John Hennessy III,
P.E.
Member organizations of the Americans for Transportation Mobility (ATM) Coalition took part in a recent national Radio Media Tour (RMT). They advocated a Congressional furtherance of the FAST Act and for a longer-term federal investment plan to rebuild aging highways, bridges and public transit.
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“It’s important to note that other major U.S. cities, like New York and Chicago, were planned before the automobile. Miami, Miami-Dade — our city, our county, they were planned after the car already existed. We are in a moment, where the decisions we make today will greatly impact the future of our county: How our children and our children’s children will move around and what kind of access they will have,” notes Aileen Bouclé, Executive Director of the Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization (TPO).
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In Miami-Dade County, one of three counties that comprise the teeming Miami metropolitan region, the interstate system, heavily traveled expressways, electronic toll lanes and express buses provide a matrix of connectivity, but the cost of better infrastructure, streamlining public transit to propel ridership, and the need for federal support are foremost.
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In this most recent ATM video, a discussion on why infrastructure investment must be a priority for our elected leaders and why Congress must act sooner rather than later.
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Janet F. Kavinoky is a nationally recognized expert in transportation policy, funding, and finance. As executive director in the Chamber’s Congressional and Public Affairs Division, Kavinoky leads all transportation strategy, policy, and lobbying efforts. She has expertise in developing consensus policy positions among diverse stakeholders and lobbying Congress and executive branch agencies on a wide range of legislative and regulatory matters relating to surface, air, and water transportation.
“We need to look at infrastructure going forward, in the same way, I think, that an entrepreneur does when they’re pitching a business plan to an investor. An entrepreneur helps the investor visualize what’s going to happen, lays out a strategy, and inspires confidence to execute on that strategy. “
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