PennDOT Receives National Awards for Automated Vehicle Leadership, Exemplary Systems in Government

PennDOT Receives National Awards for Automated Vehicle Leadership,
Exemplary Systems in Government

9/28/2017-HARRISBURG

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) recently received
two
awards – the American Association of State Highway and Transportation
Officials' (AASHTO) President's Transportation Award for Performance
Excellence, and an Urban and Regional Information Systems Association
(URISA)
Exemplary Systems in Government (ESIG) Award.

"I am extremely proud of the accomplishments of these PennDOT teams, and
the
entire PennDOT family," said Secretary Leslie S. Richards. "These awards
reflect nationwide recognition of our passion for transportation excellence
and
I am gratified that their hard work in service to Pennsylvanians has not
gone
unnoticed."

The AASHTO award was presented for the work of the department's Highly
Automated Vehicle (HAV) Senior Leadership Team, having performed exemplary
service during the year furthering PennDOT's transportation activities
which
have, or potentially could have, a valuable impact on transportation
nationwide
or on a regional basis.

The team's achievements and efforts include leadership on the state
Autonomous
Vehicle Policy Task Force, collaboration on proposed automated vehicle
policy
and legislation, and continued public and stakeholder engagement through
demonstrations and events.

Information on the department's automated vehicle efforts is available at
www.penndot.gov at the "Autonomous Vehicles" featured resource.

URISA awarded PennDOT with a distinguished enterprise system award for its
"Maintenance-IQ" system. The award cites Maintenance-IQ as an outstanding
and
working example of using information systems technology in a
multi-department
environment as part of an integrated process.

Maintenance-IQ compiles information from different systems including
maintenance, inventory, condition, traffic, safety, planned projects and
environmental data into a centralized GIS repository. The internal
application
provides an easy-to-use interface through which staff strategically
schedule
and plan activities, increasing efficiency and reducing costs.

URISA's ESIG Awards recognize extraordinary achievements in the use of
geospatial information technology that have improved the delivery and
quality
of government services. The award competition is open to all public
agencies at
the federal, state/provincial, regional and local levels.

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