VTC has a rich history of convening lecture series open to the public, featuring a diverse body of transportation professionals and leaders. Past lectures have included presentations on topics related to privatization and public interest; federal transportation policy and funding; bicycling and public health; and land use and transportation concerns related to economic competitiveness and diversity. Among the notable speakers who have shared their work through the Distinguished Lecture Series are former U.S. Congressman James Oberstar; former Assistant U.S. Secretary of Transportation Emil Frankel; Harriet Tregoning, director of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Economic Resilience; Anne Canby, President of the Surface Transportation Policy Partnership; former New Jersey Department of Transportation Commissioner Jack Lettiere; authors Jill Jonnes, Joseph Giglio, and Peter Norton, among others.
Our most recent speakers have included:
Fall 2019
Vicki Arroyo
Executive Director, Georgetown Climate Center
Professor from Practice and Assistant Dean,
Centers and Institutes, Georgetown University Law Center
Accelerating the Transition to a Clean, Equitable & Resilient Transportation Future
Spring 2019
Paul J. Wiedefeld
General Manager and CEO, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
The Washington Region’s Fight to Save Metro
2018
Daniel Sperling
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis
Three Revolutions: Steering Automated, Shared and Electric Vehicles to a Better Future
2017
Michael Replogle
Deputy Commissioner for Policy, New York City Department of Transportation
Safe, Green, Smart and Equitable Transportation for New York City
2015
Donald Shoup
Distinguished Research Professor of Urban Planning, University of California, Los Angeles
The High Cost of Free Parking
2014
Harriet Tregoning
Director, Office of Economic Resilience, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Transportation in the New Economy
2013
Richard Ravitch
Former Lieutenant Governor, New York
The Tragedy of Transportation: Underfunding our Future
2012
Peter Norton
Assistant Professor, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Virginia
Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City
2011
Joseph H. Boardman
President and Chief Executive Officer, AMTRAK
Building on Success: Strategies for Managing and Improving the Northeast Corridor
2009
Roy Kienitz
Under Secretary for Policy U.S. Department of Transportation
The Obama Administration and U.S. Transportation Policy