The Summit for American Prosperity, June 11-12, 2008
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This session explored a new plan to overhaul U.S. transportation policy to meet the needs of the 21st century economy. This included a discussion of the key economic, environmental challenges facing metro areas, the flaws in the current federal policy response and recommendations for a new, unified, and competitive vision for federal transportation policy.
Introduction
Sharon Alpert
Program Director for Environment, Surdna Foundation
Presentation
Robert Puentes
Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings
Driving Competitiveness Presentation ยป Panel Discussion
Alex Marshall (moderator)
Senior Fellow, Regional Plan Association
Columnist,
Governing Magazine
Dale E. Bonner
Secretary of the Business, Transportation & Housing Agency
State of California
The Honorable Byron Brown
Mayor, Buffalo, NY
Grace Crunican
Director, Seattle Department of Transportation, WA
Ann Drake
CEO, DSC Logistics, Inc.
John Ma
Managing Director, Goldman, Sachs & Co.