The Changing Landscape of Transportation Decision Making

TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD 2007 THOMAS B. DEEN DISTINGUISHED LECTUREProfessor Genevieve GiulianoSchool of Policy, Planning, and Development, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626, giuliano@usc.eduABSTRACT: This presentation examines the changes taking place in the way transportation policy and investment decisions are made. To provide an understanding of these changes, they are placed in the larger context of major trends in public-sector decision making: devolution, fragmentation, and privatization. The changes taking place in the transport sector are viewed as consistent with larger trends. The changes pose particular challenges in transportation because of its unique characteristics, and they have contributed to four problems: (a) preserving and enhancing system network benefits, (b) avoiding inefficient decisions, (c) solving transportation's externalities, and (d) ensuring accountability. The Alameda Corridor is used as an example of managing the new decision-making landscape. The presentation closes with thoughts on improving the transportation decision-making process.18 April at noon, second floor of Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall Lunch is provided if you RSVP to Jeanne Nguyen at jeann@usc.edu

Location: Ralph And Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) - 2nd Floor

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Georgia Lum