Business Meeting of the Committee on
Transportation Needs of National Parks and Public Lands
2006 Mid-Year Meeting
Tacoma, Washington
4:00 Welcome and Introductions
4:05 Status of current activities
Committee Status
Research Subcommittee Report (Steve Albert, WTI/MSU)
4:15 Plans for 2007 TRB Annual Meeting
General Info
Paper session: 1.0 of allocated 2.3 sessions
Proposed panel sessions with co-sponsorships (E. Lafayette & G. Ritter)
- Interrelationship of Federal land agency transportation plans and programs with statewide and metropolitan processes
- Transportation-related environmental impacts (particularly vehicular emissions in pristine Class I air sheds) and opportunities for integrated planning
Poster session
Panel co-sponsorship opportunity: "Environmental issues arising from dust suppressant use on unpaved roads" organized by the Low Volume Roads Committee
4:45 TRB Report
STEP Program input sought
TRB Status Report
5:00 Thinking ahead to 2008 mid-year meeting
5:15 New Business (?)
5:30 Adjourn
- Mid-Year Meeting Presentations
- Bill Byrne, Going-to-the-Sun Road Construction Mitigation (PowerPoint file 46 MB)
- Jim Evans, Alternative Transportation Federal Lands Highway Program (PowerPoint file 6.6 MB)
- Jim Evans, Transportation Assistance Group (PowerPoint file 188 KB)
- Kate Mattice, Alternative Transportation in the Parks and Public Lands (PowerPoint file 2.6 MB)