“Web 2.0” applications are online sites and applications that are user-driven, and emphasize collaboration and interaction like wikis, social media, podcasts and blogs.  When Cubit has spoken with planners and engineers in the past about Web 2.0 applications, we heard things like “we have to hire extra staff  to do social media” or fears of an inevitable deluge of negative comments in online forums.  However, research is showing that as many as 81% of state DOTs are using Twitter to reach the public. And a recent study by the Federal Highway Administration aims to dispel doubts by shedding some light on how 2.0 applications are being used by state DOTs to meet their objectives—and how the benefits outweigh the costs.

The FHWA analyzed the use of 2.0 tools by 7 DOTs, focusing on the use of 2.0 tools for four distinct functions: information provision, planning and administration, social networking, and analysis/evaluation.  They found that providing information directly to the public was the most common use for 2.0 applications, particularly through blogs and social media sites.

TxDOT workers planting trees, from the agency's Facebook page

Sound surprising?  The DOTs in this study report that 2.0 tools offer several benefits.  These tools are allowing them to:

• Reach more people and new audiences — RIDOT produced a podcast series, complete with a Spanish version, detailing their unprecedented Iway project. (As a result, they have reached a younger audience.)
• Communicate more directly and customize information to a target audience –Mississippi uses six route-specific Twitter sites to disseminate its Hurricane Evacuation Guide in different regions in the state
• Engage the public in new ways — TxDOT is using Twiter, Facebook, YouTube and podcasts to inform the public and address concerns
• Provide in-depth information to stakeholders — NCDOT maintains a variety of 2.0 applications to disseminate info to media and the public, including public meeting videos
• Make their agency more accessible by giving them a recognizable “face” — MassDOT posts videos of their Secretary of Transportation’s speeches on YouTube
• Invent creative solutions using a collaborative approach — MassDOT used Twitter during a developers’ conference on data management, to provide real-time information to those who could not attend
• Communicate more easily within the agency, with the public, and with other agencies — MoDOT turned its Engineering Policy Guide into a wiki, allowing multiple users to easily review and track changes made to the document

Rhode Island DOT's Iway podcasts

Surprisingly, negative comments from the public in online forums have proven not to be a problem (Rhode Island and Texas, for two, report very positive experiences).  And far from straining staff and resources, the study suggests that agencies can simply re-purpose existing materials (such as press releases and maps) that they would already need to produce in an environmental assessment.

Of course, with any new technology there are challenges.  FHWA finds that agencies may in fact need extra staff or technical and fiscal resources, though they claim that the resulting long-term efficiencies are worth the investment.  Extra staff time is often required up-front, with at least some continued effort to keep information current or respond to public comments.  Also, the nature of social media means that agencies have less control over how information is presented (users can more easily make quotes and comments in other venues).  And as mentioned above, there is still a lack of adequate performance measures to assess the value of these tools, particularly qualitative data.  But this study is a good start.

FHWA makes the following recommendations for agencies considering using 2.0 tools:

• Have a plan for how 2.0 initiatives will support the agency’s core business mission
• Consider the full range of 2.0 tools—and consider existing tools rather than creating your own
• Use 2.0 tools to complement (not replace) traditional media
• Develop policies and guidelines for how people should access and use 2.0 applications—such as mashup map sites that drivers may want to use while on the road.
• Take critical comments as constructive comments
• Review the effectiveness of the applications

Traffic lights are fun again, on MoDOT's Facebook page

FHWA believes that the use of 2.0 tools “will continue and increase in the future,” and anticipates their use for a wider range of objectives, from real-time project updates to live-streaming public meetings and even virtual meetings with online chat features.  How might these technologies change how we shape the built environment?  Do you have any interesting examples of agencies or companies that are using Web 2.0 tools? Leave me a comment below!

Related posts:

1. NEPA Projects (EISs) Using Social Media Sites
2. 7 Projects Using Social Media for Public Involvement
3. 5 Reasons Why the AEC Industry is 2 years behind in Adopting Social Media

• Should Environmental Professionals/Planners Care about Social Media
• What are blogs, Flickr, YouTube, Twitter & Facebook?
• Common questions from AEC Industry professionals & planners

A big thank you to the Austin TAEP for letting me ramble about social media!

Here’s the presentation on YouTube.

Link to Part 2 of the presentation on YouTube

Link to Part 3 of the presentation on YouTube

If your organization blocks YouTube at work, here is the presentation via SlideShare.

Promised Resources

Social Media Revolution 2 video

I played a short clip from the Social Media Revolution 2 video in the presentation. The video is filled with facts and statistics about how fast social media is spreading and how it’s changing our interactions.

Environmental Impact Statement on YouTube

Here’s the video guide to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIS) document for Honolulu’s proposed rail transit system. There are 3 parts to the video guide on YouTube. The video guide contains key facts from the Draft EIS. The Draft EIS explores potential environmental, community and economic impacts of the rail transit line.

Social Media Demographics

I got a great question about which demographic groups are using which social media platforms. This graphic from Flowtown does a great job communicating the demographic breakdowns of different social media sites. The data for this graphic comes from Google Ad Planner.

Newbie Guide to Getting Started on Social Media Sites

I’ll post this information very soon. This blog post is pretty long as is.

Your Comments

Did I overstate the potential of social media in the presentation? Are there any other great example projects that I should have included? Do you really, really need a copy of the Newbie guide? Leave me a comment below with your thoughts.

Related posts:

1. Say It To My Facebook: Using Social Media for Public Involvement
2. NEPA Projects (EISs) Using Social Media Sites
3. 5 Reasons Why the AEC Industry is 2 years behind in Adopting Social Media

Anthony and I have been volunteering to help folks use social media tools at AEC conferences and events over the past year. Some conferences have embraced and supported social media use–like the APA National Conference and the TAEP Conference. Still, we get told “No–you may not volunteer to teach people how to use social media tools at our conference/event” more times than we get told yes.

There are 5 reasons that I hear over and over when we get told no to volunteering at AEC events. I’ll attempt to address why these reasons are based on misinformation or misconceptions about social media.

1. Social media is distracting from the presentation material.
2. It takes too long to get everyone set up and to teach them how to use social media.
3. There is not a high enough adoption rate.
4. Social media is too complicated.
5. Social media is not applicable to our projects or our careers.

Reason 1. Social media is distracting from the presentation topic.
A. Studies show that note-taking and summarization actually increase retention. Twitter, a common social media platform used during presentations, requires both. For more information on how Twitter is actually positive for presentations, check out How to Use Twitter to Supercharge Presentations.

B. Audience participation via social media actually increases audience engagement. Below are some perspectives from Audience Tweeters.

“Twitter allows me to add my perspective to what is being presented and that keeps me more engaged than just sitting and listening – even if no one reads it.”

“And what struck me was the dynamic of this meeting. It was participatory. No one was talking out loud except the guy presenting the ppt. But the conversation was roaring through the room via twitter. It was exploding. People were asking questions. Pointing out problems. Replying to each other all while the ppt was progressing along it’s unwaveringly linear path.”

For more perspectives, check out the Benefits of the Back Channel to the Audience section of How to Present While People are Twittering.

Reason 2. It takes too long to get everyone set up and to teach them how to use social media.
The goal isn’t for evey single audience member to engage in social media during the event. By displaying social media use during the presentation, the minority of attendees who are already using social media demonstrate the positives (AND the negatives) of the platform to the majority who aren’t there yet.

Reason 3. There’s not a high enough adoption rate yet.
Maybe so, but unless the AEC industry wants to stay 2 to 3 years behind, someone has to go first.

One way to increase the adoption rate is to show people engaging in social media in public settings. When people see others using social media and engaging each other in conversions, adoption rates will increase. That’s the perfect opportunity for a volunteer social media table to be there to help the handful of folks who after seeing live tweets/social media engagement say “Wow, that’s amazing. Will you help me get started?”

As for Reasons 4 and 5, I’m currently working on a presentation titled “Say It To My Facebook: How EISs are using Social Media for Public Involvement” for the Texas Association of Environmental Professionals Austin Chapter that will address these two points. On July 14th, I’ll give the presentation at Carmelo’s and will post the presentation materials as a blog post then. I love to have some friendly faces in the audience. Please join me if you’re in or near Austin that day.

Will you leave comments with your experience with social media in this industry? What’s the REAL reason why the AEC industry is hesitant to adopt social media? Also, do you have any ideas for how we can help our community catch up and begin to use social media tools for our projects, our careers and our companies? I’d love to do a follow up post featuring your ideas for how to attack this problem.

Related posts:

1. 3 Reasons Why Environmental Professionals Should Use Twitter
2. 7 Projects Using Social Media for Public Involvement
3. FHWA DOT Survey Says Web 2.0 & Social Media Increase Efficiency

1. you wanted to include tweets as part of your administrative record for a project or
2. if you wanted to track what folks were saying in general about a roadway or an area on Twitter (i.e. Twitter search for I-35, an interstate in Texas).

Quick & Dirty Method for Exporting Tweets from Twitter to Excel

Here’s how I extracted the tweets sent during the American Planning Association’s 2010 conference, which you can read here http://www.cubitplanning.com/blog/2010/04/tweets-from-apa-2010-conference/. I used a free program called the Archivist. The Archivist is a Windows application that “allows you to archive tweets for later data-mining and analysis for a given search. The Archivist allows you to start a search and will get as many results as it can on the initial search.  If you leave The Archivist open, it will update with the latest results every 10 minutes.  You can also close The Archivist and open it later. The Archivist will save the tweets and get all the tweets it can since that search. The Archivist will display a chart that shows the number of tweets per day for a given search, so that you can quickly assess traffic for a given search. For more comprehensive data analysis, The Archivist lets you export Tweets to Excel.”

1. Download the Archivist here:  http://www.flotzam.com/archivist/
2. Open the Archivist. In the search for box, enter your search term (I used #apa2010, the hashtag for the APA2010 conference). Click Get Latest.
3. Bonus Points: While you’re here, click on View and check out your Tweets as a Pie Chart and as a Line Chart. An example of a Line Chart of the #apa2010 tweets is below.
4. Click on Export to Excel. Your tweets will be saved as a .txt file.
5. Open the .txt file in Excel. Handy tip: if the data doesn’t display nicely in columns in Excel, use the Text to Column feature in Excel to split the data out into columns.

Planners Tweeting at the APA 2010 Conference

But The Above Method Won’t Work for an Administrative Record

Yes, you are correct! The above method worked perfectly for me when extracting tweets from the APA’s 2010 conference; because I ran the search three days after the conference was over, and the conference only lasted a few days. I wasn’t worried about capturing tweets over a long period of time like the months or years it could take an EIS to be completed. Currently, Twitter stores your tweets for less than a month. The Twitter folks say that timeframe will be shrinking as the number of tweets per day continues to grow. If you want to include tweets about your project as part of the administrative record, you’ll need to back them up.

How to Back Up Tweets to Include as Part of the Administrative Record

If you want to back up and save tweets to include as part of the Administrative Record, check out ReadWriteWeb’s 10 Ways to Archive Your Tweets.

• If you don’t consider yourself to be tech savy, I’d suggest going with option #8. Twitterback up tools. I’ve got a BackupMyTweets account.
• If you do consider yourself to be tech savy, I’d suggest #7. RSS Feeds and setting up a separate Google reader.

Let me know if you’ve got any questions about this process or if you’ve used any of these tools to successfully include tweets as part of your administrative record.

Related posts:

1. Twitter Use by Planners at the APA 2010 Conference
2. Why Planners Should Use Twitter
3. Twitter Cheatsheet

This week, I’m at the NAEP conference in Atlanta, volunteering to teach environmental professionals about using Twitter. Unlike the APA conference where there was chatter on Twitter before the conference, Twitter was completely silent before the NAEP conference. So we’re going to try a different focus at the NAEP conference. Rather than talk to folks about using Twitter for their projects like we did at the APA conference, we’re going to focus on 4 specific NEPA projects (all environmental impact statements) that are using social media sites, like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

Below are 4 environmental impact statements (EISs) that all use different combinations of social media tools and have different administrative record policies. For example, one EIS only uses Twitter; another EIS is using 4 different social media sites. The EISs also range in administrative record policy–some EISs DON’T include comments via social media sites in the administrative record, and other EISs DO include comments via social media sites in the administrative record. Ideally, these 4 EISs demonstrate that there are a variety of social media tools being used and administrative record policies being implemented.

4 NEPA Projects (EISs) using Social Media Sites

Public Involvement Meeting for Loop 1604 EIS

Loop 1604 Project

FHWA, TxDOT, Alamo RMA
Description: improvements to Loop 1604 (37 miles) in Bexar County, Texas

Facebook: 360 people liked it
Flickr: 125 photos
Twitter: 69 followers
YouTube: 418 videos watched

Administrative Record Policy: “Comments made on these sites (Twitter, Facebook, Socializer, blogs), herein called ‘social media sites” will be not be included or evaluated as part of the ongoing Environmental Impact Statement decision-making process… These social media sites are available for and intended to encourage public dialogue about the project and are, as such, provided for outreach and informational purposes only.”

