{"id":203544,"date":"2011-11-03T15:11:42","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T15:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/d45h139.public.uconn.edu\/sites\/news\/?p=9394"},"modified":"2025-01-31T10:25:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T15:25:06","slug":"center-recognizes-members-of-transportation-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2011\/11\/center-recognizes-members-of-transportation-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Center Recognizes Members of Transportation Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9396 img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/d45h139.public.uconn.edu\/sites\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/CTI-Thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"85\" height=\"78\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 85px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 85\/78;\" \/>By Mary McCarthy<a href=\"http:\/\/d45h139.public.uconn.edu\/sites\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2011-grad-filmstrip-small.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9400 img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/d45h139.public.uconn.edu\/sites\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2011-grad-filmstrip-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"601\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 200\/601;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On October 27, 2011, the <a title=\"CT Technology Transfer Center\" href=\"http:\/\/www.t2center.uconn.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CT Technology Transfer Center <\/a>(T2 Center)\u00a0held a ceremony to honor individuals in Connecticut&#8217;s transportation community.\u00a0 Ninety-nine individuals were recognized for their\u00a0achievement in having completed one or more of the\u00a0 professional development certificate programs administered by the center; the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.t2center.uconn.edu\/roadmaster.php\">Road Master<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.t2center.uconn.edu\/roadscholar.php\">Road Scholar<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.t2center.uconn.edu\/legaltrafficauth.php\">Legal Traffic Authority<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.t2center.uconn.edu\/publicworksacademy.php\">Public Works Academy<\/a>\u00a0and <a title=\"Transportation Leadership Program Link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.t2center.uconn.edu\/TransportationLeadershipProgram.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transportation Leadership <\/a>Programs.\u00a0 In addition, the Center honored Representative Bill Aman (R-South Windsor) for his significant efforts in passing legislation to help protect workers by doubling fines in municipal work zones.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony included keynote addresses by Representative Aman, Department of Transportation Commissioner James Redeker, Federal Highway Administration Division Administrator Amy Jackson-Grove and graduates Kevin Kelly of Colchester and Honorable Laura Francis of Durham.\u00a0 Their remarks focused on the importance of professional development and leadership within the transportation community in Connecticut and the value and impact that Public Works Agencies have on their communities.<\/p>\n<p>They commended the professionals for understanding the need for innovation and efficiency in today\u2019s fiscal climate and spoke to the importance of networking and mutual aid in these difficult times.\u00a0 This year\u2019s graduates join more than 900 other state and local transportation professionals in having completed one or more of the T2 Center\u2019s programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 27, 2011, the CT Technology Transfer Center (T2 Center) held a ceremony to honor individuals in Connecticut&#8217;s transportation community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":160611,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1866],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[2110],"class_list":["post-203544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-engr"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-03 12:28:41","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203544"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224967,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203544\/revisions\/224967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/160611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203544"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=203544"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=203544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}