Nathan Macek | HDR

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Presentation Description

The TRB Land Use and Economic Development Committee focuses on the impacts of transportation on the economy, environment, and society. It is concerned with efficient, effective, and equitable transportation systems that promote competitive advantage, economic resiliency, and sustainable for our cities, regions, and societies. This committee provides a cross-cutting forum for practitioners and researchers to understand the interrelationship between transportation, economic development and the economy, and land use, and the policies and management approaches required to create sustainable growth at national, regional, and local scales.

The purpose of the TRB Economics & Finance Committee is advancing economic and financial concepts, methods, and tools applied to the analysis of transportation programs, policies, systems, and infrastructure investment. Key focus areas include: Measurement of economic benefits and impacts; financial planning and assessment of infrastructure needs; traditional and alternative funding sources and financing mechanisms; innovations in project financing and delivery; and fiscal management.

Speaker Biography

Nathan Macek is Director of Infrastructure Finance at HDR, a global architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) services firm. He has more than 23 years of experience applying innovative approaches to budgetary challenges faced by public agencies. He assists infrastructure owners in evaluating funding options and developing strategies to secure grants and other funding. He has developed financial models to evaluate funding, alternative project delivery and financing for rail, transit and highway projects in the U.S., Europe, Caribbean and Middle East. He has prepared financial plans for more than 10 major projects awarded federal grants totaling $12 billion.

He chairs the Transportation Research Board Standing Committee on Economics and Finance.

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