. Vol. 24, No. 2 and 3, Fall/Winter 1996.
Ross, Catherine, et. al., “An Analysis of Travel Behavior Using Three Parameter Data Loggers,” Journal of Transportation Engineering. Vol. 121, No. 4, July-August 1995.
Ross, Catherine, and Scott Barker, “The Georgia State Route 400 Extension: Tollway Prototype or Last of a Breed?” ASCE Journal,1995 Transportation Congress. Summer, 1995.
Ross, Catherine. “A Planning Agenda,” Journal of Planning Education and Research, Vol. 13, No. 2, Spring 1994.
Ross, Catherine, “Converging Themes: A Look to the Future.” Journal of Planning Education and Research, Vol. 13, No. 3, Spring 1994.
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Ferguson, Erik, Ross, Catherine and Meyer, Michael. “Transportation Management Associations.” Transportation Quarterly, Spring 1993.
Ferguson, Erik, Ross, Catherine and Meyer, Michael. “PC Software for Urban Transportation Planning” Journal of the American Planning Association, Vol. 58, No. 2, Spring 1992.
Ross, Catherine, Ferguson E., and Meyer, M. “Transportation Management Associations and Privatization.” Transportation Research Record, Transportation Research Board. Transportation Demand Management, No. 1346. 1992.
Ferguson, E., Ross, C. and Meyer, M., “Transportation Management Associations: Organization, Implementation, Evaluation.” Transportation Research Record, No. 1346, 1992.
Ross, Catherine. Symposium, Guest Editor. “Responses to Suburban Highway Congestion: An Overview”, Journal of Planning Education and Research, Vol. 10, No. 2, winter, 1991.
Ross, Catherine. “Increasing Minority and Female Representation in the Profession: A Call for Diversity” Journal of Planning Education and Research, V. 9, No. 2, winter 1990.
Ross, Catherine et. al., “Private Sector Provision of Transit Services: A Case Study” American Society of Civil Engineers, Journal of Urban Planning and Development, V. 26, No. 1, May 1990.
Ross, Catherine. “Transportation Planning and Cultural Resources Protection: Examples from Georgia” Southeastern Geographer, V. 116, No. 2, with David Brown, November 1986.
Ross, Catherine and Stein, Jay, “Business vs. Residential Perceptions of a Proposed Rail Station: Implications for Transit Planning,” Transportation Quarterly, October 1985.
Ross, Catherine. “The Influence of Race and Gender on Perceptions of Community Impact,” Environmental Impact Assessment Review, V. 5, No. 2, June 1985.
Ross, Catherine. “Measuring Transportation System Effectiveness,” Journal of Urban Affairs, V. 5, No. 2, June 1983.
REVIEWED ESSAYS
Ross, Catherine. “Basic Microcomputer Programs for Urban Analysis and Planning” by John Ottensmann (Chapman and Hall, 1985). Journal of the American Planning Association, Vol. 51, #4, autumn 1985.
Ross, Catherine. “Saving Energy in the Home” by Robert H. Socolow (Ballinger Publications Co., 1978). Journal of the American Planning Association, Vol. 46, #3, summer 1980.
Ross, Catherine, “An Economic Analysis of the State of Ohio as Related by Contemplated Building of the Mass Rail Transit System.” A Review Essay, American Planning Association, Division Newsletter, January 1980.
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PROCEEDINGS
Meyer, M., Rodgers, M. and C. Ross. “A Study of Enrichment Activities in the Atlanta Road Network,” Emission Inventory Issues, Air and Waste Management Association. VIP 27, 1993.
Meyer, M., Rodgers, M. and C. Ross. “Fitting a Square Peg into a Round Hole,” Emission Inventory Issues, Air and Waste Management Association. VIP 27, 1993.
Ross, Catherine et al., “Synthesis of Planning Practice for Small and Medium Sized Communities,” Transportation Research Circular, Transportation Research Board, August 1984.
Ross, Catherine, “Measuring the Distributional Impact of Transportation Services on Women.” Article abstracted in Women’s Travel Issues Conference Proceedings published by U.S. Department of Transportation, December 1980.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Ross, Catherine, “Alternative Transportation Trends’” published in “On the Move”, November edition of Georgia Trend magazine, November 2019.
Ross, Catherine, “High-speed rail between Atlanta and Charlotte,” Interview with WABE, October 2019.
Ross, Catherine, “Atlanta Cutting Car Use With New GIS Project,” American Planning Association Magazine, July 2019.
Dr. Ross’ research report titled “Atlanta BeltLine – Health Impact Assessment” is mentioned in the Saporta Report: “Trees: More than pretty plants, they mark efforts in civil rights, public health, more” June 17, 2019
Ross, Catherine “Uber and Lyft Can Fill Critical Gaps in America’s Public Transit Systems, Researchers Say, posted in News Center of the Center for Transportation Equity, Decisions & Dollars (C-TEDD) April 11, 2019
Ross, Catherine: “Disaster Recovery Grant Spotlight: Puerto Rico – Disaster Mitigation and Recovery, published in the Magazine of the American Planning Association, March 2019.
Ross, Catherine: “The Super Bowl from a Design Perspective,” Georgia Tech Daily Digest, February 1, 2019.
Ross, Catherine: “MARTA/ Super Bowl”, interview with GPB Reporter Ross Terrell on January 23, 2019.
Ross, Catherine, “Stronger Together”, Georgia Tech ADANCE Professor Catherine Ross, GT Alumni Magazine, Vol. 94, No. 3, pp.26-29, October 2018.
Ross, Catherine, contributor to “New transit options coming to metro Atlanta,” Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC), September 2018. https://on-ajc.com/2Ca34El
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Ross, Catherine: “Mass Transit Expansion in the metro Atlanta area,” interview with WABE “Closer Look”, WABE Atlanta’s NPR station, April 18, 2018. (https://www.wabe.org/episode/closer-look-mass-transit-expansion-feasibility-newnan-white-supremacist-rally/)
Ross, Catherine: Twenty Forty: We look ahead to life in Atlanta’s third century: “Commutes will be safer.” January 2018 edition of Atlanta Magazine, p. 57, January 2018.
Ross, Catherine interview with Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC), “Atlanta Streetcar fixes problems, looks to expansion,” by David Wickert, June 7, 2017.
http://www.myajc.com/news/local/atlanta-streetcar-fixes-problems-looks-expansion/I0f4Hm90i7INzZUemxFIGP/
Ross, Catherine interview with U.S. News & World Reporter Adina Solomon on Georgia's roads and bridges: the quality of the state's infrastructure, May 31, 2017.
Ross, Catherine, “Atlanta traffic after I-85: It’s going to get worse” Comments by Dr. Ross published in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, May 18.2017.http://www.myajc.com/news/local/atlanta-traffic-after-going-get-worse/owcVOKGMhPZ9RUxG1k1VCI/
Ross, Catherine, “The Atlanta Gridlock,” Natural Resources Defense Council, April 27, 2017.
Ross, Catherine, “History of the built environment,” 10 that Changed America, Public Broadcasting Services (PBS), April 27, 2017.
Ross, Catherine, “Atlanta’s Transportation System,” Interview with Aric Jenkins of the Fortune Magazine, April 18, 2017.
Ross, Catherine, “A redeveloped community welcomes Atlanta United, braces for change,” Dr. Ross was interviewed by the Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC) and the article published on April 3, 2017.
http://www.myajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/redeveloped-community-welcomes-atlanta-united-braces-for-change/AnPTTmh4LrWFAoY8MRFYjL/
Ross, Catherine, “Group creates crowdfunding campaign to put trash cans at MARTA bus stops,” Dr. Ross was interviewed by WSBTV – Channel 2 and the story aired on 11/02/2016. http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/south-fulton-county/group-creates-crowdfunding-campaign-to-put-trash-cans-at-marta-bus-stops/462941194
Ross, Catherine, “Last Pieces Of Unincorporated Fulton Could Become A City,” Dr. Ross was interviewed by 90.1 WABE Atlanta’s NPR station and the interview aired on 5/03/2016. http://news.wabe.org/post/last-pieces-unincorporated-fulton-could-become-city
Ross, Catherine, “Atlanta: Where Drivers Get Nowhere, But Travelers Get Everywhere,” Dr. Ross was interviewed by WABE Atlanta’s NPR station about Atlanta’s traffic identity. September 29, 2015. (inyurl.com/p5ekorm)
Ross, Catherine: “State has part in regional cooperation,” Opinion published in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, July 19, 2015.
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http://www.myajc.com/news/news/opinion/state-has-part-in-regional-cooperation/nmz57/#ca3ee516.3458751.735799
Ross, Catherine “Make housing more accessible” Zócalo Public Square, July 2015.http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2015/06/20/can-more-public-transportation-solve-the-housing-crisis/ideas/up-for-discussion/#Catherine+Ross
Interviewee: Dekalb County, WABE, April 15, 2015.
Interviewee on impacts the Beltline has had on Atlanta -- economic, health, transportation, jobs and housing, Message sprout, April 15, 2015.
Interviewee “Regional Cooperation and Development”, Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC), March 17, 2015.
Interviewee: “Charlotte’s strength lies at its core, Atlanta Forward 2015: N.C. rival ups its game with planning, focus” Professor Ross comments on the strengths of Charlotte's redevelopment plan, February 8, 2015.
http://www.myajc.com/news/business/charlottes-strength-lies-at-its-core/nj6Dj/
Interviewee: Harry West Visionary Leadership Award for the Atlanta Regional Commission, November 7, 2014.
Ross, Catherine, “Clayton heads into critical MARTA vote,” Prof. Ross weighs in on Clayton County MARTA vote, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, November 1, 2014.
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/clayton-heads-into-critical-marta-vote/nhwsD/
Interviewee: “Dan & Tally Sweat Community Leadership Award Posthumously Honoring Harry West, Urban Land Institute (ULI) Atlanta, September 11, 2014.
Ross, Catherine, “Coming and Going on the Northside”, Professor Catherine Ross calls for mobility options in Atlanta's Northwest, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, June 22, 2014.
Ross, Catherine, L., Presenter before the Georgia Tech Foundation Stewardship Committee March 2014.
Ross, Catherine, “Infrastructure, mixed modes of transportation and sprawl all in the context of 2014 Snow Jam, published in Georgia Public Broadcasting Television, “On the Story.” Friday, January 31, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. (http://www.gpb.org/on-the-story/episodes)
Ross, Catherine – “Georgia Tech marks the 10th anniversary of Technology Square”, Saporta Report, October 21, 2013.
http://saportareport.com/blog/2013/10/georgia-tech-marks-the-10th-anniversary-of-technology-square/
Ross, Catherine – “Streetcars” on NPR morning Edition, September 2013.
Ross, Catherine – “Beltline’s public safety upgrades first suggested in 2007 report from Tech’s Center for Quality Growth” Saporta Report, July 28, 2013.
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http://saportareport.com/blog/2013/07/beltlines-public-safety-upgrades-first-suggested-in-2007-report-from-georgia-tech/#sthash.dzMNuUwN.RmAIWwUg.dpuf
Ross, Catherine L. “High Speed Rail Redux “, published in Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) News, June 5, 2013.
Ross, Catherine L. “Is regionalism the way forward? Rethink government, increase prosperity”, published in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, April 25, 2013.
Ross, Catherine L. and Woo, Myungje. “Megaregions and Regional Sustainability” Seoul Metropolitan Forum, October 2011.
Ross, Catherine L. and Woo, Myungje. “Megaregions and Its Implications for Mobility” The Bridge, National Academy of Engineering of the National Academies, Spring, 2011.
Ross, Catherine L. “The Drive to Make Cities Greener,” Wall Street Journal: Voices. April 17, 2010.
Stephen, Linda and Catherine L. Ross. “Q&A with Catherine L. Ross on Megaregions,” Urban Land, March/April 2010.
Ross, Catherine L. “Infrastructure is Our Competitive Advantage,” Saporta Report, May 18, 2009.
Ross, Catherine L. “Smart Growth: A National Perspective: Why Florida Needs Smart Growth,” 1000 Friends of Florida, March 2009.
Ross, Catherine L. “Building Blocks for a Global Economy,” City Upon a Hill: Georgia Municipal Association, November 20, 2008.
Ross, Catherine L. and Harbour Jessica “Footprint for an International City: Transportation and Redevelopment” Georgia State University Law Review, June 2006.
Ross, Catherine L. “Find a way to keep moving: Transit plan must address needs of growth,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution @Issue, November 15, 2005.
Ross, Catherine L., and Charles C. Krautler. “Our Public Enemy Number One.” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 24, 2002.
Ross, Catherine L., and Charles C. Krautler. “Agencies Mapping Detailed Plan To Make Metro Roads More Bearable.” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 7, 2002.
Ross, Catherine L. “GRTA Didn’t Demur On Congestion Issue.” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 18, 2002.
Ross, Catherine L. “An Opinion”. Dunwoody Crier, May 29, 2002.
Ross, Catherine L. “Bus System Is Aborning.” Marietta Daily Journal, April 14, 2002.
Ross, Catherine L. “Atlanta Can Be Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts.” Gwinnett Daily Post, March 24, 2002.
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Ross, Catherine L. Harry Norman Magazine, January 2002.
Boston, Thomas D. and Catherine Ross. “The Struggle for African-American Economic Empowerment,” Colloqui, spring 1993.
Ross, Catherine, “Improving Accreditation Criteria”, ACSP Update. spring, 1992.
Ross, Catherine, Journal of the National Technical Association, “Life in the Ebony Tower”. Fall, 1991.
Ross, Catherine, “Toward the Year 2000: Perspectives on the Information Age.” BellSouth Corporation Annual Report, 1986.
Monographs
Ross, Catherine et. al., “Shaping an Urban Agenda: Sub-Committee Report On A National Urban Policy, April 1993.
Ross, Catherine et. al., “Women and Urban Planning: A Bibliography.” Council of Planning Librarians, July 1981.
This was selected as the best monograph published by the Council of Planning Librarians in 1981. It identifies materials, which address the role of women in contemporary society.
Ross, Catherine. “Measuring Transportation System Effectiveness,” Urban Institute, Atlanta University, May 1981.
Identifies inadequacies in current methods for measuring transportation performance.
Research Reports (selected)
Ross, C. and Rao, A. “Art and Culture Strategic Implementation Plan”, Civic Moxie LLC.; prime: Atlanta Beltline Inc., April 2018.
Boston, Thomas D. and Ross, C. “GDOT Local Beneficiary Analysis of TIA project expenditures, Phase II,” Georgia Department of Transportation,” (GDOT # 16-20), April 2018.
Kumar, A., Karner, A. and Ross, C. “Crowdsourced social media monitoring system,” Georgia Department of Transportation, Final Report (GDOT # 16-14)., 05/2017.
Hylton, Peter and Ross, Catherine – “Final report: How E-Commerce Is Changing Air Cargo Infrastructure and Service Needs,” Airport Cooperative Research Program, Transportation Research Board, 09/2017.
Ross, C. L., Smith, S., Read A., Morley, D. – “Multimodal Planning at the Megaregion Scale,” American Planning Association, U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, 06/2016.
