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Center Director Presents at ARTBA’s 2018 P3 Conference

Center Director Jonathan Gifford presented The P3 evidence project: phase I and II during the Public-Private Partnership Conference, American Association of Road and Transportation Builders Association, Washington, D.C. (July 19).

Annual P3 Conference Postponed

It is with regrets the Center announces the postponement of the annual P3 Conference, originally scheduled for April 25, 2018. The conference is to be rescheduled for the fall of 2018. Please stay tuned for further information.

Center Director Presents P3 Evidence Research

On June 12, 2017 Center Director Dr. Jonathan Gifford spoke at the Association for the Improvement of American Infrastructure’s (AIAI) 2017 Annual Members Meeting, presenting the Center’s “P3 Evidence” research project as part of the program’s University Collaboration session.

The project explores P3 sponsor objectives and corresponding project outcomes, and Dr. Gifford outlined the research methodology, case study findings, evidence base, and next steps for future research.

The presentation materials can be found here.

Center Research Published in Transport Policy

Research conducted by Center director Dr. Jonathan Gifford and Center affiliates Zhenua Chen, Nobuhiko Daito has been published in the journal Transport Policy.

“Socioeconomic impacts of transportation public-private partnerships: A dynamic CGE assessment,” Chen, Zhenhua, Nobuhiko Daito, Jonathan L. Gifford. 2017. Transport Policy. 58, 80-87

The paper investigates the socioeconomic impacts of transportation infrastructure P3’s using a dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model applied to the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia’s I-495 Express Lanes project. More information can be found here.

The P3 Center Hosts its 4th Annual P3 Forum

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

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Center Staff Published in Transport Policy

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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