Dana Young told the Committee. The situation has become urgent.
Real reform demands real change.
Our Green Paper, Transportation Choice for Connecticut is a clarion call for a bold new vision of transportation planning in Connecticut. To achieve real change, you must establish a Transportation Strategy Board that includes four essential components currently missing from Raised Bill 6985, she added. First, the new board must have stakeholder representation so that the voices and expertise of environmental concerns, labor, and transit riders help shape the process. Appropriate board representation is the most effective way to focus the energies and support of statewide transportation stakeholders for the new board s recommendations as they develop. Second, the new board must have a substantive role in the transportation budget process, Atty.