View presentations from speakers at "Moving the Region in a New Direction," a day-long working conference to explore new ways to plan, manage and finance transportation investments.
The Inaugural William O. Lipinski Symposium on
Transportation Policy: Moving the Region in a New Direction, was a day-long
working conference to explore new ways to plan, manage and finance
transportation investments for the 21st Century. The symposium acted as a forum
to connect decision-makers with transportation experts from around the state and
world, and build consensus on policies for state and federal action in 2007,
2009 and beyond.
Summary
Former Representative Bill Lipinski opened the
forum in his honor. The first panel of experts delineated the important
accessibility and mobility issues affecting the vitality and prosperity of the
Chicago
region
and the nation. A second panel of speakers offered feasible approaches to
financing and managing transportation systems and illustrated successful systems
through examples from around the world.
U.S. Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minn.) gave
an inspirational keynote address, calling for action from all levels of
government to attend to our deteriorating transportation infrastructure. In the
afternoon, a third speakers’ panel discussed cutting edge policy and technical
tools to improve the performance of regional transportation systems. The final
panel of local speakers commented on recent challenges to pass legislation for a
robust and dependable transport network and entertained a dynamic question and
answer session with forum attendees.
Speaker Presentations
Panel 1: Dimensions of the Problem
Robert Puentes – Going Nowhere: The Dimensions of the Transportation Problem in the
U.S.
Tim Lomax – Congestion Problems in Chicago
Dan Murray - Freight
Transportation In The Chicago Region: Issues
Panel 2: Best Practices
David Horner – Public-Private Partnerships in Transit
James Whitty – The
Oregon Road User Fee Concept and Pilot Program
Gunnar Söderholm – The Stockholm Trial: Congestion Charging and Improved Public
Transport
Panel 3: Innovations & Solutions
Todd Litman – Win-Win
Transportation Solutions
Hani Mahmassani – Intelligent Transportation Solutions for Sustainable City
Logistics: Issues and Prospects
Audio Coverage
Welcome: Bill Lipinski – click here
Panel 1: Dimensions of the Problem – click here
Panel 2: Best Practices – click here
Keynote: U.S. Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minn.) – click here
Panel 3: Innovations & Solutions – click here
Panel 4: Making It Work in Chicagoland – click here
Full video coverage will be available soon.