Problems displaying this message? View the online version.<http://engage.washington.edu/site/R?i=yHhVSDFsTL4ppoT8vt756Q> [http://www.tacoma.washington.edu/messages/uwt_hdr_patch-band.jpg] [http://engage.washington.edu/images/content/pagebuilder/urban-forum.jpeg] Every year, the Urban Studies Program at the University of Washington Tacoma holds an urban forum on issues of critical importance to the broader community. Recent Federal transportation reforms provide an interesting moment to rethink and reimagine policy formulation and performance measurement between federal, state and local governments. This year, participants representing the four-county Puget Sound Region, Urban Studies faculty, students, staff, and national transportation experts will explore the trends, challenges, and new possibilities associated with urban transportation policy coordination and institutional leadership both here in the Puget Sound Region and across the United States. The goal of this one-day event is to stimulate fresh conversations about national, state and regional challenges in transportation investments, with special attention paid to how these investments can better support emerging economic trends in the overall metropolitan region. The topics of the forum will include: * The relationship between transportation policies, infrastructure investments, and the Puget Sound region's emerging metropolitan economy * A keynote address by Robert Puentes of the Brookings Institution on national economic and transportation trends * Learning from others: Looking at alternative approaches and strategies to intergovernmental transportation coordination, leadership, and especially investments based on the experience of other metropolitan regions in the U.S. More details on the forum are available on the website.<http://engage.washington.edu/site/R?i=xuH0zvRWQX_3rA-UY3oDBg> Thursday, February 7 William W. Philip Hall 1918 Pacific Avenue UW Tacoma 8 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Register now!<http://engage.washington.edu/site/R?i=o-zAC3WFzsxv7z7cGgE1KA> Attendance is FREE and includes lunch, but advance registration is required. For more information about this event, please contact 253-692-5880 or uwturban@uw.edu<mailto:uwturban@uw.edu>. THIS E-NEWSLETTER WAS SENT BY: University of Washington Tacoma, 1900 Commerce St, Tacoma, WA 98402-3100 (c) 2013 University of Washington<http://engage.washington.edu/site/R?i=VRD1Y07bOqFN3MuQB5mZKQ> | Contact Us<mailto:uwtpdctr@u.washington.edu> | Privacy Policy<http://engage.washington.edu/site/R?i=alKAvUkvGrvrnyrYjQopNQ> [http://www.uwfoundation.org/imagelib/footer_w_small.gif]