July/August 2005 · Vol. 69 · No. 1

July/August 2005

Conferences/Special Events Calendar

September | October | November | December | January

September
Date:	September 7–September 11 2005
Conference:	National Transportation Public Affairs Workshop
Sponsor:	American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Delaware Department of Transportation
Location:	Rehoboth Beach, DE
Contact:	Terry L. Petrucci 2005 302–760–2077 tpetrucci@state.de.us www.aashto.org
Date:	September 13–September 16 2005
Conference:	ITSC ‘05 8th International IEEE Conference
Sponsor:	Intelligent Transportation Systems Society And Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Location:	Vienna, Austria
Contact:	Lydia Novoszel +43-1-595 48 96 39 office@itsc2005.at www.itsc2005.at
Date:	September 15–September 20 2005
Conference:	AASHTO 2005 Annual Meeting
Sponsor:	AASHTO
Location:	Nashville, TN
Contact:	Hanna Whitney 202-624-5800 hwhitney@aashto.org www.aashto.org
Date:	September 21, 2005
Conference:	Rail and Highway Capacity
Sponsor:	FHWA Office of Freight Management and Operations and Office of Planning
Location:	Webcast
Contact:	Carol Keenan 202-366-6993 carol.keenan@fhwa.dot.gov http://talkingopsandfreight.webex.com
Date:	Sept 22-23, 2005
Conference:	6th International Conference on Walking in the 21st Century
Sponsor:	Walk21 2005 Organisation
Location:	Zurich, Switzerland
Contact:	Ingrid Schmid (++41) 1-252-40-70 info@walk21.ch www.walk21.ch
Date:	Sept 27-29, 2005
Conference:	Intertraffic North America
Sponsor:	American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)
Location:	Baltimore, MD
Contact:	Beth Tilahun 202-289-4434 btilahun@artba.org www.northamerica.intertraffic.com

October
Date:	Oct 6-7, 2005
Conference:	The 17th Annual Conference on Public-Private Ventures in Transportation and Federal Highway Administration Workshop on Project Finance
Sponsor:	ARTBA
Location:	Washington, DC
Contact:	Ed Tarrant 888-821-9653, ext.119 etarrant@artba.org www.artba.org/meetings_events/2005 /PPV_Conference/index.htm
Date:	Oct 16-19, 2005
Conference:	National Bridge Conference
Sponsor:	Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
Location:	Palm Springs, CA
Contact:	John Dick 312-360-3205 jdick@pci.org www.pci.org
Date:	October 19, 2005
Conference:	Freight Security Effects on Industry
Sponsor:	FHWA Office of Freight Management and Operations and Office of Planning
Location:	Webcast
Contact:	Carol Keenan 202-366-6993 carol.keenan@fhwa.dot.gov http://talkingopsandfreight.webex.com
Date:	Oct 24-28, 2005
Conference:	14th Argentine Congress of Road and Traffic
Sponsor:	Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), Asociación Argentina de Carreteras
Location:	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Contact:	Analia Wazlo (+54-11) 4372-3519 (+54-11) 4371-0083 expovial@aacarreteras.org.ar www.ite.org/meetcon/argentina_congress.pdf

November
Date:	Nov 3-5, 2005
Conference:	Society of Women Engineers National Conference 2005
Sponsor:	Society of Women Engineers
Location:	Anaheim, CA
Contact:	Jeanne Elipani 800-892-2858 jeanne.elipani@swe.org www.swe.org/2005
Date:	Nov 6-10, 2005
Conference:	12th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems
Sponsor:	Intelligent Transportation Society Of America (ITSA)
Location:	San Francisco, CA
Contact:	Sandra Fitzgerald-Collier 202-721-4214 scollier@itsa.org www.itsworldcongress.org
Date:	Nov 7-10, 2005
Conference:	6th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management
Sponsor:	Transportation Research Board (TRB)
Location:	Kansas City, MO
Contact:	Tom Palmerlee 202-334-2907 tpalmerlee@nas.edu Brian Canepa 202-334-2966 bcanepa@nas.edu www.trb.org/conferences/asset
Date:	Nov 16, 2005
Conference:	Freight Models: State of the Practice and Needs for Improvement
Sponsor:	FHWA Office of Freight Management And Operations and Office of Planning
Location:	Webcast
Contact:	Carol Keenan 202-366-6993 carol.keenan@fhwa.dot.gov http://talkingopsandfreight.webex.com

December
Date:	Dec 14, 2005
Conference:	Considerations of Freight in Disaster Planning
Sponsor:	FHWA Office of Freight Management And Operations and Office of Planning
Location:	Webcast
Contact:	Carol Keenan 202-366-6993 carol.keenan@fhwa.dot.gov http://talkingopsandfreight.webex.com

January
Date:	Jan 22-26, 2006
Conference:	TRB 85th Annual Meeting
Sponsor:	TRB
Location:	Washington, DC
Contact:	Linda Karson 202-334-2362 lkarson@nas.edu www.trb.org

 

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Other Articles in this issue:

Direct User Charges

Making Trails

Preventing Roadway Departures

Motivating Teens to Buckle Up

Safety Scans—A Successful Two-Way Street

Where the Dowel Bars Are

Trans-Texas Corridor

Multistate Endeavor to Address Premature Pavement Distress

Looking to Load and Resistance Factor Rating

Achieving Concrete's Full Potential

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July/August 2005 · Vol. 69 · No. 1