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Issue 34: Jul 18-24, 2008
Dear Reader:
We hope you enjoy this most recent edition of ITS Report.
ITS REPORT NEWS
GENERAL INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
Zero crashes: A preview of the car of the future (Times Online, Jul 19): "Engineers and designers are racing to make the safest car possible - we take a peek at how it may look." Read more
Cars of the future safer, cleaner and more comfortable (Monsters & Critics, Jul 23): "Within a decade, most new cars will be equipped with clean-drive technology and a host of easy to serve technical gadgets that will make driving much more comfortable and safer than today." Read more
FREIGHT AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLE OPERATIONS
Dialacom introduces a state of the art tracking system (HGV Ireland, Jul 23): "Tullamore, Co. Offaly based Dialacom says that hauliers can best manage spiralling fuel costs by installing a GPS Satellite Tracking system in their vehicles." Read more
HOT/HOV LANES
Sierra Club says HOV tolls will send the 'wrong signal' (Houston Chronicle, Jul 20): "The local Sierra Club opposes the Metropolitan Transit Authority's plan to open its high-occupancy vehicle lanes to single-occupant vehicles whose drivers pay a toll." Read more
Commission approves financing plan for toll lanes on Highway 101, other Bay Area freeways (Mercury News, Jul 23): "A Bay Area transportation commission took a step today toward creating an 800-mile network of toll lanes on parts of Highway 101 and other local freeways for car pools and drivers who pay a toll." Read more
IN-VEHICLE SYSTEMS
Telematics connects with consumers (CNET, Jul 23): "Telematics proponents have long believed that using the technology to connect vehicles to the outside world will bring numerous benefits to dealers." Read more
Electric low-speed vehicle creator hopes to ease fuel woes (C
and G News, Jul 23): "Grosse Pointe Woods resident Richard Marks has created
an
electric low-speed vehicle, EcoV, which he hopes will interest the fleet
vehicle market and then the local community." Read
more
TRAFFIC INFORMATION
Beijing's Plan to Fight Olympic Traffic (Business Week, Jul 23): "The Games will be a test for Beijing's fudong che, or 'floating car' program, which uses taxi GPS data to give drivers the fastest routes." Read more
TRAFFIC SIGNALIZATION
LAX Area to Get Faster Moving Traffic? (LAist, Jul 23): "Villaraigosa says drivers will experience faster moving traffic and reduced traffic delays of up to 15%." Read more
TRANSIT ITS
City will install cameras on 1,600 buses (Shanghai Daily, Jul 23): "CAMERAS will be installed on more than 1,600 buses on 68 routes that pass Shanghai Stadium, the city's Olympic venue for soccer matches." Read more
Single ticket pilot imminent (IT Web, Jul 23): "Johannesburg - The Gauteng Provincial Government plans to introduce a single e-ticket for use aboard busses, taxis and trains as a pilot project within a 'matter of weeks'." Read more
ITS REPORT EXTRAS
ITS JOBS
2 new ITS job postings (California, Idaho) have been added on our website this week.
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