The Transportation Achievement Awards may be awarded annually for excellence in the advancement of transportation to meet human needs, by entities concerned with transportation such as governmental agencies, legislative bodies, consulting firms, industry, and other organizations.
Awards will be presented in the categories of: Complete Streets, Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO), Safety, Planning, and Traffic Engineering.
These awards recognize an organization for one or more of the following:
- Development of an innovative concept in Complete Streets, TSMO, safety, planning, or traffic engineering
- Implementation of a challenging transportation program through perseverance in its development and promotion
- Program or project having a significant effect on transportation
- Multi-faceted transportation program or project, combining many innovative and/or well-applied concepts
- Program or project promoting a major advancement in the efficiency and/or economy of transportation
The District winners from each category will be forwarded to ITE International for the International level Transportation Achievement Awards.
2022 Transportation Achievement Award – MCORE
The Multimodal Corridor Enhancement (MCORE) Project had the overarching goal to improve mobility choices, increase public safety, and provide increased access to jobs, healthcare, and services in the corridors that connect the downtown centers of Champaign and Urbana with the University of Illinois campus. MCORE was a unified effort of the City of Champaign, City of Urbana, Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (CUMTD), and University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign to create transformative infrastructure that will support and enhance access and promote quality of life. The Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, with the support of the City of Champaign, City of Urbana, and the University of Illinois, applied for and received a $15.7 million Transportation Investment Generating Income Recovery (TIGER) Grant for construction of the MCORE Project within the University District with the goal of creating safe and efficient travel opportunities for pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders, and vehicles. The Clark Dietz / Hanson Team is proud to have assisted their clients and the community to realize these goals.
Past Recipients:
- 2021 – Main Avenue, Fargo, ND (Complete Streets); Fulton Market District, Chicago, IL (Planning); Bayfront Traffic Study, Duluth, MN (TSMO); St. Paul Speed Limits, St. Paul, MN (Safety); CSAH 21 Reconstruction, Prior Lake, MN (Traffic Engineering)
- 2020 – Not Awarded
- 2019 – City of Springfield, MO (Safety); Wisconsin DOT/Forward 45 (Design)