Name: Investing in Transportation: Revenue increases from traditional funding sources, while exploring new opportunities
Start: 2017-05-03T14:00:00-0700
End: 2017-05-03T15:30:00-0700

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), in partnership with the Institute of Transportation Studies
at University of California, Berkeley present the:
2017 California Transportation Planning Conference, Partnering for Sustainable Transportation:
Meeting the Challenge Now and Into the Future.

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Investing in Transportation: Revenue increases from traditional funding sources, while exploring new opportunities

A growing state needs a transportation system that meets the needs of its citizens. This transportation system should provide choices for different users and address the needs of businesses, super-commuters, issues in rural parts of the state versus unique challenges in urban regions. This panel will provide their views and perspectives on both current and future trends for funding transportation, as well as what methods are currently working for maintaining our current infrastructure and planning for future projects in today’s complex funding environment that is affected by legislation, both at a Federal, state and regional levels.

Moderators

Andrew Dohrmann

Director of Government Relations, T.Y. Lin International

Andrew Dohrmann is the Director of Government Relations for T.Y. Lin International, a full-services infrastructure consulting firm. He joined the firm in 2016 after spending eleven years working in the United States Congress. For the past six years he worked as a professional staffer... Read More →

Speakers

Susan Bransen

Executive Director, California Transportation Commission

Ms. Bransen serves as the California Transportation Commission’s (Commission) Executive Director, reporting to the thirteen-member Commission. She has a major role in affecting the outcome of all policies and actions adopted by the Commission including the programming and allocation... Read More →

Grace Crunican

General Manager, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART)

Grace Crunican was appointed General Manager of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) by the BART Board of Directors in 2011. Prior to coming to BART, she was Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) for eight years, the Director of the Oregon... Read More →

Baruch Feigenbaum

Assistant Director of Transportation Policy, Reason Foundation

Baruch Feigenbaum is the Assistant Director of Transportation Policy at Reason Foundation, a non-profit think tank advancing free minds and free markets. He specializes in transportation policy.Prior to joining Reason, Feigenbaum handled transportation issues on Capitol Hill for Representative... Read More →

Nadine Lee

Deputy Chief Innovation Officer, LA Metro

Nadine Lee is the Deputy Executive Officer for LA Metro’s Office of Extraordinary Innovation. Nadine works with Metro staff, government partners, and private companies to launch innovative concepts in planning, project delivery, and operations - all in the interest of helping Metro... Read More →

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Wednesday May 3, 2017 2:00pm - 3:30pm PDT
California Ballroom

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