In December 2014, the NADO Research Foundation honored projects from across the nation for their work to improve mobility and connectivity and engage in innovative transportation planning efforts. Award-winning projects included work on a range of topics, from bicycle and pedestrian planning and events, evacuation route planning, sutainability planning and implementation, regional transit, project prioritization, bridge replacement, rural transportation planning pilot process, and more. Click here to access the archive of 2014 winners, or view winners from prior years here.
The 2014 award-winning projects include:
Georgia
- Technology and Rural Transit, Coastal Regional Commission
- Northeast Georgia Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning Program, Northeast Georgia Regional Commission
- River Valley Regional, River Valley Regional Commission
- Tour de Farm – Utilizing Cycling to Promote Agro-Tourism, River Valley Regional Commission
- Southern Georgia Regional Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan Implementation, Southern Georgia Regional Commission
Illinois/Iowa
- Rural Evacuation Planning, Bi-State Regional Commission
Kentucky
- Milton Madison Bridge Project, Kentuckiana Regional Planning and Development Agency (KIPDA)
Minnesota
- Safe Routes To School Planning in Rural Districts – Local, Regional and State Partnership for Success, Minnesota Association of Development Organizations
- Resilient Region Policies – Sustainable Community Comp Plan Language and Ordinances, Region Five Development Commission
Missouri
- Amendment 7 Project Prioritization Process, Missouri Association of Councils of Government
North Carolina
- Croatan Regional Bicycle + Trails Plan, Eastern Carolina Council of Governments
Ohio
- Ohio RTPO Pilot Program, Buckeye Hills – Hocking Valley RDD, Logan-Union-Champaign RPC, Maumee Valley Planning Organization, Ohio Department of Transportation, Ohio Mid-Eastern Governments Association, and Ohio Valley Regional Development Commission
Oregon
- North by Northwest Connector, NW Oregon Connector Alliance
Texas
- EasTexConnects Marketing/Educational Videos, East Texas Council of Governments
Vermont
- VT Circumferential Highway Alternatives Planning Process, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission
Virginia
- Bike Route 76 – New River Valley Report, New River Valley Planning District Commission
- Sustainable Transportation Summit, Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission
- RVAMPO Congestion Management Process (CMP) Plan, Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission
