Transportation
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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Sustainable Communities Learning Network Video Series: GROWashington-Aroostook (Maine)
Since 2011, the NADO Research Foundation has participated in the Sustainable Communities Learning Network (http://sclearningnetwork NULL.org/) as one of the capacity building teams supporting communities and regions that received planning grants as part of the US Department of Housing and...
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Registration, Hotel Deadlines Extended to 11/14 for National Rural Transportation Conference
Registration is now open for the nation’s only annual training event focused on rural and small metropolitan transportation professionals. The National Rural Transportation Peer Learning Conference will occur December 3 – 5, 2014 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Be sure to register...
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Event Materials Available for HUD Region 5 Convening on Economic Resilience
On October 2, 2014, the NADO Research Foundation and the Region 5 (http://portal NULL.hud NULL.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/localoffices/regions) Partnership for Sustainable Communities co-hosted the “HUD Region 5 Sustainable Communities Grantee Convening on Economic Resilience” in Chicago, IL. Participants from 12 grantee projects and...
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NADO Research Foundation, NACo, and NARC to Co-Sponsor Webinar Highlighting New Housing Affordability Tool
There is more to housing affordability than how much rent or mortgage you pay. Transportation costs are the second-biggest budget item for most families, but previously there hadn’t been an easy way for people to fully factor transportation costs into...
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Submit Your Projects: NADO’s Excellence in Regional Transportation Awards
The NADO Research Foundation and RPO America have opened the annual call for applications for the Excellence in Regional Transportation Awards (http://www NULL.ruraltransportation NULL.org/excellence-awards-2/). Submit information about your initiatives in the online application (https://www NULL.surveymonkey NULL.com/s/Exc2014) until October 31. This...
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NADO Members Invited to Offer Input on Airport-Community Impacts
NADO members with an interest in airports and aviation services are invited to participate in a conference call to provide input into a research study on airports’ impacts on communities, and potential areas of disconnect. The research study is part...
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Congratulations to the Winners of the 2014 NADO Photo Contest!
In this year’s inaugural NADO Photo Contest, 31 of our member organizations submitted over 140 images that showcased what makes their regions great places to live, work, and play. Images were judged in four categories: Strengthening the Built and Natural...
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House and Senate Committees Advance Highway Trust Fund Patch
This week, the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees approved separate measures to keep the Highway Trust Fund solvent through May 31, 2015. The Highway Trust Fund (HTF) faces a looming shortfall on August 1, at which time...
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Webinar Recording and Slides: The Regional Development Organization’s Role in Disaster Recovery
It has often been said that the impacts of natural disasters do not stop at jurisdictional boundaries, and recent events across the U.S. have certainly shown this to be true. Nearby cities, towns, and counties usually share the same vulnerabilities...
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USDOT Issues Proposed Planning Rule; Webinar Scheduled for June 13
On June 2, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) published the “Statewide and Nonmetropolitan Transportation Planning; Metropolitan Planning” Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). Click here to view a copy of the NPRM. The NPRM is jointly issued by the Federal...