Forum at University of Minnesota to Showcase National Transportation Policy Project Innovation and Metric Efforts

Nov. 20, 2009

Washington, D.C. – The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) and former Congressman Martin Sabo will convene a forum to discuss upcoming federal transportation policy reform and its effect on the Twin Cities region. The event will be held on Monday, November 23, 2009 from 9:00AM to 1:30PM at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.

The event, featured as part of the Martin Olav Sabo Lecture Series, is being held in partnership with the University of Minnesota’s Center for Transportation Studies and the Humphrey Institute, with additional sponsorship provided by The McKnight Foundation. It will highlight the BPC’s National Transportation Policy Project’s (NTPP) recently released report, “Performance Driven: A New Vision for U.S. Transportation Policy,” and will feature leading local and regional transportation policymakers, top academics and other key transportation stakeholders from across Minnesota.

WHO: Former Congressman Martin Sabo, Co-Chair, National Transportation Policy Project
Dean J. Brian Atwood, Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota
Peter Bell, Chair, Metropolitan Council
State Senator D. Scott Dibble, Minnesota State Senate
Mike Erlandson, Vice President Government Affairs, SUPERVALU INC. and NTPP Member
Emil Frankel, Director of Transportation Policy, Bipartisan Policy Center
State Representative Mary Liz Holberg, Minnesota State House of Representatives
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Ph.D., President, DHE Consulting LLC, Former Congressional Budget Office Director and NTPP Member
Laurie McGinnis, Acting Director, Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota
Peter McLaughlin, Commissioner, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Richard Mudge, Ph.D., Vice President, Delcan Corporation
Lee Munnich, Director, State and Local Policy Program, Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota
Joshua Schank, Ph.D., Director of Transportation Research, Bipartisan Policy Center
Tom Sorel, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Transportation
Charlie Zelle, President & CEO, Jefferson Lines

WHAT: Performance Driven: A New Vision for U.S. Transportation Policy

WHEN: Monday, November 23, 2009
Programs begins at 9:00AM
Luncheon Keynote begins at 12:30PM

WHERE: Cowles Auditorium
Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota

The event is free and open to the public, but space is limited. Register here.

Members of the press wishing to attend, please RSVP to aclark@bipartisanpolicy.org. Press set-up begins at 8:00AM. If you are interested in scheduling interviews with any of the participants, please contact Ashley Clark at (202) 569-9110 or aclark@bipartisanpolicy.org.

NTPP was launched with the goal of bringing fresh approaches to transportation policy. Its proposals for transportation reform aim to be bold and pragmatic, while remaining effective and relevant. More information about NTPP and its project members is available here.

###

---

National Transportation Policy Project