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 U.S. DOT comes to Houston! America's top ranking transportation officials – including the Secretary of Transportation – will speak about Texas' and America's key transportation issues. Joining National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator David Strickland and Research and Innovative Technology Administrator Peter Appel at the May 4 USDOT Plenary are Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator Anne Ferro and Deputy Federal Transit Administrator Therese McMillan. You do not want to miss this! Welcome Congressman Olson! Come to the George R. Brown Convention Center Exhibit Hall theatre at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, May 3. Congressman Pete Olson of Texas will be on hand to present awards at the Best of ITS and Outstanding ITS Chapter Awards Ceremony. Register online and save time. The conference hotel–Hilton Americas Houston—is 90 percent sold out; click for hotel reservations. Exhibit space and sponsorship opportunities are still available.
ITS America adds new communications and outreach staff ITS America Share    
ITS America has added three new staff members to its public affairs team who will strengthen the association's communication and outreach program and help promote ITS solutions for creating a smarter, safer, cleaner, and more efficient transportation system.
U.S. DOT issues challenge to improve road safety through new weather data U.S. Department of Transportation Share
Stressing the need to provide timely, high-quality road weather information to the public, Research and Innovative Technology Administrator (RITA) Peter Appel announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation will sponsor up to seven innovative ideas for using the Clarus weather information system to improve roadway safety during severe weather. The Department intends to provide up to $80,000 per award in an open competition. Launched in 2004, Clarus provides near real-time atmospheric and pavement observations from more than 2,000 environmental sensor stations and 45,000 road sensors. The result is a comprehensive picture of the weather along the nation's roads that is available to any user, at anytime, anywhere in the U.S. Additional information on how to submit a proposal can be found at www.fbo.gov, Solicitation number DTFH61-10-R-00015.
International Transport Forum to highlight ITS solutions ITS America Share
A few short weeks after the ITS America 20th Annual Meeting in Houston, the 2010 International Transport Forum will highlight innovations in transportation. The forum, from May 26 -28 in Leipzig, Germany, will focus on Transport and Innovation: Unleashing the Potential. It will explore innovative solutions to the goals and challenges of the transport sector. Ministers and other leading decision-makers, including ITS America President Scott Belcher and thought leader Russ Shields, will examine how innovation can assist the transport sector to achieve progress in a range of areas, including environmental goals, supporting economic growth, managing congestion, providing accessibility and ensuring safety and security. An exhibition at the Forum will offer industry, researchers, and expert organizations the opportunity to display technological advances, research and policy initiatives. There will also be a live demonstration of technologies in Augustusplatz in central Leipzig, in an area open to delegates and the general public. You can find more information about the event here.
Reminder: Vote for ITS America Board of Directors nominees ITS America Share
The voting process is underway for several ITS America Board of Director positions. If you have been designated as the primary contact for your organization with ITS America membership, you should have received an e-mail linking to an online voting system. Ballots were also sent by mail. Voting must be complete by April 16. A number of sitting Board members were re-nominated to the Board and must be approved by the membership: Abbas Mohaddes, President, Iteris; Kirk Steudle, Director, Michigan Department of Transportation; Connie Sorrell, Chief of System Operations, Virginia Department of Transportation; Ken Philmus, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Transportation Systems and Services, ACS; and David Sparks, Executive Vice President, TransCore. In addition, presented to the membership for election are: Tom Sorel, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Transportation; and Bryan Mistele, President and Chief Executive Officer, INRIX. Opening for Director of Membership Recruitment at ITS America ITS America Share
ITS America is looking for a new Director of Membership Recruitment. The Director of Membership Recruitment is a key professional in ITS America's efforts to effectively represent a broad cross section of the ITS stakeholder community. Core Functions
Research and Innovative Technology Administration marks five years of cutting-edge service U.S. Department of Transportation Share
Research and Innovative Technology Administration is the home of research and education, statistics, and transportation technology development at the Department of Transportation. And you would be surprised by how the high-end work of RITA employees touches our lives everyday. Without RITA's Bureau of Transportation Statistics, for example, we wouldn't know on-time flight rates or key economic indicators like the volume of freight moving around the country in a given period. More Biden says 10,000 stimulus projects aiding transport The Journal of Commerce Share
