SELLING YOUR IDEA

Many people, including transportation professionals, have good ideas, but are forced to deal with people who oppose them. They can face many challenges in getting skeptics to agree with them. This paper describes three experiences that the author has had as part of the Department of Traffic Operations in San Jose, California, in selling a good idea.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Conference proceedings available only on CD-ROM.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Tanda, W K
• Conference:
  • Transportation Frontiers for the Next Millennium: 69th Annual Meeting of the Institute of Transportation Engineers
  • Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Date: 1999-8-1 to 1999-8-4
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 5p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Marketing; Professional personnel; Project management; Public relations; Traffic engineering; Transportation
• Geographic Terms: San Jose (California)
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00770307
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Publication No. CD-006
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 24 1999 12:00AM