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On April 18, 2012, Director Robert C. Johns of the USDOT's Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, met with Humphrey School students to discuss future federal transportation policy directions and careers in transportation with the federal government. Johns' powerpoint presentation can be accessed here.
Event held on February 24, 2012, at the University of Minnesota's Law School. The U.S. Federal Transit Administration currently uses six criteria for evaluating and making decisions about which transit capital investments to fund through the federal New Starts Program. The criteria are mobility improvements, environmental benefits, operating efficiencies, cost effectiveness, transit supportive land use, and economic development effects. FTA recently issued new proposed rules and policy guidance for its New Starts and Small Starts programs. James L. Oberstar, Member of Congress (1975-2011) and Chair of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (2007-2011), hosted a forum to discuss the pros and cons of the current criteria and how they apply to transit investments in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region. Panel members: Mark Fuhrmann, Program Director for New Starts Rail Projects, Metro Transit; Yingling Fan, Assistant Professor, Humphrey School of Public Affairs; Peter McLaughlin, Hennepin County Commissioner; Mark Fabel, Development Project Manager, McGough Development; and Barbara Thoman, Executive Director, Transit for Livable Communities.
An event held on December 15, 2011, at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs featured David Zavattero, Deputy Director of the City of Chicago's Department of Transportation. Zavattero oversees Chicago's efforts to manage parking demand in one of the nation's most congested cities through innovative strategies including a transition to private curbside parking management and experimentation with congestion pricing. The event also featured the results of a federally-funded demonstration project recently completed by the Humphrey School's State and Local Policy Program in downtown Minneapolis that examined whether and how introducing incentives and flexibility into monthly parking contracts could encourage commuters to utilize transit, biking, walking, and other transportation modes. A reaction panel consisting of legislators, parking providers, and practitioners discussed the implications of these and other efforts to use parking pricing as a tool for transportation demand management.
Mileage-Based Road Use Charges: Opportunities and Challenges to Direct Usage-Based Charges for Transportation Funding, presented by Paul Sorensen, RAND Corporation. Held at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, September 21, 2011.
Powerpoint ~ Mileage-Based User Fees (MBUF): Implementation and Transition Issues
A forum hosted by James L. Oberstar, held at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, September 9, 2011. Panel members: Adam Josephson (Minnesota Department of Transportation), Chris Stein (National Park Service), Michael Wilhelmi (Coalition for the St. Croix River Crossing), and Jim Erkel (Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy) discuss the issues surrounding the proposed Stillwater Bridge crossing the St. Croix River between Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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