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Issue 37: Aug 8-14, 2008
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ITS REPORT NEWS
GENERAL INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
IBM Announces Results of Automotive 2020 Global Study (TMC net, Aug 14): "According to industry experts, flexible transportation services are set to replace the purchase of personal vehicles for multiple uses. Also, intelligent vehicles will cater to consumer demands for greater information, safety, and environmental responsibility." Read more
ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION
GG Bridge says no to congestion surcharge (The Press Democrat, Aug 13): "Regional transportation officials have scrapped plans for a $1 supplemental toll to cross the Golden Gate Bridge that critics labeled a tax on North Bay commuters." Read more
FREIGHT AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLE OPERATIONS
SaaS is on the map (Logistics Management, Aug 14): "The days when buying new supply chain software meant shelling out a large sum of money and waiting patiently for a vendor team to converge onsite to install the new system are long gone, especially for users of transportation management systems (TMS), global trade management systems (GTM), as well as a few warehouse management system (WMS) users." Read more
IN-VEHICLE SYSTEMS
RESEARCH ANALYSIS: Review of driver assistance systems (Just-Auto, Aug 12): "Driver assistance systems use a combination of warnings and some degree of active intervention to help steer the driver away from trouble." Read more
PARKING SYSTEMS
Self-park for Audi A3 cabrio (New Car Net, Aug 11): "The Audi A3 Cabriolet has a new system that monitors the suitability of parking spaces and then 'self-steers' into them." Read more
TRAFFIC INFORMATION
Suna's traffic messaging service now in Sydney and Brisbane (CNET, Aug 13): "Suna, today, launched its traffic messaging service for Sydney and Brisbane motorists, which has been available to Melbournians since late 2007." Read more
Intelligent GPS devices tap away traffic (Reuters India, Aug 14): "A new wave of personal navigation devices, led by TomTom of the Netherlands, promising smarter, more reliable traffic information to help avoid road congestion and find alternate routes to destinations." Read more
TRANSIT ITS
Bus times to your mobile plan (Hemelhempstead Today, Aug 8): "Transport chiefs plan to install a new high-tech system in Hertfordshire that will be able to send bus information to passengers' mobiles." Read more
MIT students ordered to release more information on T security flaws (The Boston Globe, Aug 14): "A federal judge today ordered three MIT students to release more information on what they know about security flaws in the MBTA's electronic toll collection system." Read more
VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE AND VEHICLE-TO-INFRASTRUCTURE
EU establishes frequency for vehicle-to-vehicle communications (Car Central, Aug 9): "The European Union has taken the first major steps to establishing a next-generation vehicle-to-vehicle communications system by passing a motion today to reserve an EU-wide frequency band for vehicle applications." Read more
ITS REPORT EXTRAS
ITS JOBS
14 new ITS job postings (Arizona, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington state) have been added on our website this week.
FEATURED ITS BOOK
Perspectives
on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) (Sussman, Joseph
M.; 2005)
"Perspectives on ITS" is a collection of the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) writings of Professor Joseph M. Sussman from MIT. Professor Sussman is a long-time major participant in the ITS world, beginning with his work on the core writing team in the original "IVHS" Strategic Plan in 1991-92, and continuing on to the present day. He has worked in a number of ITS area and is a keen observer of the ITS scene in general. The book contains extended articles on various aspects of ITS and perspectives on the future of the field, building on its rich history; organizational issues related to ITS – in particular, regionalism and the transportation / information infrastructure; and ITS' implications for the transportation profession at large and for transportation education. In addition it contains 14 selected columns from the ITS Quarterly.
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