As of September 1, 2012, the University Transportation Center for Mobility (UTCM) is no longer an active center of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute. The archived UTCM website remains available here.

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Speakers

Peter "Jack" Basso

Jack Basso is the Director of Program Finance and Management at AASHTO the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Basso joined AASHTO as Chief Operating Officer and Business Development Director in March of 2001 to oversee the management of a $33 million nonprofit organization representing the interests of State Departments of Transportation. Prior to joining AASHTO, Mr. Basso served as Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs and as Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Department of Transportation. Prior to his appointment to this position, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs. Mr. Basso has over 35 years of service as a career official in the Office of Management and Budget, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Federal Highway Administration.

Susan J. Binder

Susan Binder is a recognized expert in Transportation Programs, Management, Policy, Finance, Economics, and Legislation. After 34 years of service in the Executive Branch, where she was recognized with the Presidential Meritorious Executive Rank award, she served 2 years as majority staff on the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Working on the successor to SAFETEA-LU. She served as the Executive Director of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission, and FHWA’s Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy and Governmental Affairs.

Kenneth R. Buckeye

Ken Buckeye is Program Manager for Value Pricing with the Office of Policy Analysis, Research and Innovation with the Minnesota Department of Transportation. Ken has more than 25 years of experience in transportation planning and project management covering nearly all modes of travel. Most recently his work at Mn/DOT has focused on congestion pricing alternatives as a means to manage demand and to help finance transportation systems.

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Max Donath

Max Donath is Director of the Intelligent Transportation Systems Institute and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota. The ITS Institute under his direction since 1997, and congressionally designated as a National University Transportation Center, pursues research in many areas including: human performance and behavior, driver interfaces, sensors, traffic and vehicle controls, and methodologies for congestion and crash mitigation. In the late 90’s, he led a 15 state pooled fund project evaluating GPS for road use charging and most recently revisited the topic by examining alternatives for near-term implementation. He joined the University of Minnesota in 1978 after receiving his Ph.D. from MIT.

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Ginger Goodin

Ginger Goodin is a Senior Research Engineer and Program Manager in TTI's Austin Office. She has led Texas research in mileage and VMT-based fees since 2007. Her studies have covered public attitudes and perceptions, technology approaches and institutional issues. She chaired the first MBUF Symposium in April 2009. Ginger is currently assisting the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) with a vehicle mileage fee exploratory study that examines statewide issues.

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Allen Greenberg

Allen Greenberg has 20 years of experience in analyzing and advocating for sustainable U.S transportation policy at the national and regional levels from both inside and outside of government. For the last nine years, Allen has been employed as a senior policy analyst at the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), where he plays a leadership role with the Value Pricing Pilot Program and the Urban Partnership Program, including soliciting and managing transportation pricing pilot initiatives. Prior to joining FHWA, Allen spent two years at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Policy, where he directed the Transportation Partners Program, which provided grants and technical assistance to national not-for-profit organizations promoting local sustainable transportation initiatives. Allen has a planning certification from the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), and holds a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Virginia and a Bachelor of Science in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University.

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Bern Grush

Bern Grush is founder and chief scientist for Skymeter Corporation. His background includes satellite remote sensing, financial systems integration, evidentiary records for the financial industry, and nowsatellite tolling systems. Bern has published well over 200 related articles, papers, talks and blogs, all relating to the need, technology, policies, systems and deployment for Road Use Charging. He has started a book tentatively called "Preparing for the Death of the Fuel Tax". Bern holds a Master’s degree in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo.

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Paul F. Hanley

Paul F. Hanley is an Associate Professor at the University of Iowa and the co-principal investigator of the National Evaluation of a Mileage-Based Road User Charge Project, which is in its final year of field testing. Professor Hanley holds joint appointments in the Public Policy Center, Graduate Program in Urban and Regional Planning and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Iowa. He is the Director of the Transportation Policy Research Group at the Public Policy Center, Director of the University of Iowa’s Transportation Graduate Studies Program, and Associate Director of the Mid-American Transportation Center.

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Matthew Kitchen

Matthew Kitchen is the Program Manager for Development within the Data Systems and Analysis Department at the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) in Seattle, Washington. He has 10 years of experience in transportation and economic analysis and previous experience in the field of economic development. He specializes in the areas of transportation planning, transportation economics and financial analysis.

