State Representative Al Riley moderated a Transportation Panel at the Rainbow PUSH – 43rd Annual International Convention in Chicago. In the last half hour of the workshop, panelists discussed federal transportation policy, working with community colleges to create training programs for individuals to enter the manufacturing workforce, and transit oriented development. This video is uploaded with permission from Rainbow PUSH.
Panelists include:
• Reggie
Greenwood,
Director ,
Economic
Development
for
the
Chicago
Southland
Economic Development
Corporation
• Ed
Swailes, Conference
of
Minority
Transportation
Officials
(COMTO)
• Richard Harnish, Executive
Director,
Midwest
High
Speed
Rail
Association
• Phil Washington, Chair, American
Public
Transit
Association,
Denver,
CEO
and
General Manager, Denver Transit
Authority