Transportation

Vermont Distracted Driving Awareness Day 2023 05/13/2023

From Agency of Transportation:

Vermont Distracted Driving Awareness Day - The Church Street Marketplace in Burlington, 5/13. Speakers at the event include AOT Sec. Joe Flynn and our safety partners from AAA Northern New England and NHTSA.

The Vermont Highway Safety Alliance announce the winners of the Distracted Driving Awareness Video PSA Contest, followed by the Walk to End Distracted Driving. Come join us for a great day downtown to help spread the word about highway safety. #DriveWellVT

Skywatch: Chief of Pediatric Neurology at UVM Medical Talks F-35 and Children 05/08/2023

From Skywatch:

Hosts Jimmy Leas and Danaka Katovich interview guests Peter Bingham and Richard Joseph. Peter Bingham, MD, Chief of Pediatric Neurology at UVM Medical discusses the effect of hundreds of 115-decibel F-35 training flights per month on the heath and cognitive development of children in the flight path.

For more information: www.codepink.org | www.CancelF35.substack.com

Housing in Vermont with Thomas Chittenden - UVM Intern Podcast 05/05/2023

Housing in Vermont is becoming more expensive and harder to find than ever before. Why is that? UVM student Waseya Lawton sits down with State Senator and professor at the UVM Grossman School of Business, Thomas Chittenden, to find out why.

Burlington Transportation, Energy, and Utilities Committee 05/03/2023

The Burlington Transportation, Energy, and Utilities Committee studies and makes recommendations to the Burlington City Council on issues concerning all modes of transportation and interrelated development issues; energy plans, rates and other issues; and utility matters regarding, but not limited to, water, sewer, and telecommunications.

For more information on the Transportation, Energy, and Utilities Committee and their current procedures and meeting dates, please visit burlingtonvt.gov/CityCouncil/TEUC.

Burlington Airport Commission 05/03/2023

For more information on the Burlington Airport Commission and their current procedures and meeting dates, please reference the meeting agendas at btv.aero/about-btv/airport-commission.

Burlington Mayor's Show: State of the City 04/26/2023

Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger is joined by Samantha Sheehan, Communications Director, to discuss the recent State of the City address.

For more information, see: burlingtonvt.gov

Interview with Gene Bergman - UVM Intern Podcast 04/19/2023

City councilor Gene Bergman sits down with UVM Student Evan Fredericks to reflect on his career as a city councilor and senior assistant attorney for Burlington. Gene discusses his ideas for progressive change in the city, from transportation, to climate change, to policing.

Burlington Public Works Commission 04/19/2023

For more information on the Burlington Public Works Commission and their current procedures and meeting dates, please reference the meeting agendas at burlingtonvt.gov/DPW/Commission/Agendas.

Skywatch: Ground The F-35 04/05/2023

From Skywatch:

Skywatch is a new program launching with CCTV about grounding the F-35 here in Burlington, Vermont - and grounding the F-35 everywhere.

Skywatch is hosted by Jimmy Leas and Danaka Katovich. Jimmy has been working to stop the F-35 in Burlington since the plan to base it here was first announced in 2010. He publishes CancelF35.substack.com. Danaka is the national co-director of Code Pink, and she is working to ground the F-35 nationally and internationally.

For more information: www.codepink.org/ | www.CancelF35.substack.com

Burlington Airport Commission 04/05/2023

For more information on the Burlington Airport Commission and their current procedures and meeting dates, please reference the meeting agendas at btv.aero/about-btv/airport-commission.

Featured Story

CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!