Chicago’s Union Station ranks among the nation’s busiest railroad terminals, serving 120,000 passengers each weekday. What does it take to run this historic station on a daily basis? Tour the station and its environs, see firsthand the physical and operational challenges it faces in meeting passenger needs, and explore opportunities to expand the station’s capacity to accommodate future growth. Transportation: Public, walking.
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Peter Skosey
Executive Vice President
Metropolitan Planning Council
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Bio: Executive Vice President at Metropolitan Planning Council
Education: Masters of Planning from University of Illinois at Chicago
Derrick L. James
Amtrak
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Bio: Derrick is Amtrak's Director of Government Affairs for the Central (Midwest) Division and responsible for providing relevant and timely information on Amtrak operations, the impact of passenger rail in communities, and the potential to improve economic development and the efficiency of the transportation system with strategic investments in passenger rail infrastructure. He oversees development of communications tools used to keep policy makers at the state and local level informed of current issues regarding Amtrak passenger rail in their communities. While at Chicago Transit Authority, managed group and visitor sales and marketing to increase transit's share of that market segment. Managed numerous advertising trade co-promotions and oversaw campaigns for service additions including the CTA's most recent rail service expansion, the Pink Line. At Canadian National Railway, managed state and local policy maker relationships in four southern U.S. states.
Education: Bachelor Arts, Political Science, University of Iowa, 1997
Past Assignments: Presenter: Good Jobs Green Jobs Conference 2012, Detroit, The Future of High Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail. Speaker: Business Case for Passenger Rail Syposium 2012. Presenter: Dearborn (MI) Chamber of Commerce Meet the Purchaser. Presenter: Iowa State Transportation Commission, The State of Passenger Rail
Frank E. Tverdek
Jones Lang Lasalle
David J. Kralik
Department Head, Long Range Planning
Metra Commuter Rail
Jeffrey J. Sriver
Projects Administrator
City of Chicago
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Bio: Jeffrey Sriver joined the Chicago Department of Transportation in 2009 and oversees railroad-related planning and project development initiatives. This includes CDOT’s participation in the CREATE Program, a $3 billion region-wide freight and passenger railroad infrastructure improvement plan. He also leads CDOT’s ongoing Union Station Master Planning efforts in cooperation with Amtrak and Metra. Prior to joining CDOT Jeff was a transportation consultant with Arup, a global engineering and planning consultancy. From 2000 through 2007 he worked for the Chicago Transit Authority in various capacities including General Manager of Strategic Planning, General Manager of Construction, and Manager of Resource Planning. Before joining CTA, Jeff managed projects related to public transit development in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and South America for a Japan-based international development consulting firm.
Education: Jeff has a Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering from Purdue University and a Masters in Transportation from MIT.
Past Assignments: Jeff has led research activities and made professional presentations for groups including the American Planning Association, Transportation Research Board, American Public Transportation Association, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, International Air Rail Organization, International Downtown Association, North American Association of Railshippers, American Association of Railroad Superintendents, Lambda Alpha International, National Association of Railroad Passengers, Illinois Road and Transportation Builders Association, and Rail~Volution.
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