August 27, 2009
"Performance Driven: A New Vision for U.S. Transportation Policy"

On August 27, the Washington, D.C.-based Bipartisan Policy Center will host a panel discussion in Seattle of "Performance Driven: A New Vision for U.S. Transportation Policy."

"Performance Driven" is a landmark bipartisan transportation report that calls for a dramatic shift in U.S. transportation policy. The report was released by the Bipartisan Policy Center's National Transportation Policy Project in June. The Bipartisan Policy Center was founded in 2007 by a group of former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders--Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole and George Mitchell.

Invited speakers include:

-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
-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
Registration at 9:00AM
Program runs from 9:30AM to 1:30PM
Lunch will be provided

Doubletree Arctic Club Hotel - Downtown
Northern Lights Dome Room
700 3rd Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104

Please register by email at ewhite@bipartisanpolicy.org or by calling 202-204-2400