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June 2009
TERRA news: innovation event, new members
The Transportation Engineering Road Research Alliance (TERRA) is holding another event in its Innovation Series. The event, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on July 13, will focus on transportation asset management. For more information, see the TERRA Web site or contact Stephanie Malinoff of CTS at 612-624-8398, malinoff@umn.edu.
In other news, two more members have joined TERRA: the Wisconsin Department of Transportation and the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT). Both joined through a pooled fund recently established to provide more state DOTs the opportunity to become a member of the alliance.
“Given the realities of scarce resources, collaborating through organizations like TERRA is how states need to function in the future,” said Gary Frederick, NYSDOT director of transportation research and development. “The TERRA pooled fund enables states to participate so that collaboration will become the norm.”