Rosemont Copper EIS

Rosemont Mining Project

US Forest Service
Description: mining and processing of copper, molybdenum, and silver ore in the Nogales Ranger District in Arizona

Twitter: 14 followers

Administrative Record Policy: “Forest Service would use Twitter™ for notification only – one-way communication, not dialogue”

I-95

Driving I-95

FHWA, NCDOT
Description: Improve I-95 in North Carolina

Facebook: 32 people liked it
Twitter: 26 followers
YouTube: 60 channel views (no project videos uploaded yet)

Administrative Record Policy: “All comments or posts made to Driving 95 accounts, walls, forums or pages are public, not private. This means that both the posts of the employee administrator and any feedback by other employees or non-employees, including citizens, will become part of the public record.”

Metro’s Westside Subway Extension

Metro’s Westside Subway Extension

Los Angeles Metro
Description: alternative analysis for subway extension

Facebook: 2,361 members

Administrative Record Policy: “Comments, questions and posts on our wall will become part of the official public comment record for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIS/EIR) currently in progress.”

Note: All participation counts are from April 21, 2010.

Handout for Easy Printing

In case it’s helpful, here’s a handout that Anthony designed that summarizes the 4 EISs, their social media participation counts and their administrative records policies:

NEPAProjects(EISs)UsingSocialMediaSitesHandout

You can provide this handout to the people in your organization that might have implemented Facebook or Twitter blocking policies. If you have been or are successful in reversing those policies, please share below how you did this.

Also, there are other environmental assessments and environmental impact statements out there using social media tools other than the 4 EISs listed above. If you know of any other EAs and EISs that should be included in this list, please leave a comment below.

Related posts:

1. 7 Projects Using Social Media for Public Involvement
2. 5 Reasons Why the AEC Industry is 2 years behind in Adopting Social Media
3. Say It To My Facebook: Using Social Media for Public Involvement

Resources and Info in this Blog Post

• Video of the 2010 APA Twitter Booth
• PowerPoint “Why Planners Should be on Twitter Today”
• Twitter Cheatsheet
• Tweets from the Conference: 999 Tweets with the hashtag #apa2010
• The Most Re-tweeted Tweet of the Conference & Winner of the “I’m big on Twitter” T-shirt

Video of the 2010 APA Twitter Booth

PowerPoint

Twitter Cheatsheet

Anthony designed this Twitter Cheatsheet for newbie tweeps (translation: people new to Twitter) based on questions at the American Planning Association’s 2010 conference in New Orleans.

Tweets from the Conference: 999 Tweets with the hashtag #apa2010

I used a tool called Archivest to export all of the APA2010 tweets and uploaded them here: List of Planning Tweets from the APA’s 2010 Conference. If anyone is interested in how I was able to convert these tweets from text to useful data, leave me a comment below, and I’ll write a quick blog post about how to export tweets using Archivest and Excel.

Tweets per Day from Planners using #apa2010 hashtag

The Most Re-tweeted Tweet of the Conference & Winner of the “I’m big on Twitter” T-shirt

@choltkamp

Congrats to @choltkamp. His #apa2010 tweet (below) was retweeted at least 6 times!

RT: @choltkamp Rent increase in suburban office park 2000 – 2007? 0% In mixed use walkable areas? 35 – 50% #apa2010

Related posts:

