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Past Mineta National Transportation Summits
MTI’s National Transportation Finance Center (NTFC) organizes the Annual Norman Y. Mineta National Transportation Summit. The event has been presented in partnership with the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco every June, since 2010. Each summit brings together national experts to discuss the challenges and opportunities for funding transportation infrastructure and services.
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May 17, 2024  |
Beyond the Pump: Rethinking Transportation Funding Without the Fuel Tax15th Annual Mineta National Transportation Policy Summit
MC: Karen Philbrick, PhD, Executive Director, Mineta Transportation Institute MTI Tax Survey Presenter:
Federal Funding, Past and Future:
Panelists:
Panel Moderator: David “Davey” S. Kim, MTI Trustee; Senior Vice President & Principal, National Transportation Policy and Multimodal Strategy WSP
While the climate benefits from booming electric vehicle sales, the nation’s transportation system faces an unfortunate predicament: less gasoline and diesel purchased means dwindling fuel tax revenue. Fuel tax revenue provides a core funding source for operating, maintaining, and improving transportation systems, so policymakers must find a replacement as soon as possible. This event explores such options as mileage fees, higher annual vehicle fees, or abandoning the user-pay principle and relying on general fund revenue.
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June 2, 2023  |
Getting to Zero Deaths on Our Roadways: Is the IIJA up to the Challange?14th Annual Mineta National Transportation Policy SummitFeatured Speaker: Robin Hutcheson, Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Fireside chat with Karen Philbrick, PhD, Executive Director, Mineta Transportation Institute Keynote Speaker: Jennifer Homendy, 15th Chair, National Transportation Safety Board Q&A will be moderated by Paula Hammond, Multimodal National Market Leader, WSP Chair, American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)
MTI Safety Survey Presenter:
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Panel Moderator: Selika Talbott, MTI Research Associate; Founder and CEO, Autonomous Vehicle Consulting
The United States faces a public health crisis on its roads. In 2021 alone, almost 43,000 people died in traffic crashes and millions more suffered serious injuries. Secretary Pete Buttigieg calls the situation a preventable crisis—one for which we must take responsibility by recognizing that human lives are not a price to pay for modernity. New funding available through the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) provides a significant opportunity to reduce crashes through infrastructure redesign. Join the Mineta Transportation Institute and a panel of national experts to discuss the role of infrastructure redesign in achieving a national goal of zero traffic fatalities.
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June 3, 2022  |
Mapping the Route to Equitable Road User Charges13th Annual Mineta National Transportation Finance SummitFeatured Speaker: US Congressman Peter DeFazio, Chair, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for the 117th Congress Fireside chat with Karen Philbrick, PhD, Executive Director, Mineta Transportation Institute Keynote Speaker: Polly Trottenberg, Deputy Secretary, US Department of Transportation Q&A will be moderated by Jeff Morales, Managing Principal, InfraStrategies, LLC
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Panel Moderator: Stephanie Wiggins, Chief Executive Officer, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro)
The accelerating transition to electric vehicles brings new urgency to discussions on how to replace fuel taxes with other broad-based, reliable sources of transportation revenue. From Wyoming to Delaware to California, more and more state legislatures are considering mileage fees, regions like the San Francisco Bay Area are considering expanded tolling, and New York City is within reach of adopting a congestion pricing proposal. Overlaying these discussions is a persistent call to consider the equity of any new charges on drivers. How will the charges impact low-income drivers? Does payment require access to banking tools that are not universally available? This event explored proposals including fee rates that vary by driver income, vehicle characteristics, or time and place, and equity-centered policies for responding to non-payment of tolls or other fees.
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June 11, 2021  |
Electrifying the Transportation Future12th Annual Mineta National Transportation Finance SummitSpecial guest: Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation Preliminary remarks: Senator Alex Padilla, U.S. Senate Keynote address: Toks Omishakin, Director, California Department of Transportation Moderator: Therese McMillan, Executive Director, Metropolitan Transportation Commission Other speakers:
Transportation policymakers face two overlapping, once-in-a-generation opportunities: electrifying the nation’s vehicle fleet and re-establishing a stable source of federal and state revenue for transportation. As states and the Biden administration begin a push to rapidly electrify the US fleet for climate reasons, policymakers are under increasing pressure to rethink how states and the federal government fund transportation infrastructure and services. For decades, motor fuel taxes have generated the majority of state and federal funds spent on transportation, even if recently these taxes have been losing their purchasing power. However, a shift to electric vehicles will require a new transportation funding model. The speakers will discuss the challenges and opportunities with such options as mileage fees, carbon taxes, higher vehicle registration fees, or a shift entirely away from user-generated revenue.
