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LOCAL

Jim Joy, Director for Parking and Transportation for MU

  • tel: 882-4568

Tom Dresner, Columbia Police Administration

  • tel:874-7421

Frankie Minor, Residential Life Director, MU

  • tel:882-7252

MU Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering

  • Sam Kiger, Professor, C.W. La Pierre Professor and Director of National Center for Explosion Resistant Design
    • Phone: 573-882-6084
  • Charles J. Nemmers, Director, Transportation Infrastructure Center
    • Phone: (573) 882-0071
    • E-mail: NemmersC@missouri.edu
  • Mark R. Virkler, Professor and Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering
    • Phone: (573) 882-7434
    • E-mail: VirklerM@missouri.edu
    • Specialties: Traffic Engineering, Traffic Flow, Pedestrian Characteristics
    • Transportation Planning
Cam Coopman, Columbia City Bus and Information Office
  • tel: 874-7635

Columbia Area Transit System Information Line

  • tel: 217-9019

Columbia Area Transit System

  • tel: 874-7282

Greyhound bus Information

  • tel:449-2416/ 800-454-2487

Missouri Department of Transportation (Jeff. City)

  • tel: 888-275-6636
  • email: comments@mail.modot.state.mo.us

Aviation, Rail, transit, waterways

  • tel: 573-751-2589
  • email: grahaa@mail.modot.state.mo.us

Columbia regional Airport

  • tel: 573-442-9770
  • Mark Albertson (airport police officer)
  • Bill Boston

Missouri Division of Highway Safety

  • (573) 751-4161

Missouri Highway Patrol

  • 800-525-5555

AMTRAK (Jefferson City)

  • 800-872-7245

Central Missouri Aviation

  • 443-1576

Department of Power and Transportation - Central Missouri State University:

  • 660-543-4975

Dr. John Dennison, Professor and Dept. Chair

 

Story ideas

Airport security:

  • Procedures
  • Baggage issues (limits/carryons/time to check)
  • Are there any new procedures?
  • How much time before take off should people arrive at airport?
  • Are there any new parking restrictions/issues?
  • Security measures?
  • Are flight schedules impacted?
  • Highway safety-- how is traffic affected? Are there more cops out? Are there searches? Are any routes/highways in particular effected? where should people go to ask questions? Who is making the big decisions?
  • Local transportation-- School buses, city busses, trains, long distance routes/lines, parking issues/restrictions, campus shuttles.

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

THE FOLLOWING INFO IS FROM I.R.E.

  • www.ire.org/store/books/aviation/avitationsites.html
  • National Transportation Safety Board
    • Headquarters (D.C.) tel: 202-314-6000
  • Office of safety recommendations: 202-314-6170
    • watchdog agency. In "tug of war" with FAA and other agencies over safety issues.
    • At the website they review debates regarding safety issues and provide reference info.
  • International Civil Aviation Board
    • www.icao.org
  • Air transportation bureau tel: 514-954-8219
    • U.N. aviation safety standard setting body
  • Federal Aviation Adminstration
    • Regulatory Agency
    • www.faa.gov
    • Washington Headquarters tel: 202-267-3883
    • Aviation safety 24hr hotline tel: 1-800-255-1111
    • Prime source for gov. documents - listed under "safety data"
    • Landings.com and flightdata
    • Commercial site
    • Good reference for research on safety issues
  • Federal Highway Administration
    • U.S. Dept. of Transportation
      Office of public affairs tel: 202-366-0660
  • Airlines announces all its fleet accounted for
    http://www.aa.com/