Check out this infograph from Pembina Institute that clearly lays out the case for public transportation (i.e., Rapid Transit) and shows how much money can be saved..
Source: Pembina Institute.
Airline pricing webinar – April 16, 2014
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I’m truly humbled and honored to be selected for the Vanguard Class of 2014 heading to Chattanooga, TN during April 2014. What makes it extra special is that I’m one of the 40 emerging young leaders selected from a pool of 300 super-qualified applicants.
Hosted by Next City, this fifth annual Vanguard conference in Chattanooga, Tenn. is a gathering of the best and brightest young urban leaders working to improve cities across sectors, including urban planning, community development, entrepreneurship, government, transportation, sustainability, design, art and media. The conference will engage these professionals from around the country on series of presentations, workshops, tours and other activities over a period of three days.
Looking at the names and designations of others in my 2014 cohort, it is just beginning to sink in that this is a seriously big deal. The selectors have put a lot of faith in my potential for impact (Questions they asked during the evaluation process: will this person have their life changed by the conference? what can this person teach someone else from across the country? and will this person be leading the urban affairs field forward in 10 years?). The selection make me realize the challenges ahead and I’m determined to validate their faith in my abilities to deliver. My home town folks in India won’t even know what this means but it all started from that dusty corner of Southern India and I owe this to them.
Can’t wait to meet fellow 2014 classmates and get started on this new quest to reshape and redefine urban America. Below is the announcement posted on the Next City website.
Source URL : http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/announcing-the-2014-vanguard-class
Announcing the 2014 Vanguard Class
Chattanooga | 03/11/2014 7:00am | 0
DIANA LIND | NEXT CITY
Credit: Casey Yoshida, Cargo Collective
Next City has been hosting its annual Vanguard conference for five years and never before have we seen such a quantity of terrific candidates. (You can read more about the 300 applications we receivedhere.) Indeed, the growing demand for participation in Vanguard suggests that we need to find ways to expand future conferences beyond 40 attendees. As we begin thinking about the 2015 event, you can anticipate that we will broaden the participant pool.
We had to turn down so many young stars from around the country, and I can imagine many of them wondering why they weren’t picked. The selection process is more of an art than a science, but in a nutshell, our two guiding principles for choosing Vanguard participants are diversity (geography, ethnicity, profession, personal character) and potential for impact (will this person have their life changed by the conference? what can this person teach someone else from across the country? and will this person be leading the urban affairs field forward in 10 years?).
We have always sought to make Vanguard a conference for emerging leaders, and so even those applicants with enviable resumes weren’t necessarily our top picks. Likewise, we have been committed to linking cities across the U.S. While cities such as New York and San Francisco certainly boasted some of the highest-caliber candidates, we also recognize that there is talent from smaller cities that deserves to be connected with those coastal innovation hubs, too.
We’re proud to meet and connect with this outstanding group in Chattanooga in April. The 2014 Vanguard class, along with over a dozen Vanguard alumni, will meet for workshops, local tours and an “unconference” to collectively learn and think about how to improve our cities. The event is made possible with support from the Lyndhurst Foundation, the Benwood Foundation and the Footprint Foundation, and it is being curated with the help of a host committee made up of local civic innovators. Stay tuned to Next City (#Vanguard14) for live coverage from the conference and recaps afterward. And congrats to this year’s class!
