Australia's Intelligent Transport System in the Works

The plan, structured in fifteen points, calls for measures to be taken for improving road and rail safety, network management, public transport operation, freight industry efficiency, security and emergency planning, travel and traveler information and reducing environmental impact. All these goals are focus around Australia's biggest road system problem: distance.
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http://www.autoevolution.com/news/australia-s-intelligent-transport-system-in-the-works-13808.html

Australia's Intelligent Transport System in the Works

The plan, structured in fifteen points, calls for measures to be taken for improving road and rail safety, network management, public transport operation, freight industry efficiency, security and emergency planning, travel and traveler information and reducing environmental impact. All these goals are focus around Australia's biggest road system problem: distance.
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More at Auto Evolution
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/australia-s-intelligent-transport-system-in-the-works-13808.html

New Book: Intelligent Freeway Transportation Systems : Functional Design / Robert Gordon.

Intelligent Freeway Transportation Systems: Functional Design focuses on the efficient use of resources in the design of ITS. It discusses the principles of top down design starting with objectives and requirements, and provides guidance for the development and evaluation of functional design alternatives according to cost effectiveness principles.
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http://www.amazon.com/Intelligent-Freeway-Transportation-Systems-Functional/dp/1441907327/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259379456&sr=1-1

Behind the scenes at QuickPass, the Golden Ears Bridge tolling centre

Quickpass’s front office is a lot like a bank: there’s a customer service counter, where you can talk to staff about your account and pay in person. (They’re open Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m, and there’s another service centre in Langley Gardens at Village Square, too — 12-8948 202nd Street.)
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More at Buzzer Blog
http://buzzer.translink.ca/index.php/2009/11/behind-the-scenes-at-quickpass-the-golden-ears-bridge-tolling-centre/

Save the Date: Border Wait Time Measurement Technology Test, Evaluation and Deployment Project – Vendor Information Session

The Border Wait Time Working Group (BWT WG) is a group consisting of U.S. and Canadian Federal agencies that share the common goal of facilitating the legitimate flow of travelers and trade across Canada/U.S. land border crossings. The BWT WG is hosting a two-hour “Vendor Information Session” web conference to inform technology providers about an upcoming opportunity to participate in a test of automated border wait time measurement systems.
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http://www.itsa.org/industry_member_news_content/c72_a3179/News_and_Events/Industry_and_Member_News.html

ACHD adjusting signal timing ahead of busy post-holiday traffic

Shoppers headed to the Boise Towne Square Mall on “Black Friday,” Nov. 27, will get extra green-light time at traffic signals leading off the I-84 connector onto Franklin Road, at the busy intersection of Milwaukie and Franklin, and at least eight other signalized intersections.
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http://www.idahobusiness.net/archive.htm/2009/11/25/ACHD-adjusting-signal-timing-ahead-of-busy-postholiday-traffic

I-95 Corridor website improved in time for holiday season

The website for drivers using the I-95 corridor along the East Coast of the USA has been uprated in time for the holiday travel season. Recently expanded to include 3,000 additional miles of roads covering 24 metropolitan areas along the corridor, www.i95travelinfo.net offers travelers speed and congestion information on the I-95 corridor.
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http://www.traffictechnologytoday.com/news.php?NewsID=17898

Seattle DOT adding 57 new traffic cameras

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) will nearly double the number of traffic cameras providing real-time traffic information to both the city and the public, by adding 57 new units this year.
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http://www.traffictechnologytoday.com/news.php?NewsID=17902

I-435 ramp meters are launched, but some drivers need tweaking

The new ramp meters did what they were supposed to Tuesday morning — though not all drivers did. Not pulling all the way up to the white line, stopping for darkened signals and heeding the wrong signal on two-lane ramps contributed to some unnecessary backups on the ramps even as traffic flowed on the highway.
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http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/1592357.html

TxDOT has new plan to fund toll roads

Lawmakers might have left the Capitol earlier this year without getting much done when it comes to transportation. But they were clear on one point: They wanted the Texas Department of Transportation out of the business of building privately financed toll roads.
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http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/transportation/stories/DN-txdot_23met.ART.State.Edition2.4b6bd8d.html

High-occupancy lanes eyed for S.C.

