A high school student from Maryland was named winners of the 920 American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) 5th annual “Student Transportation Video Contest.” She will receive a $500 cash prize.
The association received 26 entries this year in two categories. Sponsored by ARTBA’s Research and Education Division (RED), the contest aims to raise awareness about infrastructure issues by challenging students to develop a brief video exploring various topics relating to America’s transportation network. Students were able to choose their own subject, with submissions ranging from the challenges of transportation infrastructure financing, environmental and sustainable construction methods, streetcars and light rail systems revitalising urban areas, and the benefits of alternative modes of transportation.
The competition was advertised on college scholarship websites, posted on online video contest sites, shared with Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) members and high schools that focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), as well as shared on ARTBA’s social media accounts. Submissions were reviewed by a panel of ARTBA members, and the winning entries were screened during the association’s 2015 National Convention, held recently in Philadelphia.
In the category for Elementary, Middle or High School Students, the winner was De`Jia Long-Hillie of Montgomery Blair High School, Takoma Park, Maryland. Long-Hillie’s Metro Rail video is all about the Washington, DC rapid transit system, the second-busiest in the US after the New York City subway system. Her video emphasises the importance of transit and the need to maintain and upgrade infrastructure, focusing on the aging system that opened in 1976.
Second place meanwhile was a tie between Transportation Troubles submitted by Joseph Montesano of Morris County School of Technology in Denville, New Jersey, and Road Construction and the Environment submitted by Nicholas Parkes of La Salle College High School in Glenside, Pennsylvania.
The association received 26 entries this year in two categories. Sponsored by ARTBA’s Research and Education Division (RED), the contest aims to raise awareness about infrastructure issues by challenging students to develop a brief video exploring various topics relating to America’s transportation network. Students were able to choose their own subject, with submissions ranging from the challenges of transportation infrastructure financing, environmental and sustainable construction methods, streetcars and light rail systems revitalising urban areas, and the benefits of alternative modes of transportation.
The competition was advertised on college scholarship websites, posted on online video contest sites, shared with Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) members and high schools that focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), as well as shared on ARTBA’s social media accounts. Submissions were reviewed by a panel of ARTBA members, and the winning entries were screened during the association’s 2015 National Convention, held recently in Philadelphia.
In the category for Elementary, Middle or High School Students, the winner was De`Jia Long-Hillie of Montgomery Blair High School, Takoma Park, Maryland. Long-Hillie’s Metro Rail video is all about the Washington, DC rapid transit system, the second-busiest in the US after the New York City subway system. Her video emphasises the importance of transit and the need to maintain and upgrade infrastructure, focusing on the aging system that opened in 1976.
Second place meanwhile was a tie between Transportation Troubles submitted by Joseph Montesano of Morris County School of Technology in Denville, New Jersey, and Road Construction and the Environment submitted by Nicholas Parkes of La Salle College High School in Glenside, Pennsylvania.
