Dr. ZONGZHI LI received his BE from Chang'an University, China. He obtained his MSCE and PhD in transportation and infrastructure systems engineering, as well as MSIE in operations research from Purdue University, USA. He holds full professor rank with tenure and serves as director of the Sustainable Transportation and Infrastructure Research (STAIR) Center at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), USA. His research interests include multimodal transportation demand and system performance modeling, asset management, and network economics.

Dr. ADRIAN T. MOORE holds a Master's and PhD in economics from the University of California, Irvine; a Master's in history from California State University, USA. He is vice president of policy at Reason Foundation, Washington, D.C., USA. Prior to joining Reason, Dr. Moore served 10 years in the U.S. Army on active duty and reserves. He leads Reason's policy implementation efforts and conducts research on privatization, government and regulatory reform, air quality, transportation and urban growth, prisons, and utilities.

Dr. SAMUEL R. STALEY earned a BA in economics and public policy from Colby College, Maine; an MS in applied economics from Wright State University, Ohio; and a PhD in public administration from The Ohio State University, USA. Dr. Staley was Robert W. Galvin Fellow at Reason Foundation, Washington, D.C., and currently serves as director of the DeVoe L. Moore Center at Florida State University, USA, with research focuses on urban planning, social entrepreneurship, and urban economics.