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New Mexico Mobility, Economic Resilience & Substance Use Disorder Workshop Series

Register for the New Mexico Workshop Series! Join participants from New Mexico on April 20 and May 6 from 1:00 – 3:00 pm Mountain to discuss mobility resources and opportunities to support recovery, work, housing, and regional resilience. Each workshop will include a mix of presentations, panel discussion, and smaller group conversations with a focus […]

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Building Capacity for ITS in Rural and Small Metropolitan Areas

The U.S. Department of Transportation Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office (JPO) hosted a December 9 webinar featuring a 2020 NADO Research Foundation Rural and Small Metropolitan Intelligent Transportation Systems Case Studies report. The webinar highlights ITS technologies and partnerships used by Mo-Kan Regional Council in St. Joseph, Missouri, and South East Area Transit […]

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NADO 2020 Awards Story Map Available

NADO has released an interactive Story Map that features projects featured through NADO’s 2020 Aliceann Wohlbruck NADO Impact Awards and the Excellence in Regional Transportation Awards. The Impact Awards program honors NADO members for creative approaches to advancing regional economic development and improved quality of life. The Excellence Awards program recognizes noteworthy transportation, mobility, and […]

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New RDO Resource Page on Equity

The NADO Research Foundation has curated a series of resources related to equity and regional economic development and planning that may be useful to RDOs on our NADO.org website.

The page includes examples of RDOs’ work, as well as resources on data, engagement, economic development, planning, transportation, and resources to shape policy and program design. It will be updated over time with more information.

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NADO Excellence Award Snapshot

We are beginning a new series featuring past Excellence in Regional Transportation Award-winning projects. Our first Award Snapshot is a closer look at a 2019 project, the City of Williamsburg, Kentucky’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan and other pedestrian planning efforts in the Cumberland Valley Area Development District region.

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NADO Creates COVID-19 Resource Center for RDOs

As we adjust to life with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, NADO and NADO Research Foundation staff are working on your behalf to connect you with each other and to collect the latest information and best practices from RDOs to share across our membership.  A new RDO COVID-19 Resource Page was created on www.NADO.org to keep […]

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    Talking Freight Webinar: Using Freight Mobility Tools to Measure Truck Flow Efficiency

    The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will offer a June 14 webinar at 1 p.m. ET as part of its Talking Freight series. Freight transportation volumes continue to increase as th (...)

  • Apr 16

    U.S. DOT Announces NOFO for RAISE Grants

    The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) making $1 billion available in FY 2021 discretionary grant funding through the Rebu (...)

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    Community Rides Grants

    The National Rural Transit Assistance Program (RTAP) Community Rides Grants program will offer current recipients and subrecipients of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA)̵ (...)

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