1. May 19, 2010 Washington, DC New Directions in Transportation Planning Eno Transportation Foundation Leadership Development Conference Robert Puentes and Mark Muro MAG Regional Council Meeting September 22, 2010 Intermountain West Initiative Transportation Working Group: Report to Maricopa Association of Governments

2. Brookings Metro Intermountain West Transportation Working Group: To review Personnel:Rob Puentes, Senior Fellow Mark Muro, Senior Fellow Colleagues Timeframe: 18 months June 2009-January 2011 Deliverables: Consultation to develop a shared Mountain West perspective on the nation’s transportation policy Assessment of administrative and legislative context in which transportation reform may occur Insertion of the “Mountain Megas” agenda into national transportation discussions, policy writing, and regional and national media coverage

3. “Expect Delays: An Analysis of Air Travel Trends in the Intermountain West” (October 2009) Highlights of past work Blog posts at The New Republic’s The Avenue on bootstrapping transit, self-organizing, and high speed rail (Spring 2010) Nationally syndicated article lauding MAG’s New Partnerships proposal (May 2010) Congressional testimony on the National Infrastructure Bank (May 2010) Senate presentation on performance-based transportation policy (June 2010)

4. What we’ve been up to lately “Export West” (July 2010) Expert testimony on infrastructure financing in Congress (May 2010) and Los Angeles (August 2010) Blogging on Interstate 11 and metro self-help (Summer 2010) National Infrastructure Bank commentary (ongoing) Participation in Sun Corridor MPOs Forum (June 2010) ‘New Partnership’ presentation and panel discussion at national multimodal transport conference in Maricopa (June 2010) NPR discussion on Interstate 11 with MAG staff (July 2010)

5. Detailed, block-level study on transit access and ridership (late 2010/early 2011) Further prep for a major paper on MPO structure and governance (early 2011) Continued discussion of priorities like direct allocation of transportation dollars to MPOs, new finance structures, super-regional planning and governance What’s coming

6. For more information: Robert Puentes Senior Fellow and Director Metropolitan Infrastructure Initiative Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings rpuentes@brookings.edu Mark Muro Senior Fellow and Policy Director Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings mmuro@brookings.edu