Ross, C. L., Smith, S. –Final report “A Collaborative Model for Healthy Freight Planning,” Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington, D.C. 11/2016.
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Ross, C.L., Final report, “Freight Movement, Port Facilities, and Economic Competitiveness – Supplemental Task: County-to- County Freight Movement (National and State Level), (GDOT # 13-27), Georgia Department of Transportation, 06/2016.
Ross, C. L., Final Report, “National MAP-21 Implementation & Monitoring,” National Center for Transportation Systems Productivity and Management (NCTSPM), 01/31/2016.
Ross, C.L, Final report “Small Urban and Rural Areas,” Final Report, National Center for Transportation Systems Productivity and Management (NCTSPM), 01/31/2016.
Ross, C.L., contributed to Final report, “Managing Transportation System Health, (GDOT #14-34), Georgia Department of Transportation, 07/15/2015.
Ross, C.L., Lee, David Jung-Hwi Lee (2014) Freight Movement, Port Facilities, and Economic Competitiveness; for The National Center for Transportation Systems Productivity and Management (NCTSPM)and the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development, Georgia Institute of Technology, July 2014.
Author of Independent Study: City of Atlanta’s Storm Response Plan presented to the City Utilities Committee, a committee consisting of seven members of the Atlanta City Council. Councilmember Natalyn Archibong chairs the committee. Atlanta, GA; June 6, 2014.
Ross, C.L. et al. Albany and Macon, Georgia Health Impact Assessment: Process and Evaluation Report (for the Georgia Department of Public Health). Center for Quality Growth & Regional Development (CQGRD), Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013.
Ross, C.L. et al. Choice Neighborhood Initiative Albany, Georgia: Rapid to Intermediate Health Impact Assessment (HIA) (for the Georgia Department of Public Health). Center for Quality Growth & Regional Development (CQGRD), Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012.
Ross, C.L. et al. Second Street Redevelopment Macon, Georgia - Rapid to Intermediate Health Impact Assessment (HIA) (for the Georgia Department of Public Health). Center for Quality Growth & Regional Development (CQGRD), Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012.
Ross, Catherine, Marcus, Michelle et al. Health Benefits of the Atlanta Beltline Eastside Trail: A Pre-Post Impact Assessment, Beltline Partnership. 2012.
Ross, Catherine L., Meyer, Michael. Impact of the Location of New Schools on Transportation Infrastructure and Finance. Georgia Department of Transportation. 2011.
Ross, Catherine L., Guensler, Randall. Congestion-Pricing Implementations and Deployment Strategies for the Metropolitan Atlanta Area. Georgia Department of Transportation, 2008.
Ross, Catherine L., Jason Barringer, Jiawen Yang, Jessica Doyle, Harry West, Adjo Amekudzi, Mike Meyer. 2008. Megaregions: Literature Review of the Implications for U.S. Infrastructure Investment and Transportation Planning, prepared for the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration. Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD), Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008.
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Ross, Catherine L., Myungje Woo, Jason Barringer, Jiawen Yang, Amy Danner, Michelle Marcus, Harry West, Mike Meyer, and Adjo Amekudzi. 2009. Megaregions: Visualization of Defining Megaregions and Policy Implications for Passenger and Freight Movement, prepared for the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration. Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD), Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009.
Ross, Catherine L., Myungje Woo, Jason Barringer, Jiawen Yang, Mike Meyer, and Adjo Amekudzi. “Megaregions: Delineating Existing and Emerging Megaregions throughout The United States”. U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration. Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD), Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009.
Ross, Catherine L., Jason Barringer, Karen Leone de Nie, Joy Wilkins, and Myungje Woo. Preparing for the Future in Troup County, Georgia: Recommendation for a Strategic Plan for Sustainable Development, prepared for Troup County and the Cities of LaGrange, West Point, and Hogansville. Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD) and Enterprise Innovation Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008.
Ross, Catherine L., Jason Barringer, and Myungje Woo. Preparing for the Future in Troup County, Georgia: A Spatial Strategy for Sustainability, prepared for Troup County and the Cities of LaGrange, West Point, and Hogansville. Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD), Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008.
“Megaregions: Passenger and Freight Transportation Framework”. Prepared for the Federal Highway Administration, August 2009.
“Atlanta Beltline Decision Support Tool”. Prepared for the Beltline Tax Allocation District Advisory Committee Innovation Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, October 2008.
Ross, Catherine L., Myungje Woo, Jason Barringer, Amy Danner, and Harley Etienne Atlanta Beltline Decision Support Tool, Prepared for the Beltline Tax Allocation District Advisory Committee (TADAC). Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD), Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008.
Ross, Catherine L., Myungje Woo, Jason Barringer, and Amy Danner. Hospitals and Community Health HIA: A Study of Localized Health Impacts of Hospitals, 2008, prepared for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD), Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008.
“Hospitals and Community Health HIA: A Study of Localized Health Impacts of Hospitals”, Prepared for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, July 2008.
Sanford, Elizabeth, Ross, Catherine L. et al Community Transportation Plan for Decatur, Georgia. City of Decatur, 2007.
“Atlanta Beltline: Health Impact Assessment”, Prepared for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, November 2007.
“Pathways to a Healthy Decatur: A Rapid Health Impact Assessment of the City of Decatur Community Transportation Plan”, in partnership with Sycamore Consulting, Inc. and Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. September 2007.
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“Atlanta Regional Freight Mobility Plan: Community & Environmental Impact Scan and Assessment”, Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) April 2007.
“Healthy Housing: Forging the Economic and Empirical Foundation”, Prepared for Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership (ANDP), April 2007.
“A Time for Leadership: Growth Management and Florida 2060” Prepared for 1000 Friends of Florida. August 2006.
“Georgia Coast 2030: Population Projections for the 10-County Coastal Georgia Region” Prepared for Coastal Georgia Regional Development Center. October 2006.
“The Emerging Southeast Megaregion,” Think Global, Act Regional Symposium, January 2006.
“Economic Diversification Plan,” Camden County (GA) Public Service Authority, November 2005.
“Development Potential of the SR 365 Corridor in Hall County, Georgia: A Quality Growth Study,” 2005.
Ross, C., and Leigh, Nancy. “Materials Flow Modeling in Sustainable Industrial Systems within Urban Centers,” National Science Foundation, 2005.
Ross, Catherine, et. al., “Surface Transportation Environmental Research: A Long-Term Strategy” Transportation Research Board Special Report 268, April 2002.
“State of the Regions 2000: A Baseline for the Century of the Region”, Regions in the 21st
Century Series, Report #3, National Association of Regional Councils, December 2000.
Ross, Catherine and Anne Dunning, “Land Use Transportation Interaction: An Examination of the 1995 NPTS Data,” Report to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, October 1997.
Ross, Catherine, et. al., “Alternative Performance Measures For Transportation Planning: Incorporating Mobility Concerns Into Multimodal Planning,” U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, University Research and Training Program, May 1995.
Ross, Catherine, et. al., “The FTP Procedure,” Report to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1994.
Ross, Catherine. “Organizational Alternatives for a Transit Research Coordinating Council,” Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, December 1993.
Ross, Catherine, “A Sabbatical Program for the National Academy,” National Academy of Sciences, Transportation Research Board, 1992.
Ross, Catherine, et. al., “Transportation Management Associations in the United States.” Report to the Federal Transit Administration, United States Department of Transportation, May 1992.
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Ross, Catherine, et. al., “The Impact of the Federal Overmatch Initiative.” Report to the Urban Mass Transportation Administration, United States Department of Transportation, 1990.
Ross, Catherine. “Measuring the Impact of Natural Disasters on Transportation Lifelines,” Report to the National Science Foundation, National Technical Information Service, 1989.
Ross, Catherine. “Overcoming Barriers to Greater Private Sector Involvement in Transportation,” Report to the United States Department of Transportation, Atlanta, GA, July 1987.
Ross, Catherine, “Transit Operations Institute: A Management Development Seminar,” Report to the United States Department of Transportation, Atlanta, GA, August 1984.
Ross, Catherine, et. al., Community Impact Evaluation of the Berkeley Dorchester Counties Economic Development Corporation, Report to the Region IV Community Services Administration, Atlanta, GA, February 1981.
Ross, Catherine, et. al., Community Impact Evaluation of the Orange County Department of Community Affairs. Report to the Region IV Community Services Administration, Atlanta, GA, January 1981.
Ross, Catherine, et. al., Community Impact Evaluation of the Community Action Agency of Huntsville-Madison County, Inc., Report to the Region IV Community Services Administration, Atlanta, GA, February 1981.
Ross, Catherine, et. al., Community Impact Evaluation of the Middle Georgia Community Action Agency, Report to the Region IV Community Services Administration, Atlanta, GA, December 1979.
Ross, Catherine, et. al., Community Impact Evaluation of the Four County Community Service, Inc., Report to the Region IV Community Services Administration, Atlanta, GA, February 1980.
Ross, Catherine, et. al., Community Impact Evaluation of the Piedmont Area Community Action Agency, Report to the Region IV Community Services Administration, Atlanta, GA, February 1980.
Ross, Catherine, Evaluation of the Florida Association of Community Action Agencies (FACAA) Energy Advocacy Project, Consumers Advocate for Responsible Energy Systems (CARES). Report to the Region IV Community Services Administration, Atlanta, GA, July 1980.
Report to the Atlanta University President, “Atlanta University’s Computer Needs Study” with Sidney Harris. January 1978.
WHITE PAPERS:
Midwest Chicago Megaregion, Ross, Catherine et. al. prepared for the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, August 2017.
Northeast Megaregion, Ross, Catherine et. al. prepared for the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, June 2017.
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Texas Megaregion, Catherine et. al. prepared for the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, June 2017.
The Atlanta Beltline Transit Panel: Ross, Catherine, et. al.: The Atlanta Beltline: Transit Feasibility, prepared for The Atlanta Development Authority. September 2005.
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Principal, Catherine Ross and Associates, Inc. - Atlanta, GA.CRA Consulting projects related to transportation planning, urban planning and economic planning. 1980-1999
PRESENTATIONS (selected)
2019
Session Chair: “Knowledge Co-Production for sustainable urban infrastructure,” NSF sponsored Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Workshop, Georgia Tech (August 15, 2019)
Participant: “Quality Growth in the Corridor,” I-75 Central Corridor Coalition, Jackson, GA (August 8, 2019)
Panelist: “Women in Transportation (WTS) Faculty Chat, Georgia Tech (April 9, 2019)
2018
Moderator: “The 2018 Thought Leaders Dinner,” Sandy Springs Conservancy, Annual thought Leader Dinner, Sandy Springs, GA (October 17, 2018)
Moderator: “Pi Alpha Awards Luncheon,” Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA Conference), Atlanta, GA (October 12, 2018)
Moderator: “Transportation and transit panel,” Atlanta Airport Chamber Annual Meeting, College Park, GA (October 11, 2018)
Opening Keynote speaker: “Economic, Technology and Mobility Trends Shaping Transport Modeling,” 7th TRB International Conference on Innovations in Travel Modeling Conference, Atlanta, GA (June 25, 2018)
Panelist: “Health, Housing & Equity”, AIA Conference on Architecture 2018, New York City, NY (June 21, 2018)
Moderator: “Multi-Jurisdictional Coordination for the Central Plains/ Heartland Region (May 16-17, 2018)
Moderator: “The Challenges & Opportunities of Municipal Services and Water Management,” Georgia Tech Invited Strategic Dialogues Infrastructure in the Digital Age, Atlanta, GA (April 16, 2018)
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Moderator: “Multi-Jurisdictional Coordination for the Greater Lakes Region, Columbus, OH (February 22-23, 2018)
Wang F. and Ross, C.L. “Predicting Travel Mode Choices in the Delaware Valley Region with Multinomial Logit Model and Extreme Gradient Boost Model” presented at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 97th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. (January 9, 2018)
Queen, C. and Ross, C.L. (Co-Author) “Urban Transit Mode Selection in the United States of America” presented at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 97th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. (January 9, 2018)
Hylton, P. and Ross, C.L. “Air Cargo Forecasting in an Age of Electronic Retail” presented at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 97th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. (January 9, 2018)
Kumar, A. and Ross, C.L. “Traffic and Incident Management Using Crowdsourced Data: Challenges and Lessons Learned from Practice” presented at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 97th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. (January 9, 2018)
Sperling, E. and Ross, C.L. “Strategically Aligning Capital Improvement Prioritization to Performance Goals” presented at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 97th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. (January 9, 2018)
2017
Ross, C.L. (Invited Panelist) “The Network for Emerging Leaders in Sustainability (NELS): Sustainable Urban Environments in the Coastal Plain: Linking Knowledge to Action,” Keck Center of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, D.C., (October 26, 2017)
Hylton, P. and Ross, C.L. “Electronic Retail Effects on Airports and the Geography of Air Cargo,” The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, 57th Annual conference, Denver, CO, (October 12, 2017)
Kumar, A. and Ross, C.L. “Analyzing the Impact of Truck Traffic on Small Town and Rural Air Quality and Health,” The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, 57th Annual conference, Denver, CO, (October 12, 2017)
Wang, F. and Ross, C.L. “Modeling the Mode Choice of On-demand Ride Service and Its Impact on Accessibility,” The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, 57th Annual conference, Denver, CO, (October 12, 2017)
Moderator: “Starting the Megaregion Conversation: The Northeast Economy and Transportation’s Role”, FHWA Megaregion Workshop, Providence, RI, (August 8-9, 2017)
Session Chair: “Transport”, World Engineers Summit - Applied Energy Symposium & Forum: Low Carbon Cities & Urban Energy Joint Conference (WES-CUE) 2017, Suntec, Singapore, (July 20, 2017)
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Session Chair: “Transport”, World Engineers Summit - Applied Energy Symposium & Forum: Low Carbon Cities & Urban Energy Joint Conference (WES-CUE) 2017, Suntec, Singapore, (July 19, 2017)
