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IRF NewsFlash

June 10, 2009

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In This Issue

IRF News

• IRF Upcoming Events

Industry News

• Road Safety
• Intelligent Transportation
• Road Financing
• Environment

IRF Upcoming Events

• Preserving our Highway Infrastructure Assets
  August 4 - 7, 2009
  Orlando, Florida
• IRF Supported Event - 15th Argentine Congress on Safety and Transportation
  September 14-18, 2009
  Mar del Plata, Argentina
• IRF seminar on Road Safety and PPP
  October 12-13, 2009
  Cairo, Egypt
• 4th Regional IRF Conference on Road Safety
  October 23-24, 2009
  New Delhi, India
• 14th Annual IRF Executive Seminar on Contract Maintenance
  October 25 - November 3, 2009
  Orlando, Florida
• gTKP/IRF/TARA Conference on Rural Roads
  November 25-27, 2009
  Tanzania
• IRF World Road Meeting 2010
  May 25 - 28, 2010
  Lisbon, Portugal
  
  

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Industry News

Road Safety

June 4, 2009

• Indonesia's safety drive and highway investment
• Ghana - Status of National Road Safety Commission to be changed

June 5, 2009

• Victoria takes the lead on mandatory braking technology
• Crash avoidance tech mandatory in new cars
• Drug-driving operations to counter rise in accidents

June 8, 2009

• Territory on track for lowest road toll
• Summer driving - be prepared and safe
• Foreign Roads can be Deadly for U.S. Travelers

June 9, 2009

• Tennessee prohibits 'texting' while driving
• MN Primary Seatbelt Law Goes Into Effect Tuesday

June 10, 2009

• Minsk to host International Conference on Knowledge-based Development
• Speed To Pass Law Starts Today

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Intelligent Transportation

June 4, 2009

• IRD Announces New Contract Awards in India Valued at CDN $820,000
• Jim Currie Named Chief Financial Officer of MARK IV IVHS

June 5, 2009

• Congestion Challenge for Traffic Solutions launched
• Iteris Awarded $1.5 Million Inland Empire 511 Traveler Information System Contract
• Immersive Media's 360 Degree Video Puts the Viewer in Control

June 8, 2009

• ITS America, IBM, Spencer Trask & Parnters Launch Congestion Challenge for Traffic Congestion Solutions
• UC San Diego student wins ITS essay competition

June 9, 2009

• March Networks IP Video Solution Selected for Two Major South African Transportation Projects
• States Creating 'Smart Road' Projects with Stimulus Funds to Reduce Traffic

June 10, 2009

• March Networks to secure South African traffic projects
• MobilEye License ARM Technology for On-board Driving Assistance Technologies

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Road Financing

June 4, 2009

• Transportation funding: Highway Trust Fund is again in need of more capital
• First Bauxite Corporation Enters Into Major Financing Arrangement With Pacific Road Resources Funds
• Board of Commissioners of Public Lands: $14.2 million in loans approved to fund municipal and school district projects

June 5, 2009

• Transportation Board Looks at Connecticut Toll Issue
• Bangladesh to build subway in Dhaka to ease traffic congestion

June 8, 2009

• Neosho officials support transportation district for road improvements
• The director of the state Highway and Transportation Department told legislators that Arkansas needs an additional $200 million a year

June 9, 2009

• Austrian funding for Syrian road
• Key bond bill passes House after being blocked by coalition trying to get budget concessions from Jindal
• Neosho officials support transportation district for road improvements
• Ethiopia's Federal budget announced

June 10, 2009

• TransJamaica Highway Limited approaches IFC for US $85-m financing
• Key bond bill passes Louisiana House after being blocked by coalition

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Environment

June 4, 2009

• Delaware River Port Authority sets four hearings on light rail line
• High-Speed Rail Plans Discussed by Biden, LaHood, Governors
• Biden tells governors to plan for rail-line stimulus money
• Washington Governor Orders Climate Change Action
• Kaine Announces Intercity Train Plans in First Phase of I-81 Rail Improvements

June 5, 2009

• Bangladesh to build subway in Dhaka to ease traffic congestion
• Montgomery Pathways opening
• Signing of Florida Senate Bill 360
• Editorial: Georgia Governor sends positive signals on rail project
• Riding the bus

June 8, 2009

• UN report: Nature best controls climate gases
• New TrafficFlow Manager Works with Traffic Signal Timing to Eliminate Traffic Congestion and Reduce Fuel Consumption
• Texas Bus Riders Union campaigns to stop latest fare hike
• Midwest Could Pay Big in New Energy Economy
• Law could damage Crist's environmental reputation

June 9, 2009

• Smart People: Alex Bayen, Professor, Systems Engineering, UC Berkeley
• Why we need to save the T from ruin
• Phoenix Council to mull future of reversible traffic lanes
• China response to Obama climate envoy positive
• Bipartisan Agreement on Negative Impact of Cap & Trade Tax

June 10, 2009

• ATA Tells Congress Cap-and-Trade Will Harm Trucking Industry
• Urban thinking goes into proposed policy shift
• Brussels Trams to Hit the High Seas for Unique Rail Project During Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
• Freight Forwarders...Become Green and Increase Your Custom
• Organizations Calls for Restoration of Funding for Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles
• U.S. industry warns of high costs from climate bill

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