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ITS America seeks member input through newly formed "Policy and Position Statement Steering Group"
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ITS America is pleased to announce the formation of the Policy and Position Statement Steering Group under the auspices of its Policy and Business Council. More
Terror underground: Eight years after 9/11, New York subways vulnerable to attack
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Despite hundreds of millions of dollars allocated to create a state-of-the-art surveillance system for New York City's subway system, the monitoring technology is still not in place and experts say the city's underground transportation tunnels remain a leading and unnecessarily vulnerable target to terrorism eight years after the 9/11 attacks devastated the country. More
Registration available for ITS Tennessee's Third Annual Meeting
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ITS Tennessee will hold its third annual meeting Oct. 7-9 at the Downtown Knoxville Hilton in Knoxville, Tenn.
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Nashville seeks ban on commercial vehicles from local streets
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Two council members of the Metropolitan Traffic and Parking Commission are trying to pass a bill that would ban commercial vehicles from local streets in Nashville, Tenn. Council members Bruce Stanley and Sam Coleman introduced a bill July 7, which would make it illegal for commercial trucks to be on local roads unless they were picking up or delivering in an effort to cut down on truck traffic and parking on local streets.
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Save the date for ITS Maryland's Annual Meeting and Golf Tournament, Oct. 21 -22
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Please join us for ITS Maryland's 14th Annual Meeting and Golf Tournament, which will be held Oct. 21-22 at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md.
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House passes bill to encourage hybrid trucks
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The House passed a bill to encourage research and production of hybrid-powered commercial vehicles. The bill, passed by voice vote, would create a grant program for research and development of hybrid heavy-duty trucks.
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ITS America and IBTTA join forces on sustainable transportation and facility maintenance — Oct. 4-6 in St. Louis
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Register today for this groundbreaking joint conference, Sustainability, Social Responsibility, Energy Conservation and Fall Maintenance, Oct. 4-6 at the Hilton Hotel in St. Louis.
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Rail official: Upgraded service will come slowly
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The Obama administration's top railroad official says Americans shouldn't expect to see networks of souped-up, bullet-fast trains after the $8 billion set aside in the federal stimulus bill for high-speed rail is finally spent.
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Register Soon for the International CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2009 Convention, Oct. 7–9 San Diego
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No matter what your business is -- health care, entertainment, fleet management or financial planning -- wireless can transform how you do business and International CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment brings this possibility to life.
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Truck weight limit hike concerns highway safety advocates
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The U.S. Senate could vote as early this week on a proposal introduced by Sen. Susan Collins that would allow heavier trucks to operate on the interstate in Maine. The change is opposed by highway safety activists, who argue it will increase highway deaths and injuries, and damage roads and bridges.
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INRIX announces Webinar on National Traffic Scorecard Mid-Year 2009 Special Report
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Hot off the presses, INRIX has just released the INRIX National Traffic Scorecard Mid-Year 2009 Special Report, calling a "bottom in traffic gridlock." An executive summary of the report findings will be presented in a Webinar by Rick Schuman, the report author and INRIX Vice President of Public Sector, on Thursday, Sept. 24 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. (PDT) and 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. (EDT).
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Railroad in Iowa testing biodiesel
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A test under way at the Cedar Rapids-based Iowa Interstate Railroad could lead to more use of biodiesel by railroads. The test started with a blend of 5 percent biodiesel. The biodiesel component will progressively increase to 20 percent to try to determine the optimal mixture for locomotives. The test is expected to take about eight months.
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TransCore to provide RFID technology for the Atlanta HOT Lane Conversion
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TransCore, the world's largest provider of transportation-based radio frequency identification (RFID) products, was notified by Georgia's State Road and Tollway Authority of their intent to award TransCore a contract to provide RFID technology for the conversion of SRTA's high occupancy vehicle lanes to high occupancy toll lanes along a 15-mile stretch of I-85 in Atlanta.
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