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ITS America welcomes 8 new members in April and May ITS America Share     Eight new companies and organizations from around the country have joined the Intelligent Transportation Society of America, the nation's leading voice for the use of smart technology to address transportation challenges. Our new members include: Niagara International Transportation Technology Coalition; Winncom Technologies; Hogan Lovells, LLC; Nebraska Transportation Center; Orange County, Calif.; Sport and Traffic Technologies; GJB Consulting, LLC; and the District of Columbia Department of Transportation. More
US DOT to present draft IntelliDrive deployment scenarios ITS Joint Program Office Share
The U.S. Department of Transportation's ITS Joint Program Office, part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, will hold a workshop June 22 – 23, 2010 to present and discuss its four draft IntelliDrive℠ deployment scenarios that have been recently developed in response to key stakeholder input. The purpose of the meeting is to provide input to the U.S. DOT as it refines IntelliDrive research plans about potential futures paths for IntelliDrive deployment. More
Smart solution spotlight: MassDOT's developers initiative offers up data to encourage expanded use of real-time traveler information ITS America Share
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation's Developers Initiative was presented an ITS America Smart Solution Spotlight award last week for its public-private collaboration that has significantly expanded the distribution of traveler information to the general public. By sharing transportation data with private developers for free, MassDOT helped solve a problem facing many public transportation agencies on limited budgets of how to provide real-time transportation information and assistance to travelers. In just nine months, the MassDOT Developers Initiative has led to the development of tens of thousands of dollars worth of website and mobile customer information applications. By acting as wholesalers rather than retailers of transportation information, MassDOT effectively and efficiently delivers information to customers, encouraging private investment and new innovations. More
GPS is getting an $8 billion upgrade Los Angeles Times Share
Without it, ATMs would stop spitting out cash, Wall Street could blunder billions of dollars in stock trades and clueless drivers would get lost. It's GPS, and it's everywhere. More
Transportation groups urge changes to bill NationalJournal.com Share
Major transportation industry groups have "grave concerns" about a draft Senate climate and energy plan because it imposes new fees on the industry and diverts too much of that revenue elsewhere. More Using a smartphone to organize your travels The Wall Street Journal Share
The do-it-yourself world of booking trips today sometimes leaves business travelers and summer vacationers deluged with airline schedules, hotel and car-rental confirmations and restaurant-reservation details. Now, a flurry of services aim to let you manage all that on your smartphone. More
Campaign to end distracted driving goes global at the United Nations Consumer Reports Share
The push to end distracted driving is now going global with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon joining the cause. Ray LaHood, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary has made it his mission to curb this deadly behavior and will join the U.N. Secretary, as well as Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin and U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice, to start a new campaign called "Global Call to Action on Ending Distracted Driving." More Redesigning the bus stop: Teague's Traffic 2.0 makes transit more friendly Fast Company Share
Having grown up in New York in the '70s, public transportation holds a special place in my heart. I can fondly recall the dilapidated state of subway cars and platforms in the mid-'70s. The sight of teenagers catching free rides off the back bumper ledge and that uniquely urban rite of passage: Taking your first unchaperoned ride on the unwieldy system. Having now lived almost half my life outside of that city, I've had ample opportunity to test public transit in any number of locations, and one thing that never fails to impress is a smart, well-thought-out piece of public transit. More Law firm starts bike rental program for its employees The Washington Post Share
Commuting by bicycle from Alexandria to Nixon Peabody's office on 9th Street in Northwest on a regular basis gives Jeffrey S. Lesk plenty of time to think. More Hurricane first responders: Not what you might think WINK-TV Share
When you think of first responders you may think: Emergency crews. But when it comes to hurricanes, think again. That's because when a storm strikes, debris remains on the roads, making it impossible for emergency crews to get to you. That's when a different kind of first responder hits the streets. More Online, smart phone technology eliminates public transit guesswork The Twin Cities Daily Planet Share
When Metro Transit introduced its NexTrip real-time bus departure information system two years ago, an anonymous blogger predicted that it would attract no more than a dozen rider-users a day. Well, the results have come in a tad higher than that — more than 40,000 hits a day by phone, wireless or online, not to mention the 30,000 additional riders who can see or hear real-time updates on message boards along the Marquette-2nd Avenues transit corridor in downtown Minneapolis. More Massachusetts DOT in the spotlight The TransitWire Share
ITS America shined its Smart Solution Spotlight on the MassDOT Developer's Initiative. As regular readers of The Transit Wire know, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation is working actively with the developer community to support new applications that provide route, schedule, and real-time data for Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority services at minimal cost to the agencies. More 'Smart' bus market looks bright for Taiwanese firms Taipei Times Share
The Taiwan Telematics Industry Alliance is joining forces with the government to sell a locally initiated intelligent bus standard and related solutions to China starting next month, eyeing the massive market across the Taiwan Strait to generate the next possible cash cow for Taiwanese companies. More Breaking news: There will be traffic jams in Toronto this summer Toronto Life Share
The Globe and Mail gave its readers the juiciest scoop of the weekend: Apparently Toronto will be plagued by road construction over the next few months. Staying with this breaking story, the paper goes on to speculate that the Gardiner Expressway will have regular traffic jams. But if the city is paralyzed by gridlock this summer — like, er, every summer — never fear. Robots will rescue motorists. More First-ever emission standards for trucks set The Epoch Times Share
For the first time, medium weight and heavy trucks will have to meet emissions standards in the United States. President Obama announced that the Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency will require commercial trucks to improve both mileage and emissions starting in 2014. More North Carolina taps TransCore for electronic toll road system RFID News Share
TransCore announced that it has been selected by the North Carolina Turnpike Authority to provide RFID technology for statewide wireless toll collection systems. More |
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