Transportation Committee Sessions Overview
Presentations and Handouts

NCSL Annual Meeting
Boston, Massachusetts
August 6-10, 2007

Sessions

Agenda

Waterways and Ports: Gateways to Commerce | Drowsy Driving Panel | Solving the Special Transportation Needs Crisis | Committee Business Meeting | Battling Traffic Congestion with Technology | Rail Safety and Security | Big Dig: Uncovered | Transportation Funding -- What Works, What Doesn't

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Waterways and Ports: Gateways to Commerce 
Monday, August 6

• Mike Leone, Port Director, Massport Maritime, Massachusetts   Download PDF Version
• Senator Steven A. Baddour, Chair, Massachusetts Joint Committee on Transportation, Massachusetts Download PDF Version
• Julie Nelson, Deputy Administrator, U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD), District of Columbia Download PDF Version
• Captain Liam Slein, U.S. Coast Guard, District of Columbia Download PDF Version

Solving the Special Transportation Needs Crisis
Monday, August 6

• Doug Birnie, Program Specialist, Federal Transit Administration, District of Columbia
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• Karen Hoesch, Executive Director, Access Transportation Systems, Pennsylvania
   Download PDF Version

Business Meeting

• Policies for Committee Consideration

Battling Traffic Congestion with Technology
Monday, August 6

• Mike Schagrin, VII Team Leader, United States Department of Transportation, District of Columbia   Download PDF Version
• Richard Leadbeater, Board Member, Vehicle Traffic Information Coalition, District of Columbia Download PDF Version 

Rail Safety and Security
Tuesday, August 7

• NCSL Rail Safety Panel Web Cast
• Patricia Abbate, Executive Director, Citizens for Rail Safety, Massachusetts
• Josh Human, Project Manager, Center for Hazards Research and Policy, Kentucky
• Jennifer Macdonald, Association of American Railroads, District of Columbia
• John Tolman, Vice President and National Legislative Representative, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, District of Columbia
• Grady Cothen, Federal Railroad Administration, District of Columbia

The Big Dig: Uncovered
Wednesday, August 8

• Senator Steven Baddour, Chair, Senate Transportation Committee, Massachusetts
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• Mary Connaughton, Chair, Board Audit Committee, Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, Massachusetts Download PDF Version
• Sean Murphy, Investigative Reporter, Boston Globe, Massachusetts Download PDF Version
• Steve Blackistone, National Transportation Safety Board, District of Columbia

  National Transportation Safety Board Report

Transportation Funding -- What Works, What Doesn't
Thursday, August 9

• Joanna Lieberman Turner, Legislative Director, Economic Development & Commerce Committee, National Governors' Association, District of Columbia   Download PDF Version
• Phineas Baxandall, Ph.D., Senior Analyst for Tax and Budget Policy, U.S. PIRGs, Massachusetts Download PDF Version
• Greg Cohen, President and CEO, American HIghway Users Alliance, District of Cloumbia
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• Geoffrey Segal, Reason Foundation, District of Columbia Download PDF Version

Featured Links

• Transportation Main page 
• Transportation Standing Committee Page 

Committee Staff Contacts

• Jim Reed, NCSL Denver Office
• Jeremy Meadows, NCSL Washington, DC Office

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