The Transportation Summit promised big names and did it deliver! Secretary Anthony Foxx took the stage and spoke to many hot topics in transportation. One item he mentioned is that we can’t rely on advancing technology, it’s not inherently good or bad. It’s how we use it. He relayed a story about how his wife did all her Christmas Shopping last year online saving her many trips back and forth to the store. He pointed out that net net it likely didn’t make a difference like she thought as the delivery trucks would have to make multiple trips to drop off the packages. In this case, technology didn’t help or hinder. His point was that we need to be mindful of technology and use it wisely. Foxx also mentioned how far every dollar allocated to transportation has to go. Many of the speakers mentioned the funding gap that we’ll be facing over the next couple years. There is a $1.2 trillion gap currently and that doesn’t account for the growing demands of urbanization. Foxx…