1. How to Export Tweets from Twitter to Excel
2. Why Planners Should Use Twitter
3. Twitter Cheatsheet

User Name	Tweet
gosner	Benfield at #APA2010 in NOLA-Contemplating Earth Day at 40, a journey from NIMBY to YIMBY – http://j.mp/bdqJpO
karenmathu	lessons and inspiration from New Orleans – Stepping up to the Challenge http://bayridgeconsulting.com/ #apa2010
emily_louise	Back in Brooklyn! NOLA is great–thanks #APA2010 for a good conference and excuse to visit a wonderful place. http://myloc.me/628YC
sr_spatial	@georgiamoon Thx! I didn’t know that On The Map v4 had been released. LEHD is an impressive project. #apa2010 #Census
Urbanpolicy	RT @urbandata: US population increases, but number of households falls by 1.2 million: http://ow.ly/1y3NL #APA2010 via @townsandcities
georgiamoon	@SR_spatial @antm @jacobenvstain #apa2010 here’s the new census map: http://lehd.did.census.gov/led/
sr_spatial	@georgiamoon @antm Do you mean this #Census web map? http://www.censushardtocountmaps.org #apa2010
jacutanz	RT @antm: @georgiamoon New census web map tools? Which tools? #apa2010
antm	@georgiamoon New census web map tools? Which tools? #apa2010
sentinel47	Hey, @antm and @cubitplanning: what app did you use for the Twitter comment screens at #APA2010? looked like a screensaver?
georgiamoon	@JacobEnvStain it’s something new that was being demoed at #apa2010. I can’t find my paper with the link and I can’t find it on that site!
georgiamoon	#apa2010 – does anyone have the link to the new census web map tools?
dgottrucker	My presentation @ #APA2010 is now posted to my LinkedIn file (search for Della Rucker). If you don’t used LinkedIn, send me a direct msg.
hollybirch	NEW from Earthscan/UN-HABITAT: State of the World’s Cities 2010/11 http://ow.ly/1yu4y. Save 20%! Use code APA10. #APA2010.
GrownInTheCity	RT @planning4health: On the urban ag mobile workshop…checking out Hope Farm on the west bank. #APA2010 http://twitpic.com/1f597o
cpmadera	RT @georgiamoon: Social Media Demographics: Who’s Using Which Sites? – #apa2010 people might want to check this out http://tumblr.com/x9f8lkssl
jcreinhardt	RT @planning4health: On the urban ag mobile workshop…checking out Hope Farm on the west bank. #APA2010 http://twitpic.com/1f597o
Maddz4planning	Winding down, absorbing and following up from #APA2010. Thanks @APA_Planning and the local NOLA host committee. See yall in Boston!
hollybirch	It’s not too late to save if you missed the Earthscan booth at #APA2010. Use code APA10 & save 20% off books thru 5/31. http://ow.ly/1yoaZ
sritoper	RT @georgiamoon: Social Media Demographics: Who’s Using Which Sites? – #apa2010 people might want to check this out http://tumblr.com/x9f8lkssl
sritoper	@rgoodspeed how did your session go on mon eve at #apa2010? i am sad that i missed out.
midori_sweet	Up and at ‘em in San Diego after inspiration and good times at #apa2010. Looking forward to staying connected with you all!
SwampTroll	RT @gosner: Adolfo Carrion at #APA2010: O gets the importance of planning http://bit.ly/bINFkW / regionalassembly.org come see Carrion speak
HoustonTomorrow	RT @urbanbydesign: New Orleans: Director of WH Office of Urban Affairs tells #APA2010 that Obama ‘gets’ the importance of city planning. http://bit.ly/cBTWZB
hcokim	RT @georgiamoon: Social Media Demographics: Who’s Using Which Sites? – #apa2010 people might want to check this out http://tumblr.com/x9f8lkssl
georgiamoon	Social Media Demographics: Who’s Using Which Sites? – #apa2010 people might want to check this out http://tumblr.com/x9f8lkssl
svrdesign	RT @gosner Adolfo Carrion at #APA2010: Obama ‘gets’ the importance of planning – http://bit.ly/bINFkW
mpopek	Top of left foot now in pain, in addition to 1/2″ blister on bottom. Ah well, it was worth it… #apa2010 was a lot of fun and informative.
rwoudstra	RT @gosner: Adolfo Carrion at #APA2010: Obama ‘gets’ the importance of planning – http://bit.ly/bINFkW
jacutanz	RT @gosner: Adolfo Carrion at #APA2010: Obama ‘gets’ the importance of planning – http://bit.ly/bINFkW
jacutanz	RT @SustCitiesInst: RT @urbanbydesign: Dir of WH Office of Urban Affairs tells #APA2010 that Obama ‘gets’ the importance of city planning. http://bit.ly/cBTWZB
gosner	Adolfo Carrion at #APA2010: Obama ‘gets’ the importance of planning – http://bit.ly/bINFkW
NathanBatch	RT @Cal_Plan: RT @urbanbydesign: Dir of WH Office of Urban Affairs tells #APA2010 that Obama ‘gets’ the importance of city planning. http://ow.ly/1y65Q
choltkamp	#apa2010 I’m guessing the email that I won the ipad that one company was giving away is in my junk mailbox, yeah, that’s gotta be it #not
Collabforge	RT @chetparsons: Wiki tools: www.wikipedia.com, www.futuremelbourne.com.au (sample wiki), www.pbworks.com, www.wikispaces.com #APA2010
DaleBowerman	@chetparsons Think you mean http://www.futuremelbourne.com.au #APA2010
kathlane	I’ll try to use Twitter more, especially after a great session on social networking for planners at #apa2010.
alew	This was my third trip to #NOLA – after a day of exploring many of its neighborhoods, it clearly remains my favorite Southern city. #apa2010
Cal_Plan	RT @urbanbydesign: Dir of WH Office of Urban Affairs tells #APA2010 that Obama ‘gets’ the importance of city planning. http://ow.ly/1y65Q
sentinel47	Now attempting to catch up on pic & vid tweets I didn’t post during #APA2010 in #NOLA
62743	#apa2010 opening keynote–I must of died and went to planner’s heaven! $ for regional planning–”holistic”–DOT/EPA/HUD coordination–wow!
62743	No one can do a city tour like a planner! #apa2010 orientation tour–surprised how deep & widespread NOLA is still scarred from Katrina.
urbandata	Director of @Whitehouse #UrbanPolicy tells #APA2010 that Obama ‘gets’ importance of planning: http://bit.ly/cBTWZB #cplan via @urbanbydesign
ChrisZeilinger	RT @Maddz4planning: Need to have good transit system to foster low income employment, need to consider weekend service and frequency at job centers #apa2010
sritoper	new orleans was well worth the trip for the #apa2010 – my favorite sessions were big cities & immigration, TIFs and sun’s pechakucha.
SustCitiesInst	RT @urbanbydesign: Dir of WH Office of Urban Affairs tells #APA2010 that Obama ‘gets’ the importance of city planning. http://bit.ly/cBTWZB
bernarducho	RT @urbandata: US population increases, but number of households falls by 1.2 million: http://ow.ly/1y3NL #demographics #APA2010 via @townsandcities
nyclq	RT @urbanbydesign: New Orleans: Director of WH Office of Urban Affairs tells #APA2010 that Obama ‘gets’ the importance of city planning. http://bit.ly/cBTWZB
urbanbydesign	New Orleans: Director of WH Office of Urban Affairs tells #APA2010 that Obama ‘gets’ the importance of city planning. http://bit.ly/cBTWZB
thetransitfan	RT @Maddz4planning: Interesting idea. Make developers pay for bike/ped trail to connect centers and then have the city take over the maintenance. #apa2010
KeithLFudge	RT @urbandata: US population increases, but number of households falls by 1.2 million: http://ow.ly/1y3NL #demographics #APA2010 via @townsandcities
urbandata	US population increases, but number of households falls by 1.2 million: http://ow.ly/1y3NL #demographics #APA2010 via @townsandcities
vidalfmarquez	Happy to have attended #APA2010 and meet wonderful and inspiring planners. Also had a fun time in nola.
midori_sweet	Fried food detox begins…but great trip to NOLA for #apa2010
chetparsons	Thanks NOLA, had a great time! #APA2010 (@ Gate 9) http://4sq.com/9HvLbL
adamrunner	Had a great #apa2010, met some very cool people. Alas, on the way back to #MHK to wrap up my career at #KSU. Keep the tweets coming!
shana_johnson	@antm Awesome meeting you and @cubitplanning at #APA2010. Let’s stay in touch!
angeladiane	congratulations to Mitch Silver who is President-Elect for the American Planning Association. I had fun #apa2010 and my mentor will do well
mhmcgrath	Main St program on the street #apa2010 http://bit.ly/d3nicT
mhmcgrath	Main St at #apa2010 http://bit.ly/cr7EG3
alew	So I think the small streets of old NOLA have the most potholes that I have seen in a US city. #apa2010
mhmcgrath	Last bus into the sunset at #apa2010 http://bit.ly/acCtEo
counti8	As luck would have it, the perfect session for the paper I just wrote was scheduled right before the closing keynote. #apa2010
the_juliest	Anyone find a lost wallet at the convention center? Name on ID would be Gerald Hunter. Is there lost + found? #apa2010
AndreDarmanin	@JamesRojas I’m surprised you’re not tweeting about #apa2010
PRCNO	We hope #APA2010 attendees have enjoyed our wonderful city and we hope you will visit again! #nola @plannerthon
plannerthon	#APA2010 has just wrapped with closing keynotes from WH Urban Affairs Dir Adolfo Carrion and NOLA Mayor-Elect Mitch Landrieu.
aaronbriggs	Great advice from the mayor elect of New Orleans to all planners at closing keynote of #APA2010: “This is not an intellectual exercise”
urbandata	Website on transportation, #landuse & connectivity research: http://ow.ly/1xfmh #APA2010 #cplan via @shana_johnson @transportdata
Cal_Plan	RT @transportgooru: RT @Maddz4planning: Developers pay for bike/ped trail to connect centers, then city takes over maint. #apa2010
mhmcgrath	“His Honor’ at #apa2010 http://bit.ly/bscpNq
antm	Headed back to Cubit HQ. Thanks to everyone at #APA2010 for a great conference experience. Keep up the great tweets!
PlanningRachel	Listening to Adolfo Carrion, jr. speak at #APA2010. Very inspiring. http://tweetphoto.com/18303143
RachelP13	Listening to Adolfo Carrion, jr. speak at #APA2010. Very inspiring. http://tweetphoto.com/18303143
DerekHeartsBLo	Smart planning does not have a party label. #apa2010
cpmadera	Great time in NOLA at the #apa2010 conference. But $4 bottle of water at MSY leaves a bitter taste in my mouth.
Cal_Plan	California has them too! RT @choltkamp: #apa2010 @pagetx NC has state guidelines for social media – might be worth checking out…
transportgooru	RT @Maddz4planning: Interesting idea. Make developers pay for bike/ped trail to connect centers and then have the city take over the maintenance. #apa2010
mhmcgrath	Closing speaker at #apa2010 http://bit.ly/aQ8gww
PlanningRachel	I think most people noticed that he just called Bruce, Brian. But everyone was polite and didn’t react too much #APA2010
rrmckay	www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx a LEED ND guide for jurisdictions. Check it out. #APA2010.
choltkamp	#apa2010 conference is over, great sessions, info, and new connections. Out to enjoy a Chamer of Commerce day in New Orleans!
Maddz4planning	Interesting idea. Make developers pay for bike/ped trail to connect centers and then have the city take over the maintenance. #apa2010
DerekHeartsBLo	Organize, Initiate, Prepare, Produce= steps to making a clear plan. Would have been helpful b4 turning in final projects! #apa2010
Maddz4planning	Curb bulbs, pedestrian scaled lighting, landscaping to subdivide open space, wide sidewalks etc. Design guidelines mill creek, wa. #apa2010
Maddz4planning	Policies are like a rock in the ground. They don’t do anything till picked up and thrown. They aren’t useful unless you USE them #APA2010
scottlecount	Idea: Amazing Race mobile session @ APA2011Boston using FourSquare #APA2010
georgiamoon	@aaronbriggs @chetparsons the media doesn’t necessarily auto-filter the loud, but it gives you a chance to hear some others #apa2010
eileencan	RT @Maddz4planning: Need to have good transit system to foster low income employment, need to consider weekend service and frequency at job centers #apa2010
Cal_Plan	Could planning be obsolete? How can planners adapt? Liveblog post on #endofplanning from @theplacematters http://ow.ly/1xVcg #APA2010
goexploretrans	RT @Maddz4planning: Need to have good transit system to foster low income employment, need to consider weekend service and frequency at job centers #apa2010
mhmcgrath	Saveourlake.org reaching the nation for New Orleans wetlands at #apa2010
Cal_Plan	Still following #APA2010 action on Tuesday? Check out @shana_johnson @chetparsons @Maddz4planning
Cal_Plan	And really more than SM – collab and public participation tools too! RT @Cal_Plan: Check out @chetparsons 4 social media sites! #APA2010
Cal_Plan	Check out @chetparsons tweets for social media sites for planners and more! #APA2010 #web2.0
aaronbriggs	@chetparsons True, and public meeting comments are biased toward the vocal people. Planners are used to filtering, its not new. #apa2010
chetparsons	Technology is biased towards those with means, but if you only get 3 people at a public mtg, it can only help. #APA2010
PlanningRachel	Summary of web 2.0 info for planner http://bit.ly/bRyZPQ #APA2010
sehinc	Mike Darrow presenting “Preserve Rural Character While Balancing Growth” at 10:30 (MCC R06) Stop by! #APA2010 http://bit.ly/cmIyro
sehinc	Bob Kost presenting “Making Suburban Corridors into Meaningful Public Spaces” at 10:30 (MCC 218/219) Stop by! #APA2010 http://bit.ly/aPvT70
DerekHeartsBLo	Congrats #buffalo UP on their award for student community outreach! #apa2010
informatics411	Smart hash –>RT @MITCoLab: FEEL THE SMALL CITY LOVE, FOLKS. rt @DerekHeartsBLo Btw, buffalo’s a great city. Don’t trash talk it. #apa2010
chetparsons	www.openmuni.org – best practices for actual municipal usage of technology #getonitnow #APA2010
chetparsons	Random tools: www.doodle.com (scheduling), www.doingtext.com (text collab), www.aviary.com (photo editor) #APA2010
chetparsons	Wiki tools: www.wikipedia.com, www.futuremelbourne.com (sample wiki), www.pbworks.com,www.wikispaces.com #APA2010
shana_johnson	APA VA is getting several awards today- including overall chapter achievement. #APA2010
chetparsons	Online Form tools: www.wufoo.com, Google docs, www.zohocreator.com #APA2010
shana_johnson	http://znl.me/P9A7DW Paul Farmer at the #APA2010 National Awards!
shana_johnson	Student awards are first up! A great group for student projects are being honored! #APA2010
chetparsons	Crowdsourcing tools: www.uservoice.com, www.ideascale.com, www.seeclickfix.com (community reporting) #APA2010
Maddz4planning	Need to have good transit system to foster low income employment, need to consider weekend service and frequency at job centers #apa2010
chetparsons	Mapping tools: www.batchgeo.com, www.finder.geocomments.com #APA2010
dgottrucker	Clinton Co OH went from loss of biggest empkoyer in 2008 to funding and strategy in>1 year. #APA2010
chetparsons	Sms tools: www.polleverywhere.com, textthemob.com, textmarks.com #coolbeans #APA2010
PlanningRachel	RT @shana_johnson: #APA2010 The Obama Administration is the most pro-planning Administration in half a century – Paul Farmer
PlanningRachel	Poll everywhere is a really cool live polling app #APA2010
shana_johnson	#APA2010 The Obama Administration is the most pro-planning Administration in half a century – Paul Farmer
chetparsons	Others to look at: sliderocket.com, prezi.com #APA2010
chetparsons	Web 2.0 apps to check out for planning: todaysmeet.com, veotag.com #APA2010
PlanningRachel	I’m here too RT @chetparsons: Web 2.0 in Planning seminar #APA2010
PlanningRachel	Impressed that I made it to my 9 o’clock session. #APA2010
Maddz4planning	Transportation project equity and environmental justice neighborhood ID with GIS. Wilmington area planning council good work! #APA2010
PlanningRachel	Hi #APA2010
shana_johnson	Paul Farmer- @APA_Planning has 43,000 members! The number of students enrolled in PAB programs is at an all time high. #APA2010
3gmobility	Congrats! RT @shana_johnson #APA2010 I just arrived at the APA National Awards. I am getting an award for the @APA_PlanningEDD blog.
MITCoLab	FEEL THE SMALL CITY LOVE, FOLKS. rt @DerekHeartsBLo Btw, buffalo’s a great city. Don’t trash talk it. #apa2010
