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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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...
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Recording Now Available for Tennessee Community and Economic Development Case Studies Webinar
[Click here to download the Powerpoint slides (PDF)] On Wednesday, April 16, the NADO Research Foundation hosted a webinar showcasing case studies in community and economic development throughout Tennessee that are featured in the new Tennessee Regions’ Roundtable Network (http://www...
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Upcoming NADO Research Foundation and Tennessee Regions’ Roundtable Webinar to Cover Best Practices in Community and Economic Development
The Tennessee Regions’ Roundtable Network (http://www NULL.tnregionsroundtable NULL.org/), with support from the NADO Research Foundation, has recently released a new publication, “Navigating our Future: Best Practices Case Studies from the Tennessee Regions’ Roundtable Network.” Join us for a webinar...
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Register now for 2014 International Transportation and Economic Development Conference
2014 International Transportation and Economic Development (I-TED) Conference, April 9-11, Dallas, Texas Hotel Room Block Expires March 27, 2014: REGISTER TODAY! http://tti.tamu.edu/conferences/ited2014/ (http://tti NULL.tamu NULL.edu/conferences/ited2014/) The Transportation Research Board, TRB’s Committee on Transportation and Economic Development, and the Texas A&M...