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Marian Jongman

Marian Jongman is Director Strategy at the Dutch Road Pricing Project at the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management. From 1989 to 2004 Marian held various positions at the Ministry, before she joined the Road Pricing Project in 2005. Over the past five years Marian and her team were responsible for implementing the road pricing scheme in the Mobility Plan (2005), preparing several decisions by the Council of Ministers such as the introduction of road pricing nationally (2007), the elimination of the fixed car taxes (2008) and the draft road pricing act (2009). Prior to joining the Ministry Marian has worked several years in the IT business.

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Bernie Lieder

Bernie Lieder is a Registered Professional Engineer, Retired, and currently serving his
13th Term as Minnesota State Representative of District IB, Chair of Transportation
Policy and Finance Division. Mr. Lieder is Past President of the National Association of
County Engineers and a retired US military veteran.

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Joe Loveland

Joe Loveland, Loveland Communications is senior vice president for one of the world’s largest public relations agencies and as the founder of a small public relations practice, Joe has served a wide variety organizations engaged in transportation, public health, environment, human services and education issues. For the past decade Joe has provided strategic communications counsel and services related to congestion pricing for the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. Joe has won several state and national awards for best social marketing, integrated marketing, street marketing, and crisis communications.

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Jim March

Jim March is leader of the Transportation Futures Team in the Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Policy and Governmental Affairs. He manages a multi-disciplinary team of economists, engineers, and transportation specialists who conduct a broad variety of transportation policy studies on emerging issues that will affect surface transportation programs such as highway funding, public-private partnerships, alternative federal roles in surface transportation, impacts of highways on economic productivity, and the potential transition to a performance-based surface transportation program. He recently was on the policy staff of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission and currently is on detail to the Office of the Secretary of Transportation where he is assisting in developing the USDOT’s upcoming surface transportation authorization proposal.

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Laurie McGinnis

Laurie McGinnis is the acting director at the University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies. She provides overall leadership for the Center in identifying program opportunities, securing funding, directing programs, guiding program delivery, overseeing Center operations, and establishing future directions in transportation research, education, and outreach. Nationally, McGinnis is active in the Transportation Research Board where she will begin serving as Section Chair for the Research and Education Section in April. McGinnis holds a BS degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, along with master degrees in Public Affairs and Business Administration from the University of Minnesota, and is a registered professional engineer in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

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Adrian Moore

Adrian Moore is Vice President at the Reason Foundation. He has a Ph.D. in transportation economics from University of California, Irvine and is a member of the National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Finance Commission. He is coauthor of: Mobility First: A New Vision for Transportation in a Globally Competitive Twenty-first Century published last November.

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Richard R. Mudge

Dick Mudge is a Vice President of Delcan Corporation and leads the firm’s management consulting group with a focus on transportation policy, economics, and finance. Dr. Mudge is a nationally recognized expert in the economics and finance of all modes of transportation. Dr. Mudge has held a series of management positions as a transportation consultant. Previously he directed the transportation policy group for the Congressional Budget Office and worked in applied research at the RAND Corporation. Much of Dr. Mudge’s work involves technology as well as the changing market place for transportation services, including forecasts for future markets and the development of strategies to take advantage of these changes. He currently directs Delcan’s project to implement a truck-based VMT fee system in the state of New York.

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Lee W. Munnich, Jr.

Lee Munnich has been a senior fellow and director of the State and Local Policy Program at the University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs since 1991. For the past fifteen years Munnich has led the Humphrey Institute’s research, education and outreach activities on congestion pricing and transportation finance. His work in Minnesota and at the national level have had a significant impact on policy leaders’ understanding and public perceptions of congestion pricing and has led directly to Minnesota’s first high-occupancy toll (HOT) lane project, I-394 MnPASS, in Minneapolis and western suburbs. Munnich had over 23 years of experience with state and local government before joining the Humphrey Institute, including service as deputy commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic Development and as a member of the Minneapolis City Council.

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Mark Muriello

Mark Muriello is the Assistant Director of Tunnels, Bridges and Terminals for The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and is responsible for the six vehicular crossings between New York City and New Jersey and two interstate bus terminals. He directs a wide range of tolling and revenue programs, and serves in leadership roles in several research and industry organizations. As part of his work with the I-95 Corridor Coalition, Mark is managing a project to examine technical, institutional and administrative issues associated with distance-based road user charging from a multi-state perspective.