shana_johnson	Paul Farmer — Economic environment has impacted APA. APA has seen a decline in revenue, but has planned well for it. #APA2010
chetparsons	Fastest growing segment on Facebook is the 55+ demographic #APA2010
chetparsons	Trends this year: mobile apps, cloud storage, transparency in data sharing #APA2010 #nicetoseeyoufederalgovernment
chetparsons	Web 2.0 in Planning seminar #APA2010
shana_johnson	@zalexander Lots of #APA2010 attendees have been talking about HBO’s Tremme. I’ve learned that NOLA has a pretty significant film industry.
shana_johnson	#APA2010 @APA_PlanningEDD is also getting a national award for elected position transition.
shana_johnson	#APA2010 I just arrived at the APA National Awards. I am getting an award for the @APA_PlanningEDD blog.
VinylSidingInfo	Thanks to all who visited VSI’s booth at APA’s 2010 National Planning Conference! – for next year’s show, see you in Boston! #APA2010
chetparsons	Tidbit from the law seminar – referenced NPR story abt 1st world countries buying ag land in africa to ensure food security #APA2010
rrmckay	At Cafe Du Monde then to law session. #APA2010
_neon_tiger	NOLA, it was sho’ ’nuff good while it lasted. Po’ boy breakfast sandwich on the way out. I’ll be back! #APA2010
alew	Full room for Ethics & Sustainability session … at 7:15am! – focus on Social Equity right now. #apa2010
austinhyker	Getting ready to pack it up and head back to TX. Thanks APA for great Conf #apa2010
claxton6	I am not pleased with this coffee. #apa2010
claxton6	@choltkamp I can catch you up on #imagineatx. #apa2010
mpopek	In other news: SUPERDOME! Good way to close out #apa2010. Then hopefully making the flight home on time.
chetparsons	Last day of #APA2010 (@ Ernest N. Morial Convention Center) http://4sq.com/5M3T3Z
counti8	Going to need ideas for New Orleans for tomorrow night… #apa2010
CDiLisio111	#APA2010 Checking out “Healthy Communities (Interest Group) Meeting – quotes of note!” on Food Systems Planning: http://ning.it/aWGVAe
Cal_Plan	RT @sentinel47: Issue of addressing Climate Change in our plans is at risk under political scrutiny (Sacramento, CA) #APA2010 #R04
Cal_Plan	RT @sentinel47: Sacramento Sustainability Planning incorps livibility factors: economy, health, quality of life (update annually) #APA2010
KeithJoesel	RT @HoustonTomorrow: Heather Wooten: good food policy – Establish 1 community garden for every 2500 households in an urban center (Actual Seattle code) #APA2010
DerekHeartsBLo	Btw, buffalo’s a great city. Don’t trash talk it. #apa2010
adamrunner	Hanging at the texas chapter reception, look for the badge! #apa2010
alew	‘Industries of the Mind’ = economic development theme for downtown NOLA = arts, digital media & bioscience – #apa2010
arkitect75	http://twitpic.com/1f7cc6 APA Sustainable Community meetup at Lucy’s #APA2010
trayou	RT @PlanningRachel: Denser develop creates local traffic which replaces thru traffic. Same amount better kind? That’s good. #APA2010 #S548
trayou	RT @choltkamp: #apa2010 $1 in rehab has more local impact than $1 in new bldg because rehab is more labor intensive and more $ stays local paying workers
trayou	RT @sentinel47: No property tax in typical Chinese municipality results in renting land to developers and banks for revenue #APA2010 #S532 #sprawl
antm	@sentinel47 we just left. Headed to cafe du mond for dessert. #APA2010
sentinel47	@antm where’s your APA crew? VA Chapter party done already, from what I hear; next stop student mixer or Bourbon street, not sure #APA2010
antm	We’re at the TX APA chapter party, y’all. #apa2010
shana_johnson	I’m at the APA Economic Development Division (@APA_PlanningEDD) business meeting. Great crowd! #APA2010
PlanningRachel	Just witnessed someone dumping dirty mop water into the street. That can’t be good. #APA2010 #Nola
antm	At Tx APA meetup. OH: westside story + Oklahoma + achy breaky heart. Starring mylie Cyrus #apa2010
pixellottery	RT @sentinel47: No property tax in typical Chinese municipality results in renting land to developers and banks for revenue #APA2010 #S532 #sprawl
pixellottery	RT @choltkamp: #apa2010 $1 in rehab has more local impact than $1 in new bldg because rehab is more labor intensive and more $ stays local paying workers
pixellottery	RT @PlanningRachel: Denser develop creates local traffic which replaces thru traffic. Same amount better kind? That’s good. #APA2010 #S548
PlanningRachel	Good PK but I’m on my way to the IN/OH/Ball State reception at the Acme Oyster House 7-9 #APA2010
theoverheadwire	RT @sentinel47: No property tax in typical Chinese municipality results in renting land to developers and banks for revenue #APA2010 #S532 #sprawl
theoverheadwire	RT @choltkamp: #apa2010 $1 in rehab has more local impact than $1 in new bldg because rehab is more labor intensive and more $ stays local paying workers
theoverheadwire	RT @PlanningRachel: Denser develop creates local traffic which replaces thru traffic. Same amount better kind? That’s good. #APA2010 #S548
georgiamoon	Social media conversation at #apa2010 is mostly about privacy and social rules online. What liabilities come with the use of social media?
PlanningRachel	Or to quote #NoDoubt, “We gotta find another way to make the world go round” #APA2010 #S548
PlanningRachel	#2 idea chaning the world = repurposing the suburbs. #APA2010 #S548
scottlecount	@alew great point! You were there? Did we meet? #apa2010
PlanningRachel	How do you do a McDonalds plaza? #APA2010 #S548
alew	Amazed at the number of bloggers + twitter users in this room (about 50%), tho first Q was ‘what is Twitter?’ #apa2010
LandPlanner	RT @chetparsons: By executive order, the GSA has to follow Federal siting guidelines and pay attention to walkability, transit, energy footprint #APA2010
PlanningRachel	Denser develop creates local traffic which replaces thru traffic. Same amount better kind? That’s good. #APA2010 #S548
PlanningRachel	That cartoon of people driving out to the suburbs from the city. Their kids are driving very different cars to get back in #APA2010 #S548
PlanningRachel	#APA2010 RT @GOOD: We live in an age when more humans have access to cellphones than clean toilets. http://nyti.ms/ccphXe (Via @ztf)
theplacematters	Thank you to everyone for attending #endofplanning at #apa2010! Read the liveblog post at http://bit.ly/dx5mi9
choltkamp	#apa2010 @pagetx North Carolina has posted state guidelines for social media – might be worth checking out in regards to open records, etc.
georgiamoon	Me too! RT @jasminmoore: Last session of the day: social media in planning #apa2010 http://myloc.me/5WkjJ
choltkamp	#apa2010 @ soc media session talking about stuff happening in Austin that I know nothing about Feel like a bad citizen, need to check it out
PlanningRachel	I’ll call it PK too since I don’t know how to pronounce it either. #S548 #APA2010
eforthesea	Sad to leave #apa2010 early but attended great talks on hazard mitigation today. We have much to learn from the Dutch.
alew	Ironic that the Social Media in Planning room has no technology of any kind – just tables and poster boards. #apa2010
HeyHeyUW	#apa2010 at the great american suburb pecha kucha presentation… Rock me planners!
PlanningRachel	RT @adamrunner: If we wear our #apa2010 badges to Bourbon Street tonight it’s a closing reception. I’m starting that campaign.
PlanningRachel	@cubitplanning @antm hi! I’m behind you at the pecha kucha #S548 #APA2010
awomanworks	Great mobile workshop today @ the #APA2010. Saw some of NOLA’s great streets and neighborhood.
adamrunner	If we wear our #apa2010 badges to Bourbon Street tonight it’s a closing reception. I’m starting that campaign.
choltkamp	#apa2010 is #APA_Planning following the #apa2010 hash tag?
inahmedwetrust	RT @sentinel47: http://twitvid.com/R97WT – #APA2010 Adam from DiamondTouch makes case that his multi-user interface dominates single-user competitors
jasminmoore	Last session of the day: social media in planning #apa2010
sentinel47	http://twitvid.com/R97WT – #APA2010 Adam from DiamondTouch makes case that his multi-user interface dominates single-user competitors
alew	New Orleans, and LA overall, has the highest native born (nativity) population rate in the US (twice that of AZ) – #apa2010
Ryan_Link	RT @APA_Virginia: APA_Virginia social tonight at Ernst’s in New Orleans (Lafayette and St. Charles) 5:30- #APA2010
APA_Virginia	APA_Virginia social tonight at Ernst’s in New Orleans (Lafayette and St. Charles) 5:30- #APA2010
emily_louise	On walking tour of nabes at #APA2010. Listening to local NIMBY residents with irrational fears re: density, bars and parking spaces.
bruinplanners	Follow ucla planning student @Maddz4planning for updates from the @APA_Planning conference in NOLA. #apa2010
DerekHeartsBLo	Check this glass blowing place! Employees are very informative about Nola! st James & magazine. #apa2010 http://tweetphoto.com/18212993
sentinel47	@DerekHeartsBLo student mixer 7-11pm; last I checked, @ Rusty Nail (1100 Constance St); someone said free pizza & flip cup #APA2010
antm	Live blogging by placematters for “is planning dead?” #APA2010 at http://j.mp/93SAPJ
bordercross	Brock of MidCity and Wise Words Community Gardens is an inspiring food entrepreneur and Permaculturalist. http://bit.ly/bz0Rwb. #APA2010
sentinel47	I’m putting myself on tweet moratorium until I finish writing this proposal! #APA2010 #overcommitted
theplacematters	Mary Means: is planning going to evolve fast enough? #endofplanning #APA2010
DerekHeartsBLo	Is there a student mixer tonight? #apa2010
PlanningRachel	panelists for #S801 not very diverse. Both from San Diego. Talking about PC members who are archs, LAs, env plnrs. None on my PC #APA2010
Maddz4planning	talking abt brain gain for nola post k. 20 somethings want to participate in recovery. city is “wealthier” -articifial inflation. #APA2010
dgottrucker	Sustainabilty session@ #apa2010. Is anyone thinking about sustainability beyond environmental issues? Important but not all that matters.
Maddz4planning	richard campenella showing cultural geography for nativity and race. nativity to new orleans and LA that ties nola neighborhoods. #apa2010
VickiCHABIN	Shana is busy Tweeting and sharing info on many topics being discussed at the #APA2010 RT @shana_johnson: Social Media in Planning Session
theplacematters	RT @theplacematters: Light snacks and great conversation over at #endofplanning (in the Marriot at Wolfe’s) #APA2010
PlanningRachel	#APA2010 RT @GOOD: Dublin’s bike sharing system might be “the most successful in the world”: http://shr.gd/9Q4yDd
the_juliest	Amtrak northeast corridor master plan session #apa2010
rrmckay	#APA2010: Beginning “Ethnicity, Religion, and New Orleans’s Development.” I love learning about this place.
theplacematters	Light snacks and great conversation over at #endofplanning (in the Marriot at Wolfe’s) #APA2010
rrmckay	#APA2010: Shana, becoming? I would argue it already is but maybe my perception is skewed a bit from the fairs and events this wknd.
counti8	“digital dashboards” in Energov also remind me of Vancouver’s development application public site: http://bit.ly/9fErmc #apa2010
ShrinkingCity	Great sessions @ #apa2010 on blight & sustainability. Learn more on the new Shrinking Cities site & blog http://shrinkingcities.ncr.vt.edu/
shana_johnson	New Orleans is becoming a “creative class” cool young persons mecca. #APA2010
sentinel47	Source of funding in CA for climate chnge mitigation: building permits – but we’re not issuing permits so there is none #APA2010 #R04
sentinel47	“All of us in CA are trying to find the last quarter in the couch.” — commenter #APA2010 #R04
sentinel47	Pending ballot measure in CA would suspend ALL climate change legislation (& enforcement?) until unemployment < 5.5% #APA2010 #R04
sentinel47	Issue of addressing Climate Change in our plans is at risk under political scrutiny (Sacramento, CA) #APA2010 #R04
sentinel47	Sacramento Sustainability Planning incorporates livibility factors: economy, health, quality of life (update annually) #APA2010 #R04
eclisham	If you have any $ left over from #apa2010, there are always Monocle’s wildly expensive posters: http://bit.ly/dhSuib, http://bit.ly/9ZCNkD.
shana_johnson	Ports grow in proportion with their overall transportation access and landside facilities. #APA2010
shana_johnson	#APA2010 Even govt facilities and officials don’t recognize TWIC, prefer to see driver’s licenses.
SassafrasGBDC	Just added a new discussion on American Planning Association #APA2010 http://tiny.cc/qm56d http://ning.it/9Pto3v
PlanningRachel	RT @eclisham: All y’all at #apa2010, you should check out @GOOD’s latest issue. All about neighborhoods. http://shr.gd/cYybaM. They totally get it.
counti8	@rgoodspeed this session reminds me of your post on planning + iPads. I notice Energov was hiring for an iphone dev. #apa2010
PlanningRachel	Can’t get the daily show interview with the mayor of Wasilla out of my head. Staff meeting and check signing day. #S209 #APA2010
eclisham	All y’all at #apa2010, you should check out @GOOD’s latest issue. All about neighborhoods. http://shr.gd/cYybaM. They totally get it.
eileencan	RT @shana_johnson: Social Media in Planning Session 5:30 MC211 with me @rgoodspeed @ryan_link @cowley11 #APA2010
Ryan_Link	Great thing about doing project video based outreach – great opportunity to get to know community-stuff you can’t learn in mtgs #apa2010
sentinel47	#APA2010 Important lesson learned from Chinese coastal development: develop strategic plan BEFORE physical plan #APA2010 #S532
Ryan_Link	I am here –RT @PlanningRachel-Talked about use of Soc Med for planning projects. Is anyone else in #S209 lights, cam, #APA2010
SassafrasGBDC	#APA2010 Join APA Sustainable Community Planning Interest Group facebook http://tiny.cc/i27kl + LinkedIn http://tiny.cc/uu614
counti8	@PlanningRachel Would love to hear summary of lights cam action session for participation in planning – we finished a film last wk. #apa2010
counti8	Hoping my session moves onto topics rel’d to the second half of title! Or it will happen after I have to bail for #endofplanning #apa2010
sentinel47	#APA2010 75% of Yangcheung, China’s original lakes/ wetlands are now agricultural and urban use #APA2010 #S532 #CoastalDevelopment
shana_johnson	#APA2010 Allen Gibbs of the Crescent River Pilot’s Association is entertaining us with jokes while we have tech issues.
PlanningRachel	Good presentation so far. Talked about use of Soc Med for planning projects. Is anyone else in #S209 lights, cam, plan tweeting? #APA2010
shana_johnson	Social Media in Planning Session 5:30 MC211 with me @rgoodspeed @ryan_link @cowley11 #APA2010
sentinel47	No property tax in typical Chinese municipality results in renting land to developers and banks for revenue #APA2010 #S532 #sprawl
choltkamp	RT @HoustonTomorrow: Heather Wooten: good food policy – Establish 1 community garden for every 2500 households in an urban center (Actual Seattle code) #APA2010
choltkamp	#apa2010 $1 in rehab has more local impact than $1 in new bldg because rehab is more labor intensive and more $ stays local paying workers
HoustonTomorrow	Heather Wooten: good food policy – Establish 1 community garden for every 2500 households in an urban center (Actual Seattle code) #APA2010
rrmckay	#APA2010: Sometimes the process of planning is more important than the plan itself.
PlanningRachel	RT @choltkamp: #apa2010 their definition of smaller and midsize towns is different from mine <500,000 is big to me
PlanningRachel	@counti8 who was spying on who? #APA2010
PlanningRachel	Meet people where they’re at. PTA, chamber mtngs, etc. People that we want to be a part of the convo don’t have time to come #S209 #APA2010
midori_sweet	I’m making beignets from scratch when I get back from New Orleans #apa2010. http://tweetphoto.com/18202344
