Get Connected At the 2007 ARTBA National Convention at Intertraffic North America

Mike Walton

If you want to get connected with great people and great ideas, innovations and solutions, make your plans now to head to South Florida this fall for the 2007 ARTBA National Convention, held October 9-12 at the Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six Resort. It will be unlike any other ARTBA meeting you have ever attended!

The ARTBA SAFETEA-LU Task Force has been leading the industry charge in preparation for the next highway/transit program reauthorization bill and developing a new American transportation vision. ARTBA’s “Critical Commerce Corridors” (3C) proposal, aimed at improving the safe and efficient movement of people and freight, is already generating buzz in the Nation’s Capital, and it will be the focus of key policy discussions during the convention.

Top business leaders will offer their views about 3C and share their ideas about the future of the nation’s highway system. Executives from leading transportation construction industry firms will also show how emerging technologies can help move America faster.

For the first time, the ARTBA National Convention is being hosted in conjunction with Intertraffic North America (INA), the world’s largest and most influential trade show for the transportation infrastructure, traffic management and safety and parking industries.

INA, organized by ARTBA and Amsterdam RAI, has been developed for two reasons: to help transportation infrastructure, traffic management and safety, and parking service providers and manufacturers sell products and services in the robust and growing U.S. market; and promote education within the transportation industry, which includes a full line-up covering all the latest trends in the marketplace. More than 150 exhibitors are expected to display their products.

The ARTBA National Convention and INA will also have their share of “star power.” The architect of the only “perfect season” in National Football League history, Hall of Fame and Miami Dolphins Coach Don Shula, will deliver an inspirational address about the importance of leadership and team work. “Power Golf” legend Brian Pavlett, the three-time national long-drive champion and current world record holder, will give demonstrations and personal tips to help improve your game.

But that’s not all! To give you a bigger bang for your investment of time and money, the National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse is hosting the National Traffic Management & Work Zone Safety Conference, in partnership with FHWA and AASHTO. It will connect national transportation leaders with people at all levels of government and private industry to discuss the challenges and cutting-edge solutions to help improve the safe movement of traffic under many different roadway conditions.

The ARTBA National Convention will also include division and committee meetings, legislative and regulatory sessions, and a transportation construction market report. It will feature a spouse program that includes a boat tour of luxurious mansions along the intracoastal waterway and day trip to Las Olas Boulevard. And the ARTBA-TDF will honor leading industry firms and state transportation agencies for their commitment to environmental and work zone safety excellence during several awards events.  

This comprehensive website makes it easy for you to register for all of these events.

Three great meetings…one great investment! Get to Florida this fall…and get connected!

We deeply appreciate your support and look forward to seeing you in October!