| TO: | State DOT Executive Directors/CEOs |
| FROM:
| Jack Basso, Director of Management and Business Development Joung Lee, Senior Analyst for Transportation Finance and Business Development |
| SUBJECT: | Request for Participation in 50-State Survey on Public Private Partnerships Experience and Decision Making |
I am writing to request your participation in a groundbreaking study of state DOT experiences with public-private partnerships (PPPs). By completing a short Web-based survey, the study partners AASHTO, NCHRP, and FHWA-will be able to compile and analyze data on the use of PPPs, how agencies make decisions about PPP models, and critical professional skills and capabilities in this area.
You may recall that AASHTO and FHWA partnered together in 2005 to assess each state's level of experience with and readiness to undertake various types of partnerships. That survey also identified high-priority topics of interest, skills needed to consider PPPs for transportation projects, and types of technical assistance or professional capacity building resources.
This 2008 survey includes many of the same questions that appeared in the 2005 Web-based survey, but adds another important dimension. A new series of questions relate to NCHRP Synthesis Topic 39-06, an examination of Public Decision Making in Public Private Partnerships. Cambridge Systematics, Inc., is preparing the NCHRP synthesis report; the U.S. DOT's Volpe National Transportation Systems Center conducted the 2005 analysis on behalf of AASHTO and FHWA, and will prepare the 2008 assessment of PPP experience and professional capacity.
We request that you complete the survey yourself, or forward this message to the most appropriate person in your agency and ask him or her to complete the survey. If you delegate to someone else, please send me an e-mail with the name and contact information of that person, so that we can follow up with him or her directly.
The survey is available as an on-line web-based survey that can be accessed at the following link:
http://www.trb.org/ss/wsb.dll/s/1bg3a
A copy of the survey in PDF format is being provided to assist you in determining who in your organization should fill it out. The actual survey MUST be filled out on-line.
If you have any questions about the survey, you may contact Iris Ortiz at iortiz@camsys.com/617-354-0167, or Theresa Perrone at Theresa.Perrone@Volpe.DOT.gov/617-494-1344.
Please complete the survey by February 15, 2008.
Thank you for your time and attention.