“Building Planning Capacity Between Public and Private Sector Planning Partners”
October 6-7, 2008
Port of Tacoma, Tacoma, Washington
The National Association of Regional Councils (NARC), with assistance from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), held a two-day workshop on Building Planning Capacity Between Public and Private Sector Planning Partners in Tacoma on October 6-7, 2008.
The workshop, hosted by the Port of Tacoma, was geared toward developing the capacity of public sector freight planners and their private sector counterparts to educate and learn from their counterparts on freight planning processes and timelines. The workshop explored the impacts of goods movement, land-use and transportation policies, and industry specific needs that link these two critical areas.
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Erika Young, Transportation Director, National Association of Regional Councils
Jeannie Beckett, Senior Director, Inland Transportation, Port of Tacoma
Developing Evaluation Elements
Charlie Howard, Planning Director, Puget Sound Regional Council
Karen Schmidt, Executive Director, Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board (FMSIB)
Elizabeth Stratton, Freight Policy and Project Manager, WSDOT Freight Systems Division
George C. Xu, PhD, Planning and Strategic Assessment Manager, WSDOT Freight Systems Division
Involving the Stakeholders
Anna Soderstrom, Trucker Outreach, Port of Tacoma
Allison Smith, Regional Transportation Planner, Port of Tacoma
Tony Warfield, Data and Environmental Impact Studies, Port of Tacoma
Jack Hedge, Maytown Experience, Port of Tacoma
Evette Mason, Governmental Affairs, Port of Tacoma
Jeannie Beckett, Senior Director, Inland Transportation, Port of Tacoma
Financing Improvements
Tom McCullough, PE, Vice President and Branch Manager, Moffat & Nichol
Walter Kemmsies, PhD, Chief Economist, Moffat & Nichol
Jeffrey D. Holt, Vice President of Public Sector and Intrastructure Banking, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Main Line View
Terry Finn, Director of Government Affairs, BNSF Railroad
For more information on NARC’s work on Building Capacity between Public and Private Sectors in the Freight Industry, see the Chicago Peer to Peer and 2009 Freight Summitevent pages.