VANGUARD CLASS OF 2014
Jamie Alderslade
Citi Community Development, Director of Policy, Research and Communications
Brooklyn, NYIan Beniston
Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation, Deputy Director
Youngstown, OHJohn Bilderback
Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department, Step ONE Program Manager
Chattanooga, TNNick Bowden
MindMixer, CEO
Omaha, NEMarlon I. Brown
Michigan State Budget Office, Budget and Policy Analyst
Mason, MINoah Budnick
Transportation Alternatives, Deputy Director
Brooklyn, NYDemion Clinco
Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation, President
Tucson, AZHarmon L. Cooper
Sedgwick LLP, Associate
Bowie, MDRondell Crier
Rondell Crier Design, Owner
Chattanooga, TNMelissa Dittmer
Rock Ventures, LLC, Architect
Detroit, MIAmanda Eaken
Natural Resources Defense Council, Deputy Director of Sustainable Communities
San Francisco, CAR. Denise Everson
DC Housing Authority, Redevelopment Project Specialist
Washington, DCLakweshia Ewing
Hamilton County Department of Education, District Coordinator Community Partnerships
Chattanooga, TNMike Field
JP Morgan Chase, Senior Analyst
Jacksonville, FLCristina Garmendia
OpportunitySpace, Co-founder
Allston, MAJuan Gomez
California’s Boys and Men of Color Initiative, Statewide Advisor
Freedom, CAAshley Z. Hand
City of Kansas City, Chief Innovation Officer
Kansas City, MOBrandon Holmes
Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Greater Peoria, Executive Director
Peoria, ILLisa Hook
The Asia Foundation, Senior Program Officer
San Francisco, CAChristine Ingrassia
St. Louis City Board of Aldermen, 6th Ward Alderwoman
St. Louis, MOKiran Jain
City of Oakland, Senior Deputy City Attorney
Berkeley, CAMilicent Johnson
Peers, Director of Partnerships and Community
San Francisco, CAMaeghan Jones
Chattanooga Area Food Bank, President
Chattanooga, TNMichael Kaufmann
Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County, Director of Special Projects and Civic Investment
Indianapolis, INStephen Larrick
City of Central Falls, RI, Director of Planning and Economic Development
Providence, RIVanessa Leon
Pinchina Consulting, Founder
New York, NYAdrian Michelle Lipscombe
City of Austin, Bike Share Coordinator
San Antonio, TXAndrew Londre
Couleecap, Business and Income Developer
La Crosse, WIManasvi Menon
Parsons Brinckerhoff, Associate Consultant
Brooklyn, NYJustin Garrett Moore, AICP
NYC Department of City Planning, Senior Urban Designer & City Planner
New York, NYDavid Thomas Moran
Geo-social Photographer
Orlando, FLCarlos Moreno
CAP Tulsa, Graphic Designer
Tulsa, OKAnanda Palanisamy
Citizant, Inc., Senior Transportation Management Specialist
Rockville, MDJenny Park
Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency, Senior Planner
Chattanooga, TNMaria Poblet
Causa Justa :: Just Cause, Executive Director
Oakland, CASarah Ray
McKinsey & Company, Associate
Washington, DCLindsey Scannapieco
Scout, Director and Founder
London, UKPeter Smith
U.S. Social Security Administration, Policy Advisor
Baltimore, MDBoris Suchkov
MTA New York City Transit, Principal Transportation Planner
Staten Island, NYKim Szeto
Boston Public Schools, Farm to School Coordinator
Boston, MAWilliam Christopher Tate
TateSpace LLC, Founder and President
Paterson, NJJulie Ulrich
The Nature Conservancy, Urban Strategies + Watershed Coordinator
Philadelphia, PAAlissa Walker
Gizmodo, Urbanism Editor
Los Angeles, CAJase Wilson
Neighbor.ly, CEO
Kansas City, MOKatelyn Wright
Greater Syracuse Land Bank, Executive Director
Syracuse, NY
Department/faculty: Civil Engineering and Geosciences
Level: PhD degree (prof)
Working hours: 38 hours per week
Contract: 5 years
Salary: €3.259 to €6.039 per month gross
The Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences provides leading, international research and education. Innovation and sustainability are central themes. Research addresses societal issues. Research and education are closely interwoven. The faculty consists of the departments of Transport & Planning, Structural Engineering, Geosciences & Engineering, Water management, Hydraulic Engineering and Geoscience & Remote Sensing
The Department Transport & Planning (T&P) focuses on the planning, design, operation and management of transport systems, addressing road transport, public transport and passenger and freight transport systems. T&P consists of 50-60 staff members, of which 20 permanent. The department is responsible for the T&P track in the MSc Civil Engineering, the TU Delft Transport Institute and coordinates the interfaculty Master Transport, Infrastructure & Logistics. The department is the only research group in Civil Engineering in the Netherlands that was awarded the maximum score at all research assessments during the last 15 years.
Scientific research activities will focus on new assessment methods that support the planning and design of transport systems. Traditionally, congestion in transport systems was addressed by planning new or extending existing transport infrastructure. Today a wider range of measures that aim at smart and sustainable use of available transport networks is considered. As a consequence, there is a need for innovations in methodologies for the quantitative assessment of these measures for all relevant effects: economic, environmental, safety and spatial. Apart from extending and elaborating the assessment framework, there is also a need for methodologies that can be used in quick scan analyses.
Candidates will contribute to the initiation, acquisition and execution of research projects, including supervision of MSc and PhD students. Close cooperation with other members of the scientific staff of the department and wider university and developing relationships with practitioners are essential.
Educational activities will include redesigning the MSc course CIE 4760 Infrastructure projects: assessment and planning, contributing to the BSc course Impacts of Transport Infrastructure on economy and environment and supervision of BSc as well as MSc students.
