The California Transportation Foundation (CTF) announced the TRANNY Award winners for Project of the Year, Person of the Year, Elected Official of the Year and Organization of the Year for transportation excellence in 2008. The announcement was made April 20.
CTF also announced the top three finalists for eleven other awards, the winners of which will be announced at the Awards ceremony and luncheon on June 3, 2009. The CTF TRANNY Awards recognize excellence in California transportation, all modes, public and private sector and from all regions of the state.
“The TRANNY Awards jury, made up of public and private sector transportation professionals, reviewed many excellent nominations this year,” said Linda Bohlinger, CTF Chair. “Our selections represent the best of the projects, programs and people who made a positive difference for California transportation in 2008,” she continued.
CTF congratulates the TRANNY Award winners:
Project of the Year
• Fix I-5 Boat Section
C.C. Myers, Inc.; Caltrans District 3, City of Sacramento, Ruyak Media
Person of the Year
• Roger Snoble, Immediate Past CEO, LA METRO
Elected Official
of the Year
• Honorable Ellen Tauscher, Representative, 10th Congressional District
Organization
of the Year
• Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Attend the TRANNY Awards luncheon and ceremony on June 3 in Sacramento to cheer on the top contenders for the following categories:
Freeway Project
of the Year
• 60/91/215 Corridor Improvement Project
Caltrans D8; Washington Obayashi Joint Venture; Caltrop; RCTC
• I-15 Express Lanes
SANDAG; Caltrans D11; Flatiron; Coffman Specialties; HNTB; Transcore LP
• SR 84 Realignment/Widening
Caltrans D4; Granite Construction Company
Alternative Mode
Project of the Year
• Bay Farm Island Bike Bridge Gap Closure
City of Alameda; Redgwick Construction Company
• Royer Park to Harding Blvd. Bike Trail
City of Roseville; URS; TRC Inc.; RNR Construction
• Cliff Street Bike Path/Pedestrian Bridge
City of Solana Beach; T.Y. Lin International; Schmidt Design Group
Aviation Project
of the Year
• Edwards AFB Main Runway Replacement
CH2M Hill Constructors Inc.; Interstate Highway Construction, Inc. J.V.; US Air Force
• McClellan-Palomar Airport Terminal Redevelopment & Improvement
Mendoza & Associates; County of San Diego
Bridge/Grade Separation Project of the Year
• I-215/5th Street Bridge
SANBAG; Caltrans D8; AECOM: Jacbos
• SR 140 Ferguson Slide Bridges
Caltrans; USDI; USFS; Teichert Construction Company
• Hardscrabble Creek Bridge Replacement
Caltrans D1; US Forest Service; CA Fish & Game; American Civil Constructors Westcoast
Conventional Highway Project of the Year
• SR 4 Bypass
Mark Thomas; Contra Costa Co.; SR4ByPass Authority; Caltrans D4
• SR 1 Hermitage Slope
Caltrans D5; Condon Johnson and Associates
• SR74 Upper Ortega Widening
Caltrans D12; Brent Engineering
Environmental Enhancement/Sustainable Trans Program
• SR23 Wildlife Corridor Study and Mitigation
Caltrans D7, National Park Service
• Monterey-Salinas Transit Mustard Seed Biodiesel Research
Monterey-Salinas Transit; San Bernabe Vineyards; City of Monterey Business Council
• Humboldt State University Hydrogen Fueling Station
Schatz Energy Research Center of CSU Humboldt; Caltrans D1
Interchange Project
of the Year
• SR 99/Grant Line Rd
Elk Grove; STA; Mark Thomas and Company; RGW Construction
• SR 1/SR 17
Caltrans D5; Santa Cruz RTC; Pavex-Myers J.V.
• 101/Steele Lane
Caltrans D4; Ghilotti Co.; TA of Marin
Local Street
Project of the Year
• Carmel Valley Road Enhancement
City San Diego; URS; Scheidel Contracting & Engineering
• Greenback Lane Improvements
Citrus Heights; Dokken; Western Engineering Contractors
• Keystone Road Improvement
Caltrans D11, Hazard Construction
Public Outreach
Program of the Year
• 511 Traffic Campaign/Bay Area Trip Planner
MTC; Swirl, Inc.; SAIC; MDV
• Fog Kills- Slow Your Pace, It’s Not a Race
Caltrans D6; CHP Fresno Division; ICX Transportation
• 60/91/215 Pubic Awareness Campaign
Caltrans D8; CALTROP
Traffic Operations/ITS Program of the Year
• Redding Responder
Caltrans D2; Western Transportation Institute; Caltrans Research and Innovation
• 511 Emergency Response Improvements
MTC; Telvent Farradyne; ICx Transportation Group
• Mobile Century/Mobile Millennium
Caltrans Dist 4; UC Berkeley College of Engineering; Nokia
Transit Project
of the Year
•Sprinter Light Rail
Caltrans D11; N. County Transit Dist; SANDAG
• Smart Corner TOD
Centre City Development Corp.; SANDAG; Nasland Engineering
• VTA Transit Corridor Service Improvements
Caltrans D4; Santa Clara VTA
CTF is a non profit organization founded 21 years ago to support California’s transportation community. CTF’s mission – Remember, Recognize, Educate – is accomplished with workers assistance and memorial grants, scholarships for transportation students, the TRANNY Awards, transportation policy conferences and much more.
The 20th Annual TRANNY Awards are made possible in large part by our sponsors, including platinum sponsor, Parsons.
For more information, visit www.transportationfoundation.org.
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