YPT-Chicago Happy Hour during APTA's Multimodal Operations Planning Workshop Join YPT-Chicago members and friends for drinks, networking, and transportation talk on August 12th, while APTA's 2014 Multimodal Operations Planning Workshop is in Chicago. Attendees of the Workshop are encouraged to attend and connect with YPT-Chicago members and friends and discuss transportation projects/issues in Chicago and throughout [...]
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DC & Chicago Area Job Alerts: Travel Demand Modelers – CamSys
The details of each open position are below. Interested applicants can apply directly to https://home.eease.adp.com/recruit2/?id=7475351 (Bethesda/DC metro) https://home.eease.adp.com/recruit2/?id=9296681 (Chicago) Travel Demand Modeler – Bethesda, MD We are seeking a Travel Demand Modeler to work in our Travel Demand Forecasting (TDF) group in our Bethesda, Maryland (Metropolitan Washington, D.C.) office. This is an excellent opportunity to [...]
Transport Chicago Conference – Student Rates available!
Register for Transport Chicago 2014! Transport Chicago 2014 will feature : Keynote addresses by Chris Ward, former Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey who is credited with leading the accelerated completion of the World Trade Center Memorial Plaza Lunchtime Panel on O'Hare Modernization with Christina Drouet, Manager, Chicago Area Modernization Program, Federal Aviation Administration, Andres Garcia, O'Hare Modernization [...]
The Panama Canal Expansion: An Update for Urban Planners
By Linda Roberson Linda is a graduate of the Urban Design program at UC Berkeley and currently works as a consultant in San Francisco. For more information, please email: linda.roberson@gmail.com As interest in the Panama Canal Expansion seems to be growing beyond ports and congressional committees into the worlds of transit planners and urban designers, [...]
YPT Mentor Interviews – Kevin Burke, Local Policy and Technology Engineer, IDOT
This week’s interview in YPT’s “Better Know a Director” series is with Kevin Burke, Local Policy & Technology Engineer, of the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT). Kevin is a national expert in transportation policy and technology, having come to the field with an unconventional background. AP: You have an interesting job at IDOT. Can you [...]