Anne P. Canby,
Ms. Canby serves as President of the Surface Transportation Policy Partnership (STPP), a national advocacy coalition for transportation reform. STPP’s goals are to strengthen federal transportation programs that provide options to motor vehicles, enhance the livability of our communities, improve safety for pedestrians and bicyclists as well as drivers, provide access to economic opportunity for people of all ages and incomes, reduce demand for energy and output of greenhouse gases, and protect our cultural, historic and community assets. She served as Delaware’s transportation secretary from 1993 to 2001 and is recognized nationally as a progressive leader in the transportation field for transforming a traditional highway agency into a multimodal mobility provider and as an advocate for integrating land-use and transportation planning. Prior to serving in this post, Ms. Canby lead a consulting practice focusing on institutional and management issues with particular emphasis on implementation of federal surface transportation legislation enacted in 1991, known as ISTEA. She has served as the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation, Treasurer of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U. S. Department of Transportation. She sits on the executive committee of the Transportation Research Board and is on the Board of the Mineta Transportation Institute. She is a member of the Urban Land Institute, the Institute of Transportation Engineers, and the Women’s Transportation Seminar. She has been recognized for her leadership by the American Public Transportation Association, the Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, the DE Chapter of the American Planning Association, and the Women’s Transportation Seminar. Ms. Canby received the 2006 Carey Distinguished Service Award for outstanding leadership and service to transportation research and to the Transportation Research Board. |
