The Transportation Research Board (TRB) is sponsoring a paper competition for university students to propose research projects using the SHRP 2 Safety Data, the Naturalistic Driving Study data, and Roadway Information Database. Abstracts should be submitted electronically to SHRP2@nas.edu and are due on September 11, 2015. Selected students will be invited to present their research [...]
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LeadershipITE Now Accepting Applications!
The Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) is proud to announce that they are now accepting applications for their 2016 LeadershipITE class. The application can be found by visiting their website: www.ite.org/leadership/. Target participants will represent the diversity of our community in age, gender, ethnicity and discipline. These individuals will engage in an intensive program of workshops, conferences, team projects, and other activities [...]
Portland Job Alert: Associate Position with Nelson\Nygaard
Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates seeks a highly organized, independent, and motivated Associate I for its Portland office. This is an outstanding opportunity for the right person to become involved in Nelson\Nygaard's growing practice, which is focused on multimodal transportation planning for livable communities. Nelson\Nygaard's work emphasizes creative, innovative transit/transportation planning and community involvement, often within a wider [...]
YPT Board and Members Participate in #NerdTrain
YPT International's Vice Chair for Finance Aaron Zimmerman, YPT San Francisco's Vice Chair for Membership Jaime Fearer, and numerous other YPT members recently took an Amtrak train trip across the country. Read about their exciting journey here: http://cs.trains.com/trn/b/observation-tower/archive/2015/08/07/nerdtrain-an-annual-rolling-hangout-for-transit-buffs.aspx. If you are a YPT member and want your recent adventure to be posted online, feel free to email your [...]
Fellowship Opportunity with NYC’s Department of Subways
Associate Transit Management Analyst - Date of Filling: 8/17/15 Responsibilities: Join Subways in major efforts to recover and come back even stronger from Super Storm Sandy, the most devastating event Subways has experienced in its 110 year history. New York City's Department of Subways is recruiting for an additional Recovery and Resiliency Fellow to join the [...]