Marketing Transportation E-news is a monthly news brief from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). E-news is part of Are We There Yet? We Can Be!, AASHTO’s campaign to build support for improving the nation’s transportation system. Each issue includes news briefs, upcoming events, critical information, and columns from advocates and supporters of transportation. |
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Clearer road signs make the driving easier Trust increases in government's ability to "do the right thing" ...But trust in television news is a mixed bag Intercity bus ridership is increasing in popularity AASHTO launches high speed rail website |
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Upcoming Events
Transportation 2010: Revitalizing America's Future is the theme of AASHTO's 2010 Washington Briefing, March 1 - 4, 2010 at the Marriott Crystal City Hotel in Arlington, Va. National leaders will offer their views on the outlook for transportation, the economy, financing, job creation and the environment. Registration and complete agenda information at http://www.transportation.org/meetings/246.aspx. AASHTO President and Mississippi DOT Director Larry "Butch" Brown will speak at the upcoming Spring Meeting of the American Association of Port Authorities on March 23. Brown will discuss the role of transportation infrastructure investment in economic recovery. Also on the agenda is Jo-Ellen Darcy, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works. For meeting details and registration information, see Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), Jolene Molitoris, director of the Ohio Department of Transportation, and Gerald Nicely, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Transportation, are among the speakers slated to appear at the Annual Meeting of the Coalition for America's Gateways and Trade Corridors, February 10th and 11th in Washington, DC. Details at http://www.tradecorridors.org/images/Agenda_CAGTC_2010_Annual_Meeting.pdf. |
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