Full Committee Hearing

Improving Transportation Options in Rural States and Tribal Areas Under MAP-21

Date:   Thursday, March 28, 2013 Time:   02:00 PM

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COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct a hearing on “Improving Transportation Options in Rural States and Tribal Areas Under MAP-21.” The witnesses on Panel I will be: The Honorable Peter Rogoff, Administrator, Federal Transit Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation; and The Honorable Darin Bergquist, Secretary, South Dakota Department of Transportation. The witnesses on Panel II will be: Ms. Cosette Fester, Sioux Area Metro Paratransit Rider; Mr. Michael Cooper, Director of Planning and Building Services, City of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Ms. Barbara K. Cline, Executive Director, Prairie Hills Transit; Ms. Emma Featherman-Sam, Coordinator, Oglala Sioux Transit; Ms. Lynne Forbes, Executive Director, South Eastern Council of Governments; and Ms. Sarah Jennings, South Dakota State Director, AARP.

Witnesses

Witness Panel 1

  1. The Honorable Darin Bergquist
    Secretary
    South Dakota Department of Transportation
  2. Honorable Peter Rogoff
    Administrator
    Federal Transit Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation

Witness Panel 2

  1. Ms. Barbara K. Cline
    President
    Board of Directors, Community Transportation Association of America, and Executive Director, Prairie Hills Transit
  2. Michael Cooper
    Director of Planning and Building Services
    City of Sioux Falls, South Dakota
  3. Ms. Emma Featherman-Sam
    Coordinator
    Oglala Sioux Transit
  4. Ms. Cosette Fester
    Sioux Area Metro Paratransit Rider
  5. Ms. Lynne Forbes
    Executive Director
    South Eastern Council of Governments
  6. Ms. Sarah Jennings
    South Dakota State Director
    AARP