Focusing on Transportation Policy and Sustainability: Joint Event with WDCSITE
By Shelley Wynne, WTS-DC
September 2022
On September 27, 2022, the WTS-DC Chapter hosted a joint panel event with WDCSITE at the ITE Headquarters in DC. The event included discussion on topics on transportation policy and sustainability in DC and abroad with panelists Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Andrew Wishnia, Rachel Aland, Freight Program Manager with the Coalition for Reimagined Mobility, and Neelima Ghanta, Capital Region Planning Leader and Senior Project Manager at HNTB. Dr. Alice Grossman, Associate Research Scientist in the Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy and Health at Texas A&M Transportation Institute, moderated the event.
Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Andrew Wishnia spoke about the importance of electing more women to Congress and supporting individuals focused on climate policy initiatives. He stated that this is an exciting time for policy and climate change with the current funding status in the United States. Rachel Aland, Freight Program Manager with the Coalition for Reimagined Mobility, spoke about intermodal exchange to better plan shipping programs. She also spoke about how the United States is moving forward by creating a supply chain task force and acting on supply chain management issues. Neelima Ghanta, Capital Region Planning Leader and Senior Project Manager at HNTB, presented on her time spent in New Zealand and spoke about how her experience helped change her view on the importance of transportation sustainability. She said that New Zealand has put policies in place for new transportation infrastructure to give a reduction in greenhouse gases.
WTS-DC thanks WDCSITE for collaborating with our chapter on this informative program!