[H+T--Friends] Call for Papers on "Developing Healthy and Livable Communities"

Greetings TRB Health and Transportation Subcommittee, This call for papers may be of interest to you and your networks. *** Call for Papers 2013 Transportation/ Land Use Planning and Air Quality Conference “Developing Healthy and Livable Communities” June/July, 2013 (TBD) Charlotte, North Carolina The Transportation Research Board Transportation and Air Quality Committee, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) T&DI Planning, Economics and Finance Committee, the Air and Waste Management Association, and the Federal Highway Administration and other sponsors are seeking papers for 20 sessions for the 2013 Transportation/ Land Use Planning and Air Quality (TLUPAQ) Conference. The TLUPAQ Conference has been held in the past at different locations including: Danvers, Massachusetts, May, 1993 Lake Tahoe, California, August, 1997 Portland, Oregon, May, 1998 Lake Lanier, Georgia, November, 1999 Orlando, Florida, July, 2007 Denver, Colorado, July, 2009 San Antonio, Texas, May, 2011 The focus of the papers should be related to innovative research and strategies leading to the integration of transportation planning, land use and air quality. Our spotlight theme in 2013 will be “Developing Healthy and Livable Communities”. We are interested specifically in papers related to the following topics: (1) smart growth implementation and evaluation; (2) scenario planning and livability design strategies; (3) intelligent transportation strategies and implementation; (4) climate change; (5) pricing strategies; (6) information systems; (7) MOVES model evaluations and data; (8) technological innovations; and (9) health impacts of land use and transportation decisions. Paper/Extended Abstract Requirements: The conference proceedings will be produced by ASCE. All papers/extended abstracts must be submitted in Microsoft Word and must meet the ASCE conference proceedings paper format requirements. Each paper/extended abstract cannot exceed 10 pages (includes figures and tables) in length. Guidelines to submit papers can be found at the following web link: http://pubs.asce.org/authors/book/proceedingssub/ConfProcAuthorGuideCamRead… . Authors with a paper/extended abstract accepted for presentation and who wish to have their paper/extended abstract published in the conference proceedings will be required to complete a Copyright Transfer Agreement, a Permission Verification Form for Books and CD-ROMs (available at the above web link), and must register for the conference by Friday, April 26th, 2013. Note that extended abstracts are acceptable for those authors who do not wish to submit a full paper. Paper/Extended Abstract Submittal Deadline: Draft papers or abstracts for the 2013 TLUPAQ Conference must be submitted electronically no later than Friday, February 8th, 2013. Each paper or extended abstract will be reviewed and comments will be provided to the author(s) by Friday, March 22nd, 2013. Authors will make any necessary revisions to the paper or extended abstract and resubmit the revised paper or extended abstract by Friday, April 26th, 2013. Papers or extended abstracts should be sent electronically to Srinivas Pulugurtha at SSPulugurtha(a)uncc.edu. If you have any questions regarding the 2013 TLUPAQ Conference, please contact Jane Lin at janelin(a)uic.edu.