choltkamp	#apa2010 when developing a plan try and avoid elections during the process if at all possible! Good idea, I’ve suffered from this myself.
rgoodspeed	Wolfe’s inside the conv ctr Marriot #APA2010 Does anyone know where the “End of Planning” Salon will be held at 4 today? @shana_Johnson
theplacematters	Salon at the Saloon 4pm today, Wolfe’s in the Marriott, across from the Convention Center (859 Convention Cntr Blvd) #endofplanning #APA2010
shana_johnson	#APA2010 Port of New Orleans is the nation’s oldest port.
rgoodspeed	Considering how enterprise GIS can support community based planning: so far, expert based tool based in private sector paradigms #apa2010
shana_johnson	#APA2010 At the “Future of the Port of New Orleans” session. It will be interesting to hear about the impact of the Panama Canal expansion.
adamrunner	Popped into #S519 on a whim–time to learn about Canadian mobility hubs and urban centres #apa2010
choltkamp	#apa2010 their definition of smaller and midsize towns is different from mine <500,000 is big to me
shana_johnson	#APA2010 Does anyone know where the “End of Planning” Salon will be held at 4 today? Thanks!
DerekHeartsBLo	Every planner, especially those from rust belt cities should be at plng 4 urb ag! #apa2010
counti8	Wow, the world of planning software is cutthroat. My workshop was the scene of spy action from a competitor’s software engineer. #apa2010
bordercross	“New Orleans has 32 different offices in city gov’t. No one is quite sure what they all do.” #APA2010
SassafrasGBDC	#APA2010 – Join us tonight from 6:30-9:30 at The Attic at Lucy’s for the Sustainable Community Planning Interest Group Launch Party! @APASCP
sentinel47	RT @bordercross: New Orleans’ 9th Ward has 1 supermarket per 65,000 residents. #APA2010
from_ian	Found some wifi in the building. #apa2010
claxton6	talk with @antm just now totally counts as #imagineatx outreach. #apa2010
SeanMoronski	Thanks to all at #APA2010 who chose to follow my tweets. Enjoy the rest of the Conference & #NOLA
sentinel47	Haha. Why must they be mutually exclusive? RT @gamecockhokie @sentinel47 Are you sure you’re at #APA2010 or a Twitter conference?
AlenaFrey	Going on the riverboat cruise tonght?check your email! Boat leaves at 7:00 instead of 7:30! Loading at 6:30. #apa2010
gamecockhokie	@sentinel47 Are you sure you’re at #APA2010 or a Twitter conference?
cruickshank	RT @eschor: Speaker at #APA2010 conf calls for planners to “fight” the “challenge” of HSR sharing track w/freight: http://bit.ly/cDXsxN
bordercross	New Orleans’ 9th Ward has 1 supermarket per 65,000 residents. #APA2010
theoverheadwire	RT @chetparsons: By executive order, the GSA has to follow Federal siting guidelines and pay attention to walkability, transit, energy footprint #APA2010
shana_johnson	RT: @planning4health On the urban ag mobile workshop…checking out Hope Farm on the west bank. #APA2010 http://twitpic.com/1f597o
theoverheadwire	RT @eschor: Speaker at #APA2010 conf calls for planners to “fight” the “challenge” of high-speed rail sharing track w/freight: http://bit.ly/cDXsxN
urbandata	Dependence: Autos -> oil -> foreign -> fiscal. Plus, how many 90 y/o do we want driving? -D Reuter #APA2010 #cplan via @sentinel47
planning4health	On the urban ag mobile workshop…checking out Hope Farm on the west bank. #APA2010 http://twitpic.com/1f597o
adamrunner	You should probably just check the #apa2010 stream–some good stuff flowing around in that particular tube of the internet.
chetparsons	See, this is why you can’t just stay in the convention center all day #coopedup #APA2010 http://tweetphoto.com/18197843
adamrunner	Everyone check out my new followers from #apa2010: @_neon_tiger, @JacobEnvStain, @sentinel47, and @shana_johnson
urbandata	Woonerfs work very well here in #AMS. RT #Cities must have #cplan that promotes free range kids #APA2010 via @YuriArtibise @HoustonTomorrow
mpopek	At the Twitter booth at #apa2010; glad to hear people are learning how to use it for planning – excellent. One more session today, methinks
mhmcgrath	Talkin’ Tweets at #apa2010 http://ow.ly/i/147a
sentinel47	Demo vid! Adam frm Diamond Touch explains why his product dominates: multi-user functionality (~1min) #APA2010 http://bit.ly/a0MS6z
Ryan_Link	RT @cowley11: #APA2010 Want to engage in a real discussion on social media (not just talking heads), join us 5:30 pm S809
YuriArtibise	RT @HoustonTomorrow: Tim Beatley: The cities of the future have to be designed and planned in ways that promote free-range kids. #APA2010
HilaryPerkins	Secret of Annoying Crowds Revealed http://is.gd/bpT3p #apa2010
APATPD	Secret of Annoying Crowds Revealed http://is.gd/bpT3p #apa2010
MCHeritageTours	RT @cubitplanning: #APA2010 Tweeps — please welcome @MCHeritageTours & @JoinNAVFAC to the conversation!
sentinel47	Demo vid! Adam frm Diamond Touch explains why DT technology (@htc) dominates its field: multi-user functionality (~1min) #APA2010
MCHeritageTours	Caught a useful session on conserving our Cultural Tourism. #apa2010
synchronouscity	@blackpoll_esri I’m not scared of #geodesign. The revolution will not be televised #apa2010
cowley11	#APA2010 Want to engage in a real discussion on social media (not just talking heads), join us 5:30 pm S809
sentinel47	ugh. lost in space. attempt 2 share Diamond Touch demo vid on @twitvid apparently lands somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle. #APA2010 #fail
inahmedwetrust	RT @sentinel47: FAVE’d! RT @cubitplanning #APA2010 Twitter Cheatsheet! Hard copy at the Twitter booth or download here: http://bit.ly/dtEBuS
blackpoll_esri	#Geodesign scares planners at #APA2010!!!
transpr	RT: @cubitplanning #APA2010 Twitter Cheatsheet! hard copy at the Twitter booth (exhibitor hall) or download here: http://bit.ly/dtEBuS
mhmcgrath	Better public meetings, how?? – serve oyster sandwiches from Cochon!! #apa2010 http://ow.ly/i/144z
rgoodspeed	Should we write DGs? Or set minimums @georgiamoon @PlanningRachel any suggestions of what to do instead of design guidelines?#s492 #apa2010
mhmcgrath	RT @dabfoto: Tim Beatley: The cities of the future have to be designed and planned in ways that promote free-range kids. #APA2010
jasminmoore	Lots of planners in line at Mother’s #apa2010 http://tweetphoto.com/18189381
dabfoto	Tim Beatley: The cities of the future have to be designed and planned in ways that promote free-range kids. #APA2010 (via @HoustonTomorrow)
sentinel47	FAVE’d! RT @cubitplanning #APA2010 Twitter Cheatsheet! Hard copy at the Twitter booth or download here: http://bit.ly/dtEBuS
antm	@sentinel47 Don’t give up hope! Keep tweeting! More tweets means more chances for a retweet! #apa2010
MoveSD	RT @Cal_Plan: RT @shana_johnson: #APA2010 S505 Transportation and logistics now 35 percent of US industrial activity.
MoveSD	RT @Cal_Plan: RT @chetparsons: Laurie Volk says the avg home size shrank by 300sf last year #census #APA2010
antm	RT @cubitplanning: #APA2010 Twitter Cheatsheet! Pick up a copy at the Twitter booth (exhibitor hall) or download it: http://bit.ly/dtEBuS
sentinel47	Think I’m out of the running RT @antm We’ve still got another “I’m big on twitter” t-shirt to give away to the.. most retweets! #apa2010
cubitplanning	#APA2010 Twitter Cheatsheet! Come pick up a hard copy at the Twitter booth (exhibitor hall) or download here: http://bit.ly/dtEBuS
adamrunner	@Ryan_Link not specifically, but some discussion of young planners’ familiarity with tech as a major strength in job compettion. #apa2010
georgiamoon	Waiting for lunch at mother’s along with most of #apa2010 http://myloc.me/5W2e6
antm	We’ve still got another “I’m big on twitter” t-shirt to give away to the tweeter with the most retweets! #apa2010
sentinel47	Safe travels, @SeanMoronski! Tweetup in Boston for #APA2011? #APA2010
PlanningJournal	Preview contents of Spring issue of Planning Comm’rs Journal: http://ow.ly/1xkzx #urbanplanning #apa2010
adamrunner	Hope! RT @alew: “We may not be advertising, but we are always looking for the right person” > re: private sector planning firms #apa2010
HilaryPerkins	@wyojeff: RT @alew: “We may not be advertising, but we are always looking for the right person” > re: private sector planning firms #apa2010
theplacematters	Ken Snyder of Placematters “Planning in the 21st Century?” Salon at the Saloon at Wolfe’s in New Orleans, 4pm today, #endofplanning #APA2010
SeanMoronski	#APA2010 over, good opp to gain new ideas in great city. till next time…
saralrussell	RT @Cal_Plan: HUD’s Poticha RT @chetparsons: Value of #transit means more than just time-savings – “We decided to be radical and apply the law” #APA2010
MBakerCorp	Baker Session at #apa2010 – Demystifying Floodplain Management Data (S551) Monday 5:30 – 6:45 PM MCC 222
adamrunner	Key thought from new planner roundtable–sell your passion #mccr09 #apa2010
eschor	Speaker at #APA2010 conf calls for planners to “fight” the “challenge” of high-speed rail sharing track w/freight: http://bit.ly/cDXsxN
choltkamp	#apa2010 can #realfood be a tool that keeps farmers on the urban fringe profitable and in farming rather than growing houses?
Cal_Plan	RT @chetparsons: In most neighborhoods residents now spend less than 1/5 of retail $ in local commercial districts #Dixon #APA2010
DerekHeartsBLo	Oooo another- it’s helpped dc that they have a mayor that’s not addicted to crack #apa2010
theoverheadwire	RT @Cal_Plan: HUD’s Poticha RT @chetparsons: Value of #transit means more than just time-savings – “We decided to be radical and apply the law” #APA2010
DerekHeartsBLo	Lots of gems from the pedestrian mall session- anyone driving downtown deserves to be caught in congestion #apa2010
planning4health	Join fellow members for a special convening – Healthy Communities Meeting tonight (6:30-7:30pm, Hilton Riverside, Jasperwood Room). #APA2010
DerekHeartsBLo	To quote, the innovate methods of public participation session made this conference worth it #apa2010
mhmcgrath	One-on-one for GIS at #apa2010 http://ow.ly/i/141f
chetparsons	In most neighborhoods residents now spend less than 1/5 of retail $ in local commercial districts #Dixon #APA2010
sentinel47	Fabulous interaction w @inahmedwetrust this morning! We had a great demo frm Adam at Diamond Touch & productive visit to NOAA booth #APA2010
JohnCShepard	@PlanningRachel You get in an Elevator right behind potential employer/client. U have 30 sec to give Ur Elevator Speech. Start NOW #APA2010
HoustonTomorrow	Tim Beatley: The cities of the future have to be designed and planned in ways that promote free-range kids. #APA2010
SeanMoronski	S507 Nonconformities (uses): great presentation using relevant examples, reinforces need for more flexibility #APA2010
urbandata	RT @Maddz4planning: 95% of future development in NYC governed towards #transit served areas. Zoning to preserve low density n’hoods #APA2010
PlanningRachel	@adamrunner what is an elevator speech? #APA2010
sentinel47	Sounds good, @eclisham. We’ll keep the brainstorms going! #APA2010
sentinel47	What happens if @cubitplanning and DiamondTouch (@htc) get together? Little cubic diamond babies? #APA2010 What do you think, Kristen?
shana_johnson	Interface Studio’s Scott Page is a great, funny speaker. I will def check out his firm’s site and work when I am back. #APA2010
adamrunner	On AICP: “Get prepared to invest in your career.” – Paul Ingram #mccr09 #apa2010
shana_johnson	1/2 of Philly’s industrial land in the transportation sector. #APA2010
georgiamoon	RT @Cal_Plan: RT @shana_johnson: #APA2010 S505 Transportation and logistics now 35 percent of US industrial activity. http://myloc.me/5VXaW
adamrunner	The most important thing you can do right now is develop your 30 second elevator speech. – michael davolio #mccr09 #apa2010
alew	AICP people generally have a 20% higher salary, esp in the private sector — tho probably not for academics like me… #apa2010
Ryan_Link	Kudos to @antm and @cubitplanning for great work informing & adding planners to the twitterverse at #APA2010 -give ‘em a shout out y’all!
shana_johnson	1 in 5 jobs in Philly is in the industrial sector. #APA2010
Maddz4planning	Go @Tfnola! Mentioned as a major advocacy group during TOD and streetcar session at #apa2010. The vision map made Jim amdals presentation.
rrmckay	#APA2010 Planning in Post Katrina was one of the success stories.
eclisham	@sentinel47 Not at #apa2010 but totally up for building a social media aspect to the profession. Following you so I can stay in the loop.
HotchenpotchKid	Don’t forget about PUBLIC open spaces in developing densely. #apa2010
Cal_Plan	RT @shana_johnson: #APA2010 S505 Transportation and logistics now 35 percent of US industrial activity.
Cal_Plan	RT @shana_johnson: #APA2010 S505 Is packed! The last 10 years has seen a big increase in interest in retaining urban industrial land.
shana_johnson	#APA2010 ICIC speaker now talking about cluster study for industrial activities. My master’s thesis was on the failure of cluster policy.
HotchenpotchKid	“Making the Case for Density” is where it’s at this morning at #apa2010.
chetparsons	To limit environmental impacts overall, we must increase them in some places via #KaidBenfield #APA2010 talking about density
PlanningRachel	#APA2010 RT @GOOD: Q: How is your community becoming more sustainable? (via David Williamson, Facebook Fan) #GOODasks
shana_johnson	#APA2010 Cities will draw industrial firms in 21st century, they should be the center for transport and biomed industrial activities.
rrmckay	#APA2010 – Post Katrina NO, how do you rebuild an entire city?
shana_johnson	#APA2010 S505 Transportation and logistics now 35 percent of US industrial activity.
HoustonTomorrow	Tim Beatley: We should design buildings to function like trees and cities like forests. There should be no waste in cities. #APA2010
adamrunner	Interesting discussion starting to jump off in the student and new planner career roundtable #mccr09 #apa2010
chetparsons	Liner Apartments in downtown Charlotte, NC. Public-private partnership infill project. #APA2010 http://tweetphoto.com/18180741
shana_johnson	#APA2010 S505 Is packed! The last 10 years has seen a big increase in interest in retaining urban industrial land.
jrhochanadel	RT @VinylSidingInfo: Before today’s over, stop by VSI’s booth (#425) at the APA National Planning Conference ! #APA2010
shana_johnson	#APA2010 S505 UPenn’s Prof Wolf-Powers: Industrial use isn’t just manufacturing!
Cal_Plan	RT @chetparsons: Laurie Volk says the avg home size shrank by 300sf last year #census #APA2010
chetparsons	22-24% of all home purchases are made by single women #Volk #APA2010 #ididnotknowthat
VinylSidingInfo	Before the day’s over, be sure to stop by VSI’s booth (#425) at the APA National Planning Conference – there’s been great traffic! #APA2010
chetparsons	Laurie Volk says the avg home size shrank by 300sf last year #census #APA2010
Cal_Plan	CPDR would love to hear from California tweeps at #APA2010 @bruinplanners @ciLAvia @CalPolyAPSA @APA_Orange Any others there?
georgiamoon	@PlanningRachel ah. Ok. The issue is investment. Cool, thanks! In a class but that sounded interesting. #apa2010 http://myloc.me/5VRal
PlanningRachel	The nonconformity session sounds like it will be perfect for me. Wonder if it will be basically from the recent ZP article #S507 #APA2010
Maddz4planning	Participation session was amazing. Someone said it made #apa2010. Energy in civic participation. Check out our school at blair grocery!
LydiaMihalik	Innovative approaches to public involvement! Best presentation of the entire conference! They set the bar high! Bravo! #APA2010
JohnCShepard	Lurking thru @APA_Planning National Conference in NoLa on #APA2010 hashtag.
shana_johnson	RT: @APA_PlanningEDD #APA2010 Come to our @APA_PlanningEDD Business Meeting at 6:30 for free drinks and hors d’oeuvres: http://ow.ly/1w4fo
