Preserving the American Dream Agenda. Sunday, October 27. Optional Tour of
DC-Virginia-Maryland. 8:00 am to 4:30 pm — Bus tour of the land-use and ...
Preserving the American Dream Agenda Sunday, October 27 Optional Tour of DC-Virginia-Maryland 8:00 am to 4:30 pm — Bus tour of the land-use and transportation projects in the Washington, DC area. The bus leaves at 8:00 am sharp; please gather in the lobby at 7:45 am. 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm — Registration and Welcome Reception
Session 1: Reception and Roundtable Discussion — State Room 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm — Buffet Dinner 6:45 pm — Welcome from Eileen Bruskewitz, Executive Director of the American Dream Coalition 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm — Debate: Should Congress Abolish New Starts? Randal O’Toole, Cato Institute Art Guzzetti, American Public Transportation Association
Monday, October 28 Session 2: Transportation Issues 8:00 am to 8:05 am - Welcome, Eileen Bruskewitz, ADC Executive Director Plenary Session — 8:05 am to 9:55 am — Tom Rubin, Moderator — Terrace Ballroom • • • •
Dale Moser (Coach USA): How Megabus Revolutionized the Intercity Bus Industry Cliff Slater (Honolulu Traffic): Stopping a Rail Transit Boondoggle Robert Poole (Reason Foundation): Interstate 2.0—Modernizing the Interstate Highway System Ron Utt (Maryland Public Policy Institute): The Debate over Public-Private Partnerships
Mobility Workshops — 10:10 am to 12:00 pm — Moderators in Parentheses 2a. Transportation & 2b. Transportation Funding 2c. Fighting Boondoggles Technology (John Charles) (Sam Staley) (John Niles) Chairman’s Room Terrace Room Cabinet Room Bruce Lambert: Urban planning & trucking Rick Harrison: Prius Efficiency on Hummer Streets Marc Scribner: The Danger of Re-regulating the Railroads Pat Zilliacus: Measuring congestion relief from transit
Ken Orski: How to avert a transportation funding crisis Ryan Bowley: Reforming Federal Transportation Alan Pisarski: The Future of Driving Baruch Feigenbaum: FreeMarket Transportation
Lunch: 12:15 to 1:15 pm
Panos Prevedouros: Honolulu Rail Transit Tiffany Couch: The Columbia River Bridge Eileen Bruskewitz: The Madison Train Joseph Warren: The Arlington Streetcar
Keynote Speaker: Virginia Delegate Jim LeMunyon “Political Prospects and Obstacles for Dealing with Congestion at the State Level”
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Session 3: Land-Use Issues Plenary Session — 1:30 to 3:30 pm — Ed Braddy, Moderator — Terrace Ballroom • • • •
Tom Rubin (ADC): Sustainability Planning in the San Francisco Bay Area Wendell Cox (Demographia.com): Toward More Prosperous Cities Stanley Kurtz (Ethics & Public Policy Center): Obama’s War on the Suburbs Rick Harrison (Harrison Site Design Studio): Building Sustainable Suburbs
Land-Use Workshops — 3:50 to 5:30 pm 3a. Dealing with Local 3b. The Portland Model Government (Mimi Steel) Breaks Down (TBD) Terrace Room Chairman’s Room Ed Braddy: Managing a LeftLeaning City Katherine Kersten: Regionalism in the Twin Cities Sam Staley: The Tea Party and Florida’s Growth-Management Law
John Charles: The Myth of Transit-Oriented Development John Glennon: The Disappearance of Large Lots Craig Flynn: The ClackistaniDamascus Revolt
Monday Evening Banquet Sponsored by the Competitive Enterprise Institute Reception: 6:00 to 7:00 pm — Terrace Ballroom Dinner: 7:00 to 9:00 pm
Keynote Speaker: Representative Thomas Massie (Kentucky) “Prospects for Ending Congressional Gridlock over Transportation”
Tuesday, October 29 — Terrace Ballroom Session 4a: 8:00 to 10:00 am: The Politics of Transportation — Eileen Bruskewitz, Moderator • • • •
Randal O’Toole (Cato Institute): A Political Strategy for Federal Transportation Funding Barry Klein (Houston Property Rights Association): Reframing Transportation Planning Emily Ekins (Reason Foundation): Packaging Your Message Brandon Arnold (National Taxpayers Union): Talking to members of Congress
Session 4b: 10:15 am to 12:15 pm: The Politics of Land & Property Rights — Randal O’Toole, Moderator • • • •
Mimi Steel (Citizens Alliance for Property Rights): Opposing a Sustainability Plan Andrea McCarthy (Cato Institute): Media Relations Hadley Heath (Independent Women’s Forum): Economic Concepts in Plain Language Erica Smith (Institute for Justice): Bringing Legal Cases on Property Rights
Lunch — 12:30 to 1:15 pm 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm: Annual meeting of the American Dream Coalition
Many Thanks to Our Co-Sponsors • American Highway Users Alliance • Cascade Policy Institute • Center for the American Experiment • Competitive Enterprise Institute
• Home Builders Association of Central Arizona • Heritage Foundation • Independent Institute • Reason Foundation
