Certification News...

From the ITE Executive Digest (April 23, 2007):

The Transportation Professional Certification Board™ (TPCB) is pleased to announce that nearly 2,000 transportation professionals have received Professional Traffic Operations Engineer™ (PTOE) certifications. TPCB offers PTOE certification, as well as Professional Transportation Planner™ (PTP), Traffic Operations Practitioner Specialist (TOPS) and Traffic Signal Operations Specialist™ (TSOS).

The TPCB is seeking cities to hold the PTOE, PTP, TOPS and TSOS exams on Saturday, October 20, 2007. For a location to be considered there needs to be an expression of interest for 20 or more persons who would like to sit for any one of the above listed certification exams. If a city is chosen, all arrangements for the test site and the proctors are made by the TPCB’s testing consultant. For more information, contact TPCB at +1 202-289-0222 or via e-mail at certification@ite.org

(NOTE: NCITE has submitted a request to host the exams in the Twin Cities in October.)