AASHTO - Freight Transportation Network

Chair -- Larry L. "Butch" Brown, Mississippi
Vice Chair -- Richard Nordahl, California
Liaison -- Leo Penne, AASHTO

SCOWT MEETINGS

| UPCOMING MEETING | RECENT Meeting | ARCHIVED Meetings |

**Meetings Calendar**
YEAR	DATE	STATE	SAVE-THE-DATE	CONTACT
2008	APRIL 15-16	Port of Erie	SAVE-THE-DATE Coming Soon	Herb Packer, Penn Ports hpacker@state.pa.us
2008	TBD	SCOWT Washington Briefing	SAVE-THE-DATE Coming Soon	Andrea Ryan, AASHTO aryan@aashto.org
2009	APRIL (Dates: TBD)	Huntington, West Virginia Port Authority	SAVE-THE-DATE Coming Soon	Patrick Donovan, West Virginia Port Authority pdonovan@dot.state.wv.us

Other Meetings
AASHTO Committee Meetings
Complete listing of all AASHTO Meetings

AASHTO Freight Network Meetings
Freight Committee Meetings and Public/Private Forums

UPCOMING MEETING

Standing Committee on Water Transportation

Midway between New York and Chicago,
Erie is within a 300-mile radius of one-third of the population of the United States, making it easy to reach
major markets, including Detroit, New York, Chicago, Washington D.C. and parts of Canada.

2008 Spring Annual Meeting
April 15-16, 2008

Registration Material:

Save-the-Date: 2008 Annual Meeting
(Coming Soon)
SCOWT Agenda: 2008 Annual Meeting
Registration: 2008 Annual Meeting

Meeting Location:
PORT OF ERIE

Hotel Location:
Sheraton Erie Bayfront Hotel
55 West Bay Drive
Erie, PA 16507
(814) 454-2005
www.starwoodhotels.com

Avalon Hotel
16 West 10th Street
Erie, PA 16501
(814) 459-2220
www.avalonerie.com

For more detailed information, please contact the following:
Meeting Logistics:
Chris Smith
202-624-5839
csmith AT aashto.org.org

Meeting Registration:
Ashley Oleson, Event Coordinator
Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority
(814) 455-7557, xt. 234
aoleson AT porterie.org

For more information on meeting agenda, please contact:

Leo Penne
(202) 624-5813
lpenne AT aashto.org

RECENT MEETING

Standing Committee on Water Transportation

2007 Fall Meeting
Washington Briefing
November 13-14, 2007

Registration Material:

Save-the-Date: 2007 Washington Briefing
SCOWT Agenda: 2007 Washington Briefing

MEETING PRESENTATIONS :
Roger Bohnert, Deputy Assocaite Administrator
U.S. Maritime Administration
Office of Intermodal System Development PPT

Bruce Lambert
Institute for Trade and Transportation Studies (ITTS)
Update on SmartRivers 07 PPT

Richard Nordahl
China Freight Mobility SCAN: Maritime Considertations and Trends
Caltrans PPT

David Grier
Institute for Water Resources
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers PPT

Dylan Jones
Water Access Alliance
Industry Action on Water Access PPT

Eugene K. Pentimonti
Maersk Inc.
National Trade & Transportation Issues in North America PPT

Michael J. Savonis
FHWA
Potential Impacts of Climiate Change and Varialbility on Transportation Systems and Infrastructure--The Gulf Coast Study PPT

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT

Leo Penne
(202) 624-5813
lpenne@aashto.org

ARCHIVED Meetings

**SCOWT National Meetings Table (Since 2001):**

SCOWT Meetings History Table (PDF)

Tulsa, Oklahoma ------------->2007
Washington, DC (Fall Meeting)------------->2006
Norfolk, Virginia ------------->2006
Washington, DC (Fall Meeting)------------->2005
New Orleans, Louisiana ------------->2005
Long Beach, California ------------->2004
SCOWT Meetings-------------> 2001 - 2003