The N.C. Department of Transportation has appointed Lauren A. Blackburn, AICP, as the new director of the Division of Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation. Blackburn begins her duties on April 30 and will supervise the day-to-day operations of the division, which oversees various aspects of bicycling and walking in North Carolina including funding, project planning, mapping and signing, and safety education. Blackburn comes to NCDOT from Davidson, where she most recently served as the town’s planning manager. She has worked in the planning department for more than six years overseeing transportation planning and land development activities. During Blackburn’s tenure, the town was nationally recognized as a leader in bicycle and pedestrian planning and transportation. NCDOT has also appointed Kumar Trivedi, PE, to serve as deputy director of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Division. Trivedi has worked for NCDOT more than 18 years, including 12 years with the Bicycle and Pedestrian Division where he has held the roles of interim director and senior facilities design engineer.
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4/04/12
