Purpose
The Transportation Achievement Award may be awarded annually for excellence in the advancement of transportation to meet human needs, by entities concerned with transportation such as governmental agencies, legislative bodies, consulting firms, industry, and other organizations. One award will be presented that relates to any of these categories: planning, design, operations, and safety.
This award recognizes an organization for one or more of the following:
- Development of an innovative concept in transportation planning, design, operations, or safety.
- Innovative application of a proven concept in transportation planning, design, operations, or safety.
- Implementation of a challenging transportation program through perseverance in its development and promotion.
- Program or project having a significant effect on transportation.
- Multi-faceted transportation program or project, combining many innovative and/or well-applied concepts.
- Program or project promoting a major advance in the efficiency and/or economy of transportation.
Eligibility
To be an eligible recipient for the proposed awards, the award candidate could be:
- Governmental agency or entity.
- Transportation consulting firm.
- Private business or corporation.
- Combined public/private institution.
- Academic institution.
Award
Award will consist of acknowledgement at a section meeting and Michigan ITE newsletter as well as a personalized recognition plaque, which will be presented at a Michigan ITE section meeting each year.
Procedure
Nominations and/or applications may be made by both members and non-members. The nomination submission should include pertinent information and, if applicable, photographs. The submittal should be in PDF format and limited to three pages. The first page of the submittal should be the submission form and the two-page attachment should describe the project and indicate how the project meets the criteria for the award.
The submission should assist the Award Committee in evaluating the project against the selection criteria. Nominations are due May 1, 2022.
Please send submission electronically as PDF to itemichigan@gmail.com