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Online registration opens for ITS America's 20th Annual Meeting & Exposition
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ITS America's 20th Annual Meeting & Exposition will bring together a diverse community of transportation professionals, business leaders, elected officials, and federal and state public agency representatives for three days of thought leadership in the debate over the nation's transportation future. Special rates are available for public sector staff and first-time attendees. More
20th annual meeting call for papers deadline extended
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ITS America's 20th Annual Meeting & Exposition, May 3-5, 2010, in Houston will provide transportation leaders with effective tools and strategies to create smart cities and communities that are safer, cleaner, more livable and less congested. Don't miss out on the opportunity to submit a paper or submit a session proposal to this major ITS event! The deadline has been extended to Dec. 29, 2009. More
17th World Congress on ITS, Busan, South Korea call for papers deadline Dec. 31
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 The 17th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate your expertise and high-level achievement within the field of ITS in an global setting. On behalf of the International Program Committee, you are invited to submit Scientific and Technical papers containing your thoughts, experiences, and ideas by Dec. 31.
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ITS America organizes session on vehicle communications at international consumer electronics show
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ITS America has organized a session on vehicle communications at the International Consumer Electronics Show, Jan. 7, 2010 in Las Vegas.
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2010 Transportation Planning Excellence Awards open for nominations
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The Transportation Planning Excellence Awards Program is a biennial awards program developed by the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration to recognize outstanding initiatives across the country to develop, plan and implement innovative transportation planning practices.
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Virtual Weigh-in-Motion Systems
METTLER TOLEDO has designed, tested and proven VWIM Systems to help protect interstate and local infrastructures. Weigh Stations are expensive; the VWIM offers a quicker and less expensive solution, with all the aspect of the typical Weigh Station.
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Teens ignore laws against texting while driving
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With momentum building in Washington, D.C., for all 50 U.S. states to outlaw text messaging behind the wheel, there is evidence that the key demographic targeted by such legislation, teen drivers, will not pay much attention. At least one major study has found that, with mobile devices now central to their lives, young people often ignore laws against using cell phones or texting in the car.
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Oberstar: Much unfinished business remains
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Major legislation to invest in our nation's surface transportation infrastructure, modernize air traffic control, bring economic development opportunities to distressed areas of the country, improve transportation on our inland waterways, enhance safety in the transport of hazardous materials, and protect our nation's waters are on the agenda for the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in 2010.
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Testing smart roads to streamline the commute
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The city streets and freeways of the future will be able to tell commuters ahead of time whether they're about to hit a back-up, and adjust speed limits for optimum traffic flow. That future is already here in Alameda County, Calif., where traffic lights know to stay green when buses and emergency vehicles are coming. Soon a 20-mile corridor on Interstate 80 will experiment with a variable speed limit determined by the road sensors that already calculate driving times.
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New research center proposed
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Southern Nevada could be home to a new high-speed rail research center under a new proposal. One project connecting Las Vegas to Southern California with a high-speed rail line is expected to begin construction next year. The DesertXpress project, estimated to cost $4 billion, would use traditional high-speed trains traveling at about 150 mph.
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Automatic tolling a non-starter
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The ambitious plan to install high-tech automatic toll collection systems on the highways to check massive revenue leakage has been delayed as the private developers are not keen to import these machines. The three pilot projects for the electronic toll collection system, sources said, could not take off as scheduled in October, and had been deferred by about six months.
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What one expert thinks about congestion pricing in Portland, Ore.
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Jeffrey N. Buxbaum, who leads the tolling and road pricing practice at Cambridge Systematics, was in Portland, Ore., to discuss the future of congestion pricing there. In town to make presentations to government officials about how Oregon can test a congestion pricing pilot program on Portland-area highways, Buxbaum was obviously dealing with a hot-button issue.
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Transportation Calendar
Jan. 7-10, 2010
International Consumer Electronics Show
Las Vegas, Nev.
Feb. 9-11, 2009
ITS Oregon Annual Meeting
March 30-April 1, 2010
ITS Heartland Annual Meeting
Omaha, Neb.
May 3-5, 2010
ITS America's 20th Annual Meeting & Exposition
Houston, Texas
Oct. 25-29, 2010
17th World Congress on ITS
Busan, South Korea
Oct. 16-20, 2011
18th World Congress on ITS
Orlando, Fla.
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