Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Martin Wachs to Release Report on Transportation Investment, Jobs and Economic Growth

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Martin Wachs, members of the Bipartisan Policy Center's (BPC) National Transportation Policy Project, will release a new research paper on transportation investment, job creation and economic growth tomorrow, January 21, 2011, at a press conference in Washington, D.C.

The paper, Strengthening Connections Between Transportation Investments and Economic Growth, examines how well-targeted transportation investments can contribute to the nation's economic recovery, create short- and long-term jobs and improve America's competitiveness and productivity.

Dr. Holtz-Eakin is the president of the American Action Forum and former director of the Congressional Budget Office, and Wachs is a senior principal researcher at the RAND Corporation. Both will give remarks at the event and take questions from the audience.

WHO: Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Martin Wachs, members of the Bipartisan Policy Center's National Transportation Policy Project

WHAT: Press Conference

WHERE: Bipartisan Policy Center, 1225 I Street NW, Suite 1000, Washington, D.C. 20005

WHEN: Friday, January 21, 2011, 10:00-11:00AM

Space is limited. Members of the press wishing to attend, please RSVP to [email protected]. Press set-up begins at 9:00AM.

About the Bipartisan Policy Center:

In 2007, former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole, and George Mitchell formed the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) to develop and promote solutions that can attract the public support and political momentum to achieve real progress. Currently, the BPC focuses on issues including health care, energy, national and homeland security, transportation, science and economic policy. For more information, please visit our website: http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/.

SOURCE Bipartisan Policy Center

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