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ITS America President and CEO Scott Belcher is participating in several transportation events in Oregon this week ITS America Share    
On Tuesday, Scott Belcher will be the featured speaker at the ITS Oregon/Women's Transportation Seminar in Portland. At the event, Scott will also present officials from the City of Portland with
the ITS America Smart City Award for their commitment to using new technologies and innovations to address major transportation problems. He will also present the City of Portland and The Climate Trust with the first ITS America Smart Solution Spotlight award for their collaborative effort to improve traffic signal optimization and retire carbon emissions. Later Tuesday, he will meet with Oregon Department of Transportation Director Mike Garrett in
Salem. On Wednesday, Scott will attend the Northwest Transportation Conference in Corvallis and give a luncheon presentation and that night he will participate in the ITS Oregon Annual Meeting.
Highway bill detoured The Journal of Commerce Magazine Share
The drumbeat of jobs, jobs, jobs in Washington and debate on financing have become major roadblocks to getting a six-year $500 billion transportation bill into gear and onto a fast-paced road to passage. Infrastructure advocates argue that investment in transportation infrastructure is a sure-fire creator of jobs. There's support for jobs and infrastructure on Capitol Hill, and the clamor for jobs will increase government investment in the latter. More
LaHood fears spread of in-car technology The Detroit News Share
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is concerned that a host of technologies in new vehicles are distracting drivers. "Some of these car manufacturers are putting all these gadgets and bells and whistles that are going to distract people — and we're trying to get gadgets and bells and whistles out of their hands and out of their ears," LaHood said. More Brainstorming a better commute The Boston Globe Share
Imagine standing on a cold Boston street, waiting for an MBTA bus and wondering if you have time to grab a coffee before getting aboard. Suddenly, you notice a sign inside a nearby cafe flashing the words, "Bus will arrive in 13 minutes. Come in for breakfast!" So you hustle across the street, safe in the knowledge that your bus is still miles away. More 
When gas becomes a luxury Public Broadcasting System Share
First the bad news: gas will rise to $20 per gallon. Now the good news: gas will rise to $20 per gallon. It's going to happen whether you like it or not. It doesn't matter if the Democrats are in control, the Republicans, or even Ron Paul. It doesn't matter if you believe in global warming or disbelieve in evolution. Christopher Steiner, in his new book "$20 per Gallon: How the Inevitable Rise in the Price of Gasoline Will Change Our Lives for the Better," points out that in the gas supply and demand relationship, demand is directly related to the size of the middle class. More Image sensing systems offers traffic management solution for 2010 Winter Olympic Games Sports Techy Share
Image Sensing Systems, Inc., a technology company focused in infrastructure productivity improvement through the development of software-based detection solutions for the Intelligent Transportation Systems sector and adjacent overlapping markets, reportedly announced its support to provide its RTMS G4 radars for the purpose of traffic management on the Sea to Sky Highway for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada. More
Can transportation funding get traction? Crain's Detroit Business Share
New action is emerging in Michigan's long-simmering discussions over transportation funding. But how far newly proposed fuel tax increases and other proposals move down the road is an open question. More Transit-plan prescription for disappearing Detroit The New York Times Share
The biggest jolt in "Blueprint America: Beyond the Motor City" comes as the director of Madrid's subway and light-rail system talks about the importance of infrastructure. Discussing Spain's ambitious high-speed rail system, he says countries that neglect their infrastructure experience "a slow decline in importance and their weight in the world." Cut to Detroit's imposing Michigan Central Station, sitting in abandoned, broken-windowed splendor. It doesn't look like decline — it looks like whatever comes next. More Mileage tax could be new way to pay for Massachussetts roads WBZ-TV Share
It's an election year, so you are not going to hear politicians talking about new ways to collect tolls, but one year from now Massachusetts could be testing exactly that. Call it a new way to pay for our roads. More Winging it: Hope accelerating for high-speed rail Philadelphia Inquirer Share
The earliest report in The Inquirer's digital archives about the dream of a new generation of U.S. high-speed trains is a brief item from 1979 with an Atlantic City dateline. General Electric of France, the article said, had offered to pay $100 million to build a new rail line linking Philadelphia and New York to Atlantic City with trains that could go 100 miles an hour. More |
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