The 2006 FHWA and FTA Transportation Planning Excellence Awards have announced their call for entries and to request Division Office participation. The awards program is co-sponsored by the American Planning Association.
These awards will recognize outstanding initiatives across the country to develop, plan, and implement innovative transportation planning practices. Awards may be given in twelve categories:
- Asset Management and Planning;
- Education and Training;
- Freight Planning;
- Homeland and Personal Security;
- Linking Planning and Operations;
- Modeling and Technology Applications;
- Safety Planning;
- Planning Leadership;
- Public Involvement and Outreach;
- Transportation and Land Use Integration;
- Transportation Planning and Environment;
- and Tribal Transportation Planning.
The awards will be presented in the summer of 2006.
Information about the awards program and an online call for entries can be found at: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/tpea. The deadline to receive entries is February 28, 2006.
We would like your assistance in sharing this information with your Department of Transportation and Metropolitan Planning Organizations contacts and encouraging them to submit an entry. Once entries are received, a copy of the appropriate nomination reports will be forwarded for your review and comment.
We appreciate your help in making this biennial awards program a success!
For additional information, please contact Jody McCullough at 202-366-2825 or via e-mail.
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