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Transportation Leaders Meeting
Draft Agenda (as of November 22, 2006)

San Antonio, Texas
December 4-6, 2006

Tuesday | Wednesday

Meeting Objectives

State legislatures play a critical role in the implementation of national transportation policy.  Every year, states spend more than $90 billion—almost 20 percent of overall state budgets—for highway construction and maintenance, traffic enforcement, highway safety, transit systems, rail and other transportation needs.  Continuing to meet the transportation needs of its citizenry has become a major challenge for state legislatures given declining revenue sources, increasing costs ands competing needs.  The NCSL Transportation Leaders Meeting will bring together the highest-ranking state legislators responsible for transportation issues in their respective states to address these issues.  Legislators will have the unique opportunity to meet with their peers from across the United States to discuss common concerns and learn about crucial transportation issues including state level innovations and the federal transportation reauthorization scheduled for 2009. Working with transportation experts, meeting participants will develop Action Items that they can use to develop their own policy strategies at the state level, while at the same time providing a framework for efforts at the national level regarding the reauthorization process.

Monday, December 4, 2006

5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Major Sponsor Reception

7:00 am -	Registration Opens
7:30 am - 8:00 am	Continental Breakfast
8:00 am - 9:30 am	Opening/Welcoming Remarks and "Setting the Stage" Presiding - Senator Bruce Starr, Oregon, Chair of NCSL Transportation Committee Speakers: James Simpson, Administrator, Federal Transit Administration, Washington, D.C. Jack Shenendorf, Member, National Surface Transportation Revenue and policy Commission, Washington, D.C. Robert L. Darbelnet, President and CEO, AAA
9:30 am - 9:45 am	Break
9:45 am - 11:15 am	Easing Gridlock – Can technology and pricing solve the problem? The U.S. Department of Transportation has identified traffic congestion as a priority area and developed an initiative in the Spring of 2006.  This session will focus on the latest in congestion management and new policies and approaches that states can use.   Speakers: Regina McElroy, Director, Office of Transporation Management, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C. Adrian Moore, Vice President, Reason Foundation, California Kathleen Marvaso, Managing Director, Government Affairs, AAA, Washington, D.C. Gary Thomas, President/Executive Director, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Texas
11:15 am - 12:30 pm	The Economics of Traffic Safety – How Low Cost Interventions Can Save Big Bucks  This session will look at the economic and societal costs associated with traffic crashes.  Hear from experts in the field about low-cost behavioral countermeasures, road improvements and state laws that have a proven effect on reducing crashes.  Presiding: Senator Thomas Wyss, Indiana  Speakers: Ted Miller, Ph.D., Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, California Ruth Shults, Ph.D., Centers for Disease Control Steve Blackistone, State and Local Liaison, National Transportation Safety Board, Washington, D.C.
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm	Lunch Plenary   Introduction: Janet Kavinoky, Director, Transportation Infrastructure, Executive Director, Americans for Transporation Mobility Coalition Congressional and Public Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C. Speaker: Gerry Shaheen, Group President of Caterpillar, Inc., and Chairman of the US Chamber of Commerce
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm	Finding Transportation Dollars – Brother, can you spare a trillion? With a potential need of an additional $1 trillion dollars by 2015 to improve the transportation system, finding money for transportation projects is a predicament facing state transportation leaders. This session will focus on new ways states can leverage existing assets to fund transportation needs and also hear the latest on funding innovations from the experts. Presiding: Senator Mary Margaret Haugen, Washington Speakers: C. Kenneth Orski, Innovation Briefs Editor, Urban Mobility Corporation, Maryland Representative Mike Krusee, Texas, House Transportation Committee Chair Bill Graves, President, American Trucking Associations, Virginia (invited)
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm	Break
3:45 pm – 5:00 pm	Coordinating Transportation Services – How planning can ease congestion, increase mobility and save money? This session will explore programs designed to improve the coordination of human services transportation for certain populations and ensure access to services like jobs, shopping, education, medical services and recreation. Speakers: Karen Hoesch, Executive Director, Access Program, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Ronda Deitch, Associate State Director for Community Outreach, AARP, North Carolina
5:00 pm - 5:15 pm	Wrap-up Presiding – Senator Bruce Starr, Oregon   Facilitator: Molly Mayo
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm	ATM Reception

Wednesday, December 5, 2006

7:30 am - 8:00 am	Continental Breakfast
8:00 am - 10:00 am	Breakout Session What are the major issues the states are facing with regard to transportation?  How do we engage the sectors who are not thinking about transportation issues on a daily basis?  How do we move forward in dealing with these issues? What are the proper roles and responsibilities for different levels of government--federal, state, local, tribal and regional authorities?  How can transportation be better positioned to compete for budget resources at all levels of government?  Working with transportation experts, summit participants will develop Action Items that they can use to develop their own transportation strategies, while at the same time providing a framework for national efforts in this area.  Please sit at your designated table assignment.  NCSL staff will be on-hand to facilitate each breakout group as they discuss critical transportation issues facing their states and regions.  Each group will be asked to identify a group member to report to the larger group on action plans developed by the group.
10:00 am - 10:15 am	Break
10:15 am - 11:30 am	Group Reports and Meeting Wrap-up Each designated reporter will present identified barriers, issues and constraints as well as action plans developed by the group. Next steps will be discussed. Presiding: Senator Bruce Starr, Oregon
11:30 am - 1:00 pm	Critical Transportation Issues Roundtable Hear from senior officials from the Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Presiding: Bob Skinner, Executive Director, Transportation Research Board Speakers: David Kelly, Chief of Staff, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C. Federal Highway Administration (invited)
1:30 pm	NCSL Fall Forum   Transportation Standing Committee Convenes Agenda

NCSL is grateful to the following sponsors who have made this meeting possible:

• Americans for Transportation Mobility Coalition
• Federal Highway Administration
• Federal Transit Administration
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

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