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John A.A. "Jack" Opiola

Jack Opiola is the Senior Partner with D’Artagnan Consulting LLC (DCL). Jack has been a pioneer and global thought leader for cashless, open road tolling (CORT) or multi-lane, free flow (MLFF) tolling as it is referred internationally. He has designed systems and converted conventional tolling into MLFF tolling and advanced the technology to other road user charging applications. Jack has also pioneered GPS based tolling with his work in Hong Kong, NZ (RUC to eRUC), Australia (IAP), UK (Lorry RUC), Germany (MAUT). Since 1997, Jack has worked and advanced the global thinking about traveller demand management with electronic road pricing/congestion charging work in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, New Zealand, Australia, the USA, Europe and the UK. Jack is a graduate engineer of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. He received his Operations Research/Systems Analysis Degree from the University of Texas at El Paso and his MBA from Columbia University.

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Robert C. Pitcher

Bob Pitcher is Vice President, State Laws, of American Trucking Associations, in Arlington, Virginia. Bob was born and raised in the Midwest, and attended college and law school at the University of Chicago. He has worked for the American Trucking Associations for more than twenty years, involved for the most part in tax policy and coordinating with such organizations as the International Registration Plan, the International Fuel Tax Agreement, and the Unified Carrier Registration Agreement. Before starting at ATA, Bob worked for the Federation of Tax Administrators, the association of the states’ revenue agencies, conducting research and training in tax administration.

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Trevor Platt

Trevor Platt is an Account Manager with T-Systems and has over 20 years ITS experience in road pricing, traffic management and enforcement. Trevor currently account managesthe UK Department for Transport’s Road Pricing Demonstrations Project, a national MBUF/VMT project. Trevor is also responsible for business development opportunities in North America and selected European countries. T-Systems is Deutsche Telekom’s corporate-customer unit with 46,000 employees and revenues of €11B. T-Systems’ extensive transport technology client base includes the operator of the world’s largest Time Distance Place (MBUF/VMT) road charging service, Toll Collect.

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R. Scott Rawlins

R. Scott Rawlins is Deputy Director and Chief Engineer of the Nevada Department of Transportation. Mr. Rawlins is responsible for assisting the Director in the daily operations of the Department that has an annual operating budget of over $800 million and 1,750 employees. Before his appointment as Deputy Director, he served as assistant director of engineering. Mr. Rawlins has been instrumental in the development of the Department's Pioneer Program focused on innovative project delivery methods such as Public-Private Partnerships and Design-Build contracts. He is also leading the efforts for Nevada to study a Vehicle Miles Traveled Fee in place of the fuel tax.

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Ed Regan

Ed Regan is Executive Vice President and Director of Corporate Development of Wilbur Smith Associates. He’s been with WSA for over 35 years, specializing in road pricing, toll studies and transportation finance. Under Ed’s leadership, WSA has developed revenue forecasts used in close to $70 billion in toll facility finance across the country and the world. He is a member of the TRB Taxation and Finance Committee and the Congestion Pricing Committee, and has provided testimony on moving off the gas tax to both the National Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission and the National Transportation Infrastructure Finance Commission.

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Ferrol O. Robinson

Ferrol Robinson is a Research Fellow at the State and Local Policy Program, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota. His current focus of work is policy-related issues including innovative transportation financing, particularly road pricing and congestion pricing, innovative transportation technology, and Intelligent Transportation Systems. Until 2009, Ferrol was Vice President of SRF Consulting Group, responsible for the Transportation Group and corporate administrative matters. He is a member of the Transportation Research Board's Congestion Pricing Outreach Committee and a member of the Minnesota Guidestar Board of Directors. Ferrol has a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master's Degree in Civil Engineering with a minor in Economics, all from the University of Minnesota.

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Barbara Rohde

Barb Rohde is a Research Fellow based in Washington, D.C. with a joint appointment at the State and Local Policy Program at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and the Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota. Prior to that appointment she served as Director of the State of Minnesota Washingon, D.C., office and was Chief of Staff to Congressman (now Senator) Byron Dorgan. She holds an undergraduate degree from the University of North Dakota and a Master's degree in Public Administration from the University of Denver.

