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NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING COMMISSION
Robert D. Atkinson, President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, Washington, DC (Chair) Martin Shultz, Vice President, Government Affairs, Pinnacle West Capital Corporation, Phoenix, Arizona (Vice Chair)

Donald F. Carmody, Director, Two Rivers Financial Group, Mount Pleasant, Iowa Jeffrey C. Crowe, Chairman of the Board, Landstar System, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida Mark Florian, Managing Director, First Reserve Corporation, Greenwich, Connecticut Bryan Grote, Principal, Mercator Advisors, LLC, Mount Airy, North Carolina Bill Kennedy, County Commissioner, Yellowstone County, Billings, Montana Mike Krusee, Representative, Texas House of Representatives, Austin, Texas Craig Lentzsch, Chairman, American Bus Association, Dallas, Texas

Dana Levenson, Managing Director and Head of North American Infrastructure Banking, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Chicago, Illinois Adrian Moore, Vice President for Research, Reason Foundation, Los Angeles, California Kathy Ruffalo, Government Affairs Consultant, Ruffalo and Associates, LLC, Washington, DC Elliot G. Sander, Executive Director and Chief Executive Of?cer, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, State of New York Zack Scrivner, City Council Member, Bakers?eld, California Geoffrey S. Yarema, Partner and Infrastructure Practice Group Chair, Nossaman LLP, Los Angeles, California

Designated Federal Of?cial: Jack Wells, U.S. Department of Transportation Principal Consultants: Tamar Henkin, High Street Consulting Group Craig Secrest, High Street Consulting Group

SUMMARY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

RESPONDING TO A SYSTEM IN CRISIS
he nation faces a crisis. Our surface transportation system has deteriorated to such a degree that our safety, economic competitiveness, and quality of life are at risk.
As a nation, we have reaped the bene?ts of previous generations’ foresight and investment, generations that developed and built a...