The Mobility Choice Coalition, a newly formed group to promote market-oriented transportation policy solutions, is holding a briefing on transportation reauthorization in Washington, D.C. at noone on Thursday, September 30, 2010.
I will discuss the importance of devolving responsibility for transportation investments from the federal to state and local levels. I will also discuss Reason Foundation’s recent policy report on Restoring Trust in the Highway Trust Fund.
The event is open to the public. Here are the details:
Following on the Administration’s recent transportation plan announcement, the Mobility Choice Coalition invites you to a congressional pizza lunch THURSDAY, September 30 at Noon in Rayburn 2322 to discuss the barriers that stand in the way of making transit an economic and appealing option and what can be done to remove them.
WHEN: Thursday, Sept. 30 12pm
WHERE: Rayburn 2322
WHO:
Art Guzzetti, Vice President for Policy, American Public Transportation Association (APTA)
Robin Phillips, Senior Director for Policy, American Bus Association
Sam Staley, Director of Urban Growth and Land Use Policy, Reason Foundation; co-author Mobility First: A New Vision for Transportation in a Globally Competitive 21st Century (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008)
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The Mobility Choice Coalition spans the political spectrum and aims to offer a fiscally responsible, free market oriented approach to expanding competition among transportation modes for the purpose of reducing oil’s strategic value. Learn more at http://www.mobilitychoice.org