This is a critical time where there is extraordinary opportunity for revitalizing America’s surface transportation system. The Bipartisan Policy Center’s (BPC) National Transportation Policy Project (NTPP) has begun dialogues across the country highlighting recommendations of its recent report "Performance Driven: A New Vision for U.S. Transportation Policy." These discussions help influence the direction of federal surface transportation policy, bringing together state transportation officials, federal and state legislators, academics, the business community, and other key transportation stakeholders and interest groups in a conversation about the need for reform in the next federal surface transportation bill.

Speakers and panelists include:

• Timothy Gilchrist, Senior Advisor for Infrastructure and Transportation, New York State 
• Joseph Marie, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Transportation 
• Janette Sadik-Khan, Commissioner, New York City Department of Transportation 
• Kate Slevin, Executive Director, Tri-State Transportation Campaign

The NYU Wagner Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management is pleased to join the BPC hosting a New York City event as part of this important series. The BPC was formed in 2007 to develop and promote solutions that can attract the public support and political momentum to achieve real progress. The BPC acts as an incubator for policy efforts that engage top political figures, advocates, academics, and business leaders in the art of principled compromise.