Transportation Group
MISSION
Focuses on all matters relevant to the topic of transportation including planning, engineering, design, construction, operation and funding of transportation facilities. The group is intended to provide a forum for educating BSCES members (and non-members) on all types of transportation projects and issues. The group is multi-modal and considers a range of issues facing passenger and freight movement on the following modes: airport, highway, transit, rail, water transportation, pedestrians and bicycles.
GROUP CHARGE
- Provide a diverse, interesting program of meetings (five to seven per year)
- Select and present the Bertram Berger Memorial Award to an outstanding younger member.
- Participate in the selection of the Bertram Berger scholarship student award recipient, awarded annually in conjunction with the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) to a Northeastern University student.
- Increase the recognition of the many facets of engineering involving transportation planning, engineering and construction.
- Identify ways of enhancing the value and/or distribution of the Bertram Berger Memorial Fund (Link to Bertram Berger Memorial Fund) in a manner that allows the fund to be self-sustaining.
- Maintain responsibility for any event or award sponsored by the Berger Fund.
ESTABLISHED
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RESOURCE LINKS
Bertram Berger Memorial Fund File
Current Chair
John Collura, PhD, PE
University of Massachusetts Amherst
99B College Street
South Hadley, MA 01003
Tel: 413/545-5404
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