1. Federal Transportation Funding Reform CNU Transportation Summit Scott Polikov November 5, 2009

2. Former Chairman of the House Transportation Committee, Texas Legislature, Mike Krusee oversaw TxDOT and supported big road building for the Governor… He now believes that the urbanists have always had the answer.

3. The failing design and economic assumptions of the current system are pulling the current transportation system down onto its last leg. Bankruptcy

5. The challenge- Connecting regional/local practice on (i) transportation design, (ii) development patterns and (iii) local financing with federal funding policy Verano Plan by Gateway Planning Group and Pate Engineering Campus Plan courtesy of Marmon Mok/Sasaki

6. Durability of value- lifecycle analysis Return on investment from sustainable development patterns

7. The institutional players are talking about land use and transportation. But it’s development patterns, not “land use,” with which we should be concerned.

8. Regional Planning is coming of age Kent County and Dover MPO joint Regional Plan

9. We are developing good implementation tools at the regional level.

10. But there is still a disconnect in terms of the context into which the funding flows.

11. An unprecedented moment in time

14. Some states and MPOs are focusing on development patterns voluntarily.

16. Competition based on Livability and Return on Investment CNU’s proposal for allocation of federal transportation funds? Increase competitive funding based on livability outcomes, “ off-system” infrastructure and sustainable development patterns in the context of regionalism