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The Texas Tribune is pleased to present a daylong symposium, in partnership with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, on transportation policy in Texas. Topics of discussion will include highway funding, urban mobility, road vs. rail, tech innovations in easing congestion and how population growth is impacting our planning for the future.
8am: Breakfast
8:30am: Transportation and the 85th Legislature
State Rep. Celia Israel, D-Austin, Member of the House Transportation Committee
State Sen. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville, Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee
State Rep. Ron Simmons, R-Carrollton, Member of the House Transportation Committee and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Long-term Infrastructure Planning
Moderated by Evan Smith, Co-Founder and CEO of The Texas Tribune
9:30am: The View from TxDOT
James Bass, Executive Director of the Texas Department of Transportation
J. Bruce Bugg, Jr., Commissioner of the Texas Transportation Commission
Moderated by: Evan Smith, Co-Founder and CEO of The Texas Tribune
10:25am: Is High-Speed Rail on Track?
R. Jack Cagle, Harris County Commissioner
Tim Keith, CEO of Texas Central
Ben Leman, Grimes County Judge
Kyle Workman, President of Texans Against High-Speed Rail
Moderated by Brandon Formby, Urban Affairs Reporter for The Texas Tribune
11:20am: The Future of Urban Mobility
John-Michael V. Cortez, Special Assistant to Austin Mayor Steve Adler
Ginger Goodin, Director of the Transportation Policy Research Center at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Philip Kingston, Dallas City Councilman
Moderated by Brandon Formby, Urban Affairs Reporter for The Texas Tribune
Noon: Lunch
12:30pm: A Lunchtime Conversation with Chancellor John Sharp
John Sharp, Chancellor of the Texas A&M University System
Moderated by Evan Smith, Co-Founder and CEO of The Texas Tribune
This symposium will be held on the 6th Floor of the Rudder Tower (Room 601), located on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station (map). A light breakfast and lunch is included. This event is free and open to the public.
Paid parking is available nearby in the University Center Parking Garage (map to garage & parking rates - not included with registration).
The Tribune's symposia are modeled on the celebrated Texas Tribune Festival. These one-day, one-topic events bring together experts to present and generate productive conversations on major issues of the day.
This event is generously sponsored by Texas A&M University and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, Union Pacific Railroad, Texas Central, Cintra and Southwest Airlines, the official airline of Texas Tribune Events. Media support is provided by The Battalion and The Eagle. Foundation support is provided by the Hatton W. Sumners Foundation.
Disclosure: though donors and corporate sponsors underwrite our events, they play no role in determining the content, panelists or line of questioning.
The Texas Tribune is a nonprofit media organization that provides nonpartisan investigative reporting, interactive data applications, and live events focused on politics and policy.
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