Atlanta – The Georgia Public Policy Foundation closes out its 2009 series of events with “Moving Ahead on Mobility in Georgia,” a noon Policy Briefing Luncheon on Thursday, December 10, at Atlanta’s Commerce Club keynoted by Robert W. Poole, one of the nation’s foremost transportation policy experts.

Register by Tuesday, December 8, to hear Poole discuss the path policy-makers need to take to improve mobility and reduce congestion in the state. To register, click on this link – http://www.gppf.org/default.asp?pt=eventdescr&EI=64 – or call 404-256-4050.

Poole, an adjunct scholar with the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, founded the Reason Foundation in 1978 and was Reason’s president and CEO through 2000. He is the Reason Foundation’s Director of Transportation Studies. A member of the Bush-Cheney transition team in 2000, he advised the Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Clinton, and George W. Bush administrations on privatization and transportation policy.

Poole is credited as the first person to use the term “privatization” to refer to the contracting out of public services and is the author of the first book on privatization, “Cutting Back City Hall,” published in 1980. His popular writings have appeared in numerous publications. He has written hundreds of articles, papers and policy studies on privatization and transportation issues, including “Reducing Congestion in Atlanta: A Bold New Approach to Increasing Mobility,” which can be found online at http://reason.org/news/show/127667.html.

A frequent guest on network television programs, Poole has been described by The New York Times as the “chief theorist for private solutions to gridlock. His ideas are now embraced by officials from Sacramento to Washington.”

This event is $35 for members; $40 for non-members. Register early to ensure your seat is reserved.

Media interested in attending this event please contact Benita Dodd at
benitadodd@gppf.org or 404-256-4050.

Who: Robert Poole, Reason Foundation’s Director of Transportation Studies

What: “Moving Ahead on Mobility in Georgia,” a Policy Briefing Luncheon

When: Noon, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009

Where: The Commerce Club, 34 Broad Street, Atlanta, GA 30303

Directions:
www.thecommerceclub.org/location.html