On June 4, 2008, about 320 individuals from both the public and private sectors attended "CLOSING THE GAP: Financing the Region's Transportation Needs." The symposium was co-sponsored by NYU Wagner Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management, New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC), Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the Port Authority of NY & NJ, CSX Transportation, and the American Planning Association's New York Metro Chapter, University Transportation Center - Region 2, Wagner Transportation Association. Edward Rendell, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, provided the keynote address. In addition, the conference featured two panels of experts who discussed the transportation funding crisis at the national and local levels; future options for financing and funding operations and maintenance, capital improvements, and expansion; and the institutional and political challenges associated with how we raise monies for transportation.

Presentations:

Joel Ettinger, "The Regional Financial Picture"

JayEtta Hecker, "Financing Regional Transportation Needs"

Martin Wachs, "Financing the Region's Transportation Needs"

Charles Russell, "Funding the Gap: Making the Beneficiaries Pay"

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