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John Sabala

John Sabala is a Project Manager and Researcher in the Strategic Policy and Performance Management Office at the Texas Department of Transportation. He has done research on various issues, including transportation finance and public attitudes and perception. He is working with the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) on an exploratory study to determine the viability of vehicle mileage fees as a potential funding option for Texas. John is also supporting executive leadership to refine the agency's strategic direction and identify performance measures as they develop the TxDOT 2011-2015 Strategic Plan.

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George E. Schoner

George E. Schoener, Executive Director, I-95 Corridor Coalition. Mr. Schoener has more than 36 years of transportation experience, 33 with the U.S. Department of Transportation. Currently, as the Executive Director of the I-95 Corridor Coalition, he is responsible for coordinating multimodal transportation programs in the nation’s most heavily traveled corridor. The I-95 Corridor Coalition is a partnership of state departments of transportation, regional and local transportation agencies, toll authorities, and related organizations, including law enforcement, port, transit, and rail organizations, from Maine to Florida, with affiliate members in Canada.

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Paul Sorensen

Paul Sorensen is an operations researcher at the RAND Corporation and serves as the Associate Director of RAND's Transportation, Space, and Technology program. His research interests encompass transportation, energy, environment, and emergency response. In the transportation field, his recent work has focused on transportation finance, performance-based incentive structures, and congestion reduction strategies. Paul holds a Master's degree in Urban Planning from the University of California Los Angeles and a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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Ray Starr

Ray Starr is the Assistant State Traffic Engineer for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) with the Minnesota Department of Transportation. His background is in electrical engineering. Ray also has 10 years experience as an ITS project manager in Mn/DOT's Office of Advanced Transportation Systems and in Mn/DOT's Metropolitan District managing projects as part of the Minnesota Guidestar program. In his current role he manages Mn/DOT's ITS unit, Traffic Electrical Systems unit, and traffic engineering research coordination function. Ray holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota.

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Katherine Turnbull

Katie Turnbull, Associate Director at the Texas Transportation Institute, is Head of the System Planning, Policy, & Environment Research Group. She manages programs in College Station, Arlington, and Austin with 180 employees and an annual research budget of approximately $10 million. In addition, Dr. Turnbull is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning at Texas A&M University. Dr. Turnbull's research focuses on high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) facilities, transit, transportation planning, travel demand management (TDM), and intelligent transportation systems (ITS). She has conducted projects for local, state, national, and international sponsors. She served as Chair of the TRB HOV Committee for 6 years and currently Chairs ITE's Transit Council. She is also a member of the ITS America Coordinating Council.

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John V. "Jack" Wells

Jack Wells has been the Chief Economist at the U.S. Department of Transportation since November 2004. He previously served as Chief Economist at the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Deputy Administrator ofthe Federal Railroad Administration, Minority Staff Director ofthe House Subcommittee on Railroads, Staff Director of the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight ofthe House Public Works and Transportation Committee, Senior Economist at the U.S. General Accounting Office, and Assistant Professor of Economics at George Mason University. Mr. Wells has a B.A. from Harvard and a Ph.D. from Yale, both in Economics.

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James M. Whitty

James Whitty is the manager of Oregon Department of Transportation's Office of Innovative Partnerships and Alternative Funding. He obtained his bachelor's degree and Juris Doctorate from the University of Oregon. Through the Office of Innovative Partnerships and Alternative Funding, he manages the development of transportation projects as public-private ventures and the Road User Fee Pilot Program. James joined the department in 2001 to manage several task forces with "cutting edge" missions for innovative transportation funding, including the Road User Fee Task Force to develop a mileage fee to ultimately replace the fuels tax, and the Innovative Finance Advisory Committee. James has led all aspects of development and implementation of Oregon's visionary Road User Fee Pilot Program.

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Scott Wilson

Scott Wilson of D'Artagnan Consulting, LLC, is a transportation strategy and policy specialist with over 15 years experience in public policy, covering all transport modes as well as telecommunications, broadcasting, postal and media sectors. In the past five years he has been working primarily on road sector strategic projects, such as advising the European Union on the setting of truck toll rates; reform of the Egyptian Road Authority; and advising on congestion charging strategy and policy in the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Australia and Hong Kong. Prior to this work, Scott spent five years working for the New Zealand Ministry of Transport. He has a degree in law and postgraduate degree in politics and international relations.

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