NPC26 - Detroit

Heading to Detroit? So are we!

There are so many ways to engage with your fellow Transportation Planning Division members. Join us at one or all of the following events:

  • Coffee and Walk Hour (FREE! Registration Requested): Sunday, April 26, from 2pm to ~3:30pm, Huntington Place Convention Center -
  • Annual Business Meeting (All are welcome): Sunday, April 26, from 5pm to 6pm, Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center, Room Richard AB
  • Annual Reception (Registration Required): Sunday, April 26 from 6pm - 9pm, Grand Trunk Pub, 612 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48226
  • Commuter Yoga Session (FREE!): Tuesday, April 28 from 7am to 8pm, Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center, Room Marquette AB

TPD is excited to endorse the following sessions at NPC26:

  • From "Motor" City to the "New Mobility" City
  • Game On: Play for Inclusive and Meaningful Engagement
  • How Improv Can Make You a Better Planner
  • Rebranded and Reinvigorated: WILMAPCO’s 2025 Mobility Opportunities Plan
  • Connecting Capital to Communities: From Plan to Project
  • Two Sides, One Story — Michigan’s First Highway
  • Economic Trends and Transformations
  • In-Person Professional Programs for Future-Ready Planners
  • Data to Action: AI and Social Media
  • TIZ: Navigating the Speed of Innovation in Planning
  • Blue Skies Ahead: Designing Next Generation Buyout Programs
  • Seamless Journeys, Vibrant Places: Role of Mobility Hubs
  • TNC Subsidy Partnerships: Affordable Public Transportation
  • Hubs of the Future: Unlocking Community Mobility
  • Local Programming: Community Land Trusts: Collaboration for Permanently Affordable Housing
  • Lightning Talk 2
  • Fluvial Hazard Zones: A Bold Community Vision Ahead
  • Planning with AI
  • It's More Than Elementary: Customizing Actionable Youth Engagement
  • Curb Court: Trials of the Right-of-Way
  • The 90-Minute Transportation Fix Challenge
  • Boomtown to Black Bottom, to Bust and Back
  • Fostering Accessibility Through a Digital Planning Process
  • Thriving in a Changing Climate: Proactive Planning Strategies
  • Lost in Translation: RFP Assumptions from Both Sides!
  • Delivering the Goods: Regional Freight Planning, Local Focus
  • Corktown: Detroit’s Oldest Neighborhood (past, present, and future)
  • Inclusive Planning for Social Change
  • Complete Streets Means Trucks, Too!
  • LEED for Cities: Framework for Planning Sustainable Communities
  • Climate Change, Energy, and the Environment
  • Shared Mobility: Enhancing Safety, Equity, Inclusion

Register for the Reception

Register for the Walk and Coffee Hour

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