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Each podcast is available in enhanced audio-viusal format (MPEG4), playable with QuickTime or downloadable and playable on iTunes or an iPod color display with current software version. Links are correlated with the respective speaker’s name. In cases in which there is no presentation, “audio only” is indicated.
A summary report was subsequently published in August 2006.
Also see Interurban Rail Transportation: Moving People and Goods in the 21st Century
Agenda| 8:30–9:00 | Registration and Coffee |
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Welcome Jerome Lewis IPA, University of Delaware |
9:00–9:30 |
“Rail Corridors: The View from Washington” (32:49) The Hon. Thomas R. Carper (23MB MPEG4) | audio only (23MB MP3) U.S. Senator from Delaware |
| 9:30–10:15 |
“Inter-Metropolitan Rail Corridors and Regional Development” (40:31) Jean-Paul Rodrigue (29MB MPEG4) | audio only (28MB MP3) Department of Economics and Geography, Hofstra University |
| 10:15–10:30 | Break |
| 10:30–12:00 |
“Achievements in and the Future of Rail Corridor Projects” Howard Learner (19MB MPEG4) | audio only (15MB MP3) - (22:01) Environmental Law & Policy Center (Midwest/Chicago) Gene Skoropowski (25MB MPEG4) | audio only (17MB MP3) - (24:07) Capital Corridor Joint Powers Authority (California) Thomas Till (15MB MPEG4) | audio only (15MB MP3) - (22:09) Cascadia Center (Pacific Northwest) Panel Discussion (15MB MPEG4) | audio only (15MB MP3) - (21:42) |
| 12:15–1:15 | Lunch |
| 1:15–2:00 |
“Elements of Success for High-Speed Rail Projects in the U.S.” - (52:30) Allison L. C. de Cerreño (38MB MPEG4) | audio only (36MB MP3) Co-Director, Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management, New York University |
| 2:00–2:40 |
“Amtrak Is Only the Symptom” - (18:44) James P. RePass (13MB MPEG4) | audio only (13MB MP3) President and CEO, The National Corridors Initiative |
| 2:45–3:45 |
“The Future of Rail Transportation in America” - (40:38) David L. Gunn (28MB MPEG4) | audio only (28MB MP3) former President, Amtrak |
| 3:45–4:15 |
Open Discussion and Comments on Directions and Strategies to Enhance Rail in Inter-Metropolitan Corridors (28MB MPEG4) | audio only (27MB MP3) - (39:33) |
The forum was co-sponsored by IPA and The National Corridors Initiative with support from DelDOT and the Wilmington Metropolitan Area Planning Council (WILMAPCO).
For more information, contact Robert Warren (302-831-1686).
