News Releases

05/17/07 - CTE Goes to Little Rock for the International Conference on Ecology and Transportation
Raleigh, NC –Over 300 worldwide experts in ecology and transportation will attend the seventh International Conference on Ecology and Transportation in Little Rock beginning May 21. Attendees and technical presenters from more than a dozen countries, including Australia, Canada, France, India, Portugal, Spain and South Korea, in addition to the U.S., will converge at ICOET to discuss solutions to ecological issues related to highways and roads. >>more [PDF]

03/03/06 - Leigh Lane Appointed Transportation Research Board Subcommittee Chair
Raleigh, NC – CTE Senior Research Associate Leigh Lane will be the new chair of the Transportation Research Board Subcommittee on Community Impact Assessment. >>more [PDF]

02/06/06 - CTE to Present Izaak Walton League Webcasts
The Izaak Walton League of America (IWLA), a national conservation organization, will offer two series of Web broadcasts, produced in partnership with CTE. >>more [PDF]

01/03/06 - Runey Honored as CTE University Transportation Center Student of the Year
Liza Runey has been awarded the University Transportation Center Student of the Year honor by the Center for Transportation and the Environment at North Carolina State University. >>more [PDF]

11/01/05 - Brill Named Director of CTE
Dr. E. Downey Brill, Jr., NC State University professor and former head of the department of civil, construction and environmental engineering, has been named director of the Center for Transportation and the Environment. Brill’s appointment was made official today by Dr. John Gilligan, NCSU vice chancellor for research and graduate studies. >>more [PDF]

08/18/05 - CTE Funded in Federal Transportation Bill
The new federal transportation bill, known as SAFETEA-LU and recently signed into law by President Bush, includes funding for the Center for Transportation and the Environment. The bill, which finances the nation’s surface transportation programs, provides $500,000 per year to CTE for fiscal years 2006 through 2009. >>more [PDF]

07/27/05 - CTE Introduces Venezuelan Engineering Students to CSS
The Center for Transportation and the Environment conducted a one-day workshop on context sensitive solutions for a group of Venezuela's top undergraduate engineering students who were visiting North Carolina State University to learn about innovations in U.S. transportation, construction and environmental engineering. >>more [PDF]

03/21/05 - NC Environmental Initiative Among Top 50 Innovations in Government
The Center for Transportation and the Environment is pleased to announce that the North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program has been recognized by the prestigious Innovations in American Government Awards Program. >>more [PDF]