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ITS America launches new "Read and Respond" discussion page to get your input on hot topics in ITS policy ITS America Share    
The ITS America Policy and Business Council regularly develops papers on topics of interest to our membership. We are launching a new initiative to engage a broader spectrum of members in these discussions. ITS America is comprised of a diverse group of members, from state DOTs, to universities, to private sector companies involved in transportation technology. We know you will have diverging opinions, and our hope is that an active dialogue will result in an overall stronger product. To facilitate this discourse, we have developed an interactive "Read and Respond" page that features some of the newest reports, studies, and publications developed by our staff and membership. We have two papers currently featured on the discussion page for your review and comment. The first paper is a position statement developed by our Policy and Business Council on transportation finance, public-private partnerships, and private investment as it relates to ITS. The second is a follow-up white paper to "Moving Cooler," the first-ever comprehensive analysis of transportation efficiency and its relationship to greenhouse gas reductions and consumer savings. It is authored by ITS America Sustainability Forum Chair Lou Neudorff and focuses on ITS deployments. We will post each paper for approximately three weeks. After that time, we will prepare a summary of comments and revise as appropriate. We hope you'll take some time to review the featured reports and let us know what you think. We want to hear from you! More 
The ITS America Transportation Technology News now available as an iPhone app ITS America Share
ITS America partners with MultiBriefs to create and distribute Transportation Technology News, and that partnership has expanded to provide another convenient avenue to receive information. The ITS America Transportation Technology News is part of the new MultiBriefs app, now available for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch in the App Store. Search "MultiBriefs" in the App Store and download the app free of charge. Once the MultiBriefs application is downloaded, you can add the ITS America feed from the "Transportation" section. News is streamed into your iPhone or iPod Touch each week. And just like the e-mail news brief you've become accustomed to, you may share articles with your colleagues via e-mail, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. You can even bookmark certain articles as favorites to revisit at a later date. As always, feedback is appreciated and is important to the success of the app. Feel free to rate the application in the App Store. More
International Road Federation World Meeting coming to Lisbon, Portugal International Road Federation Share
The 16th annual International Road Federation takes place from May 25 – 28th, in Lisbon, Portugal. IRF's largest and most important event of 2010 will gather the global transport industry together to share best practices, network with colleagues, identify potential business partners and clients, and provide a global forum to showcase the industry's latest technologies. The IRF World Road Meeting will have five themes: Mobility, Transport & Infrastructure, Road Safety & Security, Sustainable Roads, Road Finances & Management, and Techniques & Innovations. With a distinguished cast of speakers and attendees, the 16th IRF World Meeting is 2010's premiere event to discuss & address challenges that will shape the communications and transport networks of the 21st century. For more information and to register, please visit www.irf2010.com.
ITS Japan news: Asian Pacific ITS key players and policy makers meet for "Regional Workshop on Intelligent Transport Systems" ITS Japan Share
Asian Development Bank Institute hosted a "Regional Workshop on Intelligent Transport Systems" in Tokyo on March 8-10. With the support of ITS Japan, Asian Development Bank, and the Cabinet Office of the Government of Japan and CITYNET, the workshop welcomed many ITS key players and policy makers from the Asia Pacific region, including China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Korea, and Chinese Taipei. More
ERTICO news: Fourth meeting held on eCall implementation in Europe ERTICO Share
The fourth meeting of the European eCall Implementation Platform took place on February 25, at the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels, Belgium, chaired by Hermann Meyer, CEO of ERTICO and Anu Laurell, from the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Finland. The European eCall implementation Platform was set up one year ago to give the last push to make eCall a reality in Europe. The Platform is a coordination body bringing together and supporting relevant stakeholders interested in and committed to implementing the public eCall service at the European level. More
UPS invests $1 billion in technology to cut costs PCWorld Share
United Parcel Service will make about $1 billion in technology investments this year to improve the efficiency of its operations, with the goal of cutting billions more from its costs over the long term, company executives said. More GM's car of the future Forbes Share
At the 1939-40 World's Fair in New York, General Motors' Futurama attraction stole the show with its depictions of life 20 years into the future. After the misery of the Great Depression, GM's vision of personal car ownership and a vast interstate freeway system promised a new era of freedom. More Can telematics reinvent auto insurance? Telematics Update Share
We've all experienced the frustration before: An auto insurer asks for some basic information—age, sex, credit score, and driving record—plugs that information into an equation, and voila! Out pops a premium that only vaguely represents how you as a driver really drive. More Gridlock may not be constant, but slow going is here to stay The New York Times Share
Rainfall, parades and motorcades — they all have their effect on traffic in New York City. And when calamity and Wednesdays collide, watch out: July 29, a Wednesday, was among the 25 worst traffic days last year. More Road conditions tracked, shared by University of Maryland-created network The Baltimore Sun Share
Baltimore was still digging out from the first blizzard in February when the second one struck. A foot and a half of new snow clogged highways across the state. Scores of motorists were trapped by conditions that forced plow crews off the roads. For a time, not even wreckers or the State Highway Administration's rescue trucks could reach them. More Wireless technology to make parking spaces 'smart' in Los Angeles and San Francisco PublicCEO Share
Two of California's great cities are driving experiments in "smart parking spaces." They will steer the latest interactive technologies to inform motorists where to park their jalopies — and at what price. Both cities are beginning two-year pilot projects that will infuse supply-and-demand principles in parking pricing with an assist from wireless technologies. More Florida road system to warn of panthers The News-Press Share
State and federal agencies are going high-tech to prevent Florida panther roadkill. This summer, the Florida Department of Transportation will install a series of roadside animal detection systems along a section of U.S. 41 within Big Cypress National Preserve. More Taking the driver out of the car The Wall Street Journal Share
"Your grandchildren will snap across the entire continent in 24 hours on a new kind of highway and in a new kind of driverless car that is controlled by the push of a button," futurist Norman Bel Geddes promised in 1940. Mr. Bel Geddes designed Futurama, the most popular exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair, which in many ways inspired the construction of the Interstate Highway System. Driverless cars have so far remained the stuff of science fiction. Seventy years after Mr. Bel Geddes' promise, they are finally close to reality. More Should bikes and cars be treated equally? National Journal Share
With all the attention focused on extending the surface transportation law and Federal Aviation Administration programs, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood's announcement of a major policy change regarding the way bicyclists' needs are treated in the transportation planning seems to have received little notice. More Skymeter wins Intertraffic Innovation Award Grush Hour Share
Canada-based Skymeter Corporation has won the overall 2010 Intertraffic Innovation Award. The company succeeded with its smart road-use device which it has designed to handle a wide range of automotive mobility-related payment needs, including road user charging, parking fees, insurance and carbon metering, as well as reward schemes to encourage differential driving times, carpooling or teleworking. More |
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