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  • Lessons Learned from Irene: Vermont RPCs Address Transportation System Recovery

    Posted on: June 29th, 2012 by Kate Humphrey

    One week after striking the U.S. east coast as a category 1 hurricane, Irene arrived in Vermont on August 27, 2011. Flooding was devastating for transportation infrastructure, leading the RPCs to assist the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) in the recovery.

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  • USDOT to Hold Environmental Justice Training

    Posted on: June 20th, 2012 by Carrie Kissel

    On Tuesday, July 17, the U.S. Department of Transportation will hold a one-day training event on Implementing Environmental Justice Strategies.  This training is targeted to help transportation practitioners identify challenges and successes of applying environmental justice principles in a multi-modal...

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  • The Alabama Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy

    Posted on: June 19th, 2012 by Kate Humphrey

    The final presenter on the second panel was Jeff Pruitt from the Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments. Pruitt spoke about preparing Alabama’s statewide Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) and its relationship to transportation planning. The 12 regional councils...

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  • The Northern Maine Rail Initiative

    Posted on: June 19th, 2012 by Kate Humphrey

    The next presenter was Alain Ouellette from the Northern Maine Development Commission (NMDC), who spoke about saving a significant 233-mile rail corridor in his region. Aroostook County has an extensive history of industrial rail, dating back to 1891. Today, large...

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  • Sustainable Eastern Connecticut

    Posted on: June 19th, 2012 by Kate Humphrey

    ...The second panel, focused on integrating transportation planning and economic development, began with a presentation by Ken Livingston, of Fitzgerald & Halliday, and Mark Paquette, of the Windham Regional Council of Governments, on creating a regional sustainability plan for eastern

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  • Highway Department Timesheet Program

    Posted on: June 19th, 2012 by Kate Humphrey

    The final speaker on the first panel was Rita Seto from the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Planning Commission in Vermont. She developed a highway department timesheet program to help oversee the way that road foremen manage their daily activities and provide...

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  • RPC Involvement in the Recovery of Vermont’s Transportation Network After Tropical Storm Irene

    Posted on: June 19th, 2012 by Kate Humphrey

    The next presenter was Katharine Otto from the Southern Windsor County Regional Planning Commission in Vermont who spoke about recovery of the state’s transportation network after Hurricane Irene in August 2011. She first detailed the damage caused by the storm,...

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  • Wind Turbines and the Transportation Network

    Posted on: June 19th, 2012 by Kate Humphrey

    The first panel began with a presentation by Annette Bair from the Southwest Regional Development Commission, a nine-county organization in Minnesota. Bair also serves as the Southwest Clean Energy Resource Team Coordinator and is involved with the 19-county Rural Minnesota...

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  • FHWA Freight Funding Opportunity

    Posted on: June 18th, 2012 by Carrie Kissel

    The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has released a request for applications (RFA) for the “Off Hours Freight Delivery Pilot Project,” which is directed at reducing congestion in small and medium-sized urban areas.  A total of $450,000 in funding is available,...

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  • EDA Denver Regional Workshop

    Posted on: June 15th, 2012 by Carrie Kissel

    On June 8, 2012, the EDA Denver Regional Office held a workshop for EDDs in Park City, Utah.  During the meeting, the presentation below offered information on the federal context in which EDDs are working, CEDS best practices, EDD innovations,...

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