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[国外交通期刊数据库] 作者:Jeffrey F. Paniati

摘要:It is hard to believe we have been at this for a year—and yet what a long year it has been. As I reflect back to just before the pandemic, I was at a Washington Nationals Spring Training game, blissfully unaware of what was about to hit our organization, country, and the world. While it is encouraging to see vaccines roll-out and COVID-19 rates dropping, we have a ways to go to return to a life even close to the one we knew. But it finally feels like we are on the way.

Transportation Impacts of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom

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摘要:United Kingdom (U.K.) Prime Minster Boris Johnson announced in late February 2021 a plan for easing COVID-19 restrictions in England over the coming months. As residents in the U.K. are currently looking toward some relief from the drastic changes caused by the pandemic, the country's transportation industry has been impacted over the last year in countless ways. Now, the sector is beginning to focus on recovery, as well as how to maintain some of the transportation practices that emerged during the pandemic and implement lessons-learned.

INDUSTRY NEWS

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摘要:The National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE) recently announced the winners of its 2021 Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) Awards Competition. The national contest represents the latest TSMO projects and programs that are increasing the efficiency of Americas existing infrastructure to address air quality and improve the safety and mobility of the traveling public.

NEW PRODUCT

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摘要:The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is pleased to announce the release of the Contracting Alternatives Suitability Evaluator (CASE) Webtool. The CASE Webtool can help project teams to evaluate risk and support decisions regarding the appropriate contracting method for multiple situations. The webtool allows you to: 1. Rapidly compare and rank short-term contracting methods (i.e., Design-Build (DB), Design-Build-Finance (DBF), Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC), and Progressive Design-Build (PDB).

COVID-19 Changed the World - Now We Must Ensure That Change Is for the Better

[国外交通期刊数据库] 作者:YASSMIN GRAMIAN

摘要:Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, our transportation system has been at the center of the maelstrom that upended all our lives. The urgent task of moving essential people and goods around the world to where they are most needed has shone a bright light on the indispensable purpose that transportation serves in supporting society's vital functions and activities.

Planning Around The Corner: PennDOT's Post-Pandemic Roundtable

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摘要:A distinguished panel of transportation planners has been advising PennDOT on how to think about structural changes in transportation demand and traveler behavior that may outlast the COVID-19 pandemic. Dubbed the Post-Pandemic Planning Roundtable, its members represent Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pennsylvania, Bucknell University, Traffic 21 University Transportation Center, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), and the Transportation Research Board (TRB). The Roundtable conducted research around 11 possible scenarios based on trends that emerged during the pandemic. The scenarios are: 1. Altered demand for Public Transit: Public anxiety about crowding causes fall-off in ridership, especially in the densest, most transit dependent urban centers.

ITE International Board of Direction

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摘要:Alyssa Rodriguez serves as the director of Information Technology for the City of Henderson, NV, USA. Henderson is a full-service city of more than 320,000 residents located in the southeast corner of the Las Vegas Valley in Nevada. Alyssa has a diverse employment history including municipal engineering, consulting, and academia. Her background includes a wide variety of transportation engineering and planning projects including complete streets design, traffic impact studies, traffic signal design, travel demand modeling, maintenance management and asset management systems, safe routes to school, fleet management, and GIS applications. Recent work in smart cities and transportation technology led to the role in information technology. She is a Professional Engineer registered in the states of Nevada and California. A proud Montana State University (MSU) Bobcat, Alyssa received both her bachelors and masters degrees in civil engineering from MSU and volunteered with the Alumni Foundation. Alyssas participation with ITE includes leadership roles at the International, District, Section, Chapter, and Student Chapter level.

ITE NEWS

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摘要:Not in the office to get your mail, or would you like to be more "green"? You can choose to stop the mailed delivery of ITE Journal by filling out a quick online survey at http://bit. Iy/ITEJGoGreen. You will still gettheemailed version of theITE Journal that goes out on the first or second of each month and have full access to the digital edition.

Congratulations to the Newest TPCB Certificants!

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摘要:The Transportation Professional Certification Board, Inc. (TPCB) and ITE congratulate the following 109 new Professional Traffic Operations Engineers (PTOEs), 19 Professional Transportation Planners (PTPs), 100 Road Safety Professionals-Level 1 (RSPs1), and 30 Road Safety Professionals-Level 2 (Behavioral or Infrastructure) who passed the certification exams in the February and June 2020 exam periods.To learn more about these certifications and how to apply, visit www.tpcb.org. The next application deadline for the June 2021 exam period is April 2, 2021.

Road Safety Professional Certification

[国外交通期刊数据库] 作者:GENI BAHAR;JEFFREY F. PANIATI

摘要:There have been tremendous advancements in the area of road safety over the past two decades. Practices such as Vision Zero, Toward Zero Deaths, and the Safe System approach have helped foster a culture of road safety in the United States, Canada, and many other places in the world, leading to transportation safety being more widely recognized as a discipline within the profession. These principles are reinforced by local municipalities, provinces, and states implementing data-driven strategic road safety plans, all with the goal of achieving fewer serious injuries and deaths on roadways.