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June 26, 2020  |
Paying for Transportation in California: Does COVID-19 Change Everything?11th Annual Mineta National Transportation Finance SummitKeynote address: David S. Kim, Secretary, California State Transportation Agency Moderator: Nuria Fernandez, General Manager, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Other speakers:
The COVID-19 pandemic threatens every aspect of transportation funding in California. State revenues from federal, state, regional, and local taxes and fees are all at risk. Since California’s shelter-in-place order went into effect in March, the state has already faced plummeting revenues from gasoline taxes, tolls, transit fares, and sales taxes. These revenue sources will most likely continue to be severely threatened in the coming months and possibly even years. Panelists discussed the opportunities for every level of government to help recover transportation revenues in our uncertain future. Can we rely on our traditional mix of revenue sources? Will the COVID-19 crisis stimulate innovation in transportation finance?
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June 21, 2019  |
The Intersection between Transportation and Housing: Building Blocks to the Future10th Annual Mineta National Transportation Finance Summit
Keynote introduction: Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary of Transportation (Ret.) Keynote address: Therese McMillan, Executive Director, Metropolitan Transportation Commission Other speakers:
While the San Francisco Bay Area is booming with jobs and (for many) high wages, people are increasingly priced out of the housing market. The region risks losing people to fill jobs that are essential to California’s economy. A variety of taxes, grants, fees and other public revenue sources can help fund affordable housing. Moreover, an innovative solution is to involve public transportation agencies. To that end, agency-owned land in and around transportation hubs could be incentivized to create transit-oriented development projects, which place high-density housing above or adjacent to transit centers. This provides easy mobility while offering less-costly living space.
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June 22, 2018  |
Paving the Way to a Better Future - The Implementation of SB1 Funds9th Annual Mineta National Transportation Finance SummitKeynote introduction: Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary of Transportation (Ret.) Keynote address: Laurie Berman, Director, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Other speakers:
The need to invest in California’s transportation system is dire and after years of seeking a solution to the state’s transportation crisis, the State Legislature passed and the governor signed SB 1 (Beall, 2017), also known as the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, increasing transportation funding by $54 billion over a decade. SB 1 provides the first significant, stable and ongoing increase in state transportation funding in more than two decades. This free, half-day summit hosted by the Mineta Transportation Institute looked at how SB1 funds are being implemented and documented the strategies that state, local, and regional governments and transportation agencies are taking to address California’s transportation needs.
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June 16, 2017  |
Are We There Yet? Bridging the Gap in California's Transportation Funding8th Annual Mineta National Transportation Finance SummitKeynote introduction: Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary of Transportation (Ret.) Keynote address: Jim Beall, Chairman, California Senate Transportation and Housing Committee Other speakers:
The need to invest in California’s transportation system is dire. Estimates suggest a nearly $140B backlog in deferred maintenance on highways, bridges, and local streets and roads. While the funding crisis is widely recognized, solutions are difficult to come by. Senate Bill 1, passed by the California legislature in early April, dedicates over $50B to transportation projects through increased fuel taxes and vehicle registration fees, yet that only partially fills the gap. This free, half-day summit hosted by MTI at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco looked at various strategies the state and local and regional governments and transportation agencies are taking to address California’s transportation needs. The results from year eight of a national public opinion poll of more than 1,500 Americans on various tax options for raising federal transportation revenues were presented.
