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ITS REPORT Issue 26
May 23-29, 2008
Dear Reader:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Employment Opportunities on our website have been updated as of May 28. Please see bottom of this newsletter for more details.
ITS REPORT NEWS
GENERAL INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
Data Management System Helps TxDOT Analyze Traffic Accidents (Texas Technology, May 28): "A $9.9 million software implementation is making it possible for state planners to re-engineer existing roads and build safer, new ones based on verifiable statistical intelligence." Read more
ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION
Cabbies better find Fastlane (Boston Herald, May 29): "State transportation bosses are launching a crackdown on cab drivers who are refusing to use Fastlane transponders at the Boston Harbor tunnels." Read more
FREIGHT AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLE OPERATIONS
Intelligent wagons will build on consignment tracking (Railway Gazette, May 28): "Advances in IT and communications technology are opening up opportunities for real-time monitoring of freight movements across Europe and beyond. Dr-Ing Thomas Rieckenberg reports from the EurailTelematics conference in Berlin." Read more
New information systems, interagency cooperation among improvements (Federal Times, May 29): "The U.S. Postal Service, always under the gun to improve service and keep costs down, is gearing up to introduce one of its most important logistics improvements ever." Read more
IN-VEHICLE SYSTEMS
The Telematics Revolution Will be Advertised ... in Your Dash (Wired, May 26): "Attendees at last week's Telematics Detroit 2008 conference saw the future of the digital revolution in cars, and it will be brought to you by advertising." Read more
LOCATION BASED SERVICES
About Nokia Maps and location-based travel content (GPS Business News, May 28): "Last week Nokia officially announced the final version of its Nokia Maps 2.0 software." Read more
Mapping Technology (Fierce Developer, May 28): "2008 is becoming what Yankee Group calls the turning point for location-based services in North America as the majority of handsets now have integrated GPS capabilities and all major mobile operators plan to offer at least one GPS-based navigation application this year." Read more
EveryBlock launches 'hyper-local' news service (Times Online, May 29): "A new site will allow residents to trawl the web for news relevant to highly specific locations, such as a block of flats." Read more
PARKING SYSTEMS
Parking Goes High-Tech (Today's Facility Manager, May 27): "Innovations for this area of the facility can save space, time, and money." Read more
Vehicle parking: A fresh avenue to tap big money (The Economic Times, May 29): "NEW DELHI: In a country where cars are using up more road space everyday than is being added, there isn't a better business to park your money than, well, parking." Read more
TRAFFIC INFORMATION
Bluetooth can be used to track travel time (TG Daily, May 28): "You can do much more with your Bluetooth-capable cellphone than connecting it to a wireless headset." Read more
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
China TransInfo Technology Wins a Bid to Construct Olympic Games
Traffic GIS Application System (PR Newswire, May 28): "China
TransInfo
Technology Corp., a leading provider of public transportation information
systems technology and comprehensive solutions in the People's Republic
of China, today announced that it has won a bid valued at RMB 4.73 million
(approximately $0.69 million) to construct the Olympic Games Traffic GIS
Application System for the Beijing Traffic Management Bureau (BTMB)."
Read
more
Pekin PD looks at traffic monitoring devices (Pekin Daily Times, May 29): "Pekin Police Chief Tim Gillespie is looking at an option to improve the way officers are allocated to monitor speed complaints." Read more
US rail network facing congestion 'calamity' (Associated Press, May 29): "By 2035, traffic jams could be so severe trains would grind to a halt for days with nowhere to go." Read more
TRANSIT ITS
Buses 'could be road sensor hubs' (BBC, May 28): "Buses could be turned into 'mobile sensing platforms' to help reduce traffic and improve road conditions, according to European researchers." Read more
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ITS JOBS
ITS Report, in addition to our regular comprehensive and current news, now has the most comprehensive Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) job listings feature available. The current set was recently updated on May 28 and comrises of 103 up-to-date job listings. We will continue to do regular, new searches to keep the information current and aggregate additional listings.
Number of new ITS job listings for this month, by location, are:
Austria: 1
US- CA: 2
US- CO: 1
US- DC: 3
US- FL : 2
US- MA: 1
US- MD: 2
US- NC: 1
US- NJ: 1
US- NV: 1
US - NY: 1
US- TX: 2
US- VA: 1
US- WA: 2
Grand Total: 19
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ITS Report