Policy ForumIPA organized a policy forum in 2005 to facilitate a continuing process of discussion, planning, and action for the formulation of policies and programs for an efficient interurban rail system that will further both mobility and environmental goals. The forum brought together elected officials and rail transportation operators, experts, advocates, and planners to identify long-term strategies for enhancing rail-corridor services and a specific agenda for the Mid-Atlantic portion of the Northeast Corridor.
A summary report was subsequently published in July 2005.
Also see Building Inter-Metropolitan Rail Corridors
Forum Agenda| 0830 - 0900 | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 0900 - 0910 | Welcome Jerome Lewis, IPA, University of Delaware Robert Warren, IPA, University of Delaware |
| 0910 - 1000 | Keynote Speaker “National & Mid-Atlantic Rail Policy Issues” U.S. Senator Thomas R. Carper |
| 1000 - 1045 | An Overview of Rail Service and Prospects JayEtta Z. Hecker Director in the Physical Infrastructure Team, Government Accountability Office |
| 1045 - 1100 | Break |
| 1100 - 1145 | The Corridor Perspective James P. RePass President and CEO, National Corridors Initiative |
| 1145 - 1230 | Assessing the Future Development of the Mid-Atlantic Corridor Lance R. Grenzeback Senior Vice President, Cambridge Systematics, Inc. |
| 1230 - 1330 | Lunch and Luncheon Presentation “Freight and Passenger Rail Service from the Norfolk Southern Perspective” Rick Crawford Special Assistant in Corporate Affairs, Norfolk Southern |
| 1330 - 1430 | Panel Presentations: States’ and Amtrak’s Views on the Mid-Atlantic Corridor panelists: James Badgley Manager, Bureau of Freight Services, New Jersey DOT Drew Galloway Senior Director, Strategic Planning, Amtrak David Ganovski Director of Freight Logistics, Maryland DOT Michael Kirkpatrick Planner, Delaware DOT Ran Marshall Freight Analyst Supervisor, Bureau of Rail Freight, Ports & Waterways, Pennsylvania DOT |
| 1430 - 1530 | Setting an Agenda / Open Discussion |
For more information, contact Robert Warren (302-831-1686).
