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.TOP NEWS
Feds grant $583K for NJ railroad safety through Rutgers AI program
Patch
The federal government has allocated $583,000 to New Jersey railroads as part of a nationwide economic growth program aimed at creating more jobs, strengthening supply chains, modernizing infrastructure and making public transportation more affordable to rural and urban users. The Federal Railroad Administration's Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) grant program consists of 46 projects in 32 states costing over $368 million, with one project approved in the Garden State.
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.NJSME NEWS
Certified Municipal Engineer's Program — Seeking Board Members
NJSME
The New Jersey Municipal Engineering Institute (NJMEI) was created by the New Jersey Society of Municipal Engineers (NJSME) in 1987 to establish and administer programs dedicated to the continuing education needs of professional engineers practicing municipal engineering.
This program, known as the Certified Municipal Engineer (CME) program, was designed to introduce its participants to the various areas, both technical and administrative, that are encountered in actual practice. The course is designed to be broad in scope, timely in nature, and intended to address the various roles that a municipal engineer may face in either a full-time, part-time or consulting capacity.
The program is run by a volunteer Board of Governor’s — and we are seeking volunteers to serve in this capacity.
As a member of the Board of Governors, you will assist in the development of one or two seminars to be offered in the Certified Municipal Engineer program. This will consist of the following tasks:
- In cooperation and consultation with the other members of the Board, review the current topics to be offered in the annual Certified Municipal Engineer (CME) program and develop new topics that are current to the practice of Municipal Engineering
- Act as facilitator of 1 or 2 CME sessions. This will consist of locating speakers for the day’s session and acting as the facilitator on site for the session. It is anticipated that sessions will last approximately 6 hours, starting at 8:00 A.M. and ending at approximately 3:00 P.M. All sessions will be held on the Rutgers University campus, Piscataway, NJ. Lunch will be provided and all sessions will be digitally recorded
- Speakers should be recognized as experts in their field and will volunteer their time. As such, the speakers will not be compensated for their time but may be compensated for production costs such as reproduction, printing, etc.
- Board members, for the most part, are not to serve as the speakers or presenters on a topic.
If you are interested in serving in this role, please contact Matt Halpin at NJSME: mhalpin@njpsi.com
More information about the CME Program can be found here: https://njsme.org/cme/
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New Jersey STIC Innovative Initiatives Survey
New Jersey STIC
On behalf of the NJ State Transportation Innovation Council (STIC), the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) is asking individuals from Local Public Agencies, Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), Industry and Trade Associations, and other stakeholders to identify noteworthy examples of implementation of Every Day Counts (EDC) initiatives and other innovative practices in New Jersey. This short online survey seeks your insights and experience related to the needs for innovation and the challenges of implementing innovative practices in transportation.
To foster knowledge sharing, the survey results will be presented at a future convening of the NJ STIC and innovative practices will be featured in communications and at other events.
Consulting Professionals who work with Local Public Agencies should use this survey link: NJ STIC Innovation Survey — Consulting Professionals
Those affiliated with Local Public Agencies and other stakeholders should use this survey link: NJ STIC Innovation Survey
Please submit your answers by July 15, 2022.
Should you have any questions, please contact the NJDOT Bureau of Research's Brandee Chapman, Innovation Coordinator (609.963.1606), or Amanda Gendek, Manager (609.963.2242).
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.STATE OF NEW JERSEY NEWS
Federal grant will bankroll NJ Transit's next big bus route makeover
Mass Transit
Two of NJ Transits ongoing bus route redesigns currently underway are about to be joined by a third, after Federal Transit Administration officials awarded a $514,045 grant to NJ Transit. The agency is one of 50 transit agencies in 24 states that received funds from a $25 million pot made up of funds from the American Rescue Plan.
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NJ releases water infrastructure funding plans
Water World
New Jersey’s Water Infrastructure Improvement Plan (WIIP) took a significant step forward with the Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP’s) release of final Intended Use Plans that include billions of dollars of requests for water-quality improvement and public-health protection projects, DEP officials announced.
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NJ to order emergency rules on new construction in areas slammed by floods
NJ.com
Eight months after Tropical Storm Ida, Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration is preparing to implement emergency rules for new construction in certain flood-prone areas of New Jersey to help fortify the state as officials expect storms to become more frequent and volatile because of climate change, New Jersey Advance Media has learned.
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.INDUSTRY NEWS
President Joe Biden and US Department of Transportation to fund 35 university transportation centers
Roads & Bridges
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is seeking applications from universities for up to 35 University Transportation Center (UTC) awards as a part of their UTC program, offering $450 million in funding for a 5-year period from 2022 through 2026.
“I am inspired by the cutting-edge transportation technologies our UTCs are developing,” stated Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Transportation Secretary.
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Optimize rising renewables levels by increasing deployment of different types of energy storage: MIT
Utility Dive
Different energy storage technologies can make optimal use of rising levels of intermittent renewable energy, with the combined resources replacing fossil-fueled generation systems by mid-century, according to an MIT report published on May 12. The Future of Energy Storage by the MIT Energy Initiative, or MITEI, provides a blueprint for supporting and using grid storage technologies — existing and emerging — to affordably slash emissions.
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