Articles in this Issue

After 9/11:Making Transportation Security a Way of Life
For State highway agencies across the country, the events of September 11, 2001, and the subsequent threats to the Nation’s bridge and tunnel infrastructure were a wake-up call that has produced lasting changes in the way they do business.

New Initiatives Launched To Increase Structure Security
For bridge and highway infrastructure engineers, protecting bridges and other structures used to mean guarding against such natural processes as fatigue and scour and events such as earthquakes. September 11 changed all that. Since last fall, engineers have faced the new challenge of how to protect structures from potential terrorist attack.

Sustaining a Qualified Transportation Workforce
Formed in 2000 with the goal of improving training opportunities for transportation workers, the Transportation Curriculum Coordination Council (TCCC) is marking its second anniversary with such undertakings as the launching of a new State pooled-fund effort to support training development. The Council is also looking ahead to what still needs to be done to meet training needs for construction teams, highway agencies, and industry.

FHWA Teams Up To Ensure National Defense Mobility
One of the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) strategic goals is to “Improve the Nation’s National Defense Mobility,” which includes the objective of improving “the capacity and operations of the Strategic Highway Network (STRAHNET) and STRAHNET connectors to support defense mobility.”

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