Presenter: “Autonomous Vehicles and Energy Impacts: A Scenario Analysis,” World Engineers Summit - Applied Energy Symposium & Forum: Low Carbon Cities & Urban Energy Joint Conference (WES-CUE) 2017, Suntec, Singapore, (July 19, 2017)
Presenter. “Addressing Megaregions in Long-Range Plans”, American Planning Association (APA), National Planning Conference, New York City, NY, (May 6, 2017)
Presenter: “Reconstructing Your World: Putting Health in All Policies, Plans and Actions,” Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems (CHHS) Seminar: Innovation and Public Impact Research Across GA Tech, Atlanta, GA, (April 19, 2017)
Presenter: “Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion”, Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) Freight Advisory Task Force, Atlanta, GA, (March 2, 2017)
Presenter (invited): “Scaling Up: Thinking Megaregionally in Long-Range Planning, New Partners for Smart Growth Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, (February 3, 2017)
Presenter (keynote): “Transportation Infrastructure Impacts on Megaregions,” Freight and Megaregions Peer Exchange 2017, 7, Atlanta, GA, (January 31, 2017)
Presenter: “New Potential for Multimodal Connection: Exploring the Relationship Between Taxi Trips and Transit in New York City,” session on Taxis and TNCs: Competitors or Can They Co-exist? Transportation Research Board (TRB) 96th Annual Meeting, (January 11, 2017)
Presenter: “Disaggregation of Nationwide Commodity Movement Data to County-to-County and State-Level Travel Analysis Zones”, in the proceedings and presented at session on Research Innovations in Freight Transportation Data, Transportation Research Board (TRB) 96th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. (January 10, 2017)
Presenter: “Air Quality and Health Impacts of Freight on Small Urban and Rural Areas” in the proceedings and presented in the session on Urban Freight Innovations, Transportation Research Board (TRB) 96th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. (January 9, 2017)
2016
Presenter (keynote speaker): “Starting the Conversation: Are We Ready for the Rise of the Megaregion?”, FHWA/DVRPC Mega-Region Mega-Event, King of Prussia, PA, (December 6-7, 2016)
Co-Author: “Shifting Transit Usage: Novel Approaches,” The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, 56th Annual conference, Portland, OR, (November 6, 2016)
Hylton. and Ross, C.L. “Air freight connectivity’s impact on economic development,” The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, 56th Annual conference, Portland, OR, (November 6, 2016)
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Presenter: “POCIG and the ACSP Committee on Diversity Joint Roundtable: Moving Faculty of Color through the Pipeline from Associate to Full Professor, The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, 56th Annual conference, Portland, OR, (November 3, 2016)
Presenter (invited): “Integrating Health into Metropolitan Transportation Planning,” Planning for a More Sustainable Future: Symposium on the Integration of Transportation, Land Use, and Environmental Planning for Equity, Economic Development, and a Healthy Environment, UC Berkeley, (October 17, 2016)
Session Chair (invited): Session Name: “Sustainability assessment of renewable energy applications, “8th International Conference on Applied Energy, Beijing, China, (October 9, 2016)
Panelist (Invited): Panel Session: “Energy resilient urban systems, “8th International Conference on Applied Energy, Beijing, China, (October 9, 2016)
Presenter (invited): “What if transit works?”, The Case for Regional Transit in Metro Detroit Taubman College of Architecture and Planning University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (October 4, 2016)
Presenter: “Quality of Life Benefits of Urban Trails: Analysis of the Atlanta Beltline”, IUPEA – International Urban Planning and Environment Association, Lisbon, Portugal, (June 2)
Hylton, Peter. And Ross, C.L. “Urban Revitalization: Changing Atlanta’s Land Use Intensities” IUPEA – International Urban Planning and Environment Association, Lisbon, Portugal, (June 2, 2016)
Zang, Wenwen, Guhathakurta, S. Ross, C.L. “Parking Spaces in the age of Shared autonomous vehicles: How much parking will we need and where?”, IUPEA – International Urban Planning and Environment Association, Lisbon, Portugal, (June 3, 2016)
Karner, A. and Ross, C.L. “Public Transit Equity and the Geography of Opportunity in the Atlanta Region,” IUPEA – International Urban Planning and Environment Association, Lisbon, Portugal, (June 3, 2016)
Panelist: “Planning Atlanta”, Atlanta Studies Symposium 2016, Georgia State University, (May 11, 2016)
Keynote speaker (invited): “Megaregion: Piedmont – Atlanta, Understanding the dynamics of the mega region and its impact globally,” Memphis Area Association of Governments (MAAG) annual dinner, Cordova, TN, (April 14, 2016)
Presenter: “Planning Research Meets Planning Practice Discussion”, 2016 American Planning Association (APA) annual conference, Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, AZ, (April 5, 2016)
Keynote speaker (invited): “A Transportation Agenda for the Global Era,” DCRP Lecture Series: 9th Annual Martin Wachs Lecture, College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, (March 17, 2016). Honorary Lecture
Smith, S. and Ross, C.L. “Health Impact Assessment (HIA) of the Transformation Plan for a HUD Designated Choice Neighborhood in Albany, Georgia,” Urban Affairs Association Conference (UAA), San Diego, CA, (March 17, 2016)
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Keynote speaker (invited): “Charlotte Megaregion,” Transportation Infrastructure Summit, Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, Charlotte, NC, (March 4, 2016)
Panelist: “Innovations in changing behavior,” National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Safety Summit, Atlanta, GA, (February 23, 2016)
Presenter: “Megaregions: Leaning Forward, - Workshop 161 on Megaregions: Surfing the Wave of the Future”, presented at the 95th Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting (TRB), Washington, D.C., (January 10, 2016)
Presenter: at “Standing Committee on Transportation and Economic Development (ADD10)”, presented at the 95th Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting (TRB), Washington, D.C., (January 12, 2016)
Hylton, P. and Ross, C.L. “Exploration of Airport Effects on Distribution Center Location,” presented at the 95th Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting (TRB), Washington, D.C., (January 12, 2016)
2015
Ross, Catherine, Sperling, Elliot and Guhathakurta Subhrajit, “Adopting a New Energy Economy in the United States”, Low Carbon Cities and Urban Energy Systems, CUE 2015, Fuzhou, China, (Nov. 15-17, 2015)
Invited Keynote speaker: “Sustainable Development Strategy of Megacities in United States,” Forum on Urban Ecology and Energy Conservation co-organized by IESD and Beijing Engineering Research Center of Building Energy Efficiency and Urban Ecology (BEEUE), Beijing, China, (November 10, 2015)
Primary Author: “Estimating the economic impact of port growth employing GPS data, freight modeling, and economic impact analysis at the local and megaregion levels,” 2015 Annual Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) conference, Houston, TX, (October 22, 2015)
Primary Author: “Identifying factors that impact logistics clusters’ competitiveness,” 2015 Annual Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) conference, Houston, TX, (October 22, 2015)
Moderator (invited): “Enhancing Equity in Faculty Hiring,” Seventh Annual Diversity Symposium, Georgia Institute of Technology, (September 9, 2015)
Presenter (invited): “3rd Virtual Workgroup Webinar on Megaregions” hosted by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Washington, D.C., (July 14, 2015)
Presenter (invited): “Expanding the Role of HIA and Health Considerations across Federal Agencies,” 2015 National Health Impact Assessment Meeting, Washington, D.C., (June 16, 2015)
Panelist (invited): “Lessons Learned Panel,” at PEW the Charitable Trusts Grantee Meeting, Washington, D.C., (June 15, 2015)
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Presenter (invited): “Health Impact Assessment in the U.S,” 2015 Symposium of Ecological Urban Design in Shanghai, China, Shanghai, P.R. China, (June 5, 2015)
Presenter (invited): “Rise of the Megaregion”, Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development (IESD), Tongji University, Shanghai, P.R. China, (June, 2015)
Presenter (invited): 2015 “City and Nature,” Tongji University, Shanghai, China. (June 2-7 2015)
Moderator: “The Big Picture of Connectivity,” panel session moderated at Atlanta Regional Commission’s “Port to Port Potential” meeting, Savannah, GA, (May 20, 2015)
Presenter: ““Economic Impact to Georgia Counties from the Expansion of the Panama Canal.”Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC), Board Meeting, (April 22, 2015)
Presenter: “AT010 - Freight Transportation, Economics and Regular Committee,” presented at the 94th Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting (TRB), “Mega-Regions Joint Subcommittee of ADA20, Washington, D.C., (January 14, 2015)
Lee, David and Ross, C.L. “Global Positioning System-Based Truck Modeling for Regional Travel Demand Forecasting,”, presented at the 94th Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting (TRB), Washington, D.C., (January 13, 2015)
Presenter: “AT015: Freight Transportation Planning and Logistics Committee,” presented at the 94th Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting (TRB), “Mega-Regions Joint Subcommittee of ADA20, Washington, D.C., (January 12, 2015)
Presenter: “ADD 020: Community Impact Assessment”, presented at the 94th Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting (TRB), “Mega-Regions Joint Subcommittee of ADA20, Washington, D.C., (January 12, 2015)
Co- Author: “Character and Intensity of Mega-Region Supply Chain Activity,” Catherine Ross, Georgia Institute of Technology and Peter Hylton, Georgia Institute of Technology, presented at the 94th Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting (TRB), Washington, D.C., (January 12, 2015)
2014
Presenter: “Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion, America 2050 Forum Report, Importance of alternate transportation to meet growth presented at the Joint Study Committee on Critical Transportation Infrastructure Funding at The Forum, Rome, GA (November 20, 2014)
Invited Speaker: “Urban regeneration through regional infrastructure investment,” International Symposium on Urban Regeneration, University of Seoul, South Korea, (November 12, 2014)
Author: “Landscape Anthropometrics: A Multi-Scale Approach to Integrating Health Into Regional Land Use Planning, Rao, Arthi, Georgia Institute of Technology, presenting author, primary author; Ross, Catherine, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014 Association of
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Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) 54th Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, (November 2, 2014)
Panelist: Diversity Committee Workshop, Career Strategies for Faculty of Color at Various Academic Levels, 2014 Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) 54th Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, (November 1, 2014)
Author: “GPS Based Truck Modeling for Regional Travel Demand Forecasting,” Lee, David Jung-Hwi, Georgia Institute of Technology, presenting author, primary author; Ross, Catherine, Georgia Institute of Technology; 2014 Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) 54th Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, (October 30, 2014)
Ross, C.L. and Hylton, P. “Megaregions as A Framework For Integrating Supply Chain Dynamics And Freight Planning; Hylton, Peter Georgia Institute of Technology presenting author; Ross, Catherine, Georgia Institute of Technology, primary author, 2014 Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) 54th Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, (October 30, 2014)
Panelist: “Connected Places: Freight, Regions and Megaregions,” 2014 Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO) Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA (October 24, 2014)
Invited Speaker: “Transportation, Economic Competitiveness, and Megaregions,” U.S. Department of Transportation's Volpe Center: Transportation and the Economy, Leadership speaker series on Transportation and the Economy: Leading Globally, Succeeding Locally, VOLPE Center, Cambridge, MA, (October 15, 2014)
http://www.volpe.dot.gov/news/transportation-drives-economic-competitiveness-megaregions
Keynote Speaker: Engendering Cities: Designing Sustainable and Inclusive Urban Environments, an International Conference organized by genderSTE an event of the Italian Presidency of the European Union under the patronage of UNESCO, Rome, Italy (September 25, 2014)
Panelist: “Energy, Mobility, and the Shape of Future Cities” at the Clean Energy Education & Empowerment (C3E), Symposium presented by MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) and the US Department of Energy (DOE) Urban Strategies for a New Energy Future, Cambridge, Massachusetts, (September 16 and 17, 2014)
Presenter (Facilitator) “Voices of Georgia Tech” - A Community Conversation on Diversity and Inclusion at Georgia Tech, 6th Annual Diversity Symposium presented by the Office of Institute Diversity, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Ga (September 5, 2014)
Presenter: “Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion, America 2050 Forum Report, Importance of alternate transportation to meet growth presented at the Joint Study Committee on Critical Transportation Infrastructure Funding at Mercer University, Macon, GA (September 3, 2014)
Presenter: Freight tour model presentation by Georgia Tech presented for Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC), Harry West Room A on "C" floor, Atlanta, GA (August 29, 2014)
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Presenter: “Atlanta Beltline Health Impact Assessment”, American Planning Association, National Conference, Atlanta, Georgia (April 27, 2014)
Panelist: “Stakeholder Involvement and Atlanta’s Beltline”, American Planning Association, National Conference, Atlanta, Georgia (April 27, 2014)
Panelist: “Planning Research Centers”, American Planning Association, National Conference, Atlanta, Georgia (April 28, 2014)
Presenter: “Recent developments in health impact assessment” (paper), 34th Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment, Vina del Mar, Chile (April 8, 2014)
Presenter: “Incorporating health in major project EAs: Sharing global experiences” (workshop), 34th Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment, Vina del Mar, Chile (April 10, 2014)
Presenter: “Global Regionalism/ Mega Regions”, Lambda Alpha International Conference, Atlanta, GA (April 5, 2014)
Moderator:” Transportation and Infrastructure”, Penn IUR Penn Institute for Urban Research: Sustainable Urbanization: Place Matters, The University of Pennsylvania, (March 27-28, 2014)
Moderator: “Public Agencies, the Private Sector and Transportation Challenges” University Transportation Center (UTC) Conference for the Southeastern Region, Georgia Tech Global Learning Center, Atlanta, GA, (March 25, 2014)
Presenter: “Health Impact Assessment,” Grantmakers in Health Annual Meeting on Health Philanthropy, Atlanta, GA, (March 5, 2014)
Presenter: “Challenges and Opportunities of Partnerships Between Public Health and Transportation in Small and Medium-Sized Communities: Use of Health Impact Assessment for Transportation Planning: Importance of Involving Transportation Agencies in Process “, presented at the 93rd Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting (TRB), Washington, D.C., (January 15, 2014)
Presenter: “Megaregion Planning: State of Practice in Metropolitan Planning Organizations and State Departments of Transportation”, presented at the 93rd Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting (TRB), “Mega-Regions Joint Subcommittee of ADA20, Washington, D.C., (January 14, 2014)
2013