SeanMoronski	S507 Nonconformities (uses)… Timely topic as evolving uses outpace static zoning codes #APA2010
Cal_Plan	HUD’s Poticha RT @chetparsons: Value of #transit means more than just time-savings – “We decided to be radical and apply the law” #APA2010
Cal_Plan	HUD’s Poticha RT @chetparsons: One of the top issues is removing barriers that get in the way of integrated planning investment #APA2010
Cal_Plan	Poticha (HUD) and Osborne (DOR) RT @chetparsons SRO/sitting in the aisles to hear from the Obama administration #APA2010 http://ow.ly/1xqd2
PlanningRachel	@choltkamp are you saying that as a citizen or a planning official? #APA2010
mhmcgrath	#apa2010 herd scene! http://ow.ly/i/13Xc
shana_johnson	#APA2010 Attendees: Come to our @APA_PlanningEDD Business Meeting tonight at 6:30 for free drinks and hors d’oeuvres: http://ow.ly/1w4g5
APA_PlanningEDD	#APA2010 Attendees: Come to our @APA_PlanningEDD Business Meeting tonight at 6:30 for free drinks and hors d’oeuvres: http://ow.ly/1w4fo
choltkamp	#apa2010 politicians need to be reminded they work for us not the other way around. Don’t let them take over the process and grandstand #r09
cubitplanning	@AlenaFrey Where can I get more info about 2nd Pecha Kucha session today? @Ryan_Link #APA2010
NextAmCity	#apa2010 last day to get 1/2 off subscriptions only $15 a year!!! Get a free back issue or t-shirt Booth 410 @nextamcty
PlanningRachel	@georgiamoon I think DG are good, but the city needs to be invested too so the developers know the city is committed #APA2010 #S492
cubitplanning	Heard #APA2010 Pecha Kucha session = AWESOME. Props @Ryan_Link. Would love a @CenTXAPA Pecha Kucha at the state conf! Thoughts?
alew	Concierges on Segways in Arlinton, VA _ #apa2010
cubitplanning	#APA2010 Tweeps — please welcome @MCHeritageTours & @JoinNAVFAC to the conversation!
georgiamoon	@PlanningRachel any suggestions of what to do instead of design guidelines? #s492 #apa2010 http://myloc.me/5VNsN
mhmcgrath	Community VIZ really helping do complex build-out scenarios at #apa2010
choltkamp	#apa2010 Blair Grocery School – working to end the food desert of the lower 9th ward. Hoping to sell #realfood to Whole Foods very cool
PlanningRachel	Why should we expect developers to follow design guidelines if the city can’t implement good street design? #S492 #APA2010
AlenaFrey	Seems like tweeps liked last nights pecha kucha session! A 2nd PK tonight in R05 at 5:30 pm. Don’t miss out! #apa2010
SeanMoronski	Plng thought of day: big conv ctrs way too much space, most cities invest too much public $ on white elephants #APA2010
DMPInc	RT @chetparsons: By executive order, the GSA has to follow Federal siting guidelines and pay attention to walkability, transit, energy footprint #APA2010
chetparsons	By executive order, the GSA has to follow Federal siting guidelines and pay attention to walkability, transit, energy footprint #APA2010
chetparsons	While it may be fun to laugh at people that don’t get the relationship bt housing and transportation, it is our job to teach them.#APA2010
alew	Culinary tourists spend twice as much per day in destinations than do tourists overall #apa2010
PlanningRachel	Finally made it to #S492 half hour late after broken flip flop and massive headache. Excited to learn about custom dsgn guidelines #APA2010
chetparsons	NOFA posted mid-May – get in the system now so you’re eligible. Looking for creativity /partnerships with focus on implementation #APA2010
chetparsons	Poticha – “The feedback we received from all different sectors was incredibly potent” #APA2010
chetparsons	HUD 100 million dollar regional planning grant awards for 2011 – amazing that they got approved for inclusion in the budget #APA2010
SeanMoronski	S492 customizing design guidelines: reinforcing change of direction to form based codes #APA2010
chetparsons	Value of transit means more than just time-savings – “We decided to be radical and apply the law” #APA2010
chetparsons	New pilot to allow CDBG to pair with transportation money, which is new for the Feds #beendoingitforyearslocally #APA2010
chetparsons	One of the top issues is removing barriers that get in the way of integrated planning investment #APA2010
chetparsons	Shelly Poticha from Office of Sustainable Communities speaking abt overlap bt housing, transportation, sustainability #APA2010
choltkamp	#apa2010 on the go implementation – pick some projects that can be done quickly and do them don’t wait until the plan is adopted!
MCHeritageTours	The Cultural Conservation in Louisiana was the best session I ever been too Singing, clapping and standing O’s! #apa2010
cowley11	#APA2010 Monday 5:30 pm, learn the latest innovations in social media and join a discussion on social media in planning
choltkamp	#apa2010 an abandoned newspaper dispenser turned into a planter. Very clever reuse of neighborhood blight
retrocycled	Standing room only for Beth Osborne of DOT and Shelley Poticha of HUD. Glad planners are engaging on federal issues! #apa2010
MBakerCorp	Baker Session on Social Media in Planning at #apa2010 (S809) Monday 5:30 – 6:45 PM MCC 211
chetparsons	SRO and sitting in the aisles to hear from the Obama administration #APA2010 #moreexcitedthanforthatlastguyin http://tweetphoto.com/18171894
sentinel47	Hey planners, is there an organized social media face of the APA? If not, want to start one? Brainstorms and barnstorms welcome. #APA2010
VinylSidingInfo	VSI at APA’s 2010 National Planning Conference in New Orleans! Come visit our booth to learn about the benefits of vinyl siding #APA2010
PlanningRachel	Running late for the 9 o’clock sessions due to a broken flip flop http://tweetphoto.com/18171333 #APA2010
chetparsons	Getting ready to hear about new Federal initiatives in planning #wherethemoneyiscomingfrom #APA2010
choltkamp	#apa2010 #r09 unconventional approaches to public involvement – cause let’s be honest the only people who show up are old white folks…
Ryan_Link	Great discussion at Technology Division Meeting this morning at #apa2010. How are you using technology to better the planning process?
Maddz4planning	Day 2 #APA2010 unconventional approaches to public involvement first and then streetcars and TOD for NOLA. Hope to see some @TfNOLA folks!
mhmcgrath	Hmmm! What is GIS at #apa2010? http://ow.ly/i/13Te
antm	Day 3 of showing planners how to use Twitter for personal branding, sales & marketing, and public involvement at #APA2010
thisbigcity	RT @Maddz4planning: 95% future development in NYC is governed towards transit served areas. Zoning to preserve low density neighborhoods. Good combo! #APA2010
choltkamp	Old man said to me at a town hall ‘Son, if planning worked, we’d all be speakin’ Russian’ I couldn’t really dispute that statement #APA2010
3dconnexion	Hear this all you city planners! RT @stephenzank: Wishing @3Dconnexion was here at #APA2010 Every city planner needs a SpaceNavigator!
retrocycled	I love that EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson just said: “I’m not gonna announce new taxes today… I’m not crazy.” #apa2010
mhmcgrath	GIS for Growth Planning getting underway at #apa2010 8:00 AM and excitement is running high – well, high for 8 AM! http://ow.ly/i/13QS
choltkamp	Can someone please explain why sessions started at 7:30 on Sunday and 9 today? Seems backwards to me…#apa2010
PlanningJournal	planners: 6 complimentary articles from Planning Comm’rs Journal to download; see: http://ow.ly/1xkwk #apa2010
chetparsons	Estimates are that NOLA population is roughly 340,000 compared to 450,000 pre-Katrina. Fill out your Census forms! #APA2010
chetparsons	Big lesson from Delta Urbanism Plenary – Topography DOES matter. Fascinating session. Bravo. #APA2010
claxton6	#APA2010 using health issues to engage low income communities of color: overtown men’s health study http://bit.ly/axxUJV
theplacematters	Planning innovator Michael Lauer of Planning Works in Salon at the Saloon lineup. “What is the future of planning?” #endofplanning #APA2010
claxton6	youth engagement from portland: http://www.portlandonline.com/mayor/2009-yir/education/Youth_Engagement_Manual.pdf (PDF) #apa2010
chetparsons	Learning about 7,000 years of Delta evolution in 30 minutes. My head hurts. #APA2010
plannerthon	Ready and waiting for Lisa Jackson plenary #APA2010
chetparsons	Car-free New Orleans interactive model #APA2010 http://tweetphoto.com/18163935
chetparsons	Listening to a little Broken Bells on the walk to #APA2010 this fine morning
chetparsons	RT good follow list! @Cal_Plan: Top #APA2010 Tweeps for Visual Stimulation: @cliLAvia @APA_Planning @adamrunner @CalPolyAPSA @chetparsons
thisbigcity	RT @choltkamp: Rent increase in suburban office park 2000 – 2007? 0% In mixed use walkable areas? 35 – 50% #apa2010
donmeltz	@HilaryPerkins Thanks I was able to add a few through #apa2010, but still have to filter out the politicians from the true planners.
jcreinhardt	Getting ready for Han Meyer, Richard Campanella, & Dale Morris speaking at APA’s Delta Urbanism Symposium MCC208/209 #apa2010 #water #delta
Ryan_Link	RT @scottlecount: #APA2010 who else went 2 Pecha Kucha session? Double-room,no standing room left.Few early exits. Is APA paying attention?
urbandata	RT: @choltkamp Rent increase in suburban office park 2000 – 2007? 0% In mixed use walkable areas? 35 – 50% #apa2010 via @shana_johnson
FeelABrand	RT @Ryan_Link: @FeelABrand Next Stop Design – excellent example of crodsourcing transit planning #apa2010
transportdata	Awesome site on transportation, #landuse & connectivity research: http://ow.ly/1xfmh #APA2010 #cplan via @shana_johnson
Cal_Plan	Sunday Top #APA2010 Tweeps for Visual Stimulation: @cliLAvia @APA_Planning @adamrunner @CalPolyAPSA (blogs with pics) @chetparsons
theoverheadwire	RT @Cal_Plan: Sunday Top #APA2010 Tweeps for Session Content: @sentinel47 @choltkamp @jasminmoore @chetparsons @SeanMoronski @Maddz4planning
Cal_Plan	Sunday Top #APA2010 Tweeps for Session Content: @sentinel47 @choltkamp @jasminmoore @chetparsons @SeanMoronski @Maddz4planning
HilaryPerkins	@DonMeltz HAHAHAHA! Ahem. Um, no. He’s not. Try following the #apa2010 hashtag for APA twits. #geoknurds
cowley11	Early Riser? Join the Technology Division Mon. 7 am in Trafalgar at the Hilton for breakfast and tech talk #APA2010
AlenaFrey	Heading to sleep. Another bright and early morning at #APA2010, I’ll be there around 5:45 am, wanna grab coffee?
shana_johnson	I’m having a great time hanging out with @planning4health! #APA2010.
awomanworks	My presentation at #apa2010 went well. Dinner at Emril’s was the perfect end to the day.
lewiscpi	RT @shana_johnson Looking forward to seeing it, shana — New APA Transportation Policy Guide will be out in about a month! #APA2010
hollybirch	RT @Earthscan: http://ow.ly/1s1RJ 2010 Natl Plan Conf 10-13 April 2010 New Orleans. Anyone going? Book discount for all attendees! #APA2010
antm	Stopped at Ruby fruit jungle in the middle of the vampire tour. #nola #apa2010
PlanningRachel	Just realized there aren’t many 7:30 sessions in the morning which is awesome. #APA2010
G_Mad	Thanks #APA2010 for bringing my old colleagues to my new home! Mississippi Chapter truly deserved the Service to Members award.
cubitplanning	Taking vampire tour! If I’m not at the #apa2010 conf tomorrow, bring crosses & garlic!
antm	We’re starting the vampire tour #APA2010 #nola
solarthermalmag	Most cost-competitive renewable energy (Mueller): biomass electric, biomass thermal, solar #APA2010 #S420 http://ow… http://ow.ly/172Lcs
gamecockhokie	You are taking over my home page @sentinel47. Non-stop updates from the #APA2010
Maddz4planning	RT @shana_johnson: APA Guide: Highways should be used as a component of a complete multimodal system. Eliminate min parking reqs. #APA2010
solarthermalmag	Most cost-competitive renewable energy (Mueller): biomass electric, biomass thermal, solar #APA2010 #S420 http://ow… http://ow.ly/172HlC
GreenGrowthCC	RT @Maddz4planning: 95% future development in NYC is governed towards transit served areas. #APA2010
antm	We’re def doing the vampire tour tonight! St. Louis cathedral at 8:30 #apa2010
vidalfmarquez	I enjoyed the tour as well RT @_neon_tiger: Latinos and Planning Division lunch and tour was awesome #APA2010
antm	At Mulattes with my Tx peeps #APA2010 http://yfrog.com/596v2j
georgiamoon	@rgoodspeed there’s wifi in some places, but not in the session rooms. tomorrow i will not carry a laptop around! #apa2010
scottlecount	#APA2010 who else went to the Pecha Kucha session? Double-room, no standing room left. Minimal early exits. Is the APA paying attention?
JacobEnvStain	Now set up to follow fellow planner tweets here at #APA2010. So will this prove to me that twitter is worthwhile?
TLUCourse	Numerous sessions at APA conference extol virtures of integrating transportation and land use to create vibrant communities #APA2010
_neon_tiger	Latinos and Planning Division lunch and tour was awesome! Got to see a lot of NOLA, some of it disturbing, but lots of potential. #APA2010
shana_johnson	RT: @theplacematters Planetizen blogger Rob Goodspeed joining Salon at the Saloon, Wolfe’s across from Convention Cntr, Mon at 4, #APA2010
sentinel47	GREAT idea for community participation: designated day for everyone to take pictures => make book, learn more than frm 300 pg doc! #APA2010
HoustonTomorrow	RT @shana_johnson: New APA Transportation Guide: Highways should be used as a component of a complete multimodal system. Eliminate min parking reqs. #APA2010
shana_johnson	New APA Transportation Policy Guide will be out in about a month! Can’t wait! #APA2010
shana_johnson	New APA Transportation Guide Policy Pillar: Flex, Focused Performance Driven funding. #APA2010
theplacematters	Planetizen blogger Rob Goodspeed joining Salon at the Saloon, Wolfe’s across from Convention Cntr, Mon at 4, #endofplanning #APA2010
sentinel47	“If we can’t change our behavior, the people we’re planning for won’t” – R Stanley #APA2010
shana_johnson	New APA Transportation Guide: Highways should be used as a component of a complete multimodal system. Eliminate min parking reqs. #APA2010
sentinel47	IDEA: use wordl to compare language visually in planning documents – R Stanley #APA2010
sentinel47	“Hi, I’m Rollin Stanley, and I can do my introduction better than you can.” #APA2010
solarthermalmag	Most cost-competitive renewable energy (Mueller): biomass electric, biomass thermal, solar #APA2010 #S420 http://ow… http://ow.ly/172H59
plannerthon	Pecha kucha at #apa2010 is pretty swell, and not just young folks doing them either.
sentinel47	“Speak honestly.” Advice for planners interacting w public & elected officials… -D Reuter #APA2010
WalkableDFW	Its gonna have to be RT @HoustonTomorrow: Marlene Gafrick: We felt Houston wasnt ready to discuss reduced parking requirements. #APA2010
sentinel47	“How many 90 year olds do we want driving?” -D Reuter re: transp planning #APA2010
sentinel47	Auto dependence -> oil dependence -> foreign dependence -> fiscal dependence — D Reuter #APA2010
HoustonTomorrow	Marlene Gafrick: We felt that Houston wasn’t quite ready to have a discussion of reduced parking requirements. #APA2010
sentinel47	Which comes first? Land use or transit? Put rail systen in place first, don’t wait for TOD. – D Reuter #APA2010
sentinel47	“Never follow two women from LA on a peccha kucha” – D Reuter #APA2010
sentinel47	There are more pot dispensaries than there are Starbucks in L.A. #APA2010
sentinel47	LA has over 300,000 small businesses, which is twice the national average #Apa2010
sentinel47	“I learned to drive in order to read Los Angeles in the original” #APA2010
sentinel47	“there is a space in the town center that sprays water [on the days it doesn't rain] so people know where they are.” #APA2010 #MCC208
BicyclingNate	RT @Maddz4planning: We don’t provide homes for homeless, but we have free parking homes for most city cars. -Todd littman, #APA2010
