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Here you will find resources for transportation professionals. Also visit Rural Transportation.org, NADO & RPO America’s information clearinghouse for regional transportation planners.
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National Rural Transportation Conference Presentations
The speaker presentations, videos, and written session proceedings for the 2012 National Rural Transportation Peer Learning Conference have been posted at http://www.nado.org/events/rpo2012.... In addition, pictures of the mobile workshops and conference sessions have been posted to https://www.facebook.com/RPOAmerica (https://www NULL.facebook
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USDOT, FHWA, and FTA Release Environmental Justice Orders
On July 17, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) issued a new circular, Environmental Justice Circular 4703.1 to lay out guidance to FTA grant recipients on complying with the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) order updated in May 2012. The FTA...
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Byways Economic Impact Tool
The Byways Economic Impact Tool is a Microsoft Excel-based software program with a user-friendly interface that allows even novice computer users to generate economic impact figures for their regions. Using information such as visitor counts and visitor spending, the tool...
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Lessons Learned from Irene: Vermont RPCs Address Transportation System Recovery
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
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 Northern Maine Rail Initiative
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
...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
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
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
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...