- Philip A. Washington, Chief Executive Officer for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (METRO).
- John Fasana, METRO’s Board Chair and a City Council member from Duarte.
- Hasan Ikhrata, Executive Director of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG).
- Mark Christoffels, Chief Executive Officer of the Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority (ACE).
- Habib Balian, Chief Executive Officer of the Foothill Gold Line.
Transportation takes center stage at San Gabriel Valley
posted by AJOT | Oct 06 2016 at 07:27 AM | International Trade
City of Industry, Calif. – Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, U.S. Rep. Grace Napolitano, Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis, elected leaders from throughout the region and the heads of major transportation agencies will gather here on Oct. 26 for the San Gabriel Valley General Assembly 2016.
The conference, at the Pacific Palms Resort, will be hosted and organized by the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments (SGVCOG), and will focus on transportation challenges and opportunities along the most vital goods movement corridor in the United States. It comes as lawmakers from Southern California push for more robust funding for highway and freight infrastructure.
“There is no more critical issue for the San Gabriel Valley and for Southern California than the quality of our transportation infrastructure. It will determine where we go as a region, literally and figuratively,” said Gene Murabito, Mayor of Glendora and President of the SGVCOG.
The program will be highlighted by presentations from Garcetti, Napolitano, Solis, State Sen. Bob Huff and some of the top transportation policy experts in the region, including: