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IRF NewsFlash

June 3, 2009

IRF NewsFlash Archives

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In This Issue

IRF News

• IRF Upcoming Events
• Member News

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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Member News

• Bright lights, no cities: Blinking stop signs going up at intersections on rural highways
• BMC to survey greenhouse gas emission
• Ennis Launched Night Traffic Calming System
• Al-Ain to spend $1.6bn on infrastructure
• Highway Grants to Help States Reduce Traffic Congestion

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Industry News

Road Safety

May 28, 2009

• Emirates Driving Institute Focuses on Road Safety
• Nigeria - MAKING VEHICLE OPERATORS OBEY THE LAW
• New national safety laws to better protect kids in cars
• Improve safety standards in Fiji

May 29, 2009

• Operation to slash M11 motorway accidents
• Motorbike test maneuver 'dangerous'

June 1, 2009

• LIBERALS' PLAN TO REDUCE ROAD ACCIDENTS
• Nebraska's seat belt enforcement effort ending
• TOUGHER SEATBELT PENALTIES ON THE WAY IN TASMANIA
• Road Safety In Nepal

June 2, 2009

• Nambian Minister Launches Road Safety Strategy
• Kapsch TrafficCom Wins ITS America Award for Best Innovative Practice
• Major safety operation

June 3, 2009

• Senator Bond Discusses the State of America's Highway System & Gravity of Highway Administrator Position
• Australia --Rees on road to recovery with Budget's $4 billion boost
• Dubai: More than 100 motorists who have committed traffic violations attended optional lectures

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Intelligent Transportation

May 28, 2009

• DOT Secretary LaHood, U.S. CTO Chopra, EPA Advisor Sussman, T&I Chairman Oberstar, Ranking Member Mica, Other Officials to Explore ITS Solutions to Nation's Transportation, Economic, Environmental Challenges
• Slowing Economy Leads to Lighter Traffic on Bay Area Freeways in 2008

May 29, 2009

• High-tech upgrades to Pennsylvania state highways could manage congestion
• U.S. needs to catch up on infrastructure
• Bellevue, Washington traffic signal system to become 'intelligent'
• Experience Kapsch TrafficCom USA at ITS America Annual Meeting

June 1, 2009

• Experience Kapsch TrafficCom USA at ITS America Annual Meeting

June 2, 2009

• Kapsch TrafficCom Wins ITS America Award for Best Innovative Practice
• ITS America, IBM, Spencer Trask, & Partners Launch Congestion Challenge for Traffic Solutions
• Image Sensing Systems Drives Past the 100,000 Mark
• Michigan DOT Trying To Get Greener Too
• Iteris Debuts Two New Products at the 2009 ITS America Annual Meeting and Exposition
• ITS America honors industry's finest in Maryland

June 3, 2009

• Transportation Industry's Best Honored at ITS America's 2009 Annual Meeting & Exposition
• Image Sensing Systems Drives Past the 100,000 Mark
• Init receives first contract in New Zealand to fit Canter-bury/New Zealand with e-ticketing system

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Road Financing

May 28, 2009

• Oregon House approves road project bill
• Pennsylvania Governor says Congress should remove restrictions on tolling of interstates

May 29, 2009

• Arkansas Roads Chief: $200M More Needed Annually to Maintain Current Roads
• $23M bond plan advances in Burlington County New Jersey
• Safe Routes to School
• Nigeria: FG Gets N197 Billion World Bank, Dfid Grant for Education

June 1, 2009

• Maine lawmakers face final fiscal choices
• Fallout over the defeat of legislation designed to fund billions of dollars' worth of North Texas transportation projects resulted in angry finger-pointing Sunday

June 2, 2009

• 'Buyer's market' for construction benefits city
• Arkansas highways need money

June 3, 2009

• Financial Federal Corporation Reports Third Quarter Results
• Congestion Pricing Is Most Effective When Fairness Concerns Addressed Early, New Study Finds

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Environment

May 28, 2009

• Pelosi appeals for China's help on climate change
• Slowing Economy Leads to Lighter Traffic on Bay Area Freeways in 2008
• City plan looks to improve mobility while maintaining good air quality
• Spualding Turnpike widening plan moves forward
• Why not bike to work next week?
• OPINION: In crisis, Arab economic reform beckons

May 29, 2009

• Safe Routes to School
• Wisconsin Public Interest Group makes push for high speed rail
• Governor Rendell Announces $76 Million to Create Green Jobs, Sustainable Communities
• Gentlemen, ladies -- Stop your engines: Pollution? Competition seeks to cut emissions by encouraging people to bike or ride public transportation
• Jamaica's economy playing out as expected
• Impasse continues, but the push is on for transportation bill compromise in Texas

June 1, 2009

• Research and Markets Adds Report: Key Growth Trends in the European Markets for Road User Charging, Congestion Charging, Public Transport & Ticketing and Parking
• Ford SYNC With Traffic, Directions and Information Now Live With INRIX Traffic and 3rd Generation Routing
• Florida Senate Bill 360 draws environmentalists' ire
• At Forum In Hartford, Planners Talk About Reshaping State's Future
• Nevada Governor's Veto Stamp Getting A Workout
• The school bus is the safest mode of transportation and parents have been encouraged by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) to use them

June 2, 2009

• Michigan DOT Trying To Get Greener Too
• Chevron Pascagoula vows $400 million investments, 60 new jobs
• Growth management bill signed in Florida
• Public speaks out on transportation
• Propel Fuels Hosts Advanced Fuel Vehicle Showcase in Downtown Seattle
• Image Sensing Systems Drives Past the 100,000 Mark

June 3, 2009

• Congestion Pricing Is Most Effective When Fairness Concerns Addressed Early, New Study Finds
• African Development Bank Group Invests $12M In Clean Energy Equity Fund
• George Allen returns, tries to counter Democrats on climate
• The ecology of 'staycations'
• Sisters Plans its Transportation Future
• Loma Linda could add 10,000 residents

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