About

The State Smart Transportation Initiative promotes transportation practices that advance environmental sustainability and equitable economic development, while maintaining high standards of governmental efficiency and transparency.

As a joint project of the University of Wisconsin and Smart Growth America, we operate mainly in three ways:

• We operate a peer network for leaders of state departments of transportation who meet regularly at our Community of Practice meetings.
• We lead research and technical assistance that informs transformative and replicable transportation reform efforts across the U.S.
• We share knowledge and best practices with the wider transportation community, including federal, state, and local agencies, community groups, and policy organizations.

SSTI’s participating state agencies differ in many respects but share a commitment to rethinking policies and processes to produce better transportation outcomes.

Advisory Committee

Shoshana Lew, Director, Colorado Department of Transportation
Roger Millar, Secretary, Washington State Department of Transportation
Kristina Swallow, Director, Nevada Department of Transportation
Shawn Wilson, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Transportation

Executive Committee

Doug Foy, President, Serrafix Corporation (Previously Secretary of Commonwealth Development, Massachusetts)
Joel Rogers, Director, COWS (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Chris McCahill, Managing Director, SSTI
Beth Osborne, Senior Policy Advisor, Smart Growth America