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June 17, 2016  |
Superior Infrastructure = Economic Success7th Annual Mineta National Transportation Finance SummitKeynote introduction: Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary of Transportation (Ret.) Keynote address: Brian Kelly, Secretary, California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) Other speakers:
Congress says that Americans won’t pay more taxes and fees for mobility. Is that true? What exactly are the funding challenges and how are transportation leaders addressing them? At this summit, MTI presented the results of year seven of a national public opinion poll asking more than 1,500 Americans if they would support various tax options for raising federal transportation revenues, including a special focus on understanding support for increasing revenues for public transit.
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June 26, 2015  |
Fund Federal Transportation Investment Now6th Annual Mineta National Transportation Finance SummitKeynote introduction: Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary of Transportation (Ret.) Keynote address: Hon. Jim Beall, California State Senator Moderator: Karen Philbrick, PhD, Executive Director, Mineta Transportation Institute Other speakers:
When the American Society of Civil Engineers gave the US transportation infrastructure a grade of D+, it should have been a wake-up call. Two years later, funding approvals are still hard to come by. Bridges continue to crumble. Roadways develop potholes. Rail systems are in crisis. Congress says that Americans won’t pay more taxes and fees for mobility. Is that true? What exactly are the funding challenges, and how are transportation leaders addressing them? The results from year sixth of a national public opinion poll of more than 1,500 Americans on various tax options for raising federal transportation revenues were presented.
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June 20, 2014  |
Funding Transportation Infrastructure Now and in the Future5th Annual Mineta National Transportation Policy Forum
Keynote introduction: Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary of Transportation (Ret.) Keynote address: Therese McMillan, Federal Transit Deputy Administrator Moderator: Mortimer Downey, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation (Ret.) Other speakers:
This year's Mineta Transportation Institute policy summit featured experts representing viewpoints from the national, state and local levels discussing the financing challenges facing the U.S. transportation infrastructure.
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June 21, 2013 |
Catching Up with the Rest of the World4th Annual Mineta National Transportation Policy SummitKeynote introduction: Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary of Transportation (Ret.) Keynote address: Kathryn B. Thomson, U.S. Department of Transportation Moderator: Mortimer Downey, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation (Ret.) Other speakers:
This year's Mineta Transportation Institute policy summit featured experts representing viewpoints from both the national and state level discussing the financing challenges facing the U.S. transportation infrastructure. These leaders also examined the results from the latest national survey polling Americans about transportation taxes and fees.
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June 22, 2012 |
Financing Infrastructure for America: Are We Becoming a Second-Class Country?3rd Annual Mineta National Transportation Policy SummitModerator: Mortimer Downey, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation (Ret.) Speakers:
Transportation experts discussed their growing concerns regarding what they see as the woeful lack of investments and funding for our national highways, bridges, transit and airport systems. As they tackled this important issue, they also reviewed a newly completed national survey on the topic.
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June 24, 2011 |
From Point A to Point B: Fixing U.S. Transportation Systems2nd Annual Mineta National Transportation Policy SummitKeynote address: Polly Trottenberg, Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy at the U.S. Department of Transportation Moderator: Mortimer Downey, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation (Ret.) Other speakers:
If you have ever been stuck in traffic on the Bay Bridge, late to meetings, or have had a ruined weekend because you couldn’t make it to a destination in time, you know that California suffers from a major transportation infrastructure problem. From pot holes jarring people’s necks and backs, to bridges collapsing nationwide, thousands of commuters are being affected every day by America’s inadequate and faltering transportation infrastructure system. At the 2nd Annual Mineta National Transportation Policy Summit, experts examined what can and must be done to ameliorate this dire situation.
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June 25, 2010 |
Funding the Transportation System of the Future1st Annual Mineta National Transportation Policy SummitModerator: Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary of Transportation (Ret.) Speakers:
Within the next two decades, the Census Bureau estimates that the U.S. population will increase by as many as 50 million people, including at least a 25-percent increase in California’s population alone. This population growth, combined with a growing backlog of overdue maintenance work on roads and transit systems, creates a need for significantly expanded transportation revenues. However, the current political climate is generally unfavorable to tax increases. Given these political realities, what new or expanded revenue sources could be generated for transportation? In particular, what options will be politically feasible in the short and medium term? Our panel of transportation experts, representing viewpoints from the national and state level, discussed possible revenue options and their likely reception from the public and legislators.
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