Transportation Policy Committee (TPC)

This committee includes members of the RPC and one representative each from the City of Slidell and St. Charles Parish, and, from each of the various transportation modes: port, aviation, passenger rail, freight rail, trucking and transit. The committee is responsible for the selection of transportation projects for federal funding assistance and implementation in the New Orleans metropolitan area.

Ben O. Morris, Mayor, City of Slidell

Ryan Brown, Director, Transit Administration, Jefferson Parish

Cesar R. Burgos, Chairman, Regional Transit Authority

Sean Hunter, Director of Aviation, Louis Armstrong New Oreans International Airport

Pat Gallwey, Chief Operating Officer, Port of New Orleans

James Bridger, General Manager, New Orleans Public Belt Railroad

Cathy F. Gautreaux, Executive Director, Louisiana Motor Transport Association

Robert J. Lambert, General Manager, Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission

Brad A. Adams, Commissioner, Louisiana Airport Authority

V.J. St. Pierre, Jr., Parish President, St. Charles Parish

William Hubbard, Parish President, St. John the Baptist Parish

Walter R. Brooks, Executive Director, Regional Planning Commission

Southeast Louisiana Rail Committee

The Southeast Louisiana Rail Committee was established in the summer of 1998 to comprehensively evaluate railroad projects and to develop a strategic policy for dealing with rail issues in the New Orleans region.

The committee includes over eighty members representing a broad spectrum of organizations and individuals with rail interests.

The committee is organized into four subcommittees: Freight Rail, High Speed Rail, Inter-city Rail (Baton Rouge to New Orleans) and Intra-city Rail (New Orleans central business district to the Louis Armstrong New Oreans International Airport). Each subcommittee is charged with identifying project priorities. The committee as a whole then merges the individual projects into a regional rail program incorporating broad goals and a vision for the metro area.

For more information, contact Karen Parsons at 504-568-6611.