Gutierrez-Scaccetti, Gribbin to Headline IBTTA Conference in October
New Jersey’s top transportation officer and the former infrastructure guru at the White House are scheduled to headline the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association annual conference next month in Baltimore.
Connected & #Autonomous Vehicles (CAV) are set to disrupt mobility and toll facilities on a global scale. How are #transportation agencies preparing? Find out at IBTTA's 86th Annual Meeting & Exhibition 10/14-16 in Baltimore #tollroads #transport #infrastructure pic.twitter.com/glgJGBx31s — IBTTA (@IBTTA) September 18, 2018
Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation, and D.J. Gribbin, architect of President Donald Trump’s infrastructure proposal, will share with attendees insight and perspective about freight and passenger transportation policy.
Gutierrez-Scaccetti arrived at the job last year with a deep background of toll matters having been executive director of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. The turnpike is the Garden State’s stretch of Interstate 95. Gribbin, formerly an adviser to the president, is a senior operating partner at Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners.
Other speakers will include Robert Poole, director of transportation policy at Reason Foundation, Craig Shuey, chief operating officer at the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, and Patrick Jones, IBTTA’s executive director and CEO.
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The group returns to Baltimore Oct. 14-16 after hosting the event at the city a decade ago.
“We’ll be arriving with answers and updates on the burning questions we discussed a decade ago,” said Tim Stewart, IBTTA president and executive director of the Colorado-based E-470 Public Highway Authority. “Our 2008 conference program focused on sustainable mobility as an immediate priority, interoperability as an emerging challenge, open-road tolling as a cutting-edge tolling technique and ‘high-tech, high-touch’ systems as a driver for consumer behavior.”
“In every year since 2008, IBTTA’s annual meeting and exhibition has been the place to get a handle on that change and develop strategies that keep our member agencies strong, vibrant and successful,” he added.
