Sacrmento – State Assemblymember Pedro Nava, Chair of the Assembly Transportation Committee announces that a joint committee meeting of the Assembly Transportation Committee and the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee will be held to hear a briefing on the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Commission’s report entitled:  “Transportation for Tomorrow:  A Report of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Commission.” 

Congress created the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission in 2005 under Section 1909 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU).  The Commission is comprised of 12 members, representing:  federal, state and local governments; metropolitan planning organizations; transportation-related industries; and public interest organizations. 

The Commission is charged with examining not only the condition and future needs of the nation's surface transportation system, but also short and long-term alternatives to replace or supplement the fuel tax as the principal revenue source to support the Highway Trust Fund over the next 30 years.

Who: The Assembly Transportation Committee, the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee and Mr. Steve Heminger, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and a member of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission

What: Presentation of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Commission’s report entitled:  “Transportation for Tomorrow:  A Report of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Commission”   

When: Tuesday, February 26, 2008, 1:30 p.m.

Where: State Capitol Room 4203 

Please contact John Mann in Assemblymember Nava’s Office for more information at 805-483-9808.