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2007 Oberstar Forum
The Condition of Our Nation’s Transportation Infrastructure: Heading Toward a Crisis?
Monday, October 8, 2007
Radisson University Hotel, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
The sixth James L. Oberstar Forum on Transportation Policy and Technology addressed the challenges posed by the nation’s aging infrastructure, especially considering the recent I-35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis on August 1, 2007. The forum was held October 8, 2007, at the Radisson University Hotel on the east bank campus in Minneapolis.
The public portion of the forum began with Congressman Oberstar's keynote speech, "The Government’s Role in Ensuring a Strong Transportation Infrastructure." Panel discussions with state and national leaders followed (see program)
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“If we don’t develop a new intermodal and international
competitiveness vision in this country—a renewed commitment to invest
in the construction of the needs of all modes of transportation—we
will be left behind,” Oberstar said during his keynote speech,
emphasizing the key role the transportation system plays in the
nation’s global competitiveness.
The Government’s Role in Ensuring a Strong Transportation
Infrastructure
By U.S. Rep. James L. Oberstar
New Directions for Our Transportation Infrastructure
By U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Factors Affecting the State of Our Transportation Infrastructure (1.1 MB PDF)
Steve Lockwood, Principal Consultant, PB Consult
C-SPAN coverage of the 2007 Oberstar Forum (54 minutes)
2007 Forum Proceedings (566 KB PDF)
A summary report of the 2007 Oberstar Forum