This conference, Transportation Systems for Livable Communities, is the fifth in a series of spotlight conferences funded by the U.S Department of Transportation's University Transportation Centers Program. This document is a factual summary of what occurred at the conference. Implementers of livability projects joined faculty, students, and researchers to explore transportation approaches for livable communities. The conference also considered the unique role that the university transportation centers can play in undertaking research to advance transportation for livable communities. Through a series of presentations, panels, and discussion groups, conference attendees and panelists considered case studies, research needs, and the challenges of incorporating livability into transportation programs and projects. On the basis of expert panels and facilitated discussion, attendees identified promising directions for research that could help implement the state of the practice and advance the state of the art. This summary of the proceedings consists of presentation summaries from the opening sessions and panels and summaries of key research needs and possible performance measures identified in the discussion groups. An appendix contains short summaries of the poster session presentations. (Author/publisher)
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