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Roundtable on Implementing FAST Act Innovation Provisions

Washington, DC, June 6, 2016 | Justin Harclerode (202) 225-9446
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Highways and Transit Subcommittee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) will lead a Subcommittee roundtable policy discussion on Thursday to discuss the implementation of Title VI of the FAST Act, which reauthorizes the federal surface transportation research programs of the U.S. Department of Transportation and includes reforms and new competitive grant programs to promote the use of transportation technology.

This Subcommittee roundtable, entitled “Implementing Innovation Provisions of the FAST Act,” is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 9, 2016 in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building.  The roundtable is open to the public and news media (although video recording is not permitted).

Roundtable participants:

  • Mr. Kirk Steudle, Director, Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT)
  • Rear Admiral John E. Roberti, Vice President, Government Relations and Strategy, Cubic Corporation
  • Mr. David Schwietert, Executive Vice President of Federal and Government Relations and Public Policy, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
  • Dr. Joshua Schank, Chief Innovation Officer, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (L.A. Metro)

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