sentinel47	“THAT wasn’t 20 seconds!” – t. holzheimer during Public Relations/ peccha kucha session #APA2010 #MCC208
alew	20 slides per speaker, 20 seconds per slide … #apa2010
GO_DawnL	RT @UrbanCincy: RT @shana_johnson: RT: @jasminmoore US currently has enough single family detached housing stock for 2030. #apa2010
sentinel47	LOL… RT @antm OH: my super power is jumpin’ the check #apa2010
solarthermalmag	Most cost-competitive renewable energy (Mueller): biomass electric, biomass thermal, solar #APA2010 #S420 http://ow… http://ow.ly/172Ge5
counti8	Man, I wish I knew who’ll be submitting a proposal for TRB’s RFP to kick the tires on it FOR THEM as research. #apa2010
CNT_tweets	Maria Choca Urban speaking at #APA2010 #S608 at 5:30 PM today- She’s one of the panelist on “Levering High Speed Rail for Urban Planning.”
antm	OH: my super power is jumpin’ the check #apa2010
counti8	@matthewlaird Seriously fascinated by these capacity tools, but my read from preso: v planner-geeky. http://bit.ly/9rNIsy #apa2010
psav2010	Welcome APA to New Orleans #apa2010
urbancincy	RT @shana_johnson: RT: @jasminmoore US currently has enough single family detached housing stock for 2030. #apa2010
shana_johnson	RT: @jasminmoore US currently has enough single family detached housing stock for 2030. #apa2010
cicLAvia	Down Under the Crescent City Connection http://yfrog.com/b6hqidj #APA2010
Maddz4planning	95% future development in NYC is governed towards transit served areas. Zoning to preserve low density neighborhoods. Good combo! #APA2010
mmmjjj	Watching Dr. John rip it up on the piano here at a session on cultural conservation #APA2010
rgoodspeed	Looking forward to pecha kucha, 5:30 pm rm 208/209 #apa2010
counti8	In the last session, I held back giggles seeing pictures of YVR’s Granville St. in a (great) preso about future of Jersey City. #apa2010
counti8	Transportation planning web-based community engagement tools for visioning. Can’t wait to kick the tires on it w/ reliable ‘net. #apa2010
Ryan_Link	Come tweetup at the American Sector #apa2010 (@ The American Sector New Orleans) http://4sq.com/bjLj7k
antm	@PlanningRachel at least an hour! Some of us are gonna be at the pecha kucha. #APA2010
antm	#apa2010 tweetup at @WWIImuseum is happening right now! http://yfrog.com/28510qj
from_ian	Thanks Nick Spitzer, great interviewers drive great conversation. #apa2010
alew	“We are all artists — we just supress it to varying degrees” – this has meaning at so many different levels! – #apa2010
PlanningRachel	How long is the tweetup lasting? I’m obviously already late. #APA2010
adamrunner	Can’t make the tweetup at American Sector Restaraunt, I think that means we’ll have to tweetup later for drinks. #apa2010
alew	Good start to session on Planning Culture + the Arts – to me this is a too much overlooked part of sustainability – #apa2010
counti8	Tweeting thru roaming txt to say, lack of wifi at #apa2010 session rooms srsly crimping my style.
HoustonTomorrow	Harry Reed: In the past we had a land use plan & a mobility plan & the way we coordinated it all was we put them in the same book #APA2010
jcreinhardt	Thanks to John Rahaim & Derek Hoefferlin for a great session on urban design and delta urbanism. Cities of threat but opportunity! #apa2010
solarthermalmag	Most cost-competitive renewable energy (Mueller): biomass electric, biomass thermal, solar #APA2010 #S420 http://ow… http://ow.ly/172Fh8
Maddz4planning	The biggest hurdle towards implementing new policies in urban planning is politics. -nathan cherry #apa2010. Anyone disagree?
sentinel47	@choltkamp American Sector Restaurant (judging by tweets, you prob got that already!) #APA2010
johnmvaldez	RT @PlanningJournal: Couldn’t make it to #apa2010, but check out our listing of hundreds of posts on PlannersWeb since ‘08: http://ow.ly/1w3jH
HotchenpotchKid	Anyone else traumatized (in a good way) by Partnering for Successful Nbrhd Redev session at #apa2010? Bravo.
PlanningJournal	Couldn’t make it to #apa2010, but check out our listing of hundreds of posts on PlannersWeb since ‘08: http://ow.ly/1w3jH
sentinel47	TWEETUP! Get there (American Sector Restaurant) #APA2010
choltkamp	#apa2010 heading to my first ever tweet up at American Sector. Who’d've thunk it?
antm	TWEETUP at American Sector Restaurant just down the street off Andrew Higgins & Magazine in WWII Museum #APA2010. We’re heading there now!
shana_johnson	RT: @cowley11 Following #APA2010. Learn innovative uses of this tool, as well as the challenges Monday 5:30 pm Social Media in Planning
cowley11	Following #APA2010 on Twitter. Learn innovative uses of this tool, as well as the challenges Monday 5:30 pm Social Media in Planning
DMPInc	RT @choltkamp: Rent increase in suburban office park 2000 – 2007? 0% In mixed use walkable areas? 35 – 50% #apa2010
sentinel47	Great tool for Transp Plng RT @cowley11 Learn more about choosing the right tech tool http://www.choosingviz.org #APA2010
CalPolyAPSA	Shooting in NOLA last nite?! Pres Jimmy says all is fine in his blog http://cppapsa.wordpress.com/2010/04/11/safety-still-an-issue #APA2010
DMPInc	RT @choltkamp: Generational housing bubble – key trend to explore, aging population becomes home sellers not buyers adding to housing glut #apa2010
rgoodspeed	RT @cowley11: Techn Division sponsored a great session today at #APA2010. Learn more about choosing the right tech tool http://www.choosingviz.org
sentinel47	Wow: hopefully a wake-up call? RT @jasminmoore US currently has enough single family detached housing stock for 2030. #apa2010
cowley11	Techn Division sponsored a great session today at #APA2010. Learn more about choosing the right tech tool http://www.choosingviz.org
eforthesea	Enjoyed learning about natural resource protection zoning- so important to get the community involved #apa2010
jasminmoore	US currently has enough single family detached housing stock for 2030. #apa2010
cowley11	Technology Division sponsored a great session today at #APA2010. Learn more about this great project http://www.nextstopdesign.com
sentinel47	@antm sounds great (I confess I harbor a distrust against “instant coffee” – is it good?) …might not make it before tweetup. #APA2010
cowley11	Learn about #SNAPPATX at #APA2010 Monday 5:45 pm in session on Social Media in Planning
jasminmoore	Attracting & retaining talent is biggest factor underlying economic success. 25-35 yr/olds 33% more likely to live urban #apa2010
mpopek	Finished a session on making suburbs competitive at #apa2010; beginning to sense some overall themes here.
shana_johnson	S455 Transportation&Community Form, discussing Jersey City’s intermodal freight and passenger transport history, awesome slides. #APA2010
SeanMoronski	S453 Mkng Suburbs Sustainable reality market based planning, kudos to #DublinOH & #GoodyClancy. #APA2010
antm	@sentinel47 we have some instant starbucks VIA if you have some hot water. #apa2010
georgiamoon	@choltkamp thanks! #apa2010 good, useful statistic. What location were the discussing? http://myloc.me/5TUKa
APA_Orange	RT @CalPolyAPSA: Check APSA Pres Jimmy’s photoblog at the Nat’l Conference http://bit.ly/9Ap1dc #APA2010
thinkSMARTplan	RT: @sentinel47 This is a QUALITY map! NOLA Food Guide for fab restaurant recs (http://tinyurl.com/neworleansfoodsystem ) #APA2010
chetparsons	Bart Everson from Friends of Lafitte talking about history of the corridor and rail-trail conversion #APA2010 http://tweetphoto.com/18089483
sentinel47	starting to fade. brain on overload. need. more. caffeine. #APA2010 #stuckinside #starbucks
meekadjustments	RT @Maddz4planning: We don’t provide homes for homeless, but we have free parking homes for most city cars. -Todd littman, #APA2010
thinkSMARTplan	RT: @choltkamp Rent increase in suburban office park 2000 – 2007? 0% In mixed use walkable areas? 35 – 50% #apa2010
choltkamp	@georgiamoon making suburbs sustainable Louisiane ballroom #apa2010
sentinel47	This is a QUALITY map! RT @planning4health NOLA Food Guide for fab restaurant recs (http://tinyurl.com/neworleansfoodsystem ) #APA2010
mhmcgrath	Crossing the goal line (mime) at Jackson Sq. #apa2010 http://ow.ly/i/13mr
planning4health	Check out Google Maps of NOLA Food Guide for fab restaurant recs (http://tinyurl.com/neworleansfoodsystem) – esp Couchon & Luke. #APA2010
georgiamoon	RT @choltkamp: Rent increase in suburban office park 2000 – 2007? 0% In mixed use walkable areas? 35 – 50% #apa2010 http://myloc.me/5TUmX
solarthermalmag	Most cost-competitive renewable energy (Mueller): biomass electric, biomass thermal, solar #APA2010 #S420 http://ow… http://ow.ly/172Edq
shana_johnson	RT: @choltkamp Rent increase in suburban office park 2000 – 2007? 0% In mixed use walkable areas? 35 – 50% #apa2010
shana_johnson	RT: @planning4health Check out new blog post about the Food Systems Planning Reception & Film Screening at http://ning.it/baraAH. #APA2010
planning4health	Check out new blog post about the Food Systems Planning Reception & Film Screening at http://ning.it/baraAH. #APA2010
chetparsons	At Broad and Lafitte with the crew and talking about pugilism, road diets, and social clubs #APA2010 http://tweetphoto.com/18087666
scottlecount	@antm boo – can’t make it! CM credits to earn! #APA2010
sentinel47	Thanks for the follow @Gunstar_Hero. Will you be at the tweetup? #APA2010
scottlecount	RT @cubitplanning: We have another “I’m big on Twitter” tshirt to give away! It’ll go to the person with the most retweets during #APA2010.
Gunstar_Hero	Good meeting @cubitplanning at #apa2010 … Too bad cell reception is awful in here
choltkamp	Rent increase in suburban office park 2000 – 2007? 0% In mixed use walkable areas? 35 – 50% #apa2010
antm	RT @cubitplanning: We have another “I’m big on Twitter” tshirt to give away! It’ll go to the person with the most retweets during #APA2010.
choltkamp	Generational housing bubble – key trend to explore, aging population becomes home sellers not buyers adding to housing glut #apa2010
sentinel47	Had a great chat w @Ryan_Link and @cubitplanning about unknown redundancy among organizations wrking on Climate Change Adaptation #APA2010
antm	I do have to give credit to #NOLA resident @andrewnelson for recommending @cochonbutcher #apa2010 http://twitpic.com/1exizd
sentinel47	Palm Pre users (@antm pass this on next time someone asks for a Tweety alternative): free mobile Twitter App that works! Spaz.com #APA2010
psav2010	Don’t forget to upload your talks in Speaker Preview room R01 #apa2010
SassafrasGBDC	Packed house at the planning for street food vendors at #apa2010. #LA, #Cleveland and #Portland are represented
Ryan_Link	RT @cowley11: Join the Technology Division Mon. 7 am in Trafalgar at the Hilton for breakfast and tech talk #APA2010
dgottrucker	People @ #APA2010 session this AM seemed to really get importance of the #Wise Economy approach- ready for sustanable econ dev. Woo Hoo!
MBakerCorp	Baker’s Erik Balsley presents poster on remapping flood hazards-San Joaquin Rvr Basin-APA National Conference http://ow.ly/i/13l0 #apa2010
rgoodspeed	RT @cowley11: Join the Technology Division Mon. 7 am in Trafalgar at the Hilton for breakfast and tech talk #APA2010
thinkSMARTplan	Safe routes to school 218-19..great! #APA2010
dgottrucker	Over 200 people came to my session on sustainable econ dev this AM @ #APA2010. Amazing-most stayed! Thank u 2 all who came & stayed 2 talk!
antm	@sentinel47 I had the bacon melt. It was amazing. Thx tweeps for the recommendation! #apa2010 #NOLA
mhmcgrath	Bontemps rouler! At #apa2010 http://ow.ly/i/13kL
HotchenpotchKid	Next time youre w a climate change nonbeliever, replay M. Davidson’s “Federal Partnerships & Sustainable Communities” presentation. #apa2010
psav2010	Virtual session for Friday & Saturday are now on SALE at the Virtual Session Booth #apa2010
devonmcg	hanging out @ the merchandise table #nola #apa2010
choltkamp	Playing Grateful Dead before the session, Pretty sure it’ll be a good one based on that #APA2010
cowley11	Join the Technology Division Mon. 7 am in Trafalgar at the Hilton for breakfast and tech talk #APA2010
psav2010	visit R01 or the Virtual Sessions Booth in Hall A lobby to purchase your APA Session rooms recordings.#apa2010
HotchenpotchKid	Partook of some alligator meat at a no-name bar. Will debate the ethics of this internally later. #apa2010… http://tumblr.com/x8j8hv6p2
sentinel47	So… The planning session everyone was raving about this morning? @DonaldShoup on Parking (who, apparently is on Twitter!) #APA2010
sentinel47	7-minute vid explaining how homebuilt wind turbine creates usable electrical power. (via @energysavingtip) http://bit.ly/aDtXJx #APA2010
chetparsons	Learning about Providence Community Housing on the Lafitte Corridor #APA2010 http://tweetphoto.com/18082283
jasminmoore	What once was a canopy of Oak Trees is now a canopy of interstate. -Trans, Race & Urban Design Tour of I-10 #apa2010
jasminmoore	“The interstate (I-10) doesn’t serve this community at all”- Mr. Charbonnet, business owner & resident #apa2010
tvanky	RT @currysmith: Welcome to #NOLA, all #apa2010 attendees.
jasminmoore	Just returned from Trans, Race & Urban Design tour of Treme. There is talk of closing I-10 to restore the community. #apa2010
the_juliest	Seeking good suburban affordable housing case studies… #apa2010
sentinel47	Heard @antm had lunch at Cochon/Butcher — Gambino and marinated brussel sprouts for me yesterday; what did you get? #APA2010 #goodlunch
choltkamp	Some cool CenTX folks at the tweet table at #APA2010, cool example of building a business with social media! @pagetx need to introduce
solarthermalmag	Most cost-competitive renewable energy (Mueller): biomass electric, biomass thermal, solar #APA2010 #S420 http://ow… http://ow.ly/172D5y
Maddz4planning	Comprehensive zoning reform, DC, philli and baltimore. Asked abt groups possibly left out of process, “its a challenge” #APA2010
PlanningRachel	“Death is bad. You get bad press” – David fields #APA2010 #S441
DerekHeartsBLo	Hopes that all planners actively engage youth in their efforts. Innovative methods learned from Jack Nasar today #apa2010
shana_johnson	h-gac.com/livablecenters – awesome site + transportation land use connectivity research. #APA2010
shana_johnson	RT: @NextAmCity Hey #apa2010 @nextamcty fans stop by our booth @ 410 and get a sweet t-shirt, flash this tweet for $5 off
chetparsons	Daniel, our fearless leader, Basin St Station, and bike repair. Nice. #APA2010 http://tweetphoto.com/18078793
thinkSMARTplan	Unethical isn’t always illegal #aPa2010
inahmedwetrust	Margaret Davidson from NOAA combines amazing information with the comic timing of George Carlin. #apa2010 should give her a free tshirt
georgiamoon	RT @PlanningRachel: “I wanna walk by a Rite-Aid and not have it be a soul killing machine.” – Neal I. Payton #APA2010 #S441
mhmcgrath	New Orleans Public Belt pulls out of Convention Ctr at #apa2010 http://ow.ly/i/13j0
PlanningRachel	“I wanna walk by a Rite-Aid and not have it be a soul killing machine.” – Neal I. Payton #APA2010 #S441
mhmcgrath	Detraining at #apa2010 http://ow.ly/i/13iU
PlanningRachel	Trucks can’t reverse into a space? They must not be military drivers. They need to be ready to roll out #APA2010 #S441
adamrunner	Utterly aesthetically confused by the riverwalk here in #NOLA. #apa2010
solarthermalmag	Most cost-competitive renewable energy (Mueller): biomass electric, biomass thermal, solar #APA2010 #S420 http://ow… http://ow.ly/172Axf
chetparsons	Lafitte Corridor crew #APA2010 http://tweetphoto.com/18075005
thinkSMARTplan	Aren’t gifts always a bribe? Haha #APA2010
antm	Lunch mission accomplished at Cochon/Butcher! #APA2010 #nola http://yfrog.com/jq6r7rj
NextAmCity	Hey #apa2010 @nextamcty fans stop by our booth @ 410 and get a sweet t-shirt, flash this tweet for $5 off

