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• May 2008
  • National 511 Deployment Coalition Working Group; May 28-29, 2008; Fort Worth, TX

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May 2008

• May 28-29, 2008:
  
  

  Hotel:	Meeting Location:
  The Renaissance Worthington Hotel 200 Main Street Fort Worth , TX  7610 1-800-468-3571	Intermodal Transportation Center 1001 Jones Street Fort Worth, TX 76102 (Corner of 9 th and Jones Streets)

  There is no registration fee for this event; however, for planning purposes all attendees MUST register by May 19, 2008. Please send registration form to (electronic submission preferred):
  
  Monica Russell, Deputy Director of Meetings, AASHTO
  444 N. Capitol Street NW, Suite 249; Washington, DC 20001
  Phone: (202) 624-3696
  Fax: (202) 624-7788
  Email: mrussell@aashto.org

  You are responsible for making your own hotel reservation. Room rates for these events are $134.00 a night, plus taxes and fees. When reserving your room, please reference the “AASHTO 511 Working Group” room block. The room block for this event is closed -- the $134.00 rate rooms may not be available at this time for this event. One public sector attendee from each state may be reimbursed for either or both events.

  Download Registration Form
  Download Draft Agenda
  
  
  Local Transportation Information
  
  This hotel does not provide shuttle service. Self-parking is avalable oOn-site parking for $12.99 USD daily; Valet parking is available for $19.49 USD daily.
  
  Driving directions from Dallas/Fort Worth - DFW airport to hotel: 17.0 mi SW
  South Exit from Airport to 183 West to 121 South. Follow 121 South to downtown Fort Worth. Take Belknap exit, go 1 mile, turn left on Houston. Turn left on 2nd St. The hotel is on the left.
  
  Alternate Transportation from Dallas/Fort Worth - DFW airport to hotel:
  --Yellow Checker Airporter Bus service, fee: $15.00 USD (one way)
  --Estimated taxi fare: $55.00 USD (one way)
  --SuperShuttle; fee :$17.00 USD (one way)
  --Trinity Railway Express; fee: $1.50 USD (one way); operates between Dallas and Fort Worth, with connections to DFW. Rail fare is $1.50 one-way from DFW to Fort Worth, with a stop at the Intermodal Transportation Center (where meeting will be held) - about 8 blocks from the hotel.
  
  Driving directions from Dallas/Love Field - DAL airport to hotel: 38.0 mi SW
  Driving Directions: start out going SE on Cedar Springs Rd. toward Aviation Pl. Turn slight right onto W. Mockingbird Ln. Turn slight right onto E John W Carpenter Fwy. Merge onto TX-183 W via the ramp on the left. TX-183 W becomes I-820 S / TX-121 S. Keep left to take TXx-121 S via exit 24B toward Downtown Ft Worth. Merge onto I-35W S / US-287 S / US-81 S via the exit on the left toward US-377 S / Waco. Take the TX-280-spur exit- exit 52- toward downtown. Take the E 4th St exit. Turn slight left onto E 4th St. Turn right onto Main St. End at Renaissance Worthington Hotel.
  
  Alternate Transportation from Dallas/Love Field - DAL airport to hotel:
  --Yellow Checker Airporter
  --Estimated taxi fare: $60.00 USD (one way)
  
  Other Modes
  --Bus Station Greyhound Lines Fort Worth (5 mi E)
  --Train Station Downtown Fort Worth (2 mi)
  --"The T Buses"; fee: free transfers from Trinity Railway Express
  

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News

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• The New Jersey DOT is Giving Motorists the 511 (November 2007)
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• Georgia 511 Alerts of Traffic Jams (August 2007)
• Improved Virginia 511 Phone System Makes Traffic Info More Accessible (August 2007)

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