"The Future of American Transportation"

This luncheon program will focus on a number of priority issues confronting the U.S. transportation industry. The speakers will summarize the results of The Carmichael Conference on the Future of American Transportation that was convened January 28-29, 2008, in St. Louis, by the National Corridors Initiative (www.nationalcorridors.org) with the help and support of the Sierra Club, The National Association of Railroad Passengers, and the following organizations: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, American Public Transportation Association, American Road and Transportation Builders, Association of American Railroads, Association for Public Transportation, Bombardier Transit, Connex/Veolia Transportation, InTrans Incorporated: A New Direction in Transportation Advocacy, Midwest High Speed Rail Association, Providence & Worcester Railroad, The Surdna Foundation, Train/Riders NorthEast, Victoria Transportation Policy Institute, Virginians for High Speed Rail, and named in honor of former Federal Railroad Administrator Gilbert Carmichael, one of America’s leading transportation advocates who continues actively to champion transportation intermodalism.

The National Corridors Initiative, a private non-profit, non-partisan organization, exists to support the development of infrastructure, including an integrated national transportation system that emphasizes rational transportation decisions, such as a network of intercity passenger and freight corridor rail corridors augmented by commuter rail, and served by feeder systems. NCI welcomes the participation and support of like-minded citizens, business persons, and others who share its commitment to re-building North America’s infrastructure.