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AGENDA

September 16ndash19 Hartford Connecticut

2019 AASHTO Council on Rail Transportation

Annual Meeting

AECOMrsquos transportation experts are meeting todayrsquos demands and laying the foundation for tomorrowrsquos needs

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All meetings will take place on the 3rd floor of the hotel with the exception of the SAIPRC Meeting which will take place on the 2nd floor

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 16730 amndashNoon TOUR Hartford Line Commuter Train and Meriden Station

Participants will meet in the Hilton Hartford lobby at 730 am for the 04-mile10-minute walk to Hartford Union Station For those who would like to UberLyftTaxi Hartford Union Station is located at 1 Union Place Hartford CT 06103

815 am | Depart Hartford Union Station on CTrail Train 44531048 am | Depart Meriden Station on Amtrak Train 470Tickets will be distributed at Hartford Union Station

Noonndash430 pm Registration 3rd Floor Foyer

Noonndash130 pm Lunch Hilton Ballroom West

130 pmndash415 pm CONCURRENT MEETINGS States for Passenger Rail Coalition Hilton Ballroom East

Freight States Hilton Ballroom Center

TRB Intercity Passenger Rail Committee Mark Twain Room

No afternoon break is scheduled but coffee will be available in the 3rd Floor Foyer from 230 pmndash330 pm

415 pmndash515pm Rail Resource Center Discussion | Members and Invited Guests Only Hilton Ballroom Center

600 pmndash800 pm Opening Reception at City Steam Brewery Cafeacute942 Main St Hartford CT

The reception is a 02-mile5-minute walk from the hotel If you require mobility assistance please see Kamasha Hendrickson at the registration desk

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 17730 amndash430 pm Registration 3rd Floor Foyer

730 amndash830 am Breakfast Hilton Ballroom West

830 amndash930 am Welcome from AASHTO and State Hosts Hilton Ballroom East amp Center

Opening Remarks from James H Trogdon III PE Secretary North Carolina DOT Chair Council on Rail Transportation James H Trogdon III was appointed Secretary of the North Carolina DOT in January 2017 Secretary Trogdon is a registered professional engineer with more than 30 years of experience in transportation

Welcome from Joseph Giulietti Commissioner Connecticut DOTJoseph J Giulietti was nominated as Commissioner of the Connecticut DOT by Governor Ned Lamont in January 2019 Commissioner Giulietti is a 46-year veteran of the public transportation industry and a native of Connecticut

A View from ConnecticutRichard Andreski Bureau Chief Public Transportation Connecticut DOT

2019 AASHTO CORT Annual Meeting | Agenda

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930 amndash1030 am A View from New England Hilton Ballroom East amp CenterModerator Michelle Muhlanger Deputy Regional Administrator Region 1 FRASpeakers Patricia Quinn Executive Director Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority Nathan Moulton Director Office of Freight and Business Services Maine DOT Richard Jankovich Assistant Director Rail Operations Connecticut DOT Scott Howland Senior Rail Operations Planner STVmdashWhat Goes into Starting a

New Rail Service The Hartford Line Experience

1030 amndash1045 am Break 3rd Floor Foyer

1045 amndashNoon Rail Safety Hilton Ballroom East amp CenterModerator Carl Jackson Rail Administrator Connecticut DOT Speakers Kelly Morton PE Transportation Specialist FHWA Office of Safety Danny Knote Senior Transportation Advisor WSPmdashProcess to Develop a Rail

System Safety Program Plan Debra Chappell Transportation Specialist Office of Railroad Safety FRA

Noonndash130 pm Keynote Luncheon Hilton Ballroom West

Quintin Kendall Deputy Administrator FRA

Deputy Administrator Quintin Kendall is responsible for providing executive leadership and guidance on policy matters budget and administration regulatory implementation communications and stakeholder and governmental relationsmdashall with the focus of helping FRA further its core safety mission

130 pmndash230 pm New Technologies in Freight and Passenger Rail Hilton Ballroom East amp CenterModerator Rickey Fitzgerald Freight and Multimodal Operations Manager Florida DOTSpeakers Sam Alibrahim Chief of Train Control amp Communications Research

Office of Railroad Policy and Development FRA W R (Will) Miller Public Safety Director Norfolk Southern Corporation Garreth Rempel CEO and Co-Founder TRAINFO

230 pmndash245 pm Break 3rd Floor Foyer

245 pmndash345 pm Communicating Public Investment Hilton Ballroom East amp Center in Freight and Passenger Rail

Speakers Lloyd Brown Director of Communications and Marketing AASHTO Danelle Hunter Senior Manager Corporate Communications Amtrak Curtis Sloan Vice President GoRail Laura Toole Senior Manager for Public Involvement WSPmdashCommunications and