They are called HOV and HOT lanes, high-occupancy vehicle and high-occupancy toll lanes, one of the tools traffic planners are using to fight delays. In recent years, they have spread throughout freeways, highways and interstates across the nation. But they have not yet been tried in South Carolina.

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http://www.thesunnews.com/news/local/story/1180770.html

Would you pay a toll to beat traffic?

Solo drivers on Interstate 10 could soon zip past traffic by paying a toll to use the carpool lane if a prediction by former U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters proves right. She says high-occupancy toll, or HOT, lanes on I-10 could soon be available for frustrated drivers. In two months, the cash-strapped Arizona Department of Transportation begins courting private investors to improve the highway system.

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http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/11/23/20091123hotlanes1123.html

Oregon Department of Transportation to install message signs on I-205

The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) will begin a project next week that will improve driver safety and congestion along I-205, alert drivers to traffic delays and allow them to better plan their travel routes.
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http://www.oregonlive.com/news/argus/index.ssf?/base/news/1258739418266980.xml&coll=6

Oklahoma automates oversize/overweight vehicle routing

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (DOT) and Department of Public Safety will automate their oversize/overweight vehicle routing and permitting functions with an integrated transportation solution from Intergraph and Cambridge Systematics.
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More at ITS International
http://www.itsinternational.com/news/article.cfm?recordID=16524

New York City to Install Radar for Coordinated Traffic Control

New York City (NYC) has acquired mid-block radar detection units for some 200 intersections in four different boroughs as part of a NYC Transportation Department traffic coordination program using centralized computer control to improve traffic flow.
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More at Government Technology
http://www.govtech.com/gt/733536?topic=290184

New and Improved FHWA Freight Web Site

The FHWA Office of Freight Management and Operations (HOFM) Web site has been updated to meet users' needs and make information easier to find.

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http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/index.cfm

Ohio DOT announces new I-74 ramp metering system operational

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) has announced that a new ramp metering system will be operational from today (November 17) on Interstate 74 through the western portion of Hamilton County.
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http://www.traffictechnologytoday.com/news.php?NewsID=17690

Dallas Cowboys Stadium Avoids Traffic Snarls With Camera System

Given that the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, seats more than 100,000 people, residents nearby expected maddening traffic when the facility opened with global attention in August. However, to the surprise of many, traffic flowed smoothly due to Arlington's traffic management camera system, said Louis Carr, the city's CIO.
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More at Government Technology
http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/733358?elq=931b8821c9f54259b9b9fcfc9e0e14b8

I-80 tolls debate rages

Tolling Interstate 80 would raise the funds to give Pennsylvania a world-class transportation system that is properly maintained, proponents say. Opponents, however, say it would drive away the kind of business and industry a modern infrastructure system should attract.
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http://www.standardspeaker.com/news/1.416447

Delaware moving to break toll booth bottleneck with open road tolling on I-95

At last Delaware is moving to break the worst traffic bottleneck on the east coast - the Newark DE toll plaza on the I-95 Turnpike. Regularly the present Newark DE toll plaza causes ten and 20 mile backups and delays of an hour or more, making it the worst source of congestion in the New York-Philadelphia-Baltimore-Washington DC corridor.
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http://www.tollroadsnews.com/node/4445

Midland Traffic Management System Improves Traffic Flow

A $10 Million traffic management system promises to smooth out Midlander’s commutes, but with dozens of cameras, it might cost drivers their privacy.
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http://www.cbs7kosa.com/news/details.asp?ID=16167

USDOT grant for Central Signal

Central Signal has been awarded a US$700,000 SBIR Phase II grant entitled “Cost Effective, Power Efficient, Wireless Sensor Network Based Highway Incident Detection & Warning System” from the United States Department of Transportation. Wisconsin Interstate highways are an essential corridor between the major metropolitan areas of Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota , Milwaukee , Wisconsin and Chicago , Illinois.

