Tarnoff to Help Evaluate I-64

Philip J. Tarnoff, Director of the Center for Integrated Transportation Systems Management (CITSM) has been appointed to chair a review panel of the Interstate 64 West Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT). The panel will be responsible for reviewing the operations and procedures for good management of the tunnel, the review and recommendations will be presented to the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Commissioner David S. Ekern.

The first meeting of the panel is scheduled for August 10, 2009. For more information about this review panel, please read VDOT's news release (pdf).

About CITSM

The Center for Integrated Transportation Systems Management (CITSM) at the University of Maryland College Park was established as a tier I university transportation center in 2008. The goal of the center is the Development of Advanced Technology, Improved Processes, and Enhanced Organizational Structures for the Integrated Management and Operation of Transportation Facilities and Corridors. For more information about CITSM, visit www.citsm.umd.edu.

Published August 6, 2009