Browse by Tag: Transportation
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FHWA and FTA Accepting Nominations for 2012 Transportation Planning Excellence Awards
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) have announced a call for nominations for the 2012 Transportation Planning Excellence Awards Program. The bi-annual awards program honors outstanding initiatives to develop, plan and implement...
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Inland Ports: Linking Freight and Regional Economic Development
This report highlights examples where intermodal facilities connecting rail and truck streamline freight movement and position their regions for economic impact.
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Connecting the DOTs
This report is an entertaining yet highly informative guidebook for creative problem solving, building stronger state and local partnerships, and understanding the unique opportunities that transportation and economic development projects bring to regions and communities.
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Surface Transportation and Aviation Programs Extended
On September 13, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a combined extension of surface transportation programs and aviation programs. H.R. 2887 provides for a six month extension of highway programs (until March 31, 2012) and a four and a half...
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President Obama Announces the American Jobs Act
On September 8, before a Joint Session of Congress, President Obama outlined his new plan to create jobs and boost the economy. In his proposal, The American Jobs Act, the President calls for greater investment in the nation’s infrastructure and...
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NADO Executive Director Attends President Obama’s Rose Garden Address
On August 31, NADO Executive Director Matthew Chase attended a press event held by President Obama at the White House Rose Garden. Speaking to a group of transportation and infrastructure stakeholder groups, President Obama, joined by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood,...
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Census Bureau Defines “Urban Areas” for 2010 Census
On August 24, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of the Census announced the final criteria for defining urban areas for the 2010 Census. The criteria will be used in identifying areas that will qualify for designation as urbanized areas...
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NADO Conference Attendees Tour White House
On Friday, August 26, as a special event of NADO’s 2011 National Rural Transportation Conference and Economic Development Finance Service (EDFS) Training Conferences, conference attendees, their families, and NADO friends in the Washington, D.C. area attended a tour of the...
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Transit and Air Quality Make a Connection
This issue paper highlights how many regional development organizations are increasingly looking to public transportation as a way to resolve commuting challenges in their region, which has not only impacted rural and small metropolitan communities economically, but has also made...
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Ethanol Production Impacts Transportation System
The NADO Research Foundation’s Center for Transportation Advancement and Regional Development has released this news issue brief which examines the regional and local transportation impacts of the ethanol fuels industry. Released July 2007, 6 pages Click here to view Ethanol ...
