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tall structures and make small repairs “Transportation is always about
to things like streetlights. The “per- the future. If we’re just fixing today’s
JANUARY ceive and patch” robots will not only problems, we’ll fall further and further
JANUARy 14 automatically inspect, diagnose and behind. We already know that a grow-
Board of directors repair potholes in the road, but will also ing population and increasing freight
Meeting
prevent future ones from forming. And traffic will require our system to do
JANUARy 25–29 “fire and forget” drones will monitor more,” said Secretary Foxx. “In this
cVsa coHMed conference
San Antonio, Tex. and repair utility pipes as needed. round of TIGER, we selected projects
“Most of what we’re proposing is that focus on where the country’s trans-
JANUARy 21
sMc Meeting for the drones to do very simple and portation infrastructure needs to be in
Little Rock, Ark. mundane tasks,” the team leader says. the future; ever safer, ever more inno-
JANUARy 28 “When you look at major infrastruc- vative, and ever more targeted to open
Mtc Meeting ture failures—things like potholes or the floodgates of opportunity across
Little Rock, Ark. failures in pipe lines—they’re often America.”
FebRUARY caused by very small, millimeter-scale Projects funded through this round

FEBRUARy 29–MARCh 3 defects. And if those were caught early of TIGER support several key transpor-
ata tecHnology & by an automated system, then the larger tation goals, including making the U.S.
Maintenance council failures and inconveniences wouldn’t transportation system the safest in the
annual Meeting
Nashville, Tenn. occur.” world, improving public safety by reduc-
ing transportation-related injuries and
MARCH $500 mIllIon In tIger fatalities.
MARCh 6–9 grAnts AwArded to 39 Grant funds will also go to proj-
truckload carriers asso- trAnsPortAtIon ProJects
ciation annual Meeting ects that support innovation and meet
Las Vegas, Nev. Transportation Secretary Anthony future challenges of maintaining and
MARCh 10 Foxx announced that the Department expanding infrastructure and support
Board of directors of Transportation will provide $500 mil- technology integration.
Meeting lion for 39 transportation projects in 34 This is the seventh TIGER round
hot Springs, Ark.
states from its TIGER (Transportation since 2009, bringing the total grant
APRIL Investment Generating Economic amount to $4.6 billion provided to 381
APRIL 5–7 Recovery) 2015 program. Rural areas projects in all 50 states, the District of
ata safety ManageMent received 43 percent of the project awards, Columbia and Puerto Rico. Demand for
council & tsc’s annual more than any previous year. the program has been overwhelming, to
Policy conference
(forMerly tHe annual
steering Meeting)
Arlington, Va.
APRIL 25–28
cVsa WorksHoP
Chicago, Ill.
MAY
MAy 1–4
ata sPring leadersHiP
Washington, D.C.
MAy 18–20
annual Business
conference & Vendor
sHoWcase
Little Rock, Ark.
SAVe THe DATe
JULy 14-16
arkansas trucking
cHaMPionsHiP
Rogers, Ark.

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