Panel Moderator: 4th Annual CID Recognition Program, hosted by Council for Quality Growth, Loews Hotel, Midtown, Atlanta, GA, (November 21, 2013)
Presenter: Distinguished Lecture Series: CEOS / ADVANCE Comprehensive Equity at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, (November 12-13, 2013)
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Organizer and Moderator: Connected Places: Freight Movement and Megaregions, Metro Atlanta Chamber, Atlanta, GA (November 6-7, 2013)
Panelist: “Planning in a "Post-Racial" Society: New Directions and Challenges,” University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, (November 1, 2013)
Panelist: “Decade of Innovation Symposium” - Technology Square 10th Anniversary, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, (October 17, 2013)
Moderator: Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.: Nature, People and Places—Panel Session, National Building Museum in Washington, DC, (October 10, 2013)
Keynote Presenter: “Creating Healthy Spaces”, presented at the VIP Dinner Reception for the Highmark Foundation - No Time to Weight - Best Practices in Childhood Obesity Prevention, Pittsburgh, PA (September 24, 2013)
Presenter: “Megaregions: Multi-jurisdictional Transportation Planning”, presented during the Fall Speaker series of the National Center for Transportation Productivity and Management (NCTPM), Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (September 19, 2013)
Panelist: “Common Goals - Coordinated Efforts: Achieving Strength through Regional Collaboration”, Governing summit – Cost of government, The Newseum in Washington, D.C (September 16-17, 2013)
Panelist: "Why a Ph.D.? Is a Ph.D. right for you?" Summer Pre-Doctoral Workshop, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (July 23, 2013)
Panelist: “How to pursue your research”, Summer Pre-Doctoral Workshop, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (July 22, 2013)
Panelist: “Faculty of color share their experience and insights”, Summer Pre-Doctoral Workshop, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (July 22, 2013)
Presenter: “Freight Stakeholder Engagement in Megaregions”, at the 2013 Transportation Research Board Summer Meeting of the Freight, Marine, and Planning Committees, National Academy of Sciences Building in Washington, D.C. (July 18, 2013)
Panelist: “Women in Leadership position”, presented at the iLead Unity Day, organized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4 in Atlanta, GA (July 17, 2013)
Panelist: “Health Impact Assessment (HIA) and Prosperity for Healthy Communities”, organized by the National Association of Regional Councils in Philadelphia, PA (June 25, 2013)
Presenter: “Integrating Health into Transport Planning”, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Transport Policy, Planning and Engineering Symposium, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia (May 29, 2013)
Panelist: “Transportation and Health Tool; Workshop with Expert Panel, organized by the American Public Health Association (APHA) in partnership with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and US. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Washington, D.C. (April 23-24, 2013)
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Presenter: “Exploring the Structure and Function of the Megaregion”, Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers (AAG), Los Angeles, CA (April 11, 2013)
Presenter: “Georgia SPLOST Database and Clearinghouse for Transportation Finance”, Southeast UTC conference, Orlando, FL (April 4, 2013)
Presenter: “Sustainable Transportation and Downtown Revitalization”, University of Alabama (UAB) Sustainable Smart Cities Symposium, Birmingham, AL (April 3, 2013)
Presenter: “Transit: Atlanta and Lima”, Mass Transit Development Conference, Atlanta, GA (March 27, 2013)
Panelists: “Innovative Infrastructure Finance”, Governing, Washington Press Club. (February 2013)
Plenary Speaker: “Megaregions, Sustainability and Quality of Life”, MetroPlan Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida. (February 2013)
Presenter and Moderator: “Freight in the Megaregion” Workshop, Transportation Research Board (TRB) Conference, Washington DC. (January 2013)
2012
Plenary Speaker and Panel Member: Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) 2012, International Transport Forum in Leipzig, Germany. (May 2012)
Presenter: ‘Planning for Green Cities: Atlanta and Seoul’, University of Seoul, Seoul Korea. (May 2012)
Presenter: ‘Delft Institute of Technology, Regional Studies Association European Conference 2012, “Networked Regions and Cities in Times of Fragmentation”, Delft, the Netherlands. (May 2012)
2011
Moderator: Session entitled “Let Corridor Define the Mode: Land Use, Governance and Other Realities of the Implementation Environment”. Rail~Volution Conference, Washington, D.C. (October 19, 2011)
Presenter: “Megaregions and Regional Sustainability,” Seoul Metropolitan Forum, Seoul, Korea (October 2011)
Presenter: “Creating a Resilient Transportation and Energy Future,” East West Center, Hawaii (September 2011)
Presenter: Keynote, “Integrated Urban and Rural Development in China,” International Association of Chinese Planners (IACP) Conference, Beijing, China (June 2011)
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2010
Speaker: “HIA: Praxis, Prospect and Policy” – National Health Policy Forum on “Health Impact Assessments: What, Why, How, Who, Where?”, Washington, DC (December 03, 2010)
Speaker: “Savannah Port Expansion Project” - The Atlanta/Savannah Harbor Business Forum, Atlanta, GA (December 02, 2010)
Keynote Speaker: “Sustainability: From Theory to Reality” – Pathways to Urban Sustainability: Lessons from the Atlanta Metropolitan Region- A NAS Workshop, Atlanta, GA (September 30, 2010)
Moderator: GT2035: A Diverse and Inclusive Community, Atlanta, GA (September 17, 2010)
Moderator: Health in all Policies: Integrating Health Impact Assessment in US Policy,” CDC Using Law, Policy and Research to Improve the Public’s Health: A National Conference, Atlanta, GA (September 13, 2010)
Presenter: “Sustainable Planning Challenges: Rapid Urbanization, Global Recession and Climate Change,” 9th Symposium of the International Urban Planning & Environment Association (UPE9) Conference, Guangzhou, China (August 3-6, 2010)
Presenter: “Examination of Functional Relationships of Megaregions and Applications for Transportation Infrastructure” 9th Symposium of the International Urban Planning and Environment Association (UPE9), Guangzhou, China (August 3, 2010)
Presenter: “Sustainability: From Theory to Reality,” Fourstar Sustainability Summit, San Antonio, TX (May 26, 2010)
Presenter: “The Place is the Context,” CNU 18 Conference Congress for New Urbanism 18 th
Annual: Rx for Healthy Places, Atlanta, GA (May 21, 2010)
Afternoon Plenary Speaker: CNU18 Conference: Vision California: Climate Change Metrics and Mandates for Healthy Regions. Atlanta, GA (May 20, 2010)
Evening Plenary Speaker. 2010 Delaware-Maryland APA Regional Conference: Creating Livable Communities For All Ages: From Theory To Reality. Dover, DE (May 6, 2010)
Keynote Speaker: “Megaregions: A Framework for Planning in the 21st Century,” 21st Annual Transportation Research Conference, Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota (April 27-28, 2010)
Presenter: “City Planning and New Urbanism – A Sustainable Position,” ETH Forum Wohnungsbau, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Zürich (April 22, 2010)
Interviewee: “Sustainable Cities” (podcast). Wall Street Journal (April 17, 2010)
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Keynote Speaker: “Megaregions and Transportation,” 2010 Transportation and University Communities Conference, American Public Transportation Association. Athens, GA (April 10-13, 2010)
Recipient: CHOZEN Awards Women's History Honoree. Public choice award for being a trailblazer in education, urban planning/community development and business. (March 24, 2010)
Speaker/Organizer: Piedmont Alliance for Quality Growth. Macon, GA (March 10-11, 2010)
Presenter: “Understanding Federal Policy for Developers”, Urban Land Institute (ULI) Atlanta Forum (March 7, 2010)
Participant: White House Clean Energy Forum (March 3, 2010)
Presenter: Downtown Livability Forum. Sponsored by Atlanta City Council President Caesar Mitchell and Central Atlanta Progress. Atlanta, GA (March 2, 2010)
Presenter: “Infrastructure Investment in the Atlanta Region,” ULI Atlanta District Council Leadership Meeting, Atlanta, GA (March1, 2010)
Interviewee: “The big picture: San Diego and megaregions”, San Diego Union-Tribune (February 28, 2010)
Presenter/Facilitator: “Ross on Megaregions”, School of City and Regional Planning Book Series, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (January 27, 2010)
Feature Interviewee: “Forecast: Megaregions Transportation expert and urban planner Catherine Ross foresees a future in which our cities and built landscapes are interconnected and interdependent,” Builder TV (January 14, 2010)
Interviewee: “Last Word”, Builder Magazine (January, 2010)
Presenter: Mega-regions: 21st Century Way of Understanding 21st Century Issues. Transportation Research Board 89th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (January 10-14, 2010)
2009
Invitee: White House Holiday Party. Washington, DC. (December 15, 2009)
Speaker/Organizer: Mayor’s Megaregion Meeting: Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion – Part 2. Greenville, SC. (November 17-18, 2009)
Keynote Speaker: “Sustainable Development: The Regional Industrial Ecosystem.” Responsible Technologies Summit, Atlanta, GA. (Nov 9-10, 2009)
Plenary Speaker: “Plenary 2: Environmental Health in All Policies - Transportation and land use policy, environment, and health.” 2009 National Environmental Public Health Conference, Atlanta, GA. (October 26, 2009)
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Interviewee: “Annexation helps cities manage growth, expert says” and “Planner says VW will cause big change.” Chattanooga Times Free Press. (September 26, 2009)
Interviewee: WUTC Around and About, Chattanooga, TN. (September 25, 2009)
Keynote Speaker: “Megaregions in the southeastern U.S.”. Tennessee Chapter – American Planning Association Annual Conference, Chattanooga, TN. (September 23-25, 2009)
Presenter: “Health and Roadways”. Atlanta Development Authority. (September 17, 2009)
Panelist: “The new Federal paradigm - Linking transportation, land use and housing”. Atlanta Regional Housing Forum. (September 2, 2009)
Interviewee: “Megaregion leaders agree on rail, bridge.” Charlotte Observer. (August 13, 2009)
Speaker/Organizer: Mayor’s Megaregion Meeting: Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion. Charlotte, NC. (August 11-12, 2009)
Panelist: “Restructuring our Cities to Improve Health”. Weight of the Nation conference, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Washington, D.C. (July 27-29, 2009)
Interviewee: “Years later, it’s still a shopping magnet: Lenox turns 50.” Atlanta Journal Constitution. (July 24, 2009)
Discussant: “Maximizing Opportunity in the Marketplace for Freight: Strengthening Economic Competitiveness through Regional Partnerships and Cooperation”. Transportation Research Board 2009 Joint Summer Meeting. Seattle, WA. (July 19-22, 2009)
Participant: Urban and Metropolitan Policy Roundtable, White House Office of Urban Affairs and the Domestic Policy Council (July 13, 2009)
Presenter: Megaregion Planning Conference. Dallas, TX (June 5-7, 2009)
Guest Columnist: “Infrastructure is Our Competitive Advantage.” Saporta Report, Atlanta, GA. (May 18, 2009)
Presenter: “Education and Workforce Development”. EDA/ETA Workforce and Economic Development Conference, Atlanta, (May 2009)
Panelist: Sustainability and Historic Preservation Thought Leader Discussion Series, Trust for Architectural Easements and Island Press (May 18, 2009)
Presenter: “Urban/Rural Collaborations – Building Successful Workforce and Economic Development Partnerships Based on Strengths and Mutual Interests”, Southeast Workforce and Economic Development Conference (May 3, 2009)
Presenter: “Emerging Megaregions: Implications for Future Developments”, 2009 ULI Spring Council Forum: The Road Ahead (April 22-24, 2009)
Presenter: “The Megaregion Challenge”, 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Transportation Programs at Texas Southern University (April 7, 2009)
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Speaker/Organizer: The Case for a National Infrastructure Policy: The Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion in the Global Economy. Georgia Institute of Technology (March 23, 2009)
Facilitator/Organizer: Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion University Consortium, Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (March 23, 2009)
Presenter: “Movement and Access”, De Lange Conference VII – Transforming the Metropolis: Creating Sustainable and Humane Cities, Rice University. (March 2-4, 2009)
Panelist: “In the Trenches: Lessons from the Experts”, Changing Landscapes: Building the Good Growth State? Institute for Emerging Issues, North Carolina State University (February 9-10, 2009)
Presenter: “Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion”, Megaregions Luncheon, Atlanta Regional Commission (January 26, 2009)
Presenter: “Infrastructure and Sustainability: Competing in the Global Economy”, 2009 UCEA Workforce Development Forum (January 9, 2009)
2008
Interviewee: “Will all-for-one region truly benefit all?” The Florida Times-Union. (December 22, 2008)
Interviewee, “Global Implications of our Growing Megaregion”, Atlanta Business Chronicle, (November 21-27, 2008)
Guest Columnist: “Building Blocks for a Global Economy.” City Upon a Hill: Georgia Municipal Association. (November 20, 2008)
Presenter: “Roadways and Health”, Transportation 101, Washington, DC (November 12-14, 2008)
Co-Presenter: “Megaregion Mobility and Accessibility: A Comparative perspective,” Symposium on Megaregions and Spatial Planning: An International Perspective, Beijing, China (October 28-29, 2008)
Presenter: “Achieving Excellence through Innovation”, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, 2008 Supervision and Regulation Staff Conference, Atlanta, GA (October 15, 2008)
Interviewee: “Planning Without Borders”, Georgia Trend Magazine (August, 2008)
Interviewee: “Q&A with Dr. Catherine L. Ross: Shrinking Footprint of American Home Offers Greater Potential for Multifamily Developers”, Multi-Housing News (July 24, 2008)
Co-Presenter: “Identifying Megaregions in the US: Implications for Infrastructure Investment” and “Placing the Megaregion in a Global Context,” 2008 Joint Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP)-Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Conference. Chicago, Illinois. (July, 2008)
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Presenter: “Megaregions”, Joint Meeting of AASHTO SCOP-SCOFA, Santa Fe, NM (June 9, 2008)
Presenter: “Megaregions”, WTS Annual Conference (May 14, 2008)
Panelist: “A Healthy Perspective on Transportation: new tools and new partners for better transportation planning”, American Planning Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV (April 28, 2008)
Presenter: “Planning for the Future: The Future of Planning”, Sister Cities Forum — Public Transit and Green Space Policies, Atlanta, GA (March 12, 2008)
Presenter: “Emerging Megaregions: Investigating the Character of Social Equity”, Regional Equity: The Third National Summit on Equity, Diversity and Social Justice, Policy Link, New Orleans, Louisiana, (March 5, 2008)
Host: International Exchange & Cooperation event with Shenyang Jinzhou University, China (February 12, 2008)
Interviewee: “Megaregions”, Georgia Weekly, GPB Television, Atlanta, GA, (February 10, 2008)
Presenter: Birmingham Planning Department Annual Meeting, Planning in the Southeast, Alabama, (January 30, 2008)
Presenter: “The Health Impact Assessment of the Atlanta Beltline”, Hands-On Atlanta, Martin Luther King birthday, Atlanta, GA, (January 15, 2008)
2007
Presenter: Midtown Alliance Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA (Dec. 4, 2007)
Roundtable Discussant: “Overview of the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development”, AIA Principals' Round Table, Atlanta, GA (Nov. 14, 2007).