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http://www.itsinternational.com/news/article.cfm?recordID=16490

Cranberry to get new traffic software

They won't realize it's there, but motorists soon may benefit from the latest in traffic management software. Cranberry supervisors learned last week the township is in line for a $562,000 grant to buy software to equip the township's entire traffic signal system with an even smarter brand of communication capabilities.

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http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09316/1012672-54.stm#ixzz0WkKqOPTL

State plans $70 million I-94 project

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is planning to spend up to $70 million to repave 27 miles of Interstate 94 in Waukesha and Milwaukee counties starting next spring, if federal stimulus money can be allocated to fund the project for southeast Wisconsin’s most heavily traveled freeway.

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http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2009/11/16/story1.html?b=1258347600%5E2442871

Intelligent Transportation System work begins on I-95 & I-476

Excavation work has begun on the $13.6 million economic recovery project to install Intelligent Transportation System components on Interstate 95 in Delaware County and Philadelphia and the Blue Route (I-476) in Delaware County.
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More at DelCo Times
http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2009/11/12/news/doc4afbde37526fb776427332.txt

Drivers will see first highway ramp meters in test tonight

Ramp meters are almost here, Kansas City. Highway crews today took the wrapping off traffic signals posted on the entrance ramps to Interstate 435 between Metcalf Avenue in Overland Park and the Grandview Triangle.
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http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/1566180.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Seattle's freeways about to get smarter

Starting next year, new electronic signs along Interstate 5 and State Route 520 will alert drivers when there is a collision or traffic slowdown ahead. The signs, which will rely on a network of sensors, are part of the "Active Traffic Management" system, or what state transportation officials call "smarter highways."

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http://blog.seattlepi.com/transportation/archives/183799.asp

Stimulus funds sought for transportation center in Jacksonville

It’s a project that could improve public transportation in Northeast Florida while also helping to bring back the historic LaVilla section of downtown Jacksonville.For almost 20 years, the Jacksonville Transportation Authority and the Florida Department of Transportation have been working on a plan to create a regional transportation center that would house Amtrak, Greyhound, bus rapid transit and, possibly, commuter rail — all at the existing Prime Osborn Convention Center.

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http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2009-11-11/story/stimulus_funds_sought_for_transportation_center_in_jacksonville

'Smart' network of roads could create safer highways

Fifteen years after the idea of regional transportation management was first imagined, a $14.5 million complex devoted to creating a network of "smart" highways in southeast Louisiana has risen on a spit of neutral ground in the middle of the Pontchartrain Expressway where Metairie meets New Orleans.
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http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/post_59.html

A new projection technology could see in-vehicle displays pop up in wing mirrors.

In the last few years, head-up displays (HUDs), which project information onto the driver's view of the road, have started appearing in a few high-end cars. But a more compact kind of projection device, small enough to fit inside a rearview mirror, could see this kind of display more widely deployed.
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More at Technology Review
http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/23748/?a=f

Miami-Dade Turnpike conversion to begin Nov. 8

Florida's Turnpike will begin work Sunday to convert the toll road's southern 26 miles in Miami-Dade into an all-electronic open road tolling facility in early 2011, transportation officials announced Friday.
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http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1321202.html

PennDOT Gearing Up For Winter With New Technology

"We have 100 percent computerized spreader systems where we can put down a metered application of salt," said PennDOT's Jeff Karr. "We have our T.M.C - Traffic Management Center - equipped with 125 cameras and video feeds at locations throughout the interstates of Allegheny County.'

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http://kdka.com/local/PennDOT.winter.roads.2.1294339.html

San Pedro begins $7.33 million effort to synch traffic signals

Construction began Tuesday on a $7.33 million effort to synchronize 71 traffic signal intersections in San Pedro by September 2010, officials said. The intersection of 36th Street and Pacific Avenue will be the first to get the Automated Traffic Surveillance and Control System, a computer-based, real-time traffic control mechanism that improves the synchronization of of signals.

