The Road Ahead 2025

Transportation Solutions' 20th annual seminar features a buffet breakfast, presentations, and a special keynote speaker.

Thursday, April 17, 2025

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Join us for a half-day event focused on affordable housing access and cost reduction through innovative transportation strategies. The event will cover how reducing parking ratios can lower construction costs and encourage transit use by providing tenants with transit passes instead of parking spaces. It will also explore effective Transportation Demand Management strategies for new affordable housing developments.

In addition to transit passes, the event will discuss promoting walking and biking as sustainable and healthy alternatives to driving. We will look at ways to integrate bike-sharing programs and develop safe, walkable communities that reduce reliance on cars. Furthermore, we will explore other shared transportation options, such as carpooling and ride-sharing services, which can provide flexible and cost-effective solutions for residents. By incorporating these strategies, new affordable housing developments can become more accessible, less costly, and environmentally friendly.

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Agenda

Light breakfast and networking 8:00 am

Welcome and awards 8:30 am

• Awards will be presented by Skyler McKinley, Chair, of Transportation Solutions, and Denver Councilwoman Amanda Sawyer, Vice Chair, of Transportation Solutions
• Awardees to be announced.

Keynote: 9:00 am

• Michael Anderson, City and Towns Director, Sightline Institute

Other Presenters: 9:55 am

Networking break 10:10 am

Panel Discussion: 10:30 am

Adjournment 11:30 am

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Our Keynote Speaker

Michael Anderson, City and Towns Director, Sightline Institute

Michael Andersen is director of cities + towns for Sightline Institute, a sustainability think tank for the Pacific Northwest. He is based in Portland, where he was involved in Oregon's 2019 fourplex legalization, its 2022 removal of parking mandates throughout metro areas, and Portland's fully funded inclusionary zoning program in 2024.

How to get there:

Here are your options for parking a bike, getting there via transit, and parking a vehicle (consider carpooling!): How to Get to The Road Ahead

Once you arrive at the Community Commons building, please follow the signs to The Road Ahead in room 1700.

A special thanks to the University of Denver for its longstanding partnership as a member of Transportation Solutions! We're thrilled to host the event again at Community Commons, and we are grateful for their championing of transportation demand management (TDM) on campus.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

University of Denver, Community Commons, Room 1700, 2055 E Evans Ave, Denver, United States