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US Senator Robert Menendez to speak at ITS America's Congressional Roundtable on July 14 ITS America Share     U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, D-N.J., will join ITS America members for a Congressional Roundtable lunch on Wednesday, July 14, to discuss his priorities for the transportation authorization bill and energy legislation, as well as the general legislative outlook for the rest of the Congressional session and the political horizon for the November mid-term elections and beyond. Senator Menendez serves as Chairman of the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development, and also serves on the Senate Committees on Finance, Energy and Natural Resources, and Foreign Relations. In addition, Senator Menendez chairs the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which works to elect Democrats to the U.S. Senate. If you are interested in participating or would like more information on how to join the Congressional Roundtable, please e-mail Paul Feenstra at pfeenstra@itsa.org or call 202-721-4237.
Regional University Transportation Centers launch new distance learning program in transportation ITS America Share
The nation's Regional University Transportation Centers have announced a new online distance education program in transportation, the Transportation Leadership Graduate Certificate Program, to assist in educating the transportation leaders of the 21st Century. The program's objective is to nurture those individuals with potential leadership qualities in both the public and private sectors and to assist them in moving along the promotion track from excellent technical contributions to management responsibilities and leadership roles. The theme of the program is "Transportation Policy, Management and Operations." Additional information can also be found on the UTRC website. Last chance for early registration for the 2010 National Rural ITS Conference ITS America Share
The 2010 National Rural ITS Conference is less than four weeks away! If you haven't looked lately, jump online and check out the agenda page. We are updating it daily to reflect speaker, tour and schedule changes. With over 20 sessions, six training options, and 30 vendors to date, this conference will allow attendees to maximize their training and travel dollars. Early registration deadline is Friday, July 9. Participate in ITS Russia's 2010 Conference, Nov. 22-25, in Moscow ITS Russia Share
ITS Russia invites you to the upcoming ROAD 2010 — International Specialized Exhibition-Forum, taking place from Nov., 22-25, in Moscow. This event will create a platform to encourage collaboration between Russian and international partners for the sake of ITS development for the cities, highways and regions throughout Russia. If the promising Russian market of ITS appeals to you, now is the time to register. For additional information, please contact Anna Tikhomirova, Anna.Tikhomirova@ingos.ru.
Silicon Valley: Washington, D.C., doesn't get tech Politico Share
BlackBerrys, iPhones and Droids may dot congressional committee chambers and sometimes — despite rules to the contrary — appear on the House and Senate floors. But a growing frustration still pervades Silicon Valley that there is more than distance separating Washington and Silicon Valley. There's a gap in knowledge, too. Washington doesn't get tech. More House Chairman wants to keep transit safety bill in broader transportation measure CQ Politics Share
A bill that would allow the federal government to oversee public transit safety has begun moving in the Senate, but its prospects for enactment this year are clouded in the House. That's a matter of process, not policy. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman James L. Oberstar, D-Minn., said he wants a transit safety bill to advance next year as part of a broad surface transportation overhaul. More Enforcement issues loom with texting while driving bans National Public Radio Share
Six new texting-while-driving bans go into effect this month as state officials try to reduce the number of car crashes. The U.S. Department of Transportation reports that in 2008, nearly 6,000 people died in accidents related to distracted driving and 500,000 others were injured. More
Strong trading debut for Tesla Motors sparks hopes for electric-car market The Washington Post Share
Since its founding in 2003, luxury automaker Tesla Motors has never turned a profit. Its charismatic founder recently ran out of cash. It has sold fewer than 1,500 vehicles. Yet in a burst of enthusiasm for electric cars, investors are saluting the company's prospects, raising more than $200 million at its initial public offering Monday and, on its first day of trading, sending share prices up again from $17 to $23.89. More Tech firms aim to keep wayward walkers on path San Francisco Chronicle Share
Todd Atwood says he doesn't worry too much about accidents when walking down the street using his iPhone to make calls, send text messages or check his e-mail. But he's seen the consequences of paying more attention to the gadget than what's ahead. More Driving while blind? Maybe, with new high-tech car The Associated Press via Yahoo! News Share
Could a blind person drive a car? Researchers are trying to make that far-fetched notion a reality. The National Federation of the Blind and Virginia Tech plan to demonstrate a prototype vehicle next year equipped with technology that helps a blind person drive a car independently. More Now, anyone can monitor reliability Human Transit Share
Can you think of a better way to measure service reliability than the ones your transit agencies use? Can you develop ways to analyze the system's performance that will reveal more precisely where and why things go wrong? Now, any transit geek with a head for statistics can try out these ideas, and share what they discover, for any transit agency that publishes a real-time information feed. More Subway on the street New York Share
You would never guess it from the dispiriting news coming out of the Metropolitan Transit Authority, but if you want to see the future of New York, then head up to the Bronx and take a bus. This is not the future of New York in which everyone has a solar-powered jet pack that takes them high over the city's organic farmyards. Nor is this the apocalyptic future in which the final few New Yorkers with health care live just beyond the moat that surrounds what was once called Yankee Stadium. This is the future as seen in a new bus line: The Bx12 Select Bus Service, or SBS, for short. More Intelligent cars will report accidents to authorities The Telegraph Share
Intelligent cars fitted with aircraft-style black boxes that can send video footage and information about driving behaviour during accidents to the police and insurance companies are being developed by computer scientists. More |
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