If properly designed, HSR can be a catalyst for improved urban environments by organizing growth in a more compact and less automobile-centered manner. California's greenhouse gas legislation, AB 32 and SB 375, creates incentives for infill development and greater transit orientation. However, to date there is no guarantee that the local governments that control development around the 26 stations will embrace dense development near rail stations, be able to provide the local transportation services that will produce a seamless door to door trip with HSR its centerpiece. This panel will explore the opportunities and challenges of inciting local land-use decisions that encourage compact and transit-dense urban environments, which can both enable HSR to meet its full potential and provide benefits of social capital and quality of life on their own terms. Moderator: Robert Cervero Professor of City & Regional Planning; Director, University of California Transportation Center; Director, Institute of Urban & Regional Development (IURD) UC Berkeley "HRS Transport Oriented Development: Walkable and Livable Communities" Stuart Cohen: Co-founder and Executive Director, TransForm "HSR Development and the Economic Opportunities of Compact Development for Northern California" Egon Terplan: Regional Planning Director, San Francisco Planning + Urban Research Association - SPUR "HSR Development, Land Use and Business Location" Karen Chapple: Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning; Faculty Director, Center for Community Innovation; Acting Director, Institute for Research on Labor & Employment; Associate Director, Institute for Urban and Regional Development, UC Berkeley "Impact of HSR Stations on Local Development - A Delphi Survey" Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Professor of Urban Planning; Associate Dean of the School of Public Affairs, Meyer and Renee Luskin School of Public Affairs, UCLA

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