You have an MSc and PhD degree in a relevant subject, preferably Civil Engineering. You can demonstrate outstanding research potential and have published in peer-reviewed, international scientific journals or can show an innovative design and engineering portfolio. You have a holistic, integral approach combined with a strong background in quantitative methodologies and modelling. You are able to connect scientific methods and results to practical applications. Inspiring lecturing skills and excellent command of the English language are considered crucial. Non-Dutch speaking candidates will commit to learn Dutch within 2 years after appointment.
The position offered is a tenure-track position for a period of 5 years, leading to a permanent position assuming good performance in scientific research, project acquisition and education. Depending on your experience you are appointed as assistant tenure track professor (€ 3.259 – € 6.039 per month gross). You will participate in the Tenure Track program to further develop your educational, research and personal skills. You will work in a multidisciplinary team that conducts cutting-edge academic transport research and which has a state of the art transport lab. The team actively connects research results to innovative real world projects and is supervising an increasing number of MSc and PhD students.
TU Delft offers an attractive benefits package, including a flexible work week, free high-speed Internet access from home (with a contract of two years or longer), and the option of assembling a customised compensation and benefits package (the ‘IKA’). Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities.
TU Delft sets specific standards for the English competency of the teaching staff. TU Delft offers training to improve English competency. If you have less than five years of experience and have not yet obtained your Basic Teaching Qualification, we allow you up to three years to obtain this.
More information about these positions can be found at http://www.citg.tudelft.nl/en/about-faculty/departments/transport-and-planning/vacancies/. You may also contact Prof. B. van Arem, phone: +31 (0)15-2786342, e-mail: B.vanArem@tudelft.nl. To apply, please e-mail a detailed CV and a letter of application by 11 April 2014 to D.W.A.M. Verbunt, Recruitment-CiTG@tudelft.nl. When applying for one these position, please mention the position and refer to vacancy number CITG14-11.
Inquiries from agencies are not appreciated.
Sustainable America via Upworthy
Oh, boy. What looks like a seemingly insignificant activity – vehicle idling – has a major impact on our economy and on our planet’s well being. Check out this informative infograph from Sustainable America that shows the gargantuan impacts of vehicle idling in the USA, both economic and environmental. If the US alone is wasting so much fuel and adding to the carbon footprint, I can’t even begin to fathom what’s happening if this issue is scaled up at a global level. Adoption of EVs can quickly put an end to this issue and should be considered as part of energy efficiency/conservation programs world wide. Take the pledge to stop idling!
Image: Sustainable America via Upworthy.com
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On behalf of the International Road Federation (IRF) and the Indonesia Ministry of Public Works, the Technical and Scientific Committee of the 1st IRF Asia Regional Congress & Exhibition invites surface transportation experts and researchers from around the world to submit paper abstracts for evaluation.
Under the theme “Building the Trans-Asian Highway,” this one-of-a-kind event will provide a unique setting for sharing proven and innovative solutions for the region’s mobility demands, latest industry technologies and global best practices and how they can be replicated and/or modified to meet the region’s specific needs.
The event will feature a Ministerial Session, as well as Plenary, Executive, Technical and Applied Knowledge Sessions.
Why Participate?
Abstract Guidelines (no cost to submit)
The abstract should be written in English, readily understandable to most readers and may contain a maximum of 200 words. Abstracts should be submitted in the following thematic areas:
For more information, please contact:
Magid Elabyad
Vice President, International Programs & Member Services
Tel: +1 703 535 1001
Email: melabyad@IRFnews.org
The course fee is $3,000. To register, click here. Use Code “Transportgooru” and receive a $150 discount during registration.
Deadline to Apply: Wednesday, February 26
Who Should Attend
A wide variety of individuals should consider signing up for the course, including: Mid- to senior level professionals and State/City Departments of Transportation, transit agencies, metropolitan planning organizations, and local governments; Federal employees involved in P3s for transportation; and Professionals from the private sector who assist public sector agencies implementing P3s.
Professional Development Hours
Through the course students will be able to earn up to 40 Pofessional Development Hours (PDH). Other types of professional education may be available. To inquire contact Alex Bond, abond@enotrans.org or 202-879-4714.
Course Dates and Schedule
The course will run from March 10 through April 4. Each week has a distinct lesson plan and assignments, although most course activities are flexible or available on-demand. Students should be prepared to devote 8-12 hours per week to course activities. To see examples of how students receive course material, view these screen captures.
Future Course Offerings
This course will be offered 4-5 times each year. To learn more about future course offerings please contact Alex Bond at 202-879-4714 or abond@enotrans.org
Q: What previous experience do I need to take this course?
