May/June 2004 · Vol. 67 · No. 6

May/June 2004

Conferences/Special Events Calendar
July | August | September

July
Date:	July 18–22 2004
Conference:	American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ (AASHTO) Research Advisory Committee National Meeting
Sponsor:	AASHTO
Location:	Mystic, CT
Contact:	Mary McCarthy 860–486–1384 mary@engr.uconn.edu www.cti.uconn.edu/ti/technology/rac.htm
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Date:	July 21–24 2004
Conference:	Highway Capacity and Quality of Service Committee (A3A10) Midyear Meeting and Conference
Sponsor:	Transportation Research Board (TRB)
Location:	State College, PA
Contact:	Richard Cunard 202–334–2965 rcunard@nas.edu http://gulliver.trb.org/calendar/event.asp?id=55
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Date:	July 27–31 2004
Conference:	Geo-Trans 2004
Sponsor:	American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Location:	Los Angeles, CA
Contact:	Leonore Jordan 703–295–6110 ljordan@asce.org www.asce.org/conferences/geotrans04

 

August
Date:	August 1–4 2004
Conference:	ITE 2004 Annual Meeting and Exhibit
Sponsor:	Institute of Transportation Engineers
Location:	Lake Buena Vista, FL
Contact:	Lisa Zahurones 202–289–0222, ext. 136 lzahurones@ite.org www.ite.org
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Date:	August 10–13 2004
Conference:	7th Annual Texas Transportation Summit
Sponsor:	City of Irving
Location:	Irving, TX
Contact:	Jane Card 972–721–4978 jcard@ci.irving.tx.us Stan Lynch 214–750–0123 slynch@dean.net www.texastransportationsummit.com
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Date:	August 23–29 2004
Conference:	Orthotropic Bridge Conference
Sponsor:	ASCE, Structural Engineering Institute, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and National Steel Bridge Alliance
Location:	San Francisco, CA
Contact:	Al Mangus 916–227–2926 al_mangus@dot.ca.gov www.orthotropic-bridge.org
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Date:	August 29–Sept 1 2004
Conference:	Sixth National Meeting on Access Management
Sponsor:	TRB, FHWA, Kansas Department of Transportation (DOT), Missouri DOT, and Midwest Transportation Consortium
Location:	Kansas City, MO
Contact:	Chris Huffman 785–296–3618 huffman@ksdot.org www.accessmanagement.gov
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Date:	August 31–Sept 3 2004
Conference:	2004 National Hydraulic Engineering Conference
Sponsor:	FHWA and North Carolina DOT
Location:	Asheville, NC
Contact:	Cynthia Nurmi 404–562–3908 cynthia.nurmi@fhwa.dot.gov

 

September
Date:	Sept 3–8 2004
Conference:	National Civil Rights Conference
Sponsor:	AASHTO
Location:	San Diego, CA
Contact:	Hannah Whitney 202–624–5800 hannahw@aashto.org www.aashto.org
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Date:	Sept 16–21 2004
Conference:	Annual Meeting
Sponsor:	AASHTO
Location:	Philadelphia, PA
Contact:	Hannah Whitney 202–624–5800 hannahw@aashto.org www.aashto.org
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Date:	Sept 14–17 2004
Conference:	Structural Materials Technology (SMT): Nondestructive Evaluation/ Nondestructive Technologies for Highways and Bridges
Sponsor:	American Society for Nondestructive Testing
Location:	Buffalo, NY
Contact:	Kelly Wise 800–222–2768 kwise@asnt.org www.asnt.org/events/conferences/smt04/papers.pdf
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Date:	Sept 18–22 2004
Conference:	72nd Annual Meeting
Sponsor:	International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association
Location:	Philadelphia, PA
Contact:	Nichol Neuman 202–659–4620 nneuman@ibtta.org www.ibtta.org

 

Other Articles in this issue:

What If We Changed the Way Highways Are Built

Sometimes Quality Is in the Eye of the Beholder

The Case for Performance Standards

Building Safe Roads

Building a Better Mousetrap

The Future Is Now

Congestion Is the Challenge

Insights from Abroad

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May/June 2004 · Vol. 67 · No. 6