Strategic Mobility 21

The Strategic Mobility 21 (SM21) and the Georgia Southern University College of Business Administration  will sponsor a workshop on Wednesday February 18 and Thursday February 19, 2009.  Attendence is complementary to program stakeholders and is by invitation only. A published summary will be provided on this site shortly after the event.

This year Congress will reauthorize the six-year Federal Aid to Highways Act amid crushing demand and dwindling resources. The year may well begin with a national debate over the need, scope, and magnitude of a multi-billion - perhaps trillion dollar - economic stimulus package. The largest such measure since the Great Depression is almost certain to include surface transportation infrastructure and must include efficient energy saving rail. Congress - and much of America - is understandably skeptical suffering from bailout fatigue.

Smart Transportation and Trade Corridors can link America as the new Internet – further interweaving the two in the physical and information domains - in the same way the Eisenhower National Interstate Highway system did on the 1950’s. Smart public and private collaborative investment can make this happen while restoring public confidence in government and private sector decision making, and risk management   

The Savannah Conference report on Strategic Mobility in the 21^st Century and Intelligent Infrastructure Investment (I3 Conference Report) will help shape the policy debates in Congress and State legislatures on these critical issues of national economic security and recovery for years to come.