The Sixth Annual Southern California Transportation Summit was held Monday, November 5, 2007, at the Ontario Convention Center. Mobility 21 hosted its first summit as a regional transportation advocacy group representing five Southern California counties. Dale E. Bonner, Secretary of the California Business, Transportation & Housing Authority, kicked off the sixth annual Mobility 21 Transportation Summit together with elected officials and business, transportation and community leaders representing the region's 17 million residents. Eric Haley, Executive Director of the Riverside Transportation Commission; Curt Pringle, Mayor of the City of Anaheim, and Larry Sharp, Chairman of the Inland Empire Transportation Coalition, were presented with awards for improving mobility through vision and leadership in their various regions.

• Public Private Partnerships Session (pdf)
• Beyond SAFETEA-LU: An Agenda for 2009 Session (pdf)
• State Transportation Infrastructure Funding Session (pdf)

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa calls for more funding and innovative ideas to overcome the region's crushing traffic congestion.

Transportation and the economy, quality of life, homeland security and creative financing are topics of innovative breakout sessions.

More than 500 government, business, labor and community leaders approved recommendations aimed at improving the region's transportation infrastructure.

The summit also was the occasion for kicking off a $9 billion plan to fund LA County's Top Ten Traffic Busters. The list includes expansion of light rail lines, more carpool lanes, street and highway and freight corridor improvements.

Program mailer (PDF) Speakers (PDF)
Final Recommendations (PDF)

2002 Resolutions (PDF)

2002-01 Freight Movement in Los Angeles County

2002-02 Transit

2002-03 Aviation

2002-04 Streets and Freeways

2002-05 Bringing More Federal Transportation Funding to Los Angeles County

2002-06 Bringing More State Transportation Funding to Los Angeles County

2002-07 Bringing More Local Transportation Funding to Los Angeles County

2002-08 Land Use and Transportation Funding

2002-09 Building an Effective Lobbying Coalition that Unites Los Angeles County

Resolution Progress Report (PDF)

Reception Sponsors
Antelope Valley Transit Authority
City of Arcadia Transit
City of Commerce Municipal Bus Lines
City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation
Culver City Bus
Foothill Transit
Gardena Municipal Bus Lines
Long Beach Transit
Montebello Bus Lines
Norwalk Transit System
Redondo Beach Wave
Santa Clarita Transit
Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus
Torrance Transit System

Luncheon Sponsor
City of Los Angeles

Session Sponsors
Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority
URS Corporation

Breakfast Sponsor
Metrolink

Bronze Level Sponsors
MACTEC Engineering
Southwest Airlines
Port of Long Beach
Unified Western Grocers Inc.
University of Southern California