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, [...]
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DC Residents – Smart Growth America wants to hear from you!
Smart Growth America, a national NGO dedicated to helping more places have strong neighborhoods and strong economies, is launching a new venture focused on urban living. We want to talk to people who want to talk about how to make it easier, cheaper and more fun to live in the city, and what it would [...]
Young Gov’t Leaders & GovLoop are planning their 4th annual Next Generation of Gov’t Training Summit
Come to the Next Generation of Government Training Summit (nextgengovt.com) created by Young Government Leaders (the leading association for young government professionals) and GovLoop (the Knowledge Network for Government) In the era of sequestration, NextGen is your solution for training and retaining your critical high potentials. With public servants under siege and morale plummeting, NextGen [...]
DC Job Alert: ITS JPO (FHWA) Transportation Specialist
The Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office (JPO) is looking for a Transportation Specialist to serve as program manager and technical expert responsible for the development and direction of the Multimodal ITS Research and Deployment portions of the Department's ITS program. The ideal candidate for this position will have excellent communications skills, expertise in ITS research [...]
DC Event Alert: Outside the Box Competition
Come join us for the first annual Cameron Rian Hays Outside the Box Competition. From a pool of 35 entries, three winners will be selected! Join us at 2pm on Wednesday June 12th for presentations and panel discussions of the 3 winning entries. Dr. Jonathan Gifford will moderate our esteemed Blue Ribbon Panel, chaired by Virginia Secretary for Transportation Sean [...]