IBTTA launches Twitter chat

The International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA) has launched a series of monthly Twitter chats, #TranspoChat, that will focus on a range of transportation issues, including tolling, funding and investment. The first of these chats begins on Tuesday 25 March 25 at 3:00PM EDT with an hour of discussion, debate, and learning moderated by Patrick Jones, IBTTA’s executive director and CEO, and featuring special guest, Lloyd Brown, communications director with the American Association of Sta
March 21, 2014 Read time: 1 min
RSSThe International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (63 IBTTA) has launched a series of monthly Twitter chats, #TranspoChat, that will focus on a range of transportation issues, including tolling, funding and investment.

The First of these chats begins  on Tuesday 25 March 25 at 3:00PM EDT with an hour of discussion, debate, and learning moderated by Patrick Jones, IBTTA’s executive director and CEO, and featuring special guest, Lloyd Brown, communications director with the 4944 American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO).

To join the conversation, follow the #transpochat hashtag from your Twitter account, or log on to TweetChat.

IBTTA is launching this monthly Twitter Chat series to help build the online community of highway transportation professionals—and, over the next few months, elevate the highway transportation funding debate among both the community and public while focusing attention on the reauthorisation debate in Congress.
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