Scott Jakovich

2020 NTTD/NLTAPA Annual Conference

Transportation Training Professionals: 2020 NTTD / NLTAPA Annual Conference registration is now open for the 2020 Virtual To You (V2Y) NLTAPA/NTTD Annual Conference. A gathering of professionals responsible for training the current and future transportation workforce, the National Transportation Training Directors (NTTD) & the National Local Area Technical Assistance Program Association (NLTAPA).

To register and see the draft agenda please go to https://nltapa.org/workgroups/conference/. We’re virtual and free this year! We’ll meet from 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM (Central Time) from July 28-30, 2020.

We will have general sessions, technical sessions, state sharing, and hot topics. There are three opportunities to directly participate:

If you are interested in doing one of the three 5 minute state sharings, reach out to Keith Knapp (kknapp@iastate.edu) or Colleen Montague (Colleen.Montague@vermont.gov) in the next couple of weeks so we can put you on the agenda ASAP.
If you have an interesting poster on training or learning, please reach out to Marilee Lafond (Marilee.LaFond@unh.edu) for more information.
Hot Hot Hot Topics. If you have any ideas about hot topics please contact me (kknapp@iastate.edu) or Matt Enders (matthew.enders@wsdot.wa.gov).

Transportation Training Professionals: 2020 NTTD/NLTAPA Annual Conference

Registration is now open for 2020 Virtual To You (V2Y) NLTAPA/NTTD Annual Conference. A gathering of professionals responsible for training the current and future transportation workforce, the National Transportation Training Directors (NTTD) & the National Local Area Technical Assistance Program Association (NLTAPA).

Learn more about the conference here.

Traffic Trends and Safety in a COVID-19 World

by Marley Randazzo, USC, Masters of Urban Planning 2021

Tuesday, June 2nd, the Transportation Research Board (TRB) and the Pacific Southwest Region University Transportation Center (PSR) held the Traffic Trends and Safety in a COVID-19 World webinar. The event was the first partnership of its kind for both TRB and PSR. “We are delighted to be able to partner with TRB and share some of our PSR research on this timely topic,” said PSR director Dr. Genevieve Giuliano.

Amplifying the event on both organizations’ platforms and speaking to the high level of interest in planning in a post-COVID world, the webinar was extremely well-attended, drawing an audience of over 1,100 attendees. Event moderator Dr. Fraser Schilling, representing UC Davis’ Road Ecology Center, noted the current importance of academic research to the planning practice: “I think the size of the event spoke to how much these new traffic conditions are on peoples’ minds. It is a learning experience for everyone, from planners to traffic safety and operations.”

Read the full article at METRANS.org.

About the Author: Marley Randazzo is a second-year graduate student in the Master of Urban Planning program at USC Price. He works as a writer, product manager, and designer for METRANS.

Traffic Trends & Safety in a COVID-19 World

What lessons can we learn to advance transportation safety research and practice with COVID-19? Join Mena Lockwood (VDOT), Brian Mayhew (MTC), and Fraser Shilling (UC Davis) Tuesday June 2, 2020 for a look at:

North Carolina Department of Transportation’s analysis of changes in traffic conditions following NC’s stay-at-home order (Daniel Carter, NCDOT).
Virginia Department of Transportation’s analysis of traffic and safety conditions during COVID-19 orders (Mena Lockwood and Sanhita Lahiri, VDOT).
Changes in traffic conditions and crashes in California during regional and statewide stay-at-home orders (Fraser Shilling, University of California, Davis).

There is no charge to attend; register here to join this important webinar: https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/06-02-2020/trb-webinar-traffic-trends-and-safety-in-a-covid-19-world__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!9UQKlzR67r0Ofo4MCFJQSAFRmwvdPaYQHRbP-qvTIscWIGwOjEuXAPilnfzGnojqeUl6$

Jean-Paul Rodrigue Details COVID-19 Impact on Supply Chains

by Adylbek Abdykalikov, USC, IPPAM 2020

On April 3, 2020 Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Professor of Global Studies & Geography at Hofstra University, New York and a member of METRANS’ MetroFreight research center, presented his research on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on transportation to METRANS Advisory Board, faculty, and staff. Titled “Coronavirus Impacts on Trade and Supply Chains,” the presentation focused on the effects of the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic on international trade and supply chains. Rodrigue was invited by METRANS Director, Professor and Ferraro Chair in Effective Local Government at the University of Southern California, Dr. Genevieve Giuliano. “METRANS is fortunate to have a deep bench of experts from which we can draw,” Giuliano noted. “Professor Rodrigue not only is one of the world’s experts in international trade, but also conducted a research project on the potential impact of a pandemic on global supply chains. He is uniquely qualified to tell us what we can expect from this pandemic.”

Read the full article on METRANS.org.

Sign Up for the 2nd Annual Road Safety Summit

Rural communities provide food, energy, resources and much more to keep America running. In 2016, attendees at the National Working Summit on Transportation in Rural America helped define the future for “Moving Rural America” by articulating the key transportation safety issues facing rural areas, culminating in a call to action of “On the Road to Zero, We Cannot Ignore Rural.”

The 2nd summit will continue to move the rural conversation forward and will focus more intently on safety solutions and “Bridging the Gap.”

Join this conversation in Savannah, Georgia in December 2018. We need your perspective and expertise to successfully articulate rural transportation safety needs and solutions.

Register, View Agenda & Learn More:

ruralsafetycenter.org/news-events/bridging-the-gap-summit/