"Transportation Means Business," a statewide conference on the need for public transportation is scheduled for April 18th in Montgomery. The event will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., in the capitol city's Embassy Suites Hotel. Featured speakers will include Norman Mineta, former National Secretary of Transportation and Governor Bob Riley. The conference is sponsored by the Alabama Road Builders Association, and several other groups including the Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Birmingham City Council and the Jefferson County Commission.  For information and to register, see www.transportationmeansbusiness.org.

Nancy Ekberg is representing our League in the planning committee, which includes more than thirty organizations and governmental units. Montgomery’s "Envision 2020" is coordinating the event.