A quick Storify to celebrate a milestone for one of the storied civil engineering marvels in continental United States..
http://storify.com/transportgooru/still-standing-tall-new-york-s-iconic-grand-centra
Sponsored by ITS America and the Southwest Research institute, the Student Essay Competition is designed each year to encourage student interest and future participation in the development of Intelligent Transportation Systems and solutions. The objective of the essay competition is to provide an opportunity for today’s transportation and engineering students to apply their knowledge in a thought-provoking and enjoyable competition and to build awareness of ITS as a career path with unlimited potential.
Students are asked to submit a 2,000-word essay on any one of the following topics:
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The USDOT ITS Joint Program Office recently published “An Open Dialogue On The Draft Focus And Themes For The Next ITS Strategic Research Plan,” available at http://www.its.dot.gov/strategicplan/. The purpose of this document is to establish a starting point for creating the next ITS Strategic Plan. The goal of presenting themes is to enable continuity of the current research programs while establishing new or redefined goals and objectives to meet emerging research needs. The themes fall into three broad categories:
We invite the community to consider providing input to the draft themes by visiting http://itsstrategicplan.ideascale.com/. The USDOT is seeking your input on the following key questions, although other input is highly welcome:
· What technological changes will occur in the near future that will impact transportation?
· Are the themes outlined here addressing the technological and societal changes that affect transportation?
· Are there other themes we should be considering? If so, why?
· Are there themes that should not be considered, or moved to a different timeframe?
· What is the appropriate federal role in technology and transportation that best assists the private sector and travelers at large?
Your input is requested no later than Friday, March 15, 2013. Your attention and consideration of this request is greatly appreciated.
How do you teach a disrespectful driver about road safety? Rotary Club from the city of Blumenau, Brazil, started a campaign aimed at drivers who don’t respect crosswalks. And here is the outcome:
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(via Ryan Van Duzer)
See on Scoop.it – Transportation Today
So, the adults have a beer bike but what do the kids have? They got the bike bus to school!
The Dutch are bicycle fanatics. Almost half of daily travel in the Netherlands is by bicycle, while the country’s bike fleet comfortably outnumbers its 16 million people.
Built by Tolkamp Metaalspecials, and sold by the De Cafe Racer company, the bicycle school bus (BCO in Dutch) is powered entirely by children and the one adult driver (although there is an electric motor for tough hills). Its simple design has eight sets of pedals for the kids (ages 4 to 12), a driver seat for the adult, and three bench seats for freeloaders. The top speed is about 10 miles per hour, and features a sound system and canvas awning to ward off rainy days.
See on www.fastcoexist.com
(via Nationwide)
To put it in simple terms, we blow up a lot of money sitting in traffic day in and day out. Traffic congestion not only takes a toll on your mental & physical well being, but it also brings home a lot of economic pain. It is nice to see someone layout all this important statistics in an easy to understand, colorful visual.
So, how do we fix this mess? A good start would be to move towards transit-oriented development and provide good, cost-effective transit connectivity to the suburbs.. And add some bike lanes; etc, etc. The solutions are plenty but we have to start somewhere before we go bankrupt.. soon!
Provided by Nationwide Insurance
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Seattle’s Sound Transit decided to get a little creative in delivering an important safety message for its citizens. Boy, did they get creative. Partnering with local talent, Blue Scholars, pulled together a music video touting the benefits of riding the train while driving home the importance of being safe around the railway tracks. The message sounds compelling when laced and delivered with pretty catchy tune. I wish other transit agencies took a leaf from this effort and start opting for such creative messages rather than spending ungodly amount of money on the usual, boring printed PSAs.
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(Hat Tip: @JN_Seattle)
(via Young Professionals in Transportation)
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The Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) is one of the leading transportation agencies in the nation. ConnDOT offers a variety of transportation-related career opportunities for entry level civil engineers in their Office’s of Engineering and Construction, including traffic engineering, transportation design, and construction. Advancement opportunities also exist in our Bureaus of Policy & Planning and Bureau of Aviation & Ports.
ConnDOT is recruiting new hires to work in the Transportation Engineering field. Entry at the Transportation Engineer Trainee level requires a 4-Year Engineering Degree from an accredited school and a ConnDOT interview. These positions have:
More information can be found on their Human Resources webpage.