Closing Plenary Speaker: Atlanta on the Cutting Edge: New Models for Growth and Renewal in Atlanta, GA (Nov. 9, 2007)
Co-Presenter: “Greening and Urbanization of Atlanta: A Health Impact Assessment of the Atlanta Beltline”, 135th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 3-7, 2007)
Panelist: “The Mega-Infrastructure Needs of Mega-Regions: What are the Issues and Infrastructure Needs of America’s 10 new Megaregions?” Rail~Volution 2007, Miami Beach, FL (Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 2007)
Presenter: “Integrating Health: The Atlanta Beltline”, 8th International HIA Conference - Healthy Public Policy - Is Health Impact Assessment the Cornerstone, Dublin, Ireland, (October 16-18, 2007)
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Keynote Speaker, WTS awards luncheon, Atlanta, GA (October 2007)
Interviewee: “Women in the City – Eco-Divas and Other Go Green”, Atlanta Intown Magazine, Vol. 13, No. 10. (October 2007)
Interviewee: “Metro-area roads and bridges face uphill battle”, Atlanta Business Chronicle, Section C., Page 19 (September 14-20, 2007)
Interviewee: “Mentoring Masterminds”, Smart Growth: ATLANTA BELTLINE, Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine (Summer 2007)
Urban Summit Participant: Rockefeller Foundation Global Urban Summit: America 2050 Workshop America 2050, Bellagio, Italy (July 8 – 12, 2007)
Participant: Megacities and Megaregions: Authors' Symposium, Atlanta, GA (June 28 29, 2007)
Keynote: Henry County for Quality Growth (May 16, 2007)
Facilitator: Sustainable Atlanta Roundtable (SART), Atlanta, GA (May 4, 2007)
Facilitator/Speaker: Workshop for Health Impact Assessment, Decatur Transportation Plan – Health Impact Assessment, Decatur, GA (April 30, 2007)
Speaker: “Health Impact Assessments: the long and the short of it” American Planning Association National Conference -Human and Health Services session, Philadelphia, PA (April 17, 2007)
Panelist: “Megatrends” Siemens Internal Communications Meeting, Atlanta, GA (March 29, 2007)
Presenter: “Designing for a Sustainable Urban Region”, NC State University College of Design, Raleigh, NC (March 24, 2007)
Panelist: “Atlanta Real Estate Markets: Predictions through 2030", Cornell Real Estate Panel, Atlanta, GA (March 22, 2007)
Interviewee: “Flex cars” CNN (March 21, 2007)
Presenter: Incorporating Health Concerns in Planning, Georgia Planning Association, 2007 Spring Conference, Atlanta, GA, (March 9, 2007)
Presenter: General Motors Energy Diversity and Fuel Economy Tour, Strategic Energy Institute and the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development, Atlanta, GA (March 8, 2007)
Moderator: “The Next 100 Million: Where Will They Go?” University of Pennsylvania, Penn Institute for Urban Research, Philadelphia, PA, (March 1, 2007)
Participant: “National Roundtable on Surface Transportation”, Pedantic Hills, New York (Feb. 20-22, 2007)
Presenter: “Urban Sustainability”, ISTD Roundtable-Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA (Feb. 12, 2007)
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Presenter: “Mega Regions & Long-Range Planning”, ARC Working Session, Pine Mountain, GA (Jan. 31 – Feb. 1, 2007)
Presenter: Transportation Planning and Infrastructure Delivery in Major and Megacities: Selected Issues for Shaping Solutions to Emerging Urban Form, Transportation Research Board (TRB) 86th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (Jan. 21-25, 2007)
Participant: Policy and Practice Retreat, Urban Land Institute, Washington, DC (January 18, 2007)
2006
Presenter: “An Emerging MegaCity Corridor”, 2nd Mega-Cities International Conference 06’, Guangzhou, China (Nov. 29th – Dec. 4, 2006)
Interviewee/Panelist: “The Next 60 Years of Regional Planning”, 2006 State of the Region Breakfast, Atlanta Regional Commission, Atlanta, GA (Nov. 17, 2006)
Interviewee: “Housecall with Betsey Anderson”, CNN, Atlanta, GA (Nov. 13, 2006)
Presenter: “Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion”, 47th Annual ACSP Conference, Fort Worth, Texas (Nov. 9-12, 2006)
Interviewee: “Market Midtown Report” — Atlanta Business Chronicle, page 7C (November 17-23, 2006)
Interviewee: Betsy Anderson, CNN, Atlanta, GA (Nov. 13, 2006)
Participant: “Building the Next Workforce”, Georgia State Policy Dialogue, Atlanta, GA (Oct. 19, 2006)
Presenter: “Final CGRDC Region Population Study” – CGRDC Board of Directors’ Meeting, Richmond Hill, GA (Oct. 11, 2006).
Presenter: “Coastal Georgia Population Projections: Update” — Coastal Georgia Board Meeting, Midway, GA (Sept. 28, 2006)
Presenter/Organizer/Host: “Wrap-Up/Session V- Building Everyday Neighborhoods”, Creating Everyday Neighborhoods: Redeveloping Urban Nowhere Zones Conference, Atlanta, GA (September 21, 2006)
Panelist: “Transportation Finance Panel” – Regional Leadership Institute, Savannah, GA (Sept. 19, 2006)
Participant: “Context Sensitive Solutions” – An AASHTO/FHWA Peer Exchange, Baltimore, MD (Sept. 6, 2006)
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Presenter: “Assessment of Local Government Regulations for the Georgia Coastal Comprehensive Plan” – Coastal Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee”, Savannah, GA (July 19, 2006)
Presenter: “Collier Road Community Transportation Plan”, Piedmont Medical Center, Atlanta, GA (June 30, 2006)
Moderator: “Let’s Talk Midtown!” Midtown’s Residential Renaissance: Get Current on How the District’s Dramatic pace of New Development is Bringing Online a Range of Exciting Options for Urban Living, Atlanta, GA (June 28, 2006)
Participant: “SHRP II – Capacity Technical Coordinating Committee Meeting”, National Academies of Science, Washington, DC (June 26, 2006)
Participant: “Social, economic and/or environmental implications of urban design/infrastructure design within current and alternative development models”, The National Academies Urban Development/Land Use Governance Meeting, Washington, DC (June 16, 2006)
Moderator: The State of U.S. Public Infrastructure – ULI Infrastructure Forum Connections to Growth, New York, NY (June 13, 2006)
Moderator: “The Resurgence of Downtown”, ULI Atlanta, Atlanta, GA (June 13, 2006)
Site Visits/Interviews, Coastal Georgia Regional Development Center, Brunswick, GA (June 5, 2006)
Presenter: Getting Around: Movement and Transportation, Envisioning Dallas From Triangle to Trinity, The University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture, Dallas, TX (May 2, 2006)
Presenter: “Collier Road Community Transportation Plan” The Brookwood Alliance, Atlanta, GA (April 19, 2006)
Presenter: Coastal Georgia RDC Board of Directors Meeting, Richmond Hill, GA (April 12, 2006)
Presenter: “Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion: — Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities 2006 Annual Conference, Chicago, IL (April 3, 2006)
Presenter: “Real Estate Development and Reuse” — 39th Basic Economic Development Course 2006, Atlanta, GA (March 28, 2006)
Presenter: “Transportation Town Hall Meeting” Hosted by Congressman John Lewis, Atlanta, GA (March 25, 2006)
Presenter: “Leadership”, Leadership Georgia Class of 2006, Atlanta, GA (March 17, 2006)
Presenter/Organizer/Host: “Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion” — Governments & Growth 2006 Workshop, Atlanta, GA (March 2, 2006)
Presenter: “Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion” Second Annual Policy Roundtable on Megaregional Development, Pocantico Conference Center, Tarrytown, NY (February 23, 2006)
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Panelist: “Topical Areas: Redevelopment Tactics and Concerns” — The Georgia State University College of Law 2006 Law Review Symposium, Atlanta, GA (February 2, 2006)
Presenter/Organizer/Host: “Examining the Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion” — Think Global, Act Regional: Framing an Agenda for the Southeastern Megaregion, Atlanta, GA (January 30, 2006)
Presenter: “Planning for Quality Growth in Darien, Georgia” — Southeast Watershed Forum, Darien, GA (January 18, 2006)
2005
Megaregions Fact Finding – South Florida Regional Planning Council (Dec. 20, 2005)
Envisioning the New Gulf Coast-Technical Advisory Group, Washington, DC (Dec 19, 2005)
Panelist: “City of the Future Infrastructure”, Business to Business, (December 2005)
Participant: CRP Program Review — University of California at Berkeley (Nov. 30 – Dec 2, 2005)
Writer: “Find a way to keep moving” — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution @ Issue: Commutants Reaction, (November 15, 2005)
Panelist: “Infrastructure in Metro Atlanta: — Business to Business Magazine, (November 4, 2005)
Contributor: “Pricey gas has busses on a roll” — Atlanta Journal-Constitution, (October 20, 2005)
Presenter: “America 2050: Overview and Status Report” — 4th Annual Metropolitan Regions Forum, Chicago, IL (September 10, 2005)
Panelist: “ARC’s Envision 6 Planning Effort” — GPTV’s Georgia Week in Review, (July 22, 2005)
Presenter: “Context Sensitive Solutions: Project Evaluation and Performance Measures” Georgia Engineers 2005 Summer Conference, Pine Mountain, Georgia (June 4, 2005)
Panelist: “Let’s Talk Midtown” — Midtown Alliance, Atlanta, Georgia (May 18, 2005)
Presenter: “Megacities“, — CEE Strategic Planning Brown Bag Series at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia (May 12, 2005)
Presenter: “International Planning Charrette at the FUNDACIÓN METRÓPOLI, Madrid, Spain, March 11, 2005“— Regional Plan Association’s 15th Annual Regional Assembly, New York City, New York (April 29, 2005)
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Panelist: “Perspective Smart Growth Issues and Principles” — Henry County for Quality Growth, McDonough, Georgia (April 11, 2005)
Presenter: “Real Estate Development and Reuse” — Georgia Tech’s 38th Basic Economic Development Course”, Atlanta, Georgia (March 29, 2005)
Speaker: “Quality of Life, Health and Community Growth” — Northwest Community Alliance (NCA), Atlanta, Georgia (March 16, 2005)
Discussant: “Impact of Economic Development in Metro Atlanta” — Urban Land Institute-Atlanta District Council: Trends for the Atlanta Region, (February 16, 2005)
Presenter: “CQGRD Overview” — National African-American Women’s Leadership Institute”, (February 10, 2005)
Contributor: “Growth in Greenville to get Smarter” — Greenville News, (February 7, 2005)
Presenter: “Incremental Urbanism: A New Vision for Strip-Commercial Corridors” — Leadership DeKalb’s Economic Development/Transportation Day, Atlanta, Georgia, (January 20, 2005)
Presenter: “Quality of Life, Health and Community Growth” — Georgia Tech Former Trustee Reunion, Atlanta, Georgia, (January 13, 2005)
Presenter: “Transportation Planning, Active Living and Quality Growth” — Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, (January 9, 2005)
2004
Speaker: “A Framework for Context Sensitive Solutions” — Georgia Quality Initiative Workshop – GDOT and the Continuing Education Center at UGA, Athens, GA (December 9, 2004)
Sponsor/Speaker-Presenter: Governments & Growth-A Hands on Training Session on Attracting and Implementing Quality Growth, Atlanta, GA (Nov. 17-19, 2004)
Moderator: “Making Connections: Metro Transportation & Urban Economic Development Initiatives”, — GEDA Transportation Forum, Atlanta, GA (November 16, 2004)
Lecturer: “Transportation and the Inner City”: “The Importance of Transportation for African Americans”, — W.E.B. Dubois Society of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA (November 13, 2004)
Panelist: “How transportation planners respond to the challenges to engineer environments that promote biking and walking - Health impact assessment of transportation projects.” American Public Health Association 132nd Annual Meeting and Exposition, Washington, DC (November 6-10, 2004)
Panelist: “The Methodological Underpinning of Health Impact Assessment” — Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Portland, OR (October 21-24, 2004)
Speaker: “Quality of Life, Health and Community Growth” — Georgia Tech Homecoming Seminar, Atlanta, GA (October 15, 2004)
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Participant: Health Impact Assessment Workshop — The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ (October 12-13, 2004)
Speaker: 2004 Leadership Fitness Class - Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (September 29, 2004)
Discussant: “American Spatial Development Perspective Forum” — Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Regional Plan Association and the University of Pennsylvania School of Design, Tarrytown, NY (September 8-10, 2004)
Panelist: FHWA Biennial Awards-Excellence in Highway Design, Washington, DC (August 24-26, 2004)
Keynote Speaker: Commencement Ceremony, Kent State University, Kent, and OH (August 21, 2004)
Presenter: EPA Smart Growth Training, Atlanta, GA (August 18, 2004)
Panelist: 2004 FHWA /FTA Transportation Planning Excellence Awards Program, Washington, DC (July 25, 2004)
Panelist: “First Annual Conference on Architecture’s Impact on Quality of Life” — The Sizemore Group, Atlanta, GA (May 20, 2004)
Panelist-Presenter: DeKalb Smart Growth Initiative, Decatur, GA (May 19, 2004)
Sponsor/Speaker-Presenter: Context Sensitive Design Symposium, Atlanta, GA (May 10-12, 2004)
Panelist: FHWA/FTA Transportation Planning Excellence Awards Panel Meeting, Washington, DC (April 29, 2004)
Presenter: “The State of the American Planning Profession” — American Planning Association 2004 National Planning Conference, Washington, DC (April 28, 2004)
Keynote Speaker: “Developing Regional Policy for Transportation, Community Design and Air Quality”— Boise Metro Chamber 2004 Leadership Conference, Sun Valley, Idaho (April 26, 2004)
Presenter: City Hall Internal Review Panel, Atlanta, GA (April 19, 2004)
Article Interview: “Planning for the Future” — Southern Living Magazine-Georgia Living section, (April 2004)
Keynote Speaker: “Quality Growth and the Atlanta Region” — Construction Specifications Institute, Atlanta, GA (April 5, 2004)
Presenter: “Quality Growth and Economic Development” — Basic Economic Development Course-Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA (March 30, 2004)
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Keynote Speaker: “Challenging Sprawl in 2004” — Sierra Club, Atlanta, GA (March 24, 2004)
Presenter: “Comprehensive Planning and Quality Growth” — Georgia Planning Association 2004 Spring Conference, Macon, GA (March 19, 2004)
Keynote Speaker: “Crises and Innovation-The Atlanta Case Study”, — Atlanta Economics Club Monthly Luncheon, Atlanta, GA (March 16, 2004)
Speaker: “Graduation Keynote””, — Kent State University, Kent, OH (March 4, 2004)
Presenter: “Symposium on Health and the Built Environment”, — National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and the American Planning Association (APA), Washington, DC (February 19-20, 2004)
Presenter: “Crises and Innovation The Atlanta Case Study” – “Riding the Waves of Change” 2004 League of California Cities County Managers’ Department Annual Conference, Huntington Beach, California (February 5, 2004)
Panelist: “Convocation on Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research”-The National Academies, Washington, DC (January 29, 2004)
Panelist: “Transportation Planning and Physical Activity Peer Roundtable”, Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration’s 3rd Annual New Partners for Smart Growth: Building Safe Healthy and Livable Communities Conference, Portland, Oregon (January 22, 2004)
2003
Speaker: “Quality Growth Issues and Trends”— North Fulton Chamber of Commerce’s Quality Growth 2020, Roswell, Georgia (December 4, 2003)
Lecturer: “Public Participation Strategies and Techniques” — Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia (November 18, 2003)
Lecturer: “Metropolitan Transportation Planning” — Georgia Institute of Technology CP4020 Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning, Atlanta, Georgia (November 13, 2003)
Presenter: “The GRTA Story” — Fostering Successful Implementation of Sustainable Urban Travel Policies, United States Department of Transportation, Office of Policy, USDOT-ECMT Workshop on Sustainable Travel, Washington, DC (November 5, 2003)
Speaker: “Quality of Life in the First Urban Century” — Georgia Institute of Technology’s Technology Square Grand Opening, Atlanta, Georgia (October 23, 2003)
Speaker: “Sustainability” — Clark Atlanta University Transportation: Moving Sustainable Living, Atlanta, Georgia (October 22, 2003)