The stimulus law is currently supporting 10,000 active transportation construction projects, and will further ramp up this spring, said Vice President Joseph Biden. He made the remarks in North Carolina, where officials said the Sanford Bypass project that is now breaking ground will redirect commercial trucks around the heart of that town to relieve congestion and maintenance problems. More Worst states for distracted drivers Forbes Share
The auto industry is focusing on safety now more than ever. A distracted-driving summit sponsored by the Department of Transportation last September convened 300 safety experts, law enforcement and congressional reps — and led to a federal ban on texting by commercial truck and bus drivers. More G.M. tinkers with augmented reality system for cars The New York Times Share
The research and development labs of General Motors have been working closely with several universities, including Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Southern California, to build an augmented reality system that could assist motorists in difficult driving situations. More Maryland highway officials remove road sign distraction MSNBC Share
Some motorists blame some Beltway backups in Maryland on those flashing, electronic travel-time messages — the ones that tell you how long it'll take to get front point A to point B. More Head of California Department of Transportation leaving agency for new job San Jose Mercury News Share
The head of the California Department of Transportation is leaving his post for a new job in Contra Costa County, Calif. Transportation officials say Randy Iwasaki is stepping down as director of Caltrans to take a job as the executive director of the Contra Costa Transportation Authority. More South Korea puts new spark into public transport technology New Tang Dynasty Television Share
An amusement park near Seoul has become the first public venue for the "Online Electronic Vehicle" technology which provides electric power to vehicles used in public transportation. The event was the first step in commercializing the technology developed by South Korea's top technology university, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, last year. More Creating apps just for cars Technology Review Share
If you have a smart phone, chances are good that you add to its functionality pretty often by downloading new software apps. But updating the computer systems built into your car usually requires a long visit to the dealership, where company technicians install new software using special interfaces. More Research and Innovative Technology Administration launches Transportation Research Collaboration Pilot Web site U.S. DOT Research and Innovative Technology Administration Share
The U.S. Department of Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Administration is building this pilot Web site with a view to improving the collaborative capabilities offered to transportation researchers and other related stakeholders both inside and outside DOT. The initial phase of this effort will focus on improving collaboration among the four regional networks comprising the National Transportation Knowledge Network, approximately sixty University Transportation Centers, and the collaborative work of Position Navigation and Timing. More Smarter chargers for electric vehicles Technology Review Share
This spring, GE will start selling a line of "smart charging stations," devices that communicate with utilities to optimize charging, for electric vehicles. The technology could be key to ensuring that electric cars don't strain the power grid, and it could cut down on consumer electricity bills. Eventually, because the charging stations could help stabilize the grid, they could allow utilities to rely more on intermittent renewable sources of energy such as solar and wind power. More Hacker controls car with iPod Touch WIRED Share
Dave Phipps is like the Ben Heck of automobiles, only instead of putting the parts of old game consoles into newer, smaller boxes, Dave takes sweet-looking old cars and fills them with hi-tech electronics. This time he has wired his 1969 Pontiac GTO to be remote-controlled by his iPod Touch. More In 2020, take a high-speed train from Beijing to London Popular Science Share
Chinese rail passengers already zip between cities on trains traveling three times faster than the average train in the States, and a 217-mph line linking Wuhan and Guangzhou will soon be the fastest train on Earth. But not content with screaming-fast trains linking cities within its borders, China now plans to extend its high-speed network all the way to London with a rail line that will fly through 17 countries at speeds reaching 200 miles per hour. More U.S. freight truck drivers need better roads and safer parking Handy Shipping Guide Share
One year ago Jason Rivenburg, a New York freight delivery driver was murdered in cold blood for seven dollars. He was forced to park in an abandoned gas station in South Carolina because no properly lit and equipped facilities were within reach whilst he waited to unload his cargo of milk. Now "Jason's Law" is to go before Congress and the American Trucking Associations are lobbying hard to ensure that the Secretary of Transportation, in cooperation with appropriate State, regional, and local governments, allocate funds for new safety rest areas and the expansion and improvement of existing safety rest areas that serve the highway system. More |
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