A: This course is intended for established transportation professionals who want to expand their knowledge on P3s. No prior experience with P3s is required. However, the course assumes a moderate level of knowledge of transportation systems.
Q: Is this course only about toll roads?
A: This course was designed to be multimodal.
Q: What do I receive upon completion of the course?
A: You will receive a certificate of completion. In addition, your course fee provides you with one year of individual regular membership to the Eno Center (up to a $200 value). Licensed Professional Engineers will receive forty Professional Development Units (PDU). If you are interested in another type of continuing education credit, such as AICP-CM or IACET Continuing Education Units (CEU), please contact Alex Bond at 202-879-4714 or abond@enotrans.org. Eno is in the process of partnering with other organizations that offer P3 professional credentials. All students who have taken the course will be eligible for any credentials established in the future. For more information on P3 credentialing, visit the Institute for Public Private Partnerships.
Q: How much time per week is needed to complete the course? Are times flexible?
A: The course is designed to be flexible, but also keep you on task. You should expect to spend ten hours per week on the course. There are weekly topics and assignments that you are expected to complete. Only an hour or two per week are on a fixed schedule. The remainder will be spent viewing on-demand recorded content, interacting with the course mentors, reading at your own pace, and preparing assignments for review.
Q: What if I need help?
A: Course mentors are available by phone, video chat, and email to provide you as much assistance and advice as you need. They are available by email at any time. You will have tools available to reserve appointment times for deeper discussion with the mentors.
Q: What if I get too busy and cannot complete the course?
A: If you find that you cannot continue, please notify the mentors and CTL staff. In certain circumstances, extensions can be granted, particularly in the final week of the course. Eno is not able to offer refunds. However, you can enroll in another offering of the course at a later date (the course if offered 4-5 times per year) on a space-available basis. When re-enrolling, you may be required to begin the course from the start
Q: Why is this course offered online, and over such a long time frame?
A: By offering the course online, you will not incur travel expenses and disruptions to your daily routine. By offering it over a four-week span, you will be able to keep up with most of your regular work duties. In the future, a compressed version of the course may be offered. Please let us know if you are interested in this type of class.
Your colleagues are already taking advantage of the USDOT’s web-based textbook on intelligent transportation systems, the ITS ePrimer. It’s not too late to jump on the bandwagon. Visit the USDOT website and explore the electronic resource’s in-depth modules describing key ITS topics.
The ITS ePrimer helps transportation professionals and students better understand how ITS is integrated into the planning, design, deployment, and operations of surface transportation systems. It’s both a stand-alone reference document for practitioners as well as a text for education and training programs.
Image Courtesy: ITS JPO @ USDOT
Each module includes interactive content via video and web links. Learn more about:
The ePrimer is a free resource offered via the USDOT website. All materials can be downloaded for later use.
What are you waiting for? Click here and expand your knowledge now!
We have added one more successful year serving the community at large. Thanks to the regular readers and occasional visitors, who kept me blogging, despite the occasional lull resulting from an overwhelming workload at my day job. Now that we are all getting ready take some much needed time off to celebrate the holidays, it is time for me to wish you all a wonderful time with your friends and families.
Take the Buzzed Driving Pledge – Image Courtesy: AdCouncil
Did you know that 137 people died in 2011 during the New Year’s holiday period in drunk driving crashes? So, before you get to open the Christmas gifts that others bought for you, you can give the best gift to yourself. Right now. Take the pledge not to drive while buzzed because you don’t want to ring in the new year with a jail sentence and a $10,000 in legal fees and fines (and not to ignore the guilt of hurting yourself and someone else on the road). Join the 14507 people who have already taken the pledge. Travel safe and celebrate responsibly.
Costs of Driving Driving – Image Courtesy: AdCouncil
Oh, don’t forget to share this with that friend of yours who likes have that one extra beer before leaving for dinner. Or that crazy uncle who like to go hard on the spiked Egg nog. Help spread the word and help us build a safer community!
Dear Readers and Subscribers,
I’d like to take a leaf from the AdCouncil’s buzzed driving campaign and reiterate a key safety message, just in time as the holiday season is kicking up into a higher notch. The holidays are a time to celebrate with friends and family. But it’s also a time to make sure you are keeping safe the ones you love. Whether you’re at a family holiday gathering, a New Year’s Eve bash, or driving around with your little ones, many of our social plans will involve driving.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the winter holiday season (December 26th to New Year’s Eve) has one of the highest incidences of drunk driving fatalities.
A few alarming stats:
Ring in the New Year safely and plan ahead and designating a sober driver before they go out this year.
Be safe out on the roads. Encourage your friends and family to avoid driving buzzed.
