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IRF Newsflash

February 3, 2010

16th IRF World Meeting

May 25-28, 2010
Lisbon, Portugal

The 16th IRF World Meeting will bring together the world's foremost experts and industry representatives to develop and define dynamic strategies that respond equitably and sustainably to the evolving needs of all stakeholders.

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In This Issue

IRF News

• IRF Upcoming Events

Industry News

• Road Safety
• Intelligent Transportation
• Road Financing
• Environment

IRF Upcoming Events

• World Bank Road Safety Training
  March 2010
  Africa and South America
• Senior Road Executives Program
  April 12-24, 2010
  Birmingham, United Kingdom
• IRF World Road Meeting 2010
  May 25 - 28, 2010
  Lisbon, Portugal
• 2nd Annual "Preserving our Highway Infrastructure Assets" Seminar
  August 3 - 6, 2010
  Orlando, Florida
• IRF Roadside and Work Zone Safety Workshop
  August 3, 2010
  Nagoya, Japan
• IRF Workshop on Performance Based Contracts & Evaluating Asset Condition
  September 2010
  Phoenix, Arizona
• Third Latin American Regional Congress
  September 20-23, 2010
  Bogota, Colombia
• Preserving Africa's Roads
  October 11-13, 2010
  Capetown, South Africa
• IRF Executive Seminar - Performance Based Road Maintenance Contracting
  October 31 - November 9, 2010
  Orlando, Florida

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Industry News

Road Safety

January 28, 2010

• Work starts on European 'interactIVE' safety systems project

January 29, 2010

• Professional driver competence: a global concern
• The Perils of Driving on Today's Roadways

February 1, 2010

• No regulations for GPS use despite safety risk
• Road ban agreement between UK and Ireland comes into force

February 2, 2010

• Mozambique: Vehicle Inspections Begin

February 3, 2010

• Inida to sign MOUs with UK government for cooperation on road safety and development of highways
• Southend to lead on safer roads for Europe's elderly

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Intelligent Transportation

January 29, 2010

• New ITIF Report: Safer, Smarter and Greener Mobility with Intelligent Transportation Systems

February 1, 2010

• Kapsch BusinessCom and RuggedCom partner to deliver a WiMAX network for smart grid applications in Austria

February 2, 2010

• MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG Signs 3-Year Contract Extension for Iteris' Lane Departure Warning Systems

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Road Financing

January 28, 2010

• Let visiting drivers help repair Mich. roads

January 29, 2010

• Tanzania May Sell $500 Million of Eurobonds in 2010 (Update1)

February 1, 2010

• Restructuring Virginia's Motor Vehicle Funding

February 2, 2010

• Transportation report suggests new toll roads for Interstates 78, 80 and 287

February 3, 2010

• World Bank Gives Uganda Sh370 Billion Loan for Roads
• British consortium to build roads in India, says Kamal Nath

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Environment

January 28, 2010

• Iran Infrastructure Market To Reach US$31.36bn In 2013

January 29, 2010

• Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois in high-speed rail proposal
• Research and Markets: The Need to Reduce Traffic Congestion Boosts the Global Electronic Toll Collect Market in Europe says 2010 Report

February 1, 2010

• Companies can cut costs with attention to technology

February 2, 2010

• Ecocyn Building a Greener Technology City with ecoCity
• Qatar to go ahead with $1 bln subsea tunnel

February 3, 2010

• High-speed rail lines bypass Georgia

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