2007 Excellence in Regional Transportation Award Winners Announced

Congratulations to the winners of the 2007 Excellence in Regional Transportation Award, a new program of NADO's RPO America and the NADO Research Foundation's Center for Transportation Advancement and Regional Development.

These projects will be highlighted at a special reception on Wednesday, September 26, 6 - 7:30 p.m. at the National Rural Transportation Peer Learning Conference, at the Chattanoogan Hotel in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

• Alabama Rural Planning Organization – West Alabama Regional Commission
• Northern Arizona Regional Freight Facility Study – Northern Arizona Council of  Governments
• Ride-On Commuter Services Program – West Florida Regional Planning Council
• Regional Rural & Coordinated Public Transportation Program – Coastal Georgia  Regional Development Center
• Bike! Walk! Northwest Georgia – Coosa Valley Regional Development Center
• Transportation Coordination Primer – Interagency Coordinating Committee on  Transportation
• Passenger Transportation Development Plans – Iowa’s 9 MPOs and 18 RPAs
• Trans-Iowa/Illinois Freight Corridor Study – Iowa RPA 11, RPA 15, RPA 16 and Des  Moines MPO
• Railroad Flatcar Bridges – Buchanan County, Iowa
• Bluegrass Monopoly – Bluegrass Area Development District
• Regional Highway Safety Program – Green River Area Development District
• Regional Partnerships & Transportation Priorities – Maine Department of Transportation and Maine’s Regional Councils
• Traffic Incident Management Action Plan – Maine-New Hampshire Traffic Incident Management Group and Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
• Tri-County 10-Ton Truck Corridor – Northwest Regional Development Commission
• Streamline Public Transportation System – Human Resource Development Council District IX and Western Transportation Institute
• Skyline Public Transportation System – Gallatin County Big Sky Transportation District and Western Transportation Institute
• Granville County Comprehensive Transportation Plan – Kerr-Tar RPO
• Madison County Recreational Facilities Map – Land-of-Sky RPO
• NCARPO Transportation Funding Web site – North Carolina Association of Rural Planning Organizations
• RPO Sidewalk Inventory – Piedmont Triad RPO
• Interstate 73/74 Economic Atlas of North Carolina – Piedmont Triad RPO
• NM 63 through the Pecos National Historical Park – NMDOT District Four and North Central New Mexico Economic Development District
• Spaceport America Access Road – South Central RPO/Las Cruces MPO
• Greater DuBois Intermodal Facility and Analysis – North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning & Development Commission
• Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway Interchange Study – SEDA - Council of Governments
• Northwest Long Range Transportation Plan – Northwest Pennsylvania Regional Planning & Development Commission
• Regional Transportation Development and Assistance – Lower Savannah Council of
  Governments
• Assistance with Transit Services – Catawba Regional Council of Governments
• U.S. Highway 25E Scenic Byway – East Tennessee Development District and North RPO
• Highway 30 Economic Development Coalition – Southeast Tennessee Development District and RPO
• Alamo Regional Transit – Alamo Area Council of Governments
• CARTPO Call for Projects – Capital Area Regional Transportation Planning Organization
• Virginia Rural Transportation Planning Program – Virginia Department of Transportation
• Orange/Windsor County Road Foreman’s Meeting Series – Southern Windsor County Regional Planning Commission and Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission
• Yakima Valley Metropolitan and Regional Transportation Plan – Yakima Valley Conference of Governments
• Community Maps Regional Pilot Project – Southwest Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
• Passenger Transportation Services Survey – Southwest Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission