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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...
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FHWA Freight Funding Opportunity
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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Plenary Luncheon: Session Summary
The Plenary Luncheon at the 2012 National Rural Transportation Conference featured two speakers on the topic of Transportation, Disaster Recovery, and Economic Vitality. Peter Gregory, NADO Second Vice President and Executive Director of the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission, moderated the...
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NADO Holds Webinar on Transportation and Disaster Recovery
...On Thursday, June 7, 2012, the NADO Research Foundation held the webinar “Lessons Learned from Irene: Regional Planning Commission Involvement in Recovery of Vermont’s Transportation Network,” which featured a joint presentation from two regional planning commissions (RPCs) that make up
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Meaningful Engagement and Collaboration: Session Summary
In the “Meaningful Engagement and Collaboration: Develop a Participation Plan” session at the 2012 National Rural Transportation Conference, speakers shared their experiences and methods of engaging the community in the planning process. Leanne Doran, a public involvement specialist with McCormick...
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Opening Keynote Address: Session Summary
This session at the 2012 National Rural Transportation Conference began with welcome statements from Russ Cowley, NADO President and Executive Director of the Six County Association of Governments; Misty Casto, Development District Association of Appalachia Secretary and Executive Director of...
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Visioning and Beyond: Session Summary
In a session titled “Visioning and Beyond: Developing Plans and Measuring Implementation” at the 2012 National Rural Transportation Conference, speakers shared their experiences in performance-based planning. Melissa Levy, of Yellow Wood Associates in Vermont, presented a strategic planning process based...
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National Rural Transportation Conference: Opening Keynote Address
In this session at the 2012 National Rural Transportation Conference (April 25 – 27 in Burlington, Vermont), Federal Highway Administration Deputy Administrator Gregory G. Nadeau opened the conference with a keynote address. His remarks included discussion of regional role in...
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From Vision to Project Selection: Performance-based Planning
In this session at the 2012 National Rural Transportation Conference, speakers included Alpesh Patel, North Carolina Department of Transportation, and Bjorn Hansen, Centralina Council of Governments. Watch the session: View the presentations: Patel hansen rpo2012 (http://www NULL.slideshare NULL.net/rpoamerica/patel-hansen-rpo2012) View more...