The New Jersey Work Zone Safety Conference promotes work zone safety awareness in local and state roadways for a multi-disciplinary audience of construction, engineering, public safety, and maintenance and operations personnel. The event will feature a presentation on OSHA compliance for work zone safety inspections; an in-depth review of personal protective equipment compliant and noncompliant […]
Lunchtime Tech Talk! Presented by Thomas M. Brennan, Ph.D., PE Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, The College of New Jersey https://www.eventbrite.com/e/making-work-zones-smarter-data-driven-decision-making-tickets-58307469210 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/making-work-zones-smarter-data-driven-decision-making-tickets-58307469210 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/making-work-zones-smarter-data-driven-decision-making-tickets-58307469210 Sponsored by the NJDOT Bureau of Research, this lunchtime tech talk will feature Dr. Thomas M. Brennan https://civilengineering.tcnj.edu/2015/07/22/dr-thomas-m-brennan/ discussing his research on the use of probe vehicle speed data and how it can […]
NJ TransAction 2019 will feature 70 workshop sessions (5-6 concurrent throughout each day) specializing in bus, rail, roads, bridges, goods movement, pedestrian/bicycle, paratransit, community transportation, ports and much more. Nearly 1000 attendees are expected to attend this year's conference, including transportation management, directors, planners, engineers, grant writers, operators, elected officials, municipal, county and state representatives, […]
The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) is presenting a webinar series "FutureView" which brings together public transportation practitioners from all facets of the industry to analyze and address the most pressing challenges and opportunities facing public transportation today and into the future. On Wednesday, April 24th, they will host "Building a Resilient Transit System: How […]
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Office of Planning is hosting the first webinar in a series of planned online events https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/public_involvement/vpi/webinars/ highlighting innovative and proven public involvement techniques for today's transportation plans and projects. The webinar will feature speakers from several agencies discussing the following techniques: * Meeting-in-a-box * Pop-up outreach * Interactive maps To […]
The Women's Transportation Seminar - Greater New York (WTS-GNY) Chapter is hosting a technical tour of the NJ Statewide Traffic Management Center (STMC) featuring special guest Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti. The STMC is the 24/7 operations center operated by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, the New Jersey Department of Transportation, and the New Jersey State Police. […]
The Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Met Section, representing members in the New York/New Jersey area will be hosting Afternoon Ethics & Dinner Presentation: Connectivity in New Jersey. The afternoon session will cover "Engineering Ethics", reviewing the ethical obligations of engineers in the preparation of their work and professional conduct. It will also review several […]
This full-day symposium is designed for industry and agency stakeholders to build relationships with researchers and identify opportunities to collaborate. It is the second CEE Symposium, which Rutgers plans to be a long-running biennial event. Speakers include NJDOT Commissioner Diane Guitierrez-Scaccetti and other industry leaders. Guests will tour the specialized labs in the new Richard […]
The 3rd Annual SmartDrivingCars Summit will be held on May 14-16, 2019 at Princeton University. The conference brings together the buyers, sellers and facilitators of smart-driving cars, trucks, and buses. The event will have four focus areas: 1. Near-term safety benefits of safe-driving cars 2. Near-term regulatory changes 3. Near-term mobility and community service benefits […]
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will be hosting a webinar "Taking Action to Reduce Rural Roadway Departures Systemically" as part of the EDC-5 initiative "Reducing Rural Roadway Departures" https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovation/everydaycounts/edc_5/roadway_departures.cfm . The webinar will focus on why the initiative is important to rural agencies and tribes, and how they can take action to reduce roadway departures. […]