Transportation Enhancements sought for new TE Guide

The National Transportation Enhancements Clearinghouse is currently seeking submissions of successful Transportation Enhancements (TE) projects to include in our most popular publication, Enhancing America's Communities: A Guide to Transportation Enhancements.

This guide showcases projects that received Transportation Enhancements funding, that document economic & community benefits, and that have a clear relationship with surface transportation. It is the primary publication NTEC uses to describe the Transportation Enhancements program and show how TE is used across the nation.

Who Receives the Guide?
To date, NTEC has provided more than 7500 copies of the guide to individuals, non-profit groups, and municipalities free of charge. We constantly look to the examples in the guide to demonstrate best practices for DOTs and communities.

Why is the guide important?
The guide introduces the 12 categories which are eligible for Transportation Enhancements funding. For each funding category, it shows excellent finished projects and the inventiveness that organizations have utilized to complete projects. Stories of successful projects bring recognition for the quality of the project and the process of community meetings, innovative partnerships, and the compromises that made it happen. For those embarking on the Enhancements application process, the success stories help them understand the countless solutions that continue to make the TE program so popular.

Who can submit a project?
Anyone can submit a project for the guide. We will follow up with the appropriate sponsor or agency.

Deadline: September 1, 2006 To submit a project, please see http://www.enhancements.org/enhancing_3.asp