Outreach for the Launch of the Hartford Line

345 pmndash500 pm PARTNERSHIP UPDATES Hilton Ballroom East amp Center Updates from Freight States States for Passenger Rail

NGEC TRB APTA and OneRail CoalitionSpeakers Matt Dietrich Executive Director Ohio Rail Development CommissionmdashFreight States Eric Curtit Railroad Administrator Missouri DOTmdashStates for Passenger Rail and NGEC Karen E Philbrick PhD Executive Director Mineta Transportation Institutemdash

TRB Intercity Passenger Rail Committee (AR010) Dominic Spaethling Vice President HNTB CorporationmdashTRB Intercity Passenger

Rail Committee (AR010) Albrecht (Al) P Engel PE Principal Al Engel ConsultingmdashAPTA High-Speed amp

Intercity Passenger Rail Committee Anne Canby Director OneRail Coalition

600 pmndash800 pm Evening Reception and Dinner at Union Station1 Union Place Hartford CT

Union Station is a 04-mile10-minute walk from the hotel We will have a bus looping from the hotel starting at 545 pm for anyone wishing to ride to the venue

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WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 18700 amndash200 pm Registration 3rd Floor Foyer


800 amndash945 am Emerging Rail Service and Markets Hilton Ballroom East amp CenterModerator Frank Loetterle Commuter amp Passenger Rail Office Minnesota DOTSpeakers Ray Lang Senior Director Government Affairs Amtrak Randy Grauberger Project Director Southwest Chief amp Front Range Passenger

Rail Commission Tom Martinelli PublisherChief Content Officer New York by Rail Michael Collela Associate Director SteermdashStrategic Assessment for Commercially

Successful Passenger Rail Corridors

945 amndash1045 am Planning and NEPA for Freight and Passenger Projects Hilton Ballroom East amp CenterModerator Emily Stock Manager of Rail Planning Virginia DRPTSpeakers Peter Schwartz Transportation Industry Analyst Office of Railroad Policy

and Development FRA Andrea Martin Environmental Protection Specialist Office of Railroad Policy

and Development FRA


1100 amndashNoon Discretionary Funding for Freight Hilton Ballroom East amp Center and Passenger Rail Projects

Moderator Arun Rao Passenger Rail Implementation Manager Wisconsin DOTSpeakers John Augustine Director Office of Infrastructure Finance and Innovation US DOT Caitlin Hughes Director Office of Freight Management and Operations FHWA Michael Lestingi Director of Policy and Planning Office of Railroad Policy and

Development FRA


Roger Harris Executive Vice President Chief Marketing and Revenue Officer Amtrak

Executive Vice President Roger Harris leads the Marketing Loyalty Distribution Market Research and Pricing amp Revenue Management functions along with the Northeast Corridor State-Supported and Long-Distance Service Lines

130 pmndash315 pm FRA-LED WORKSHOP Best Practices in Applying for Hilton Ballroom East and Center Discretionary Grants with a Focus on Completing

Benefit-Cost Analysis for State of Good Repair Rail ProjectsPart 1 of this workshop will provide an overview of available discretionary funding and focus on three areas where grant applications can improve Project Narrative Statement of Work and Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA) Part 2 will provide a deep dive of BCA as it relates to State of Good Repair projects

Speakers Frances Bourne Policy Lead Office of Railroad Policy and Development FRA Bryan Rodda Lead Community Planner Office of Railroad Policy and

Development FRA Nate Vomocil Economist Office of Railroad Policy and Development FRA

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330 pmndash530 pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS SESSION A An Overview of SHRP2 RailroadndashDOT Hilton Ballroom East and Center Mitigation Strategies (R16)

The R16 program created tools for public agencies and railroads to identify and work through possible sources of conflict and develop agreements to advance projects These tools continue to be a resource for railroads and state DOTs

Moderator Lisa Stern Chief of Railroads and Harbors Wisconsin DOTSpeakers Rob Mooney Office of Infrastructure FHWA French Thompson Director of Public Projects and System Design BNSF Railway Darrell Wilson Assistant Vice President Government Relations Norfolk Southern

SESSION B SAIPRC Workshop | SAIPRC Members Only Hartford Commons (2nd Floor)

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 19900 amndash400 pm SAIPRC Meeting | SAIPRC Members Only Hartford Commons (2nd Floor)

Lunch will be provided

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AECOMrsquos transportation experts are meeting todayrsquos demands and laying the foundation for tomorrowrsquos needs

aecomcom

Imagine it Delivered

Follow us JacobsConnects

WhatIfjacobscomwhatif

What if we showed you how wersquore solving the worldrsquos greatest challenges by transforming intangible ideas into intelligent solutions for a more connected sustainable world

At Jacobs we think differently about the future We start with ldquowhat ifrdquo to surface new possibilities and harness deep freight and passenger rail system expertise to bring bold solutions to fruition

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