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“Summer School” for Transportation Professionals in Helsinki

on March 1, 2013February 28, 2013 By

Summer school is not just for students! The Aalto University in the Helsinki metropolitan region is hosting a one-week long intensive course summer school, aimed at mid-level managers and professionals in government and international institutions, consultants, and advanced graduate students. This year's theme is "Land Use and Transportation". With the help of world-class teachers and [...]

NYC Event: Walkable and Healthy Communities

on February 28, 2013February 27, 2013 By Stephanie Camay - Vice Chair, Administration and Webmaster, YPT-NYC

Walkable and Healthy Communities: Tactics and Case Studies When: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Wednesday, March 6, 2013 Where: At The Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, New York NY Sam Schwartz Engineering, the transportation engineering and planning firm, and America Walks, the national pedestrian advocacy organization, have just published a new guide, Steps to [...]

Climate CoLab Competition

on February 21, 2013February 21, 2013 By Stephanie Camay - Vice Chair, Administration and Webmaster, YPT-NYC

Tell the world your ideas for what to do about climate change--and maybe win $10,000! At MIT’s Climate CoLab you can work with people from all over the world to develop ideas for what we can actually do about climate change. If you submit one of the winning ideas, you’ll be able to present it to the media, government officials, business [...]

NYC Internship Alert: NYCT Full Time Summer Paid Interns – Sandy Recovery

on February 20, 2013February 20, 2013 By Stephanie Camay - Vice Chair, Administration and Webmaster, YPT-NYC

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 109 year history. Candidates will be part of a small group reporting to the Senior Vice President of Subways on multi-billion dollar recovery and future event mitigation efforts. Work will [...]

A Blockbuster YPT Mentor Interview! – Randy Iwasaki, Executive Director of the CCTA, Talks To YPT about Star Trek, Goats, and Innovation

on February 20, 2013April 24, 2013 By 1 Comment

This week we have the distinct pleasure of bringing our loyal YPT readers a conversation with Randell "Randy" Iwasaki, the Executive Director of the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA). Iwasaki was appointed by the CCTA Board on April 16, 2010. CCTA administers a one-half percent sales tax program. The 1988 "Measure C" program consists of [...]