AASHTO Journal, 10 May 2013
The Transportation Research Board will host a webinar on Tuesday, May 14 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. EDT to look at the funding and financing impacts of the current surface transportation bill, MAP-21.
The webinar will discuss the successes of MAP-21, as well as some of the outstanding issues, such as a long-term solution for transportation revenue. TRB outlines the objectives of the webinar as: explaining the major challenges of federal transportation funding programs; discussing the key funding and financial policies included in MAP-21; understanding MAP-21 finance basics for transit and highway projects; talking about some new policy solutions to address transportation funding issues; and utilizing the discussion in the webinar to help shape state and local transportation funding decisions.
Joung Lee, associate director for finance and business development at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, will moderate the webinar. Webinar presenters include Nathan Macek of Parsons Brinckerhoff, Art Guzzetti of the American Public Transportation Association, Sarah Puro of the Congressional Budget Office, and Beth Osborne of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
The webinar is free for TRB sponsors and a $49 fee is associated for those who are not.
Registration for the webinar must be done in advance. Additional information on the webinar, including registration instructions, is available here.