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About
The Thompson Transportation Conference was a one-day event that examined a host of issues relating to transportation, including financing for Wisconsins Transportation System, the future economic impacts of potential state policy decisions, access and solutions for rural and urban wisconsinites, the future of freight as it relates to Wisconsins ports, highways, and railways, and numerous other transportation topics. Similar to Thompson’s corridor initiative, this conference focused on jobs and what transportation solutions can mean to businesses and average Wisconsinites as the state prepares for the future.
Wisconsin Eye Recordings
The Thompson Center would like to extend our most gracious thank you to our partner The Wisconsin Eye, which streamed and recorded this event. The conference described here and many other intellectually stimulating events can be found on their website: https://wiseye.org
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CONFERENCE LINKS
Panel 1 : Wisconsin’s Transportation Funding System
00:10 Ryan Owens introductions + Bob Cook (Moderator)
08:45 Paul Hammer – Deputy Secretary, WI Department of Transportation
23:50 Mark Gottlieb – Former Secretary of the WI Department of Transportation
33:40 Jerry Petrowski – WI State Senator, Chair of the Senate Committee on Transportation, Veterans, and Military Affairs
40:20 Jim Tymon – American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
53:00 Bob Poole – The Reason Foundation
1:06:15 Q & A
Panel 2 : Community Stakeholders and Public Transit – Rural and Urban Transportation Solutions
02:10 Joe Peterangelo – Wisconsin Policy Forum
16:55 John Kissinger – Regional Transit Leadership Council (RTLC)
23:15 Ian Ritz – Chief of Transit Section, Wisconsin Department of Transportation
32:50 Tom Lynch – Madison Director of Transportation
49:20 Q & A
Panel 2.5 Frm. Governor Tommy Thompson and Faculty Research Presentations
00:25 Tommy Thompson – Former WI Governor
07:15 Jie Yu – “Connecting Wisconsin of Tomorrow: Methods to Improve Public Mobility under Future Social, Economic, and Technological Changes”
28:30 Michael Schlicting – “Future Employee Transportation Planning for the Foxconn Development Site”
Keynote Transportation Policy and Funding Reform
01:10 Bill McCoshen – Managing Partner, Capitol Consultants (Moderator)
04:30 Craig Thompson – Secretary of the WI Department of Transportation (Keynote Speaker)
Date, Time, and Location
Venue : The Harley-Davidson Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Date : April 26, 2019
Time. : 9:00am to 3:15pm
Doors open at 8:30am
Schedule of Events
Schedule of Events
8:30 am Doors Open
Coffee and Light Fare available
9:00 – 9:10 am Welcome and Opening Remarks
Ryan Owens
9:10 – 10:40 am Wisconsin’s Transportation Funding System: The Task Before Us
Bob Cook, Mark Gottlieb, Paul Hammer, Jerry Petrowski, Bob Poole, Jim Tymon
10:40 – 10:50 am Break
10:50 am – 12:30pm Community Stakeholders and Public Transit: Rural and Urban Transportation Solutions
John Kissinger, Lorrie Lisek, Tom Lynch, Joe Peterangelo, Ian Ritz, Michael Schlicting, Jie Yu
12:30-12:40 Break to begin lunch
12:40 – 1:40 pm Transportation Policy and Funding Reform: A Priority for Wisconsin
Presenter: Craig Thompson
Moderator: Bill McCoshen
Plated Lunch during this time (provided)
1:40 – 3:10 pm Ports to Rail, the Future of Freight
Teresa Adams, Debby Jackson, Ken Lucht, Adam Schlict, Aileen Switzer
3:10 – 3:15: Closing Remarks
Ryan Owens
Presenters, Panelists, and Moderators
Teresa Adams – UW-Madison faculty, National Center for Freight & Infrastructure Research & Education (CFIRE)
Bob Cook – Fmr. Executive Director, Transportation Development Association of Wisconsin
Mark Gottlieb – Fmr. Secretary, WI Department of Transportation (DOT)
Paul Hammer – Deputy Secretary, WI Department of Transportation (DOT)
Debby Jackson – Executive Director, Transportation Development Association of Wisconsin
John Kissinger – Co-Chair, Regional Transit Leadership Council (RTLC)
Ken Lucht – President, WI Railroad Association; Acting Vice President, Government and Industry Relations for Watco Companies
Lorrie Lisek – Executive Director, Wisconsin Clean Cities
Tom Lynch – Madison Director of Transportation
Bill McCoshen – Managing Partner, Capitol Consultants
Ryan Owens – Director, Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership
Joe Peterangelo – Senior Researcher, Public Policy Forum
Jerry Petrowski – Wisconsin State Senator
Bob Poole – Director of Transportation Policy, Reason Foundation
Ian Ritz – Chief of Transit Section, Wisconsin Department of Transportation (DOT)
Adam Schlicht – Port Director Milwaukee, Ports association
Michael Schlicting – UW-Madison Faculty, Thompson Center research award recipient:
“Future Employee Transportation Planning for the Foxconn Development Site”
Aileen Switzer – DOT, DTIM Administrator, Div. Transportation Investment Management
Craig Thompson – Secretary, WI Department of Transportation
Jim Tymon – Ececutive Director, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (ASHTO)
Jie Yu – UW-Milwaukee Faculty, Thompson Center research award recipient:
“Connecting Wisconsin of Tomorrow: Methods to Improve Public Mobility under Future Social, Economic and Technological Changes”