Panelist: “Transit-Oriented Development” (October 2, 2003)
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Lecturer: “The Missing LINK-Planning in Action, Atlanta Regional Commission Community Planning Academy, Atlanta, Georgia (September 6, 2003)
Panelist: “Traffic Congestion: Issues and Options” – UCLA Extension Public Policy Program and UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies, Washington, DC (June 26-27, 2003)
2002
Speaker: “Overview of GRTA Priorities as They Relate to City and Regional Planning” — Georgia Association of Regional Development Centers Annual Training Meeting, St. Simon’s Island, GA (November 7, 2002)
Presenter: “GRTA Overview” — Denver Metro Chamber Foundation 2002 Leadership Exchange (October 11, 2002)
Panelist: “Regional Decision Making in Metro Atlanta” — Regional Leadership Institute, St. Simon Island, GA (September 30, 2002)
Presenter: “GRTA’s Current And Future Projects” — Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce (September 18, 2002)
Speaker: “Update on GRTA’s Northwest Corridor Connectivity Study” — Midtown Alliance (September 10, 2002)
Speaker: “GRTA Buckhead Area Projects” — Buckhead Area Transportation Management Association Eggs and Issues Breakfast (August 21, 2002)
Remarks: Metro Atlanta Traffic Incident Management Executive Briefing (TIME) — The Georgia Department of Transportation (August 20, 2002)
Panelist: “Capital Projects Program” — Atlanta Downtown Improvement District, Inc. (ADID) Board Retreat (August 15, 2002)
Speaker: “Diversity of the Region” — Rotary Club of Buckhead (August 12, 2002)
Guest Co-columnist: “Agencies Mapping Detailed Plan to Make Metro Roads More Bearable.” Atlanta Journal-Constitution. (August 7, 2002)
Guest Co-columnist: “Our Public Enemy Number One.” Atlanta Journal-Constitution. (July 24, 2002)
Guest Columnist: “GRTA Didn’t Demur on Congestion Issue.” Atlanta Journal-Constitution. (June 18, 2002)
Panelist: “Regional Transit Planning-Regional Transit Action Plan” — Regional Business Coalition of Metropolitan Atlanta Policy Board, Atlanta, GA (May 22, 2002)
Speaker: “Planning and the Governor’s Development Council” – Georgia Planning Association Spring Conference (May 17, 2002)
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Presenter: “Georgia’s Transportation Vision” — Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) (May 14, 2002)
Presenter: “Georgia’s Transportation Vision” — Wilbur Smith Anniversary Forum (May 7, 2002)
Interviewee: “GRTA Projects”- Fox 97 Radio. (2002)
Speaker: “Transportation/Growth Management Lessons to be Learned An-Overview” — The Conference of Minority Transportation Officials Brain trust, Jacksonville, FL (April 27, 2002) Speaker: “The Problem/The Plan” – Leadership Development Company -CEO Forum (April 18, 2002)
Speaker: “Changing Attitudes: Increasing Transportation Choices for the Metropolitan Atlanta” — Clean Air Campaign Breakfast (April 25, 2002)
Interviewee: “GRTA Projects - Georgia Business Report – GPTV” — Interviewed by Richard Warner, Atlanta, GA (April 19, 2002)
Presenter: “Our Road to the Future” — Council for Quality Growth General Membership Meeting (April 3, 2002)
Interviewee: Atlanta Business Chronicle/WPBA-TV, Taped interview with hosts Crystal Edmonson and Eric Seidel (March 29, 2002)
Speaker: “Building a Regional Transportation System” — Atlanta Women’s Network (March 26, 2002)
Speaker: “Planning to Improve Atlanta Traffic” — Association of Women Environmental Professionals, Atlanta, GA (March 15, 2002)
Keynote Speaker: “The Smart Growth without Borders . . . Local Actions to Regional Solutions” — San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) Regional Summit, San Diego, CA (March 8, 2002)
Panelist: “How Do We Create Quality of Life” – Leadership Atlanta (February 21, 2002)
Speaker: “Arterials/Buses/Regional Transit Action Plan (RTAP)” — Regional Business Coalition Presidents Luncheon (February 13, 2002)
Presenter: “GRTA Projects in Perimeter area, including TCI” — Perimeter Joint CID Roundtable Lunch Meeting (February 6, 2002)
Keynote Address: New Town Macon Brownfield Conference (February 5, 2002)
Speaker: “GRTA Overview” — Clifton Corridor TMA Board of Director’s Annual Meeting (January 23, 2002)
Interviewee: “How can Atlantans work to adapt to their new lifestyles and break old habits, to relieve traffic congestion and improve air quality” — Good Day Atlanta) (January 18, 2002)
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Panelist: “Why Integrate Transportation and Land Use Planning” — South Florida Regional Summit, One Community-One Voice, Fort Lauderdale, FL (January 11, 2002)
2001
Speaker/Dialogue: “GRTA’s Challenges and Progress as It Relates to Atlanta’s Growth” – Georgia Tech College of Architecture Doctoral Seminar, Atlanta, GA (December 5, 2001)
Speaker: “Regional Stewardship” - Cobb Leadership, Marietta, GA (November 14, 2001)
Opening Remarks: Air Quality Blue Ribbon Panel (November 5, 2001)
Speaker: “Challenges of GRTA” — Decatur Rotary Club, Decatur, GA (November 2, 2001)
Speaker: “Atlanta and Georgia’s Efforts to implement the Air Quality and Transportation Conformity provisions of Federal Clean Air Requirements” – Transportation Research Board (TRB) National Research Council’s Committee on Air Quality Management in the U.S., Washington, DC (October 22, 2001)
Commentary: “Capitol Gateway Ceremony” – Atlanta Housing Authority, Atlanta, GA (October 18, 2001)
Panelist: “Planning and Implementing the Governor’s Transportation Choices Initiative – Georgia Engineering Alliance, Inc. Transportation Summit, Atlanta, GA (October 17, 2001)
Panelist: Roundtable discussion about “Smart Card” Technology – Intelligent Transportation Society of Georgia, Atlanta, GA (October 15, 2001)
Panelist: “Developing Effective Multi-Modal Transportation Systems” – Medical University of South Carolina Urban Design Strategies for Healthy, Prosperous Cities Conference, Charleston, SC (October 12, 2001)
Presenter: “A Vision for Georgia’s Transportation Future-Increasing Transportation Choices” – Georgia Municipal Association (GMA) (October 2, 2001)
Speaker: “Future Infrastructure Developments” – Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Southside Developers and Brokers Tour, Atlanta, GA (September 26, 2001)
Speaker: “Operations of GRTA/GA 400” – Cumming Forsyth Chamber of Commerce Quarterly Breakfast, Atlanta, GA (September 25, 2001)
Keynote Speaker: Chairman’s Club Luncheon Meeting — Cobb Chamber of Commerce, Marietta, GA (September 17, 2001)
Panelist: “2001 Community and Business Summit” — Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta, GA (September 11, 2001)
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Panelist: “Inter-Jurisdictional Coordination-Mission Impossible? State and Regional Perspective” – Institute of Transportation (ITE) 2001 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA (August 20, 2001)
Keynote Speaker: “A Vision for Georgia’s Transportation Future” – Barnesville-Lamar Rotary Club, Barnesville, GA (August 7, 2001)
Interviewee: “Bringing Viewers Up To Speed on the New Transportation Plan” – WGCL-TV, interview with Calvin Hughes, Atlanta, GA (July 10, 2001)
Speaker: “Transportation Choices Initiative” — Governor’s Press Conference, Washington, DC (June 29, 2001)
Presenter: “Georgia Economic Development: Opportunities and Challenges” – Georgia Municipal Association 2001 Annual Convention Transportation and Community Development Policy Committee, Atlanta, GA (June 23, 2001)
Keynote Speaker: “GRTA” — Georgia Tech Executive Roundtable Dinner, Atlanta, GA (June 14, 2001)
Panel Moderator: “Obstacles and Opportunities” — Southface Energy Institute Walkable Community Design Symposium, Atlanta, GA (June 1, 2001)
Interviewee: “Texas Transportation Institute Report Surface Transportation Policy Project Analysis” – WSB Channel 2, interviewed by Bill Nigut, Atlanta, GA (May 8, 2001)
Panelist: “Transit and Rail: East Side, West Side, All Around the Sprawl” — WTS 2001 National Conference Global Reach Global Impact, Long Beach, CA (May 17, 2001)
Interviewee: “The State of Transportation in Metro Atlanta and Georgia” — WXIA 11 Alive Sunday News Extra, hosted by Karyn Greer, Atlanta, GA (May 27, 2001)
Speaker: “Alabama; From High Cotton to High Tech Planning In the 21st Century” — American Planning Association Spring Conference, Huntsville, AL (April 27, 2001)
Keynote Speaker: Southern Association for Collegiate Admission Conference (April 22)
Panelist: Harry and Linda Teasley Symposium on Global Change Economics and Ecosystem Functions/Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (April 20, 2001)
Speaker: “The Role of TMAs in the Future of Georgia Transportation” — International Transportation Management Association Summit: A TDM Revival, Atlanta, GA (April 19, 2001)
Panelist: Public Technology Inc. Smart Growth-Planning and Development, Atlanta, GA (April 19, 2001)
Presenter: “What Is Smart Growth” — Atlanta Board of Commercial Realtors, Atlanta, GA (April 18, 2001)
Speaker: “GRTA” — Airport Area Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta, GA (April 10, 2001)
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Presenter: “GRTA” – House of Representatives 70th House District Community Cabinet, Atlanta, GA (April 7, 2001)
Panelist: American Public Transportation Association 2001 Commuter Rail Conference (April 3, 2001)
Speaker: Georgia Environmental Protection Division 20th North American Motor Vehicle Emissions Control Conference, Atlanta, GA (April 1, 2001)
Presenter: “New Initiatives to Coordinate Land Use, Transportation, and Air Quality” – Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Staff Conference, Atlanta, GA (March 27, 2001)
Speaker: “Transportation” – Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce Regional Issues Advisory Council, Canton, GA (March 27, 2001)
Speaker: Regional Business Coalition Policy Board Meeting, Atlanta, GA (March 21, 2001)
Speaker: “GRTA Partnership Building” – National Association of Regional Councils 4th National Regional Summit, Atlanta, GA (March 18, 2001)
Panelist: “The Future of Sustainability: ULEV, AFV’s, Electric Buses & Station Cars” – GEFA, Southface Energy Institute Greenprints 2001 Conference, Atlanta, GA (March 15, 2001)
Speaker: Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce Member Luncheon (March 8, 2001)
Keynote Speaker: “GRTA-Addressing Growth in the Atlanta Region” – Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce Council for Quality Growth (March 7, 2001)
Keynote Speaker: “The Atlanta Experience-A Regional Approach to Regional Challenges” – WTS San Diego Chapter Annual Awards and Scholar Dinner, San Diego, CA (March 1, 2001)
Roundtable: “Working Together to Address Induced Demand” – ENO Transportation Foundation Policy Forum/U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (February 23, 2001)
Panelist: “Smart Growth and the Atlanta Experience: Growth Management for the Next Generation” – National Association of Homebuilders (February 11, 2001)
Speaker: “GRTA’s Upcoming Projects” – Smart Moves, Cumberland Transportation Network/Cobb Chamber of Commerce (February 6, 2001)
Presenter: “The Atlanta Experience-A Regional Approach to Regional Challenges” Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS)/Leadership for the 21st Century: People, Policy, and Politics — Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC), Washington, DC (January 30, 2001)
Interviewee: “Regional Transportation” Talk MARTA — WTJH/1260AM (January 17, 2001)
Speaker: “Challenges for the Region” — Association of Professional Mortgage Women (APMW) (January 16, 2001)
Speaker: “GRTA: Where we are and where we’re going” — Georgia Highway Contractors Association, Inc. Georgia Quality Initiative (GQI) Workshop (January 5, 2001)
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2000
Panelist: Atlanta Business Chronicle Report Year In Review-What Will 2001 Bring? Media One CAMA Studios, Atlanta, GA (December 15, 2000)
Speaker: “My Experience as Executive Director of GRTA and the Roles of Engineers, Planners, and Architects “— Georgia Engineering Foundation, Inc. Annual Scholarship Awards Banquet, Atlanta, GA (December 7, 2000)
Panelist: “Partners for Smart Growth-What Role for the State “- Urban Land Institute (ULI) Smart Growth Conference (December 6, 2000)
Keynote Address: “The Atlanta Experience: A Regional Approach to Regional Challenges” – Gates Family Foundation: Moving Visions-Next Steps Toward Growing Smart, Denver, CO (December 4, 2000)
Speaker: “Relationship between GRTA and MARTA” — MARTA Local Government Luncheon (November 27, 2000)
Keynote Speaker: “Transportation and Air Quality: A Regional Approach to Regional Challenges” - University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Fine Arts Fall Lecture Series Philadelphia, PA (November 13, 2000)
Presenter: “Transportation and Air Quality: A Regional Approach to Regional Challenges” – Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Boston, MA (November 6, 2000)
Keynote Lecturer: The Role of Planners and My Experience at GRTA” – Association of College Planners (ACSP) 2000 Annual Conference, (November 1, 2000)
Participant: Metropolitan Atlanta Transportation Initiative, Atlanta, GA (October 24, 2000)
Interviewee: “GRTA” – V103-WAOK Radio Station, Interview by Tara Thomas, Atlanta, GA (October 23, 2000)
Presenter: “Leadership” – Georgia Institute of Technology Leadership Fitness Class, Atlanta, GA (October 12, 2000)
Speaker: “GRTA’s Accomplishments/Relationship with GMA/ACCG” - Georgia Municipal Association/Association of County Commissioners of Georgia Fall Legislative Conference, Atlanta, GA (October 10, 2000)
Presenter: “Building Livable Communities with Transit” – Rail~Volution 2000 Denver National Steering Committee Denver, CO (October 5, 2000)
Presenter: “Community Redevelopment “— Fannie Mae Atlanta Partnership Office Atlanta Partnership Office Advisory Board Meeting, Atlanta, GA (October 3, 2000)
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Speaker: “The Importance of Leadership” - Regional Leadership Institute, Atlanta, GA (September 21, 2000)
Speaker: “Surviving and Thriving in the 21st Century” – International City/Council Management Association’s (ICMA) 86th Annual Conference Cincinnati, OH (September 19, 2000)
Presenter: “Local Growth Issues” - Cumming/Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Meeting Cumming, GA (September 15, 2000)
Speaker: “The Atlanta Approach” — City of Indianapolis-Indianapolis Insight Comprehensive Planning for the 21st Century Indianapolis, IN (September 14, 2000)
Speaker: “The Atlanta Experience” - Council for Urban Economic Development Annual Conference Cutting-Edge Projects Atlanta A Trendsetter, Atlanta, GA (September 12, 2000)
Speaker: “Region Wise Briefing” Regional Business Coalition State of the Region Briefing, Atlanta, GA (September 12, 2000)
Speaker: “GRTA Update” – Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Meeting, Canton, GA (September 7, 2000)
Speaker: “GRTA’s First Year” — Peachtree Atlanta Kiwanis Club Breakfast Meeting, Atlanta, GA (September 5, 2000)
Speaker: “Activating Jurisdiction” – Fayette County Board of Commissioners, Fayetteville, GA (August 29, 2000)
Panelist: Roundtable Discussion “Prosperity in the Village” – The Alliance of Black Telecommunications Employees, Inc. 2000 National Professional Development Conference (August 12, 2000)
Speaker/Moderator: “The Transportation Decision Process in Metro Atlanta and “The Role of Transit in the Future of Georgia Transportation” - Preliminary Technical Program Georgia ITE Summer Seminar, Atlanta, GA (July 30-31 2000)
Testimony: “High-Speed Rail Corridor Investment Act H.R. 3700” – U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee: Subcommittee on Oversight, Washington, DC (July 25, 2000)
Speaker: “Overview of GRTA Projects “— Council for Quality Growth Breakfast Meeting, Atlanta, GA (June 20, 2000)
Speaker: “Dedication to Memorial Drive” - Memorial Bend Shopping Center, Decatur, GA (June 17, 2000)
Keynote Speaker: “Transportation and Technology in the 21st Century “— Chicago Transit Authority Transport Chicago 2000: Chicagoland’s Annual Mobility Conference, Chicago, IL (June 9, 2000)
Keynote Speaker: “Traffic Gridlock and Urban Sprawl” - South Fulton Chamber of Commerce Business Forum, Atlanta, GA (June 8, 2000)
