Commission Activities
The Commission undertook an aggressive outreach effort to learn about the issues facing the nation’s transportation system. A 77-member Blue Ribbon Panel of Transportation Experts was established to provide the Commission with recommendations and additional insight. This panel included experts from different levels of government, the private sector, and research and academic institutions.
The Commission held field hearings in ten cities: Dallas, Portland (Oregon), Memphis, New York, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Minneapolis, and Chicago. During these hearings, 231 witnesses testified about a wide range of topics covering all surface transportation modes. The hearings often included tours of facilities, or discussion of issues unique to certain parts of the country. Several of these field hearings were cosponsored with major transportation stakeholder groups.
The Commission met in public and executive session in Washington, D.C., 12 times during the course of its activities, and heard from 62 expert witnesses during these sessions. Individual Commissioners regularly participated in conferences and meetings to solicit input from key transportation stakeholders, and provided interviews and editorial columns to newspapers.
The Commission also developed a public Web site, http://www.transportationfortomorrow.org, that included testimony from the field hearings and public sessions, as well as key information about the Commission’s work.
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