Tag: Joan McDonald

Roadbuilding

Transportation Research Board adds 14 to Future Interstate Study Committee

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Transportation Research Board (TRB) has named 14 to a committee working on its Future Interstate Study, a 30-month project aimed at determining actions needed to upgrade and restore the U.S. interstate highway system. Section 6021 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act called for the TRB […]

August 25, 2016

Roadbuilding

New York Transportation Commissioner McDonald: Transportation is ‘sustainability issue,’ ‘economic development issue’

What is the best way to get people interested in transportation infrastructure? New York Transportation Commissioner Joan McDonald says the answer lies in showing them transportation is about more than just transportation. During a forum on congestion pricing, McDonald explained that getting more people to pay attention to transportation issues is to show them that […]

March 24, 2014