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http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_13703636

TrafficLand expands to Chicago, Boston

Commuters, businesses, government agencies, and broadcast partners in those markets will get access to cameras. Fairfax-based TrafficLand Inc., which uses Google Maps to display camera locations along roadways, said Boston has 64 cameras and Chicago has 44 cameras.
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More at Washington Business Journal
http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2009/11/02/daily14.html

2010 National Rural ITS Conference Call for Abstracts

The 2010 National Rural ITS Conference Planning committee would like to invite you to submit an abstract for presentation at the Conference in Huntington, West Virginia, August 1-4, 2010.
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More at ITS Oregon
http://itsoregon.org/2009/10/30/2010-national-rural-its-conference-call-for-abstracts/

Latest Edition of IEEE ITS Newsletter

Download newsletter at:
http://www.ieeeitss.org/v11n4.pdf

US cyber center opens to battle computer attacks

The United States is well behind the curve in the fight against computer criminals, Sen. Joe Lieberman said Friday, as Homeland Security officials opened a $9 million operations center to better coordinate the government's response to cyberattacks.
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hFuMPJZ7qkJtsPz7KZ0F73K-8VMAD9BLNI2O0

Macquarie Infrastructure Group (ASX:MIG) to split its tollroad portfolio

Macquarie Infrastructure Group (ASX:MIG) has decided to split its tollroad portfolio into two separate listed entities. The company plans to create a standalone entity holding its interests in the 407 ETR and Westlink M7 motorways, naming the new entity ‘Mature MIG’.
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http://www.finnewsnetwork.com/archives/finance_news_network12862.html

WYDOT Command Center Works Around the Clock

In the basement of the Quest building in Cheyenne, many WYDOT employees were busy monitoring the latest road conditions across the state. "Since the storm really began Tuesday evening it's been a very busy time for WYDOT and Highway Patrol on keeping the roads open and trying to get them reopened in the cases where we had to close," said WYDOT spokesman Bruce Burrows.
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http://www.kgwn.tv/story.aspx?ID=3124&Cat=2

Raleigh Breaks Ground on new Transit Operations Center

Raleigh leaders broke ground Thursday on the city's $21 million state-of-the art transit operations center, which is being funded, in part, by federal stimulus money.

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http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/6308125/

AASHTO Report Highlights Smart Solutions: 50 Transportation Projects That Have Made America Better

The projects were entered in a competition to find America's best projects, delivered on-time, on-budget, and with innovative management. "What we found from examining the entries is that the states are applying creativity, accountability, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness in delivering the transportation improvements their communities need. As a result, delays are shorter, projects are faster, and taxpayers get more for their investments," said John Horsley, AASHTO Executive Director.

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http://news.transportation.org/press_release.aspx?Action=ViewNews&NewsID=266

SANDAG to lead $6 million effort for Signal System Upgrades

The San Diego Association of Governments, a planning agency, is collaborating with traffic engineers from San Diego, Poway, Chula Vista and National City on the project, to be completed over the next year.

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More at Sign on San Diego

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/oct/30/traffic-signals-may2/?metro&zIndex=191770

Another HOT lane hearing planned

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is gearing up for another hearing on so-called HOT lanes proposed on I-85 in Gwinnett and Dekalb counties.
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http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=224346&c=10

PennDOT: "Go Yankees" Sign Inappropriate for Interstate

 

Google Releases Free Turn-by-Turn Navigation App

Google takes a lot of flack for getting involved in so many different aspects of our daily life, but frankly it seems like this should have happened sooner. Google announced a new phone app, called Google Maps Navigation, that provides turn-by-turn navigation with Google Maps street view, voice controls and constantly updated traffic data. Oh, and did I mention the price? It’s free.
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http://www.livescience.com/technology/091028-ttr-google-navigation.html

Tired of I-94 traffic jams? Help is in the works

Traffic congestion on Interstate 94 between downtown St. Paul and downtown Minneapolis would be eased, and the east metro area could see its first MnPASS toll lanes, under a package of initiatives announced Tuesday by Gov. Tim Pawlenty and state Transportation Commissioner Tom Sorel.

