Rocky Mountain Roundtable: 2008 Transportation Infrastructure Roundtable Part 1
August 26th, 2008
Roundtable Topic: Funding is the Alpha and Omega of all Transportation Needs – Can Public/Private Partnerships Fill the Funding Gap?
Roundtable Focus:
The National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission reported in January, 2008 that the annual investment required to improve the condition and performance of all modes of surface transportation ranges between $225 and $340 billion over the next 50 years. Currently less than 40% of the minimum amount is being invested.
Participants:
Richard Gephardt (photo). Rosa DeLauro, Jane Garvey, Angela Glover-Blackwell, Steve Heminger, Terence O’Sullivan, Robert Puentes, Gov. Edward Rendell, Timothy Romer, R.T. Rybak, Janette, Sadik-Khan, Ron Sims
This podcast was originally recorded on August 25, 2008.
August 28th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
[...] And in Denver this week, alongside the Democratic National Convention, the Rockefeller Foundation brought together some of the top policy orgs, elected officials, labor reps and private sector leaders — including PolicyLink CEO Angela Glover Blackwell — to talk about how we reinvent our crumbling infrastructure to face 21st Century challenges. [...]