Tag: Mary Peters

U.S. Department of Transportation celebrates 50 years

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) was formed 50 years ago under the Lyndon B. Johnson Administration and Alan Boyd served as the first Secretary of Transportation, the 12th cabinet post to be created. In honoring this milestone, USDOT is focusing its celebration on a different theme each month. The agency says the purpose of […]

February 5, 2016

Secretaries’ Day: A powerful meeting for transportation policy

Conferences come and conferences go but as conferences go this one could be really good. Six former U.S. transportation secretaries, who served under every president from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush, will be among the participants in a conference held by the University of Virginia’s Miller Center in Washington, D.C. on Monday, April 29. […]

April 16, 2013

The University of Virginia’s Miller Center (Photo: The University of Virginia Magazine)

ARTBA President Pete Ruane 2012 Road Gang P.D. McLean Award recipient

American Road & Transportation Builders Association President (ARTBA) & CEO Pete Ruane has been named the 2012 recipient of the Road Gang’s P.D. McLean Memorial Award. Established in 1962 in memory of one of the Road Gang’s founders and its first chairman, it annually honors an individual “for a distinct contribution to the cause of better highway transportation in the public interest," ARTBA notes in a press release.,American Road & Transportation Builders Association President (ARTBA) & CEO Pete Ruane has been named the 2012 recipient of the Road Gang’s P.D. McLean Memorial Award. Established in 1962 in memory of one of the Road Gang’s founders and its first chairman, it annually honors an individual “for a distinct contribution to the cause of better highway transportation in the public interest," ARTBA notes in a press release.,American Road & Transportation Builders Association President (ARTBA) & CEO Pete Ruane has been named the 2012 recipient of the Road Gang’s P.D. McLean Memorial Award. Established in 1962 in memory of one of the Road Gang’s founders and its first chairman, it annually honors an individual “for a distinct contribution to the cause of better highway transportation in the public interest," ARTBA notes in a press release.,American Road & Transportation Builders Association President (ARTBA) & CEO Pete Ruane has been named the 2012 recipient of the Road Gang’s P.D. McLean Memorial Award. Established in 1962 in memory of one of the Road Gang’s founders and its first chairman, it annually honors an individual “for a distinct contribution to the cause of better highway transportation in the public interest," ARTBA notes in a press release.,American Road & Transportation Builders Association President (ARTBA) & CEO Pete Ruane has been named the 2012 recipient of the Road Gang’s P.D. McLean Memorial Award. Established in 1962 in memory of one of the Road Gang’s founders and its first chairman, it annually honors an individual “for a distinct contribution to the cause of better highway transportation in the public interest," ARTBA notes in a press release.,American Road & Transportation Builders Association President (ARTBA) & CEO Pete Ruane has been named the 2012 recipient of the Road Gang’s P.D. McLean Memorial Award. Established in 1962 in memory of one of the Road Gang’s founders and its first chairman, it annually honors an individual “for a distinct contribution to the cause of better highway transportation in the public interest," ARTBA notes in a press release.,American Road & Transportation Builders Association President (ARTBA) & CEO Pete Ruane has been named the 2012 recipient of the Road Gang’s P.D. McLean Memorial Award. Established in 1962 in memory of one of the Road Gang’s founders and its first chairman, it annually honors an individual “for a distinct contribution to the cause of better highway transportation in the public interest," ARTBA notes in a press release.

May 3, 2012

Financial District

A vast amount of transportation funding sitting around doing nothing may be put back into action if two U.S. senators can clear some very big hurdles; and a Cornell professor calls for an attitude adjustment in transportation infrastructure thinking.

March 1, 2011

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Financial District

A vast amount of transportation funding sitting around doing nothing may be put back into action if two U.S. senators can clear some very big hurdles; and a Cornell professor calls for an attitude adjustment in transportation infrastructure thinking.

March 1, 2011

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Financial District

A vast amount of transportation funding sitting around doing nothing may be put back into action if two U.S. senators can clear some very big hurdles; and a Cornell professor calls for an attitude adjustment in transportation infrastructure thinking.

March 1, 2011

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Mary Peters, LaHood’s predecessor, confirmed for public-private partnership conference

Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters has just been confirmed as a general session speaker at the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA’s) 22nd Annual Public-Private Partnerships in Transportation Conference, scheduled for July 22-23 in Washington, D.C. Peters will join industry leaders and officials including members of the Federal Highway Administration’s Office of […]

May 12, 2010

Kirk Landers: Freight gridlock

Whether it’s roads or rails, we don’t have enough assets in place because we haven’t had the will to make the necessary investments.

October 1, 2008

Kirk Landers: The Peters principles

Secretary Peters’ Transportation Infrastructure Reform Act deserves a spirited debate among informed people. Make it your mission to be a part of it.

September 1, 2008

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