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The P3 Center Hosts its 4th Annual P3 Forum

Contact

For general inquiries, the P3 Center can be contacted at: p3policy@gmu.edu

Dr. Gifford, Center Director, can be contacted at: jgifford@gmu.edu

Phone: 703-993-2275
Fax: 703-993-8215

On April 25, 2017, the Center for Transportation Public-Private Partnership Policy hosted its fourth annual Spring conference, exploring Emerging Infrastructure Initiatives and Potential Roles for P3s.

The morning panel, Emerging Infrastructure Initiatives, moderated by Janet Kavinoky of Vulcan Materials Company, featured remarks from Robert Poole of the Reason Foundation, Bryan Grote of Mercator Advisors (presentation materials), Martin Klepper of the US Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau (presentation materials), and Virginia Delegate Randall Minchew.  This panel was followed by remarks from Virginia Secretary of Transportation Aubrey Layne and a lively Q&A session with the secretary and morning panel.

Following lunch with featured speaker Amando Madan of Skanska Infrastructure Development, the afternoon panel focused on P3s in the Mid-Atlantic Region & Beyond.  Moderated by Michael Schneider of HDR, the afternoon speakers included Javier Tamargo of I-77 Mobility Partners (presentation materials), Sharon Greene of HDR, and Jennifer Mayer of Living Cities (presentation materials).

Conference Materials: 2017 P3 Forum Agenda, 2017 P3 Forum Speaker Bios

News Article in Transport Topics

Photos coming soon!

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The P3 Center’s 4th Annual Conference

Contact

For general inquiries, the P3 Center can be contacted at: p3policy@gmu.edu

Dr. Gifford, Center Director, can be contacted at: jgifford@gmu.edu

Phone: 703-993-2275
Fax: 703-993-8215

Emerging Infrastructure Initiatives and Potential Roles for P3s

Tuesday April 25th, 2017; 9:30 AM -3:00 PM; RSVP Required

AGENDA

9:30 am – Check-in

10:00 – 10:10 am – Welcome and Kick-off Remarks

Dr. Jonathan Gifford – Director, Center for Transportation Public-Private Partnership Policy, George Mason University

10:10 am – 11:15 pm – Emerging Infrastructure Initiatives

Moderator: Janet Kavinoky – Vulcan Materials

Delegate J. Randall Minchew – VA House of Delegates, Transportation Committee

Martin Klepper – Executive Director, Build America Bureau, USDOT

Robert Poole – Director of Transportation Policy, Reason Foundation

Bryan Grote – Mercator Advisors, formerly Member of the National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission

11:15-12:15 – Featured Speaker and Q&A

Aubrey Layne – Secretary of Transportation, Commonwealth of Virginia

Followed by Q&A with Secretary Layne and the morning panelists

12:30 pm – Lunch and Keynote Speaker

Amando Madan – Senior Vice President, Skanska Infrastructure Development

1:45 – 3:00 pm – P3s in the Mid-Atlantic Region & Beyond

Moderator: Michael Schneider – Senior Vice President, HDR

Javier Tamargo – CEO, I-77 Mobility Partners; formerly with Cintra Development

Charles Lattuca – Executive Director, Transit Development & Delivery

Maryland Transit Authority, representing the Purple Line Team

Jennifer Mayer – Concept Jeneration, LLC; Founding chair, TRB P3 Subcommittee

3:00 pm: Adjourn

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Bond Buyer Quotes Center Director on Trumps’ P3 Plan

Contact

For general inquiries, the P3 Center can be contacted at: p3policy@gmu.edu

Dr. Gifford, Center Director, can be contacted at: jgifford@gmu.edu

Phone: 703-993-2275
Fax: 703-993-8215

For his December 30, 2016 article “OUTLOOK: Interstate Tolls Could Fuel Trump’s P3 Plan,” Bond Buyer author Jim Watts quotes Center director Jonathan Gifford regarding infrastructure financing and the challenges associated with transportation user fees.

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Bloomberg Quotes Center Director on Trump’s Infrastructure Plan

Contact

For general inquiries, the P3 Center can be contacted at: p3policy@gmu.edu

Dr. Gifford, Center Director, can be contacted at: jgifford@gmu.edu

Phone: 703-993-2275
Fax: 703-993-8215

As the country ponders President Trump’s infrastructure plans, Center Director Jonathan Gifford weighed in for Bloomberg reporter Mark Niquette’s January 27, 2017 piece, “To Toll or Not to Toll Is Question for Trump Infrastructure Plan.”

“From a policy perspective, tolling makes a lot of sense,’’ said Jonathan Gifford, director of the Center for Transportation Public-Private Partnership Policy at George Mason University. “It’s a heavy lift to say to the public, to elected officials, ‘We’re now going to start imposing a toll to improve a facility that you’ve been using without paying tolls for decades.’’’

Read the rest of the piece here.

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Center Staff Published in Transport Policy

Contact

For general inquiries, the P3 Center can be contacted at: p3policy@gmu.edu

Dr. Gifford, Center Director, can be contacted at: jgifford@gmu.edu

Phone: 703-993-2275
Fax: 703-993-8215

Graduate Research Associate Jeong Yun Kweun, consultant Porter Wheeler, and Center Director Jonathan L. Gifford’s  research paper, “Evaluating highway public-private partnerships: Evidence from U.S. value for money studies,” has been published in the journal Transport Policy. The paper examines value for money (VfM) analysis practices in the US highway sector, finding variation between public agencies’ model, risk transfer, and discount rate selections. More information can be found here.

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Center GRA Attends AIAI P3 Conference

Contact

For general inquiries, the P3 Center can be contacted at: p3policy@gmu.edu

Dr. Gifford, Center Director, can be contacted at: jgifford@gmu.edu

Phone: 703-993-2275
Fax: 703-993-8215

Center GRA Lauren McCarthy was recently welcomed at the Association for the Improvement of American Infrastructure’s (AIAI) 2017 Public-Private Partnership Conference & Expo as the organization’s first AIAI Scholar.  Throughout the conference titled “Where the Public and Private Sector Meet,” Lauren’s experience explored important community engagement issues and provided meaningful contacts with both public and private-sector P3 practitioners.  Following her return, Lauren has worked to incorporate her conference insights into the Center’s developing research paper, “The Impact of Political Risks on U.S. Surface Transportation Infrastructure.”