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IRF NewsFlash

July 8, 2009

2009 GRAA Competition Now Open!

The IRF has officially opened the 2009 GRAA Competition and is now accepting applications. This annual competition honors and publicizes the innovation and benefit the road industry provides the global community. Download the application and submit your project. Please contact Magid Elabyad for more information.

In This Issue

IRF News

• IRF Upcoming Events
• IRF 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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IRF Member News

• Abu Dhabi master plan project wins prestigious MIPIM award for KEO International Consultants
• Tim Schnarr elected to Vice Chair of ITS Canada
• RTA Inks MoU with Computer Emergency Response Team
• Canada plans land purchase for proposed bridge
• Infrastructure overhaul well ahead of schedule for Universiade 201
• Keith Eastin Named Vice President of Strategic Planning at The Louis Berger Group

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Industry News

Road Safety

July 2, 2009

• Sweden: Europe's Road Safety champion steers EU Presidency
• Ghana: Road Accidents Kill Ghanaians More Than Aids
• Namibians should buckle up

July 3, 2009

• The EU is preparing its future road safety policy for next decade
• Road accidents kill Ghanaians more than AIDS

July 6, 2009

• No more licence for auto-rickshaw
• CounterAttack targets city notorious for drunk driving
• Singapore - New Road Safety Council to be up by 2010
• Dubai Police give motorists chance to reduce black points
• Nebraska Governor's Weekly Column - Road Safety
• MOTORISTS ORGANIZATION ISSUES FLOOD WARNING TO DRIVERS IN THE UK

July 8, 2009

• Goa Congress leaders warned against flouting motor rules
• Postmen attend course

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Intelligent Transportation

July 2, 2009

• Iteris receives contract award from Abu Dhabi Department of Transport
• Traveler Information Web Site Nets Award For Northrop Grumman
• Syncromatics Uses Autodesk Inventor to Provide Smