February 18
| 1921 | Secretary of Agriculture E. T. Meridith transmits BPR's report to the California Highway Commission classifying pavement on 1,262 miles of California's road system. (Field studies, began July 8, 1920, under the direction of Dr. L. I. Hewes and T. Warren Allen, involved taking 7,500 photos.) In a foreword, Chief Thomas MacDonald notes, "The California study is the most comprehensive study of results obtained through the development of a State highway system that has yet been undertaken." | |
| 1969 |
In Little Rock, AR, FHWA's David S. Gendell, Ali F.
Sevin, and Manuel A. Marks, Jr., open a 4-day course on
urban transportation planning for local, State, and FHWA
officials. The course familiarizes attendees with the key
elements of the comprehensive, cooperative, continuing
transportation planning process. (See October 23, 1962.)
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