Category: 2014 Events

Center Graduate Research Associates Nobuhiko Daito and Zhenhua Chen present papers at the 55th Annual Transportation Research Forum. March 13-15, 2014 http://www.trforum.org/forum/2014/program.php

Center staff briefed the Denver Regional Transportation District Board of Directors in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Center Director Jonathan Gifford and Center consultant Porter Wheeler briefed the Board on current developments in the P3 market, best practices for P3s, and emerging issues. Denver is home to the Eagle P3 project, one of the first transit P3 projects in the U.S.

Douglas Koelemay, Director of the Virginia Office of Transportation Public-Private Partnerships (OTP3) visited the Center in Arlington, Virginia to meet students and staff on March 4, 2014. Doctoral students briefed the director on their ongoing research projects and Director Koelemay discussed Governor McAuliffe’s visit for P3s in his administration.

Center Graduate Research Associates Nobuhiko Daito and Lisardo Bolanos attended the   Roundtable  Policy Discussion on Public-Private Partnerships held by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. February 20, 2014.

Center Director, Prof. Jonathan Gifford, participated in the 7th Annual meeting of Senior Public-Private Partnerships Officials sponsored by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. February 17-18, 2014.

The Center welcomed supporters at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Conference in January 2014.

Mason TP3 Policy Center colleagues Kenneth Button and Porter Wheeler share thoughts with Graduate Research Associate Zhenhua Chen at TRB reception.

Mason School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs Associate Dean for Research, Roger Stough, and TP3 Policy Center Director, Prof. Jonathan Gifford, consider a point made by former Secretary Connaughton.