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Transportation Advisory Committee

The Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) advises the State Planning Council on transportation planning and encourages public involvement in the process. The TAC reviews and provides input into the transportation planning documents that are the responsibility of the State Planning Council, notably the Long-Range Transportation Plan and State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP).

The Council established the TAC and other transportation planning and public involvement procedures by rule in 1994. The process has been found to meet the requirements of federal law and is subject to continuing review by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

The membership includes local officials, state agencies, organizations representing a variety of transportation interests, citizens from different areas of the state, and the Narragansett Indian Tribe.

Transportation Advisory Committee Members

  • John Flaherty, (Chair) Grow Smart
  • Karen Slattery, (Vice-Chair) RI Department of Environmental Management
  • Mason Perrone, (Secretary) RI Division of Statewide Planning
  • Alex Berardo, RI Association of Railroad Passengers
  • Karen Capaldi, Equality Construction Works
  • Ernest Carlucci, Construction Industries of Rhode Island
  • Lori Caron Silveira, Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority
  • Michael Cassidy, Public Member
  • Pamela Cotter, RI Department of Transportation
  • Carmen Diaz-Jusino, RI Foundation
  • Bari Freeman, Bike Newport
  • Phil Hervey, Town of Barrington
  • Derek Hug, ACEC of Rhode Island
  • Bruce Iannuccillo, RP Iannuccillo & Sons
  • Sarah Ingle, RI Public Transit Authority
  • Jessica Lance, AICP, City of Providence Planning & Development
  • Alicia Lehrer, Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council
  • Jack Madden, Public Member
  • Mary Maguire, AAA Northeast
  • James Moran, City of East Providence
  • Nikolas Persson, RI Airport Corporation
  • Chelsea Siefert, Quonset Development Corporation
  • Ishaa Gadkari, RI Department of Health
  • Dinalyn Spears, Narragansett Indian Tribe
  • Michael Walker,  RI Commerce
  • Chris Waterson, Waterson Terminal Services, LLC
  • Denyse Wilhelm, Governor's Commission on Disabilities

For more information about the Transportation Advisory Committee, please review the Transportation Advisory Committee Member Handbook. For additional information including meeting schedule, agendas, and minutes, please visit the Rhode Island Secretary of State's website.

Mason Perrone
Assistant Chief Transportation

Phone: (401) 222-7966
Email: mason.perrone@doa.ri.gov