T&DI Boston Chapter/Transportation

VOLUME 49 | ISSUE 1 | September 2024



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Featured Articles

• President's Report
• Oh, The Places You'll Go (and the things you'll see)
• Connecting a Community with Complete Streets
• BSCES Honors 2024 Award Winners
• What is Happening with the BSCES Government Affairs & Professional Practice Committee?

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President's Report

By Christopher P. Hersey, Project Executive, Suffolk Construction

As the newest president of BSCES, I welcome all BSCES members to the 176th year since our founding in 1848. Lending perspective to our historied legacy, other ASCE Region 1 sections were founded over the next 126 years: Connecticut (1884), Metropolitan & RI (1920), Buffalo (1921), Rochester & Syracuse (1923), Ithaca (1932), Mohawk-Hudson (1938), Maine (1950), NH (1958), Vermont (1960) & NJ (1974). ... Read more

Oh, The Places You'll Go (and the things you'll see)

By Wayne A. Keefner, PE, PTOE, LEED AP, Senior Project Engineer, Senior Associate, BSC Group, Inc., and Chair, Transportation & Development Institute Boston Chapter

From the days of pre-timed signals to ATCs, from the days of cars with only a gas pedal and a brake pedal to cars that can stop on their own, hold a lane and even be self-driving, transportation is changing in leaps and bounds. Come see why T&DI Boston Chapter is your conduit to keeping up with the pace of changing technology within the transportation industry.  ... Read more

Connecting a Community with Complete Streets

By Samuel W. Gregorio, PE, PTOE, RSP1, Senior Traffic Engineer, TEC, Inc., and Jonathan S. Shikes, PE, Senior Transportation Engineer, TEC, Inc.

Overview of the recently completed Route 68 (Gardner Road/Main Street) Complete Streets improvements in Hubbardston, MA. The plan was driven by the town’s vision to revitalize its center for local businesses and provide access to key services. Improvements incorporated accommodation for vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles. ... Read more

BSCES Honors 2024 Award Winners

By Michelle Monette, BSCES Membership Associate

At the 175th BSCES Annual Awards Dinner, which was held at the Royal Sonesta Boston on Thursday, June 21, the BSCES Board of Government honored twelve 2024 award winners. ... Read more

What is Happening with the BSCES Government Affairs & Professional Practice Committee?

By Patrick Tierney, PE, ENV SP, Project Manager, Environmental Partners Group and Government Affairs & Professional Practice Committee Chair

The BSCES Government Affairs & Professional Practice (GA&PP) Committee has been meeting bi-weekly to discuss ongoing efforts, including legislative outreach activities, fiscal year 2025 events, and a Massachusetts State Infrastructure Report Card. Attendance at committee meetings has grown by over 50% since last year! ... Read more

Announcements

• BSCES Thanks 2024-2025 Sponsors

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Organization News

• Former BSCES President Shallan Fitzgerald, PE, Appointed to Board of Registration
• Extensive New Resource on Ethics Added to ASCE Website
• Leah Stanton Appointed Chief Operating Officer at Weston & Sampson
• Advance your Career with ASCE Member Benefits

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2024 - 2025 Society Sponsors

BSCES Newsletter Editorial Board

Chair: Angus J. O’Leary, PE

Elizabeth Clark, PE

Anna Dastgheib-Beheshti, PE

Christopher P. Hersey, LEED AP

Michael T. Sullivan, PE

Richard F. Keenan

2024 - 2025 BSCES Board of Government

President: Christopher P. Hersey, LEED AP

President-Elect: Kathryn Swanson, PE

Secretary: Elizabeth A. Clark, PE

Treasurer: Gregory L. Mirliss, STS

Assistant Treasurer: John T. Brooks, PE

Senior Vice Presidents: Richard A. Matson, PE; Antonios Vytiniotis, PhD, PE

Vice Presidents: Anuja Kamat, PhD; Rishabh V. Iyer, PE

Past President: Michael R. Cunningham, PE

Western MA Branch Vice President: Vacant

Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute Boston Chapter Chair: Daniel B. Robbins, PE

Construction Institute Boston Chapter Chair: Edward G. Breed, ENV SP

Engineering Management Group Chair: Craig M. Steigerwalt, PE, PSP, PMP, CCM

Environmental & Water Resources Institute Boston Chapter Chair: Emanuel D. DeAndrade, PE

Geo-Institute Boston Chapter Chair: Jorge E. Fuentes, PE

Structural Engineering Institute Boston Chapter Chair: Ryan Marshall, PE, SE

Transportation & Development Institute Boston Chapter Chair: Wayne A. Keefner, PE, LEED AP

Utility Engineering & Surveying Institute Boston Chapter Chair: Cory A. Cormier, PE

Younger Member Group Chair: Brendan G. Herridge, EIT

2024–2025 BSCES Program Sponsors

Beals and Thomas, Inc. | Benesch | CHA Consulting, Inc. | Collins Engineers, Inc. | Dewberry

GEI Consultants, Inc. | Geocomp, Inc. | Green International Affiliates, Inc. | GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. Haley & Aldrich, Inc. | HNTB Corporation | Howard Stein Hudson | Hoyle, Tanner & Associates, Inc. Kleinfelder | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University

O'Reilly, Talbot & Okun Associates, Inc. | Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. | Stantec

TranSystems | TREVIICOS | Vanasse & Associates, Inc. | VHB

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