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http://www.twincities.com/ci_13655496?nclick_check=1

PrePass Weigh Station Technology Blazes Solar Trail - Solar Technology Performance Robust for Six Months

PrePass weigh station service is now using sun power to verify truck compliance with state requirements on U.S. 1 near Flagler, Florida. "PrePass' pioneering efforts can blaze a trail for a more sustainable and eco-friendly transportation system as other intelligent transportation technologies follow suit," said Richard P. Landis, president and CEO of HELP, Inc., the public private partnership that offers the weigh station technology.

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More at MarketWire

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Prepass-1066261.html

Traffic Safety Film of The Week - From Tom Vanderbilt

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More at How We Drive
http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/10/21/traffic-safety-film-of-the-week-24/

New traffic management advances in Allston-Brighton

The City of Boston announced that traffic management advances have recently been made in the Allston-Brighton neighborhood through the use of new technology.

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http://www.wickedlocal.com/allston/news/x1520364519/New-traffic-management-advances-in-Allston-Brighton

Arizona Transportation Center Honored

The Tempe Transportation Center is the centerpiece of Tempe’s transportation program. The 40,300-square-foot, three-story center houses Tempe’s Transportation Offices, Traffic Management Center, Community Room and Transit Store, as well as Arizona’s first bicycle commuter facility, the Bicycle Cellar. The Center is a strategic hub for rail, bus and bike transportation, serving the new 20-mile Valley Metro light rail system. The project is designed to use 52 percent less energy and is seeking LEED Platinum certification.

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http://www.metro-magazine.com/News/Story/2009/10/Otak-Inc-honored-for-Ariz-transportation-center.aspx

Florida's Turnpike to go cashless as it switches to electronic tolling

Already under way, turnpike officials are spending nearly $58 million to install the high-tech overhead equipment on the 47-mile turnpike extension between Miramar and Florida City.By February 2011, all cash collection on the turnpike's southernmost stretch will end. Toll plazas between the Golden Glades and Interstate 595 will be converted the following year. Eventually, the turnpike will be free of toll booths.

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More at Sun-Sentinel.com

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/florida/sfl-turnpike-sunpass-102609,0,157792.story

Fusion Center Guidelines

Download guidelines:
http://it.ojp.gov/documents/fusion_center_guidelines_law_enforcement.pdf

Transportation award winner announced

Florida DOT’s 95 Express Miami Project won the People’s Choice Award. The prestigious awards were presented today at the AASHTO Annual Meeting in Palm Desert.
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http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091025/NEWS11/91025006/1026/news12/Transportation-award-winner-announced

Will Smarter Roads Save Us More Money?

Now, in combination with the Intelligent Transportation Society of America, an organization devoted to finding ways to produce smarter infrastructure, I.B.M. is offering an award for the best idea of reducing congestion. (Other partners in the effort include the nonprofit Spencer Trask Collaborative Innovations, AAA, the American Highway Users Alliance, the Environmental Defense Fund, ITS Sweden and the California and Virginia Departments of Transportation.)
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More at The New York Times
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/24/will-smarter-roads-save-us-more-money/

Senate Working to Move Six-Month Extension

With only one week remaining in the short-term continuation of authority for federal highway and transit programs, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee leaders are pushing for enactment of a six-month extension that would not require any additional revenue transfers to the Highway Trust Fund.

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More at AASHTO

http://www.aashtojournal.org/Pages/102309authorization.aspx

New Game Tests Your Distracted Driving Ability

Try game at:
http://www.nytimes.com//interactive/2009/07/19/technology/20090719-driving-game.html

PrePass Weigh Station Technology Benefits Trucks, Air Quality and Safety

The PrePass weigh station service will deliver increased economic, fuel, environmental and safety advantages as more commercial trucks comply electronically with Virginia requirements. The newest PrePass weigh station location opened recently on I-64 east of Richmond (Sandston) bringing the system total to 284 locations.
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More at Earth Times
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/prepass-weigh-station-technology-benefits-trucks-air-quality-and-safety,1008532.shtml

Intelligent Transportation Society of America releases 2008-2009 annual report

Download report at:
http://www.itsa.org/itsa/files/pdf/ITSA2008AnnualReport.pdf

Louisiana DOTD plans to introduce the state’s first ramp metering scheme on I-12

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LADOTD) is to put traffic signals on entrance ramps along I-12 between Baton Rouge and Walker to ease congestion.

