Performance Driven:
A New Vision for U.S. Transportation Policy
National transportation policy has lost direction and a clear sense of purpose, threatening substantial costs to our collective prosperity, security, environment, and quality of life. The National Transportation Policy Project (NTPP) is recommending bold and comprehensive reform founded on a relatively simple proposition: U.S. transportation policy needs to be more performance-driven, more directly linked to a set of clearly articulated goals, and more accountable for results.
Recognizing that such reform will require dramatic changes to current practices, the NTPP was launched with the aim of bringing new approaches and fresh thinking to these issues. Our aim has been to develop proposals that are bold enough to be effective, and pragmatic enough to be relevant. To that end, the Project has been explicitly bipartisan in its approach and in its membership from the outset.
What Others Are Saying: Praise for the NTPP
"The National Transportation Policy Project report, 'Performance Driven: A New Vision for U.S. Transportation Policy,' joins a growing chorus of bipartisan organizations and commissions calling for federal leadership and political will to boost investment in the nation’s highways, bridges and public transportation facilities. We agree with the NTPP that new revenues alone will not solve the nation’s transportation challenge. These resources must be complemented by significant program reforms that emphasize national objectives, performance standards and accountability."
– Pete Ruane, President & CEO, The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)
"The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) applauds the Bipartisan Policy Center for focusing on the serious transportation problems we face as a nation. Many of the issues that Congress must confront in developing the next surface transportation legislation, including the need for a new vision, system performance and increased investment, are addressed in this forward-looking report."
– William Millar, President, American Public Transportation Association
BRINGING NEW VOICES TO THE TRANSPORTATION DEBATE
NTPP is composed of a broad coalition of transportation policy experts, business and civic leaders, and is chaired by four distinguished former elected officials who served at the federal, state and local levels. Click here to read about Project Members.
The Bipartisan Policy Center and it's National Transportation Policy Project invite you to a discussion of "Performance Driven: A New Vision for U.S. Transportation Policy"
Hosted By Former U.S. Senator Slade Gorton, NTPP Co-Chair, and Bryan Mistele, NTPP Member
Invited Speakers Include:
Mary Margaret Haugen, Washington State Senator
Paula Hammond, Secretary, Washington State Department of Transportation
Dan O’Neal, Commissioner, Washington State Transportation Commission
Doug MacDonald, former Secretary, Washington State Department of Transportation
J. Tayloe Washburn, Foster Pepper PLLC and Chair of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Joni Earl, Chief Executive Officer, Sound Transit
Steve Marshall, Senior Fellow, Cascadia Center for Regional Development
Charlie Howard, Director of Transportation Planning, Puget Sound Regional Council
Thomas Horan, Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University
Thursday, August 27, 2009
9:00AM Registration, 9:30AM Program
Breakfast and lunch will be served
Doubletree Arctic Club Hotel - Downtown
Northern Lights Dome, Room 700
3rd Avenue Seattle, WA 98104
Please RSVP to Emily White at ewhite@bipartisanpolicy.org or 202-204-2400.
Save the Date
The Bipartisan Policy Center and it's National Transportation Policy Project invite you to a discussion of "Performance Driven: A New Vision for U.S. Transportation Policy"
Hosted By Former Mayor of Detroit Dennis Archer, NTPP Co-Chair
Monday, September 21, 2009
Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce