ARTBA has revealed the winner of its senior student video awards

October 9, 2015
An undergraduate student from Texas was named winner of category two in the 920 American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) 5th annual “Student Transportation Video Contest.” He will receive a $500 cash prize. Category two was for Post-Secondary, College or Graduate Students and was won by Alexis Gamboa of the University of North Texas, Denton, Texas.

Gamboa’s video discusses the lack of investment in transportation infrastructure and the need for Americans to voice their concerns to their political representatives. Watch the  video that outlines how the underfunding of transportation affects other aspects of the economy.
 
The second place video in Category Two went to a team of interns at Royal Truck & Equipment in Coopersburg, Pennsylvania - Elliot Laubach, DeSales University; Boyu Wang, Lehigh University; and Taylor Troxel, Grace Reichard, Joseph Fahler, Irene Rodgers, Lester Miller, Ryan Boyle and YouTe Chen, all of Pennsylvania State University.

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