What is the National Transportation Public Affairs Workshop?
The National Transportation Public Affairs Workshop (NTPAW) is a meeting held annually by the AASHTO Administrative Subcommittee on Public Affairs. Each member state in AASHTO is entitled to membership on the subcommittee, a role usually filled by the head of the agency’s public affairs office. Workshop sessions are held each year in conjunction with the Public Affairs Subcommittee’s annual business meeting in late July or early August. At each session time is typically allotted for the group to meet jointly to discuss topics of common interest, and separately to discuss topics of specific interest. The workshop location is changed each year, with eligible state transportation agencies putting forth proposals to host upcoming sessions. The NTPAW Site Selection Committee has divided the country into three geographic regions–west, central and east–and the opportunity to host a workshop rotates among them annually from east to west. The eastern region includes: Alabama, Connecticut, Del
