Creating Sustainable Mobility (Lone Star ACT 2014) Rob Henry
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Presented at Creating Sustainable Mobility seminar in Houston, Texas, October 14, 2014, by Rob Henry. Rob Henry is Vice President of the Association for Commuter Transportation national board of directors, and Executive Director of the Greater Valley Forge Transportation Management Association (GVF TMA), in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.
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- 1. October 14, 2014 Advocacy
- 2. Advocacy #GVFTMA • Advocacy 101 – You have to donate or pay someone – My voice isn’t that important – I can’t make a difference
- 3. Advocacy • Federal – Worked on MAP 21 – Served on the ACT National Reauthorization Task Force – Testified before the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
- 4. Advocacy • You have to visit
- 5. Advocacy • Find your champions
- 6. Advocacy • MAP 21 passed – Roughly $200 Billion for the U.S. – Very performance based – Measure Measure Measure
- 7. Advocacy • Projects moved forward
- 8. Advocacy • However it was too short and not enough Did not solve many questions like the transit benefit
- 9. Advocacy • Pennsylvania Challenge – Crumbling Infrastructure – More than any state
- 10. Advocacy • Pennsylvania Challenge – Transit System
- 11. Advocacy • Pennsylvania Challenge – Transit System
- 12. Advocacy • Pennsylvania Challenge – Bike/Ped Infrastructure
- 13. Advocacy • GVF Responds – Formed a public policy committee with our members – Engaged our local, state and national elected representatives – Formed strategic partnerships
- 14. Advocacy • Utilize the press – Constituents rarely call elected officials
- 15. Advocacy • Utilize the press
- 16. Advocacy • Hosted Forums
- 17. Advocacy • Strategic Partnerships
- 18. Advocacy • Meetings – Held over 100 meetings with elected officials – Strategic meetings at the state capital
- 20. Advocacy • Meetings – Focused on Economic Development
- 21. Advocacy • Outcome – PA passed ACT 89 a $2.4 Billion Package
- 22. Advocacy • Outcome • Bi-Partisan Support • All three branches of Government in PA are controlled by one party • Funding will be raised in many different ways • This was the only initiative the Governor was able to get approved
- 23. Advocacy • Make sure to thank them!
- 24. Advocacy • Make sure to thank them!
- 25. Advocacy • Press event for first completed project
- 26. Advocacy – Have a big voice in the discussion –Transportation isn’t a partisan issue it affects all of us –Funding transportation is good for the states and the U.S. economy –You really need to have both the public and the private sector engaged to make it work
- 27. Advocacy #GVFTMA Rob Henry, Executive Director rhenry@gvftma.com 610-354-8899 @gvfhenry