[sustran] Wendell Cox Appointed to Amtrak Reform Council

Wendell Cox wcox at publicpurpose.com
Thu Jan 21 00:24:21 JST 1999


WENDELL COX APPOINTED TO AMTRAK REFORM COUNCIL

Wendell Cox has been appointed by the Speaker of the United States House

of
Representatives to serve as a member of the Amtrak Reform Council, an
11-member body
charged with evaluating Amtrak's performance and making recommendations
for achieving
cost containment, productivity improvements and financial reforms. Cox
was appointed to
complete the five year term of New Jersey Governor Christine Todd
Whitman, who resigned
in November. The term ends with the sunset of the Council in May 2003.

Cox is principal of Wendell Cox Consultancy, an international firm
specializing in public policy,
economics, transport and demographics. He was appointed to three terms
on the Los Angeles
County Transportation Commission by Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, and
served from
1977 to 1985. During that time he chaired two American Public Transit
Association
committees. He has completed projects in the United States, Canada,
Australia, New
Zealand, the United Kingdom, Europe, Africa and Asia.

The Amtrak Reform Council was established under the Amtrak Reform and
Accountability
Act of 1997. The Amtrak Reform Council will report to Congress annually
on the operations
of Amtrak and will make recommendations on the future operation of
Amtrak. The Council is
comprised as follows: three appointments each made by the President,
Speaker of the House
and Senate Majority Leader and one appointment each by Senate Minority
Leader and House
Minority Leader.

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WENDELL COX CONSULTANCY
International Public Policy, Economics, Labour, Transport & Strategic
Planning
The Public Purpose: Internet Public Policy Resource
http://www.publicpurpose.com
Voice +1 618 632 8507; Fax  +1 618 632 8538
P.O. Box 841- Belleville, Illinois 62222 USA

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identifying and implementing strategies to achieve public purposes at a
cost that is no higher than necessary."




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