CENTRE FOR TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE (CTI)

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1 CENTRE FOR TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE (CTI) Final Agenda Innovation in Transportation and Infrastructure II MAY 22 (DINNER ONLY) & 23 (FULL-DAY MEETING), 2018 Dinner Location: Meeting Location: Accommodation: Contact: Meeting objectives: La Brasserie le Pois Penché (1230 Blvd de Maisonneuve O, Montréal, QC) Montreal Port Authority (2100 Pierre-Dupuy Ave, Wing 1, Montréal, QC) Hotel Bonaventure (900 rue de la Gauchetière Ouest, Montréal, QC) Dianne Williams, Acting Director, Industry Strategy and Public Policy Office: ext. 330, Cell: To highlight innovative approaches to, and ways of thinking about, transportation and infrastructure (incl. local, regional, national and international examples); To focus on innovations in passenger mobility, including accessibility advances, and light rail; To learn about the challenges associated with land value capture in relation to transportation infrastructure and to examine other business models; To hear from experts working in the field of green infrastructure (GI) about new perspectives and approaches; and To participate in a working session in which we explore and map out the building blocks of AV Impact Assessment. 1

2 CENTRE FOR TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE (CTI) Tuesday, May 22, 2018 La Brasserie le Pois Penché Chez Swann Room 6:00 8:30 p.m. Networking Dinner Wednesday, May 23, 2018 The Montreal Port Authority Salle Dominic J. Taddeo (Room) 8:00 8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:30 8:45 a.m. Welcoming Remarks and Roundtable Introductions Dianne Williams Acting Director, Industry Strategy and Public Policy Julia Markovich Senior Research Associate, Transportation Policy 8:45 9:15 a.m. Port of Montreal Innovation Program and Welcoming Remarks Serge Auclair Vice-President, Strategy and Human Resources Montreal Port Authority 9:15 10:00 a.m. Sustainable Mobility in Montreal Luc Couillard Commissioner of Electric Transportation and Smart Vehicles Ville de Montréal In this opening session, you will learn about sustainable mobility initiatives in the City of Montreal. As part of the Vision Zero plan, initiatives to support pedestrian activity and cycling throughout the City are also considered. The session closes by outlining how these initiatives will help meet the City s goals for sustainability. 10:00 10:45 a.m. Accessible Transportation Isabelle Ducharme Chair, Board of Directors Kéroul 2

3 This session highlights new approaches and advances being made in accessibility as it relates to transportation, with a focus on the municipal level. It begins by setting out the key challenges and barriers to accessible transportation, and how these can be addressed in practice. You will then learn about advances at the local level from Montreal-based organization, Kéroul. Key advances here include accessible taxis and a commitment to ensure accessibility in Montreal s subway system. 10:45 11:15 a.m. Networking Break 11:15 a.m. 12:15 p.m. Is There Such a Thing as Value Capture? The Case for New Business Models for Canadian Transportation Infrastructure Dr. Sherena Hussain Assistant Professor Schulich School of Business, York University James McKellar Associate Dean and Director, Brookfield Centre in Real Estate and Infrastructure Schulich School of Business, York University Value capture is an increasingly common theme when it comes to strategies for funding new Canadian transportation infrastructure. Yet the record shows that the deployment of value capture techniques has been problematic at best, with challenges arising not only in the planning and execution phases, but throughout the process. This process results in the loss of value capture opportunities and whatever monies raised fall far short of what might be needed to recoup capital and lifecycle costs; or, potential value is actually destroyed. This presentation will draw upon our research and international examples to challenge what we mean by value capture as well as demonstrate why new business models that involve a broader set of stakeholders are critical to developing fiscally sustainable transportation infrastructure. 12:15 1:15 p.m. Networking Lunch 1:15 2:15 p.m. Panel Session on Light Rail John Manconi General Manager, Transportation Services Department City of Ottawa (OC Transpo) Jean-Marc Arbaud Deputy Managing Director, CDPQ Infra Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec This panel session focuses on innovations in passenger mobility, through a focus on light rail. The panel begins by highlighting Ottawa s light rail expansion the first bus rapid transit (BRT) conversion in the world, and 3

4 the first Design Build Finance Maintain (DBFM) P3 with backing from the private sector. Background to the project, current status, and the innovating financing aspects are emphasized here. The session then explores the plans for the Réseau express métropolitain (REM), the largest public transit infrastructure plan for the Montreal region since the development of the metro in the 1960s. The key components of this plan will be highlighted (an automated, sustainable and integrated system), alongside financing arrangements and expected timelines. The arrangements made with other mobility providers to support home to station service will also be emphasized. 2:15 2:30 p.m. Refreshment Break 2:30 3:30 p.m. Green Infrastructure Steven van Haren Department Head, Municipal/Urban Drainage KGS Group Andrew Gonzalez Professor and Director, Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science McGill University This panel session highlights advances being made with respect to green infrastructure (GI). The first part of the panel reflects on how upcoming changes to Ontario s Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MoECC) Low Impact Development Stormwater Guidelines will affect storm-water and drainage infrastructure in relation to linear transportation projects. Changing perspectives on storm-water infiltration, clean-up and collection are emphasized, and examples from Highway 427 projects are provided here. The second part of this panel highlights the Quebec experience, by providing an update on the GI plan for Montreal, including an extension of this work to the St. Lawrence Lowlands. This work has led to the creation of a new company that helps determine how to plan GI areas for cities. The panel closes by reflecting on different approaches in the two provinces. 3:30 4:00 p.m. Participatory Session on AV Impact Assessment Moderator: Julia Markovich Senior Research Associate, Centre for Transportation and Infrastructure (CTI) Automated vehicles (AVs) are poised to change the ways in which people and goods are moved. In so doing, they will have differential impacts on the demand for transportation and other forms of infrastructure. This participatory and moderator-led session provides an opportunity for our audience to explore an idea raised in our 2015 report around AV Impact Assessment. This was proposed as a new methodological process that would be conducted prior to investment decisions for infrastructure 4

5 projects. In this session, you will have an opportunity to discuss your own organization s work on AVs to date and learn what other organizations are doing in this space. Together, we will start to map out the building blocks of what AV Impact Assessment would look like. 4:00 4:15 p.m. Closing Roundtable Discussion Members and guests will have the opportunity to debrief the day focusing on key take-aways and learnings. There will also be discussion around research priorities for the coming year, new activities we are considering, and discussion on the theme for the next meeting. 4:15 4:30 p.m. Final Remarks, Meeting Adjourns 5