GPS for Transportation Symposium
May 17, 2013 at Roosevelt House, NY, NY 10065
The global positioning system (GPS) has been increasingly used to gather data for transportation modeling and planning. However, the potential of this emerging technology and its combined power with other technologies such as wireless telecommunications, geographical information systems (GIS), and Internet have not been fully understood and utilized. The goal of this symposium is to bring people together to discuss the use of GPS and other new geospatial technologies for transportation planning and policies. Ideas developed from this symposium will serve to facilitate future collaboration among universities, government agencies, non-for-profit organizations, and private industries.
The symposium will feature presentations by Mr. Matthew W. Daus, former Commissioner and Chairman of the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commissions, on public policies and regulations as well as by Drs. Hongmian Gong (Geography, Hunter College), Nicholas Maxemchuk (Electrical Engineering, Columbia University), Xuegang (Jeff) Ban (Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), and Jianting Zhang (Computer Science, City College) on GPS for person-based travel, public transit, freight transportation, and taxi industry.
For more information, please visit the symposium website at: http://www.geo.hunter.cuny.edu/GPSsymp/
TransAction 2013 Conference
April 17-19, 2013 at the Tropicanna Hotel, Atlantic City, NJ
TransAction 2013 will be here shortly! The annual New Jersey Transportation Conference and Expo - TransAction 2013 will be held at the Tropicanna Hotel, Casino and Conference Center, Atlantic City, NJ on April 17th, 18th, and 19th (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday).
TransAction 2013 will feature 65 workshop sessions (4 & 5 concurrent throughout each day) specializing in bus, rail, roads, bridges, goods movement, pedestrian/bicycle, paratransit, community transportation, ports, and much more.
As TransAction 2013 draws closer, links to registration forms, attendee confirmations, workshop topics, floor plans diagrams, ad book advertisement and the golf outing will be added/updated.
Last year, more than 900 Transportation Managers/Directors, Planners, Grant Writers, Operators, Elected Officials, Municipal, County, and State Representatives, Consultants, and Administrators attended the TransAction Conference! Attendees represented more than 20 states and several Provinces of Canada.
For more information, please visit the conference website at: http://www.njtransactionconf.com/
Women Construction Owners & Executives; Women Build America Conference
April 22-24, 2013 at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington, DC.
A national conference on Women Build America will be held on April 22-24, 2013 at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington, DC.
Join prominent speakers and leading firms in the construction industry for a series of game changing discussions, workshops and networking sessions designed to take your business to the next level.
Women Build America is a two-and-a-half day national conference on construction opportunities hosted by Women Construction Owners and Executives (WCOE) that brings together leaders in the construction field.
For more information, please visit the conference website at : http://wcoewomenbuildamerica.com/
Events at Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management
The Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management brings leaders from government, industry and civic groups to discuss key challenges in transportation policy and infrastructure. These events, which include conferences, workshops, and a breakfast speaker series, attract researchers, practitioners, and graduate students from the New York Metropolitan Region.
The following enlists the upcoming Rudin events scheduled in April 2013:
• Short Talks, Big Ideas: Transportation Innovations
April 9, 2013 at NYU Wagner
• Local Innovations in Bus Rapid Transit: A Panel Discussion
April 9, 2013 at NYU Wagner
• Climate-Proofing Connectivity:The Future of New York\'s Linksto the Northeast Corridor
April 10, 2013 at NYU Wagner
For more information on these event, please visit the Wagner’s website at: http://wagner.nyu.edu/rudincenter/events/