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Check out the Twitter @ TAEP2010 video on YouTube.   Anthony and I had a great time showing Twitter off to environmental professionals.

At the conference, the majority of people who we talked to had heard of Twitter, but less than 5% knew what Twitter was.  Most people thought Twitter was the same as Facebook.  So if you’re not sure what Twitter is, you are not alone.  If you want to learn more about Twitter, check out the blog post “Why Planners Should Use Twitter.”

My favorite Twitter moment of the TAEP conference was when my new friend Bill sent out a tweet on my account (@cubitplanning). Within minutes of his tweet, one of my followers asked him question in response.  So I got to chase Bill down and bring him back to the Twitter table to reply.  It was a perfect demonstration of how Twitter results in conversations.  I wish I could claim that I planned it!

On the board behind our Twitter table, we provided 3 reasons why environmental professionals should use Twitter.  While there are many great reasons to tweet, here are the 3 reasons that we focused on:
1. Meet People
2. Find/Fill Jobs
3. 2 Volunteers to Help You Get Started

So a big thank you goes out to the TAEP Conference Planning Committee, especially Leslie Yoo of Perennial Environmental (@lyoo5) and Shannon Tyrell of ALS Laboratory Group. Thanks to Ryan Link of Michael Baker (@Ryan_Link), who had the original idea for a volunteer Twitter table at conferences.  And a huge thank you to all of the curious environmental professionals who let Anthony and I share our passion for Twitter and using social media for business last Thursday.

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So are we crazy for using Twitter as part of our business marketing?  Or are you an environmental professional and have questions about Twitter?  You should leave me a comment below.

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The NASA Twitter Bird. Even NASA uses social media websites.

Ryan Link, a Planner with Michael Baker Jr. Inc’s (Baker) Richmond, Virginia office, got hooked on social media over a year ago when working with the non-profit Athletes for a Cure.  He immediately made the connection that sites such as Twitter and Facebook could increase public engagement, involvement and outreach for NEPA and just about any planning project.

Recently, Baker has had the opportunity to use these social media sites for the Loop 1604 EIS in San Antonio, TX.  The Alamo Regional Mobility Authority (ARMA) is undergoing a 3 year environmental study for Loop 1604 around San Antonio, Texas.  In addition to traditional public involvement and outreach like a “More for 1604” website and public meetings, Baker and the Alamo RMA are using 4 popular social media sites to communicate about the EIS: Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and YouTube.  Below is a little more information about these sites and how they are being used by Baker and the Alamo RMA to increase engagement during public involvement for the Loop 1604 EIS project.

Facebook is the most popular social networking site in the world, boasting 300 million users. Users stay current with friends and colleagues via messages, status updates, blog posts and photo galleries.  Facebook provides one of the most efficient and free services to stay current in your social world and in the outside world.

The “More for 1604” page Facebook page invites visitors to “Become a Fan”, and join 257 other fans. The “About Me” section tells me that the purpose of the Facebook page is to enhance communication in the community and to make their EIS process transparent.

Scrolling down the news feed, I can find pictures of the meetings or submit my own photos. Status updates include invites to submit articles, blogs, and editorials about the Loop. There are polls and “Questions of the Week”, one of which was “What are your to 3 reasons for using Loop 1604?” The page also cross-references their Twitter page.

Twitter is another successful free social networking site that provides a mini-blogging service. Users set up profiles, add “followers,” and then send messages to their followers. The 140-character mass messages to followers, called “tweets,” vary in purpose: announcements, questions, answers. Tweets can be passed along (”re-tweets”) and replied to creating distributed conversations.

The More for 1604 Twitter page gives their bio as, “The latest on the Loop 1604 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).” The project has 36 tweeps or Tweeter followers as of today.  A recent tweet, from only a few hours ago, gives a link to some materials that will be available at an upcoming meeting:

All Loop 1604 Public Scoping meeting materials can be found  at http://bit.ly/4C1N2I Comments will be accepted… http://bit.ly/qEYZL4:12 AM Oct 29th from Facebook

Flickr is a free picture-sharing website, on which users sign up, upload pictures, and share them in a “photostream”. “Geo-tagged” photos may be displayed on a map. Flickr users have the ability to comment on photos, bookmark them and share with others.

Public Scoping Meeting from More for 1604 Flickr website

The More for 1604 photostream on Flickr displays a large grid with 38 photos of recent public meetings and the project study area. Unlike Twitter and Facebook, this website does not provide links to their website or any other social media site. Poking around, I find that the account has only been set up in August 2009, so time will most likely bring a more developed site.

YouTube is another extremely popular website that enables users to upload and share videos. Again, you can create a profile, upload your videos, and others can save them as favorites, comment on them and share them.

The More for 1604 Videos page encourages community participation.  It displays a video screen with a 19-second clip of a recent public scoping meeting with 22 views as of today.

On the right side, there are more videos of the scoping meetings, showing more interactions with the public, as well as videos of the current traffic conditions of Loop 1604. I scroll down, and there is their profile, showing the number of channels and videos watched, as well as subscribers.  The most popular video on the site has over 70 views.

So, Is It Working?

Ryan Link

Link is pleased with the follower and fan counts for the different sites.  Residents seem to be using social media to stay informed about the project.  Link hopes that residents will use social media channels to communicate and engage with the project team more in the future.

Administrative Record

It is interesting to note that none of the comments made using these methods will be included in the administrative record.  Recent discussion about this controversial subject on the Re: NEPA website debates whether the the public discourse contained in such media outlets should be considered for the administrative record.  The Federal Highway Administraion (FHWA) is still working on an official policy to address the use of social media in the EIS process.  Hopefully, FHWA and other government agencies will expand their public involvement guidance to address social media in the near future.

But for now, The More for 1604 website provides a disclaimer on “usage of social media websites and tools”:

“Comments made on these sites (Twitter, Facebook, Socializer, blogs), herein called ‘social media sites’ will be not be included or evaluated as part of the ongoing Environmental Impact Statement decision-making process… These social networking tools are only intended to encourage public dialogue about the project.”

This statement means that these comments will not be recorded or officially included in the administrative record for the EIS. Only the traditional ways like calling their hotline, sending an email, or submitting a comment at a meeting or at their office, will provide official documentation of the public’s thoughts and input.

HELPFUL RESOURCES PROVIDED BY ALAMO RMA

• Social Media Training Guides: One for Facebook, one for Twitter, and one for Flickr.  Each guide give links to how to get started with these sites, how to set up accounts and how to use them.

• Are You In the Loop?: A small tutorial about these social media sites for those unaware of what they are and how they can be useful. Click on “Social Media 101 Classroom: Handouts” and download the .pdf.

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