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http://www.traffictechnologytoday.com/news.php?NewsID=16972

Security 101: A Physical Security Primer for Transportation Agencies

Download primer at TRB:
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_rpt_525v14.pdf

Distracted Driving Reports and Research in Progress

TRB recently compiled three documents that list reports TRB has published related to the topic of distracted driving; reports produced by others on the topic since 2005 that are referenced in the Transportation Research Information Services; and research in progress related to distracted driving that is included in TRB’s Research in Progress database. The lists were developed for distribution at the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Distracted Driving Summit, which took place in Washington, D.C., on September 30-October 1, 2009.
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http://trb.org/Main/Blurbs/Distracted_Driving_Reports_and_Research_in_Progres_162428.aspx?utm_medium=etmail&utm_source=Transportation%20Research%20Board&utm_campaign=TRB+E-Newsletter+-+10-20-2009&utm_content=Customer&utm_term=#

Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2010

"Companies should factor the top 10 technologies into their strategic planning process by asking key questions and making deliberate decisions about them during the next two years," said David Cearley, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner. "However, this does not necessarily mean adoption and investment in all of the technologies. They should determine which technologies will help and transform their individual business initiatives."

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More at Street Insider

http://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/Gartner+Identifies+the+Top+10+Strategic+Technologies+for+2010/5029743.html

Gov't Launches "OnGuardOnline" for Information on Computer and Internet Security

OnGuardOnline.gov provides practical tips from the federal government and the technology industry to help you be on guard against Internet fraud, secure your computer, and protect your personal information.

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http://www.onguardonline.gov/about-us/overview.aspx

Seattle freeways to get 'smarter'

Seattle-area freeways are getting smarter starting in summer 2010. High-tech overhead signs will display variable speed limits, lane status and real-time traffic information so drivers know what's happening ahead.

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More at King 5

http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_101809WAB-smart-freeways-SW.22cdd93ad.html

U.S. transportation secretary says Oberstar bill must wait

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood voiced the White House's opposition Thursday to the speedy passage of Rep. James Oberstar's $500 billion six-year federal transportation bill.

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http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/10/15/ray-lahood/

CITE Blended Course Offerings

Beginning October 23, 2009, The Consortium for ITS Training and Education (CITE) will be offering the following online courses in a blended (instructor-led) format. A “Blended” format means participants will utilize the on-line materials as well as have conference calls with the instructor and interact with other students.
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http://www.citeconsortium.org/courses/SE101-blended.html

New Game: Traffic Busters

Try Game at Mochimedia
http://www.mochimedia.com/games/gridlock-buster/

City of San Jose's New Intelligent Transportation Network Uses Ethernet Over Copper Solutions

Actelis Networks®, the leading global supplier of Ethernet over copper solutions, today announced the City of San Jose in Northern California is deploying the company's ML600 series of intelligent Ethernet Access Devices (EADs) and its point-to-multipoint Ethernet aggregation systems for Intelligent Transportation (ITS) applications to improve traffic flow and road safety while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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More at MarketWire

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Actelis-Networks-1059997.html

Undemanding FHWA "rules" for fed-OKd toll systems published in Federal Register

FHWA has published undemanding if sometimes confused "rules" for tolls on value priced or express lanes, and newly tolled interstate construction under federal control. The rules do nothing to "accelerate progress toward the national goal of achieving a nationwide interoperable electronic toll collection system," stated as an objective in federal SAFTEA-LU law enacted August 2005, but US legislators set FHWA an impossible task there, given the consistent failure of past federal efforts at sponsoring interoperability.
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http://www.tollroadsnews.com/node/4403

Watching traffic with Navteq

Ever since the 1930s, drivers have listened for traffic information over the radio, but this century, traffic data is being revolutionized, offered on-demand and integrated visually with GPS navigation systems. We visited Navteq's SF Bay Area Traffic Operations Center to see how one company collects traffic data and sends it to GPS devices, smart phones, and the Internet.
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http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-10375450-48.html