Outreach Events

The Road to Economic Mobility: Removing Transportation Barriers for Working Families

February 20, 2018 Dallas Fed

On February 20, 2018, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and On the Road Lending co-hosted an event that explores how we can ensure that working families in the North Texas region overcome transportation barriers so they can achieve greater economic mobility.

Speakers and Topics

• Driving to Opportunity: Public Policy Recommendations on Personal Car Ownership
  Rolf Pendall, Director, Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center, Urban Institute, Washington, D.C.
  Presentation
  
• Transportation and Health: Building a Smart City
  Michael Stevens, Chief Innovation Officer, city of Columbus, Ohio, winner of the Department of Transportation Smart City Challenge
  Presentation
  
• Innovations in Public Transit
  Todd Plesko, Vice President of Planning and Development, Dallas Area Rapid Transit
  Presentation
  
• Impacts to Working Families of Subprime and Auto Title Predatory Lending
  Yana Miles, Senior Policy Counsel, Center for Responsible Lending, Washington, D.C.
  Presentation