
Life is a Highway: Roadways as Platforms for Innovation


Life is a Highway: Roadways as Platforms for Innovation
On May 19, 2021, Meeting of the Minds convened a free, live webinar featuring Steve Hamilton, a Senior Manager in Deloitte’s Infrastructure & Capital Projects Practice and Steve Truebner, Sales Director, Connected Communities for Black & Veatch.
Program
As the United States embarks on a new age for infrastructure strategy with new federal funding and policy impetus, a deeper understanding of the role of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and how those same networks can enable adjacent, quality of life use cases will be central to the policy debate. As cities and regions prepare for the “American Jobs Plan” and other funds from the Biden administration, ITS will play a critical role in addressing the resiliency, equity and job creation requirements to build back better.
We will hear from Steve Truebner, from Black & Veatch, and Steve Hamilton, from Deloitte, who will share their perspectives from work across the US, including Pennsylvania, Arizona and Southern California. Steve Truebner will share Black & Veatch’s work conducting engineering, permitting, procurement and construction of Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission’s 220-mile fiber optic network. Steve Hamilton will share Deloitte’s new work on Arizona’s mobility innovation zone. They will also share their work with the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) 2021 regional plan and Five Big Moves, which includes mobility hubs, flexible fleets, enhanced connectivity, new technologies and capabilities out to 2050.
Resources
Event Slidedeck
Download the slides used during this presentation.
Presenters

Steve Hamilton
Senior Manager, Deloitte

Steve Truebner
Sales Director, Connected Communities, Black & Veatch
Prior to his work in the private sector, Steve served in the Colorado Governor’s Office and Office of Energy Management. He also has a history of campaign management and public relations.
He lives in Kansas City, Missouri with his wife and three children.

Jessie Feller Hahn
Executive Director, Meeting of the Minds
Jessie Feller Hahn is the Executive Director of Meeting of the Minds. Since 2010, she has built and managed the development of Meeting of the Minds into an international leadership platform for city-to-city learning. Jessie’s focus is identifying global urban sustainability, innovation, and technology best practices; developing platforms for city leaders to exchange best practices; spotlighting innovators; and building alliances and partnerships between the private sector, public sector, non-profit and philanthropic sectors.
Previously, Jessie launched and ran the Regional Energy Policy Program at Regional Plan Association in New York City. She has written numerous articles which have been featured in NPR, Urban Age Magazine, The Record, RPA’s Spotlight on the Region, The Hartford Courant, among others. Previous to RPA, Jessie worked as a cluster specialist at Economic Competitiveness Group, as a Sustainability Fellow at the Portland Development Commission, and started her career at SMWM (now Perkins + Will) in their urban design studio.
Jessie holds a BA from Vassar College in Urban Studies and Hispanic Studies (Phi Beta Kappa) and a Masters in Environment and Development Studies (honors) from the London School of Economics and Political Science.