Regionalities

Thursday, March 21
1:00 - 3:00 p.m. CDT
Cowles Auditorium
Humphrey School of Public Affairs
University of Minnesota
301 19th Avenue S.
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Major studies on transportation finance and investment have been released recently by the Itasca Group, Counties Transit Investment Board, and Minnesota Department of Transportation.

The Chambers of Commerce from Minneapolis and St. Paul hosted a discussion on the results of these studies, on public attitudes toward transit funding, and on legislative responses.

Program

Welcome
Laurie McGinnis, Director, Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota

Major recent studies and their implications for the region
Moderated by Lee Munnich, Director, State and Local Policy Program, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota

• Transit Program of Projects (PPT)- Peter McLaughlin, Chair, Counties Transit Improvement Board
LA's Got Lines 2 (Video shown by Comm. McLaughlin at beginning of presentation)
• Return on Investment in Transit (PPT) - Jay Cowles, Chair, ITASCA Project Transportation Committee
• Governor's Transportation Finance Advisory Committee (PPT) - Charlie Zelle, Commissioner of MnDOT
• Minnesota's Public Attitudes Toward Transit Funding (PPT) - Will Schroeer, Director, Infrastructure for Economic Development, Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce and Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce

Legislative Responses

• Rep. Frank Hornstein, Chair, Transportation Finance Committee, Minnesota House of Representatives
• Susan Haigh, Chair, Metropolitan Council

Sponsors
This event was sponsored by the Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce.

Co-sponsors were the Center for Transportation Studies and the State and Local Policy Program of the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.