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Panelist: “Making the Transportation Planning Process Deliver Results-Case Studies” – U.S. Department of Transportation Volpe Center: Local Transit in the Global Economy Creating a Climate for Innovation, Detroit, MI (June 5, 2000)
Speaker: “Overview of GRTA’s Responsibilities “- Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association and Southface Energy Institute Celebration of New Environmental Partnership, Atlanta, GA (June 6, 2000)
Speaker: “GRTA Project Update “— Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce Quality Growth Council (June 1, 2000)
Presenter: “Smart Growth” National Legislative Leaders Association Smart Growth, Atlanta, GA (May 20, 2000)
Keynote Speaker: “GRTA at Work “— American Consulting Engineers Council of Georgia Monthly Meeting (May 19, 2000)
Panelist: “Challenges of the 21st Century” - Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) Annual Conference: Leadership for the 21st Century (May 18, 2000)
Panelist: “Local Transportation Issues” - Senator Connie Stokes & Representative Turnquest, Atlanta, GA (May 8, 2000)
Panelist “Georgia Panel Discussion and Overview of GRTA “— Georgia Department of Natural Resources Governor’s Summit on Mountain Air Quality, Atlanta, GA (May 4, 2000)
Speaker: “Regional Approach” - Regional Plan Association Annual Regional Assembly, Atlanta, GA (May 3, 2000)
Speaker: “The Need for Leadership “— Rotary Club of Atlanta (April 24, 2000)
Speaker: Clean Commute Week Kick-Off, Atlanta, GA (April 17, 2000)
Speaker; “Challenges for Public Service in the New Millennium “- Clark Atlanta University Public Administration Department, Atlanta, GA (April 8, 2000)
Keynote Speaker: “Challenges GRTA Will Face in the Future “— Midtown Rotary Club, Atlanta, GA (March 28, 2000)
Keynote Speaker: “Challenges GRTA Will Face in the Future” - Georgia Economic Developers Association, Atlanta, GA (March 20, 2000)
Speaker: Leadership Atlanta Quality of Life, Atlanta, GA (March 16, 2000)
Speaker: Institute of Transportation Engineers and American Society of Civil Engineers, Atlanta, GA (March 3, 2000)
Testimony: “The Importance of Passenger Rail” – U.S. Senate Surface Transportation/Merchant Marine Subcommittee, Washington, D.C. (February 23, 2000)
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Speaker: “GRTA’s Role” – Peachtree Corners Civic Association, Atlanta, GA (February 22, 2000)
Speaker: Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce 2000 Governmental Affairs Committee, Lawrenceville, GA (February 18, 2000)
Speaker: “Challenges GRTA Will Face in the Future” — The League of Women Voters: Thirteenth Annual State of the Community Luncheon Atlanta, GA (February 11, 2000)
Speaker: “Challenges GRTA Will Face in the Future” – Georgia State University Real Estate Alumni Group: Views From The Top, Atlanta, GA (January 27, 2000)
Speaker: Georgia Transit Association Legislative Luncheon (January 27)
Presenter: “The Genesis of GRTA, the Past Year, and Future Challenges” – Georgia/North Carolina Governor’s Roundtable, Atlanta, GA (January 19, 2000)
Speaker: Fulton Industrial Business Association Monthly Breakfast, Atlanta, GA (January 19, 2000)
Speaker: “Local Growth Issues “— Gwinnett County Department of Planning & Development Gwinnett Growth Issues Steering Committee, Lawrenceville, GA (January 7, 2000)
1999
Presenter: “GRTA Budget Overview” – Department of Community Affairs, Atlanta, GA (December 29, 1999)
Presenter: “GRTA Work Plan” – U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Planning and Environment, Washington, DC (December 15, 1999)
Speaker: “GRTA in Focus” – The Nature Conservancy, Atlanta, GA (December 14, 1999)
Speaker: “The Mission of GRTA” — Georgia Bar Environmental Law/Air and Waste Management, Atlanta, GA (December 7, 1999)
Keynote Speaker: “The Mission of GRTA” – Sister to Sister Legislative Forum, Atlanta, GA (December 4, 1999)
Speaker: “Mobility Leadership for Georgia’s Future” – Georgia Transit Association, Atlanta, GA (November 12, 1999)
Speaker: “Promoting Smart Growth” – South Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta, GA (November 1, 1999)
1998
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Presenter: Invited Lecture, “Transportation and Economic Development,” Distinguished Lecture Series, Mid Atlantic Transportation Center, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska (April 1998)
1997
Presenter: “Temporal Distributions of Vehicle Activity Across Three Cities,” ACSP Conference, Fort Lauderdale, FL (November 1997)
Presenter: “Transportation Land Use Interaction”, The National Personal Transportation Study (NPTS) Conference (October 1997)
Presenter: “Transportation and Economic Development”, Economic Development Institute, Atlanta, GA (April 1997)
Discussant: “Race, Civic Consciousness and Governance”, One of a selected number of academics invited to participate in a workshop convened by the National Research Council Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Improving the Future of US Cities Through Improved Metropolitan Area Governance (March 1997)
Presenter: “Faculty Development Pre and Post Tenure Review”, ACSP Administrator’s Conference, (March 1997)
1995
Presenter: “The Georgia State Route 400 Extension: Tollway Prototype or Last of a Breed” ASCE Conference (October 1995.)
Presenter: “Evaluation of the Impact of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA)”, ACSP Conference, (October 1995)
Invited Lecture: “Transportation Policy,” University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (April 1995)
Presenter: “The Honor Code,” Georgia Tech Student Association Town Meeting (Spring 1995)
Presenter: “Transportation and Economic Development”, Economic Development Short Course, (Spring 1995)
Presenter: “Planning Practice,” American Planning Association Conference, Toronto, Canada (Spring 1995)
1994
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Speaker: “The Evolution of the Planning Profession,” — Portland State University (Fall 1994)
Presenter: “Working with Your Graduate Students,” —Georgia Institute of Technology, (Fall 1994)
Presenter: “New Faculty Orientation,” — Georgia Institute of Technology, (Fall 1994)
Urban Designer: “The Mayors’ Institute on City Design,” Meeting XIV, Georgia Institute of Technology, —The National Endowment for the Arts, Atlanta, GA, (June 1994)
Presenter: “Transportation and Economic Development,” — Economic Development Short Course, (Spring 1994)
Invited lecture: “The Need for a National Urban Policy,” — Eastern Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, (Spring 1994)
Presenter: “Analysis of Urban and Suburban Trip Chaining Using Three Parameter Data loggers,” — 71st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC (1994)
Presenter: “Toward Development of a Methodology For Project Evaluation in a Multi-jurisdictional Context: A Case Study of the Chattanooga Urban Area,” — Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Tempe, AZ (1994)
1993
Presenter: “Environmental Planning and Transportation Research,” Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, (1993)
Presenter: “Transportation and Economic Development,” Economic Development Short Course, (Spring 1993)
1992
Presenter: “Toward the Development of a National Urban Policy,” ACSP Annual Conference, Columbus, OH, (1992)
Presenter: “Implementing New Accreditation Standards,” —ACSP Annual Conference, Columbus, OH, (1992)
Urban Designer: “The Mayors’ Institute on City Design,” Meeting XII, University of Virginia, The National Endowment for the Arts, Charlottesville, VA, (April 1992)
Presenter: “The Effect of Spatial Configuration Upon Movement: A Working Paper On The Buckhead Case Study,” 21st Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH, (April 1992)
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Presenter: “Urban Policy,” Seniors for Enriched Living Program, (1992)
Presenter: “Transportation Management Associations and Privatization,” 71st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., (January 1992)
1991
Presenter: “Political Power as a Tool for African American Development,” — ACSP Conference, Oxford, England, (July 1991)
Presenter: “Management by Objectives,” Conference of Minority Transportation Officials, Baltimore, Maryland, (May 1991)
Presenter: “Infrastructure; Assessing the Need,” League of Women Voters, Atlanta, GA, (May 1991)
American Planning Association Conference, New Orleans, (April 1991)
Presenter: “Balancing a Career and Personal Life,” Lilly Foundation Conference, Wisconsin, (1991)
1990
Presenter: “Evaluating The Federal Overmatch Initiative,” Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Austin, TX, (October 1990)
Testimony: “Infrastructure Needs of the Fifth Congressional District of Georgia,” United States House of Representatives, Committee on Public Works and Transportation, Washington, DC (August 1990)
Presenter: “Master Planning for Infrastructure and Faculty Management,” Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, Urbana, Illinois, (August 1990)
Transportation Research Board 1990 Mid-Year Meeting, Hot Springs, Arkansas, (July 1990)
Presenter: “The Federal Overmatch Initiative: A Case Study,” Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., (January 1990)
Presenter: Invited presentation - One of two persons invited to make a presentation before the National Research Council, Transportation Research Board Committee on Environmental Analyses in Transportation, Washington, D.C., (January 1990)
1989
Presenter: Invited presentation- “Women in Academia” Ford Foundation 1989 Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellows Conference for Minorities, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. (November 1989)
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Presenter: “Transportation Planning Technology for Less Developed Countries” Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Portland, Oregon, (October 1989)
Presenter: Presentation on National Transportation Policy Needs representing Mayor Maynard Jackson, Department of Transportation Hearings, Atlanta, GA, (August 1989)
Presenter: “Suburban Congestion: Can We Buy Our Way Out” Conference of the American Planning Association, Atlanta, GA (May 1989)
Presenter: “Transportation and Minority Communities” Conference of the American Planning Association, Atlanta, GA (May 1989)
Presenter: Invited presentation- “Planning Education and Its Future” Cornell University Mackesey Seminar, New York (April 1989)
1988
Presenter: Invited presentation- “The Postdoctoral Experience” Ford Foundation 1988 Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellows Conference for Minorities, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. (November 1988)
Presenter: “Impact Assessment of Natural Disasters on Transportation Lifelines” —Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Buffalo, New York (October 1988)
Presenter: “Overcoming Barriers to Greater Private Sector Involvement in Transportation Service Delivery” — Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (October 1988)
Presenter: “Tenure and Retention for Women Faculty” — Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, (October 1988)
Moderator: “Heavy Rail Alternatives” — Institute of Transportation Engineers Conference, Vancouver, Canada, (September 1988)
1987
Presenter/Invited Lecture: “Transportation Infrastructure,” — University of Florida, Gainesville, College of Architecture. Tallahassee, FL (December 1987)
Presenter: Invited Lecture on the Future Role of Telecommunication and Transportation. BellSouth Corporation. Lake Lanier, GA (June 1987)
Presenter: “Accepting the Challenge: Gender, Race and Disability in Urban Planning Education.” — Feminist Planners and Designers Group and Minority Association of Planners and Architects, UCLA. Presentation topic was Student Recruitment. Los Angeles, CA (May 1987)
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Presenter: Georgia Tech’s President’s Scholarship Program, Presentation on Funded Research Activities, Atlanta, GA (February 1987)
Presenter: Invited Lecture - University of Florida, Gainesville, College of Architecture. “Transportation Planning: An Overview,” Tallahassee, FL (January 1987)
1986
Presenter: Conference of Minority Transportation Officials. Presentation on “Opportunities in Transportation Planning,” Atlanta, GA (October 1986)
Presenter: Invited Lecture - Atlanta Business League Conference, Presentation on the “Privatization of Transportation Services,” Atlanta, GA (August 1986)
Presenter: “Future Career Trends,” — Women’s Transportation Seminar Annual Conference, Transportation: Moving into the Future, Miami, FL (May 1986)
Presenter: “Transportation Planning: Current Practices,” — Georgia Tech’s Planning Commissioners Institute, Presentation on Atlanta, GA (May 1986)
1985
Presenter: “Research on Mass Transit.” — Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Panel ACSP Conference, Atlanta, GA (November 1985)
Presenter: “Opportunities in the Planning Profession,” — FutureScape Program, Georgia Tech. Atlanta, GA (March 1985)
Presenter: “Role of Women in Changing Planning.” — Cornell’s 50th Anniversary Symposium (March 1985)
Presenter: “Transportation, Infrastructure and Development Issues.” — Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Panel, ACSP Conference, New York, NY (1985)
1984
Invited Lecture: “Transportation Evaluation,” Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1984)
1983
Presenter: “The Influence of Race and Gender on Perceptions of Community Impact of Mass Transit.” — Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Panel ACSP Conference, San Francisco (October 1983)
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1982
Presided: “Planning Methods —Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Panel” ACSP Conference, Chicago (October 1982)
Discussant: “Impact of New Federal Policies on Urban Areas.” — University of Cincinnati Conference on Social Change Panel Cincinnati, OH (April 1982)
1981
Presenter: “Measuring Transportation Systems Effectiveness.” — Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Panel Washington, D.C. (October 1981)
Presenter: “Transportation Planning” — University of Florida Lecture Series (1981)
Instructor: Conference on Rural Public Transportation Planning. Sponsored by U.S. Department of Transportation and Community Services Administration (March 1981)
1980
Presenter: Clark College Symposium on Graduate Education. Atlanta, GA (October 1980)
Presenter: “Graduate Education in Planning and Engineering.” — Symposium sponsored by a number of leading universities. (March 1980)
1979
Presenter: “Professionalism and Women.” — American Planning Association (APA) Conference Panel. APA Conference, Baltimore, MD (October 1979)
1978
Presenter: “Measuring Distributional Impacts of Transportation Systems.” —Transportation Institute of North Carolina A&T State University Lecture Series. A&T University, Greensboro, North Carolina (November 1978)
Presenter: “Transportation Needs of Black Women.” — National Research Council/U.S. Department of Transportation Conference on Women’s Travel Issues: Research Needs and Priorities. Washington, D.C. (September 1978)
1974
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Discussant: Committee on Science and Technology, delegate to the Sixth Pan African Congress. Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, (Summer 1974)
Presenter: “Regional and Statewide Transportation Planning.” — Transportation Institute of North Carolina A&T State University Lecture Series. A&T University, Greensboro, North Carolina (March 1974)
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HONORS, AWARDS, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Reviewer, Program Review, City and Regional Planning, UC Berkley, (2018)
Member, Transition team of the new Atlanta mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms, Jan. – May 2018
Board of Advisors, Young Professionals in Transportation, 2016 -2018
National High-end Foreign Expert, Tongji University, IESD, China, 2015 – present
Visiting Professor, Tongji Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development (IESD), Summer 2015
2015 Great Teacher, Georgia Tech’s Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, Thank a Teacher Program. July 23, 2016 Dr. Ross was presented with the Great Teacher award in appreciation of her teaching style and dedication to helping students.
