PennDOT receives two national awards

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation recently the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ President’s Transportation Award for Performance Excellence, and an Urban and Regional Information Systems Exemplary Systems in Government Award.
The AASHTO award was presented for the work of the department’s Highly Automated Vehicle Senior Leadership Team, which, according to the award criteria, performed exemplary service during the year furthering PennDOT’s transportation activities that have, or potentially could have, a valuable impact on transportation nationwide or regionally.
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 a distinguished enterprise system award for its “Maintenance-IQ” system, citing Maintenance-IQ as an outstanding and working example of using information systems technology in a multidepartment 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.