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.
Staff
Beth Osborne
Position title: Senior Policy Advisor
Email: beth.osborne@smartgrowthamerica.org
Phone: 202-207-3355
Rayla Bellis
Position title: Program Manager
Email: rbellis@smartgrowthamerica.org
Phone: 202-971-3938
James Hughes
Position title: Graduate Project Assistant
Email: hughes22@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-514-3459
Marybeth McGinnis
Position title: Communications Manager
Email: memcginnis@ssti.us
Phone: 608-265-3144
Advisory Committee
Carlos Braceras, Executive Director, Utah Department of Transportation
Roger Millar, Secretary, Washington State Department of Transportation
Stephanie Pollack, Secretary, Massachusetts Department of Transportation
Kristina Swallow, Director, Nevada Department of Transportation
Executive Committee
Doug Foy, President, Serrafix Corporation (Previously Secretary of Commonwealth Development, Massachusetts)
Joel Rogers, Director, COWS (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Eric Sundquist, Director, SSTI
Beth Osborne, Senior Policy Advisor, Smart Growth America
Chris McCahill, Deputy Director, SSTI