Volpe Center: Transportation Strategic Plans

"And what are you to do in a little town? The great thing is, you are all here together and you need one another-you do need one another, believe me. For a time, anyway.. Take me into partnership and I assure you we'll plan a capital enterprise. Listen! I'll explain it all in detail to you, the whole project!" - Razumihin, Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881). Crime and Punishment

Preface

This is the third in a series of Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) reports dealing with the subject of Public/Private Partnerships. The Center published the first of these documents in 1998. The U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), Office of Innovation, Research and Education, sponsored all activities conducted in support of this report, under Project Plan Agreement RS-177, including a Symposium in May 2001.

Michael A. Rossetti of the Volpe Center's National Strategic Programs Office prepared this report under the general direction and support of Bernard Blood. Special thanks to Norman Paulhus of RSPA for his advice on the final draft. The author also wishes to acknowledge the contributions of Judy Yahoodik, Lorraine Brewer, Rich Gopen, and Tony Clarke, all of whom helped to make the May 2001 Symposium a successful event. Arthur Rubin, Cassandra Oxley, and Ann Walker assisted in the final edits and publication preparations. Norris Padmore designed the cover page.

The core of this report summarizes and analyzes the proceedings of the May 2001 Symposium, Implementing Successful Public/Private Partnerships in Transportation, and the author gratefully acknowledges the contributions of presenters, speakers, and participants attending that event. This report differs structurally from the previous two documents, examining and comparing a larger number of actual partnerships highlighted during the Symposium.

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