Member of Faculty Council on Data Science and Engineering (2014- present)
C3E Clean Education & Empowerment Award, 2014
Georgia Power Professor of Excellence (2014)
Invitee: Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Groundbreaking Ceremony and Reception. Washington, D.C. (February 2012)
Best Accounting System, State of Georgia, Georgia Regional Transportation Authority, 2013
University of Pennsylvania Institute for Urban Research (IUR) Scholar, 2011
Judge on the Federal Highway Administration's & Federal Transit Administration's 2010 Transportation Planning Excellence Awards Panel. (February-May)
Council Member, the American High Speed Rail Alliance Thought Leadership Council
Committee Member, State Smart Transportation Initiative, 2010 -
Member of the Ivan Allen Prize Nominating Committee, Georgia Institute of Technology (2010)
CHOSEN Awards Women's History Honoree. Public choice award for being a trailblazer in education, urban planning/community development and business. (2010)
Nominator for the Heinz Award (2010)
White House Appointment to the “Advisory Committee for the White House Office of Urban Affairs, 2009-present. One of 27 people selected to advise the president on the newly created White House Office of Urban Affairs
Invitee to the White House Office of Urban Affairs and the Domestic Policy Council Urban Policy Roundtable (2009)
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Named to 2009 Atlanta’s Top 100 Black Women of Influence, Atlanta Business League (2009)
Named to Georgia Trend 2009 Notable Georgians (2009)
Steering committee member of Atlanta Regional Commission Fifty Forward Initiative (2008)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Transportation Research Board, SHRP 2 TCC Capacity Committee (2006-present)
Member of the New Orleans ORM Technical Advisory Committee (2006-2010)
Inductee: National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) (November 16, 2006)
Executive committee member and board member of the Georgia Conservancy (2005-2008)
Board Member of PRI (2003-2005)
ULI Library Award Recipient, CQGRD received copies of all ULI publications from (2004-2007)
Executive committee member and board member of the Midtown Alliance (2006-present)
Participant: “Program Site Visit for the Department of City and Regional Planning” — University of California, Berkeley, (December 1-2, 2005)
Chair: “Atlanta Beltline Transit Panel”, appointed by Mayor Shirley Franklin, (2005)
Pedestrians Educating Drivers on Safety’s (PEDS) Golden Shoe Award – Healthy Places Research Group (HPRG), (2005)
ULI Academic Fellow, (2007 -2010)
ULI Academic Fellow, (2004 -2007)
Pedestrians Educating Drivers on Safety’s (PEDS) Golden Shoe Award – Context Sensitive Design, (2004)
Awarded first endowed chair in the College of Architecture- Harry West Chair, (2003 to present)
Board Member of the Atlanta Recreation Authority, appointed by Mayor William Campbell, (1998)
Mt. Paran Northside Civic Association, Member, (1997 to present)
Recipient of “Find the Good and Praise It Award”, presented by Rodney E. Slater, Secretary of Transportation for excellent work done as a member of the Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey Team, (February 9, 1998)
Leader of the Urban Planning Delegation to China. Citizen Ambassador Program. Tour Code: BMS-907. Led a delegation of planners and architects to China for professional meetings with Chinese counterparts. The delegation visited Beijing, XI’AN and Shanghai. (Fall 1997)
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Board Member of the Renaissance Atlanta Economic Corporation (AERC). This agency is funded by the City of Atlanta and it is partially focused on the generation of economic activity within distressed areas in the city, (1997 -1998)
Board Member of the Atlanta Economic Development Corporation (AEDC) a quasi-public organization focusing on fostering economic development within the City of Atlanta, (1995-1997)
Nominee for the Paul Davidoff Award for book entitled “The Inner City: Urban Poverty and Economic Development.” (October 1997)
Member, Reaccreditation Site Visit Team for the Alabama A&M Planning Program, Alabama A&M University, (1996)
Committee Member, Transit Research Marketing TCHRP-H-6, Transportation Research Board, (1994-96)
Member, Reaccreditation Site Visit Team for the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, (May 1995)
Member, Reaccreditation Site Visit Team for the College of Urban and Public Affairs, University of New Orleans, (January 1995)
Invited by President Clinton and Mrs. Hillary Clinton to the White House for awards presentation and reception for my service to the “Arts,” particularly the Presidential Design Awards Program sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. (1994)
President, National Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), (1993 to 1995)
Eisenhower Fellowship Program, Panelist, sponsored by the USDOT, (1994)
National Endowment for the Arts, Panelist, Presidential Design Awards, (1991)
Vice President, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, (1991 to October 1993)
Chairperson, Planning Accreditation Board, Accreditation Site Visit Team, (May 1991)
Board Member, Conference of Minority Transportation Officials, (COMTO), (1991 to 1995)
Chair, Subcommittee on the Recruitment and Retention of Women and Minorities, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, (1991 to present)
Member Southern Association Reaffirmation Committee for Southern University, (1991)
Principal Investigator Incentive Award, Georgia Institute of Technology, (1990-1991)
Member, Southern Association Reaffirmation Committee for Tulane University, (1990)
National Endowment for the Arts, Evaluator for Design Review Panel (1989)
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Co-Chair, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Subcommittee on Women and Minorities, (1989 to present)
Board Member, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Southeastern Representative (1987 to 1990)
Member, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Review and Appraisal Committee, (1988)
Member, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Fellowship Evaluation Panel, (1988 to 1999)
Member, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Committee on Retention and Recruitment of Women/Minority Faculty and Students, (1987 to 1990)
Co-Chairperson, Fulton County Zoning Task Force, (1987-1988)
National Research Council, Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at University of California, Berkeley, (1987-1988)
National Research Council, Transportation Research Board, Member of the Transit Bus Maintenance Committee (A3C02), (1987 to 2004)
One of three initial recipients of $1000 Outstanding Research Award at Georgia Tech, College of Architecture, (1987)
National Endowment for the Arts, Evaluator for Design Review Panel Proposals, (June 1987)
National Endowment for the Arts, Evaluator for Design Advancement Proposals, (July 1986)
National Research Council, Transportation Research Board, Member of Steering Committee for the Conference on Surface Transportation Education Issues, (1986)
Planning Accreditation Board (PAB) Site team member, (1985-present)
National Endowment for the Arts, Evaluation Panel for the “Design Arts Demonstration Panel,” (June 1985)
Member, Edward E. McClure Prize Committee, ACSP, (1985)
Listed in Who’s Who Among Black Americans, (1980-81)
Listed in Who’s Who Among American Women, (1982)
Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship for graduate studies at Cornell University, (September 1975 - May 1976)
Ford Foundation Fellowship for graduate study at Cornell University, (September 1971 - May 1973)
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Member of the Steering Committee on Transportation Planning for Small and Medium Sized Communities, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, (1982)
National Nominating Committee of the American Planning Association, October (1980)
One of seven persons selected nationally to serve on a jury to select outstanding project focusing on women sponsored by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, (May 1980)
Treasurer, Planning and Women Division of the American Planning Association, (1981 to 1983)
Founder of the Planning and Women Division of the American Planning Association, (February 1979)
Journal of Planning Education and Research, Editorial Board, (1983 to 1990)
Journal of Urban Affairs, reviewer, (1983 to present)
Journal of the American Planning Association, reviewer, (1987 to present)
National Science Foundation, reviewer (1983 to 1988)
ADMINISTRATION/COMMITTEES AT GEORGIA TECH (selected)
Member, Global Change Faulty Advisory Council, 2018 -
Co-Organizer and Presenter, Georgia Tech invited Strategic Dialogues Infrastructure in the Digital Age, Spring 2018.
Member, School of City and Regional Planning, Chair Search Committee, Fall 2017 – Spring 2018
Member of the Advisory Board, Smart Cities, 2017 – present
Member, School of City and Regional Planning Diversity Committee, 2017 – present
Member, Georgia Tech Naming Committee, 2017- present
Member of Institute Awards Committee, 2017 - present
Member of Georgia Tech’s Smart Cities Faculty Council, 2016 - present
Member, The Institute for Data Engineering and Science (IDEaS) Faculty Council, 2017 – present
Member, Regents Selection Committee, Spring 2016
Member, School of City and Regional Planning (SCARP) Executive Committee, 2015
Member, School of City and Regional Planning (SCARP) Transportation Faculty Candidate Search Committee, Spring 2015
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Advisory Committee Member, Vice President Institute Diversity, 2011-present
Member, School of Architecture (SOA) Chair Search Committee, Spring 2015
Member, Data Science and Engineering Faculty Council, 2014 - 2015
Member, Frederick L. Olmsted Chair Finalists Interviewing Committee, Spring 2015
Member, DBL Director Candidate Interviewing Committee, Spring 2015
Member of Faculty Council, The Institute for People and Technology (IPaT), 2015 - present
Faculty Mentor for SCARP tenure-track faculty, - present
Advisor or Committee Member in the School of City and Regional Planning / School of Civil and Environmental Engineering to 20 Ph.D. and Master Students
Faculty Appointment, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Fall 2014 – present
School of Architecture Chair Search Committee 2014- 2015
School of City and Regional Planning Faculty Search Committee – 2014-
College of Architecture, Strategic Planning Steering Committee, Spring 2014
Regents Professor Selection Committee Meeting, March 2014
Ivan Allen Prize for Social Courage Nominating Committee, 2010-present
National Science Foundation ADVANCE Professor, College of Architecture, 2009 - Present
Task Force on Research Centers and Academic Programs, 2007
COA Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2006-2007
College of Architecture Dean Search Committee, 2007 - 2013
Georgia Tech Institutional Review Board (IRB), 2007 -
Vice Provost for Academic Diversity Search Committee, 2007
Transportation Faculty Search for Civil Engineering, 2005-2007
Chair, (College of Management) Review Committee, 2004
Member, Architecture Program Search Committee, 1998, 2003
Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1998 -2002
Institute Strategic Planning Committee, Georgia Tech, 1995
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Member, GA Tech Athletic Board, 1994-1997
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Academic Affairs, 1994.
Presidential Search Committee, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994
Special Assistant to the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Academic Affairs, 1993
Co-Chair, City Planning Search Committee, Graduate City Planning Program, 1993-1994
Chair, Program Search Committee, Graduate City Planning Program, 1990-1991.
Chair, Director’s Search Committee, Graduate City Planning Committee, 1990-1991
Member, Master Plan Committee, Georgia Tech, 1990-1991
Director, Doctoral Program, College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1988-1993
College of Architecture Representative to the Institute Graduate Committee 1989 to 1991
Member, Doctoral Program Recruitment Committee, College of Architecture, 1988-1992
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure, College of Architecture, 1989.
One of six faculties to serve as a member of the Georgia Tech Presidential Selection Committee, 1987.
Member, Georgia Tech Faculty Steering Committee for the Centennial Campaign, 1986
Member, College of Architecture, Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1985 - 1987
Chairperson, College of Architecture, Advisory Committee, 1984 - 85
Member, College of Architecture, Advisory Committee, 1979 - 1984
Member, College of Architecture, Curriculum Committee, 1981 - 1996
Member, Executive Board, 1984 - 1988
Member, Academic Senate, 1984 - 1988.
Member, General Faculty Assembly, 1984 - 1988
Member, Institute Statutes Committee, 1982 - 1984
Participant, National Advisory Board, 1985 - 1990
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BOARD AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Auto Club Group (AAA American Automobile Association) Board Member, 2011-present
Member, Auto Club Group, Audit, Compliance & Ethics Committee, - present
Member, Auto Club Group, Nominating & Governance Committee, - present
Member, Auto Club Group, Georgia Advisory Council, - present
AAA Executive Advisory Board, 2006 - 2011
Alliance of Regional Stewardship, 2004 - present
American Association of University Women, 1990 - present
American Planning Association (APA), 1976 – present
Member, Association of American Geographers (AAG)
American Public Transportation Association (APTA), 2000- 2005
Association for Commuter Transportation (ACT), 2000 - 2005
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), 1978 to present-Past national president
Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO), 1999 to present
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Member, Atlanta Beltline Partnership, Health Steering Committee Meeting, - present
Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, 2003 - 2007
Atlanta Rotary Club, 2001 – present
Atlanta Streetcar Board of Directors, 2005 – 2007
Board Member of the Emory University Board of Visitors, 2000 - 2002
Board Member of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, 2001 – 2003
Board Member Georgia Forward, 2011 – present
Member, Green Chamber of the South
Member, International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA)
Board Member of the Intelligent Transportation Society (ITS), 2001 - 2003, Atlanta Chapter
Board of Director Atlanta Chapter of the American Red Cross, 2000 - 2003
Board of Directors Clean Air Campaign, 2000 to 2003
Board of Directors Eno Transportation Foundation, 2001 - 2003
Board of Directors High Museum of Art, 2000 - 2006
Board of Directors Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), 2001 - 2003
Board of Directors Robert Ferst Center for the Arts, Georgia Tech 2000
Conference of Minority Transportation Official (COMTO), 1983 - 2007
European Urban and Regional Studies, 1996 - 1999
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Executive Committee of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council of the
National Academies, 2000 – 2004
Fulton County Criminal Justice Blue Ribbon Commission, 2004 - 2006
High Museum of Art Education Department Board Committee, 2004 – 2006
Home Depot, Sustainable Cities Institute 2010 - present
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), 1995 - present
Kent State University, Trustee, Board of Trustees, 2018 -
Kent State University Foundation, 2004 – present
Lambda Alpha International Atlanta Chapter, Honorary Land Economics Society, 2010 -
League of Women Voters, 2001 - present
Metro Atlanta Quality Growth Task Force, 2004 - 2005
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) Board of Directors, 1999 - 2003
Midtown Alliance Board of Directors, 2004 – 2018
National Academy of Public Administration, 2006 to present
National Academy of Sciences, Transportation Research Board of Directors, 2000 – 2004
National Advisory Board Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS), 2002 - 2004
National Association of Female Executives (NAFE), 2002- 2004
National Association of Professional Women 2015- present
National Transit Institute (NTI),
National Trust for Historic Preservation, 2002 – present
Planners Network, 1980 - present
Planning Accreditation Board (PAB), 2001
President’s Council of Cornell Women, 200-2003
Progressive Redevelopment, Inc. Board of Directors, 2005 –to present
Robert Ferst Center for the Arts Advisory Board, 2001 to present
Sigma Xi, National Scientific Research Society, 1988 to present
Southern Growth Policies Board, 2006
State Smart Transportation Initiative, 2010 -
The Georgia Conservancy, Board of Directors, 2004 – 2009
Transportation Planning Excellence Awards Federal Highway Administration, 2010
Member, Transportation Research Board
Urban Affairs Association (UAA), 1990 - present
Urban Land Institute (ULI), 1990 - present (District Council Steering Committee)
Westminster Strategic Plan Committee, 2003 - 2005
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Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) – Atlanta Chapter Women of the Year, 2000
PhD students Committee Member, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, (20)
Primary Advisor, School of City and Regional Planning, (10)
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