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TED2002 Planning Committee
The TED2002 conference planning committee was cochaired by Michael Bell, MEB Associates; Glen Weisbrod, Economic Development Research Group; and Norman S. J. Foster, Minnesota Department of Finance.
TRBs staff, led by Jon Williams, organized the logistics of the conference. From NCHRP, Ron McCready coordinated the funding that AASHTO provided. At TRB, planning for the conference arrangements was handled by Linda Karson and Bruce Millar, together with Claire Felbinger. Miriam Roskin of Roskin Consulting prepared the nsummary document of Conference Proceedings on behalf of TRB.
Special thanks went to Terry Gotts of the Michigan Department of Transportation (DOT), who proposed that AASHTO sponsor the conference, and Sandy Straehl from Montana DOT, who chaired the committee that provided support. David Williams from Oregon DOT served as local liaison on behalf of AASHTO. Major organizational support came from the Rahall Transportation Institute at Marshall University in West Virginia, represented by Richard Begley and Robert Plymale. Marshall University, led by Michael Hicks, organized the preliminary and final collections of papers. Additonal organizational support came from the ARC (Greg Bischak) and FHWA (Martin Weiss).
Other planning committee members were Adjo Amekudzi, Georgia Tech; Nilam Bedi, Ontario Ministry of Transportation; Richard Begley, Rahall Transportation Institute, Marshall University; Greg Bischak, ARC; Stewart Butler, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, U.S. DOT; Randy Eberts, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research; Abe Farkas, Portland Development Commission; David Forkenbrock, Public Policy Center, University of Iowa; Ed Gilliland, International Economic Development Council; Terry Gotts, Michigan DOT; Peter Hawley, American Planning Association; Jay Higle, New York DOT; Jacqueline Llanos, INRETS; Shirley Loveless, Coleshill Associates; Janet Oakley, AASHTO; Neil Pedersen, Maryland DOT; R. Leo Penne, AASHTO; Robert Plymale, Rahall Transportation Institute, Marshall University; Ron Poole, formerly North Carolina DOT; Robert Ritter, Eno Transportation Foundation; Michael Sexton, Carter & Burgess; Martin Weiss, FHWA; and
David Williams, Oregon DOT.
