Register Now for Street Smart: Streetcars and Cities in the 21st Century
The Last in Our Series of 4 National Streetcar Workshops
Based on the Award-Winning Street Smart Book
May 22, 2008
Los Angeles, California at the historic Orpheum Theatre on Broadway
$75 Registration Rate; $25 for Residents, Businesses and Property Owners in the City of Los Angeles, Thanks to Our Generous Local Sponsors
Local sponsors include the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of L.A., the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles City Councilmembers Jose Huizar and Jan Perry, the Bringing Back Broadway Initiative, the Historic Downtown L.A. BID, the Downtown L.A. Neighborhood Council, the historic Orpheum Theatre, the historic Los Angeles Theatre, the IBI Group, the Standard Hotel, the Downtown News, the South Park BID, the Central City Association, the Planning Company Associates, Fehr & Peers, Grand Central Square, L.A. Metro, The South Group, and CDM.
Imagine a public-private partnership that leverages tremendous value for property owners and local businesses, helps market new high-rise residential and mixed-use development and a "green" lifestyle, and helps achieve public goals like affordability, sustainability, parks, and high-quality public spaces. Streetcars can be the catalyst for these goals – in downtowns and in urban and suburban neighborhoods.
The spectacular success of the Portland streetcar has revolutionized the way cities think about transit and development by stimulating $3.5 billion in investment in two new neighborhoods near Portland’s downtown. The brand new Seattle streetcar is having similar success in South Lake Union. San Francisco’s F-Line streetcar has played an important role in the rebirth of the Embarcadero as a walkable, transit-oriented neighborhood since the freeway was taken down. And streetcars have promoted economic development and investment in walkable, higher-density, mixed-use neighborhoods in communities as diverse as Tampa, Little Rock, and Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Streetcars are a boon for pedestrians and streetlife, link disparate places into “someplace,” connect to regional transit systems and promote ridership, and create sustainable communities where it's possible to live without a car. Streetcars are cheaper than other rail transit (affordable even for small cities), fit easily into built environments, they’re energy efficient, and they are strong and proven economic development engines for revitalizing neighborhoods.
Hear about the success of the most robust new streetcar systems at the last of four national workshops, hosted by the national nonprofit Reconnecting America and the Seaside Institute. Speakers from around the country will talk about the political and funding strategies that are getting new streetcar systems built, and all the benefits of these public-private partnerships.
The cost of the full-day workshop is $75; $25 for residents, businesses and property owners in the City of Los Angeles, thanks to our generous sponsors. Price includes continental breakfast, lunch and reception; $75 price includes free Street Smart book.
National sponsors include Parsons Brinckerhoff, the American Public Transportation Association, National Community Streetcar Coalition, HDR, URS, LTK, Gannett Fleming, Holland & Knight, AnsaldoBreda, United Streetcar/Skoda, and TranSystems.
For more information call Natasha Daggs at 510-268-8602 or 323-304-2304.
Click HERE to see draft workshop agenda.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
REGISTRATION RATES
$75 – General Registration
$25 – Residents, businesses and property owners in the City of Los Angeles
Students get in FREE! (See "Student Registration" section below for more information.)
Complimentary Registration applies to the following entities:
All Elected Officials and their Official Staff
City of Los Angeles Commissioners
Staff for City of LA Departments
METRO
CRA/LA
HOW TO REGISTER
Online:
ONLINE REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.
You may still register at the door.
By Phone:
We are no longer accepting registrations over the phone.
You may still register at the door.
By Fax:
We are no longer accepting registrations via fax.
You may still register at the door.
Student Registration
Students get in FREE! (Please bring current student identification to registration.)
Cancellation Policy: No refunds will be given after Thursday, May 8, 2008.
ACCOMODATIONS
The Standard - Downtown LA
550 South Flower at Sixth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071
213.892.8080
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WORKSHOP VENUE
The Orpheum Theatre - Los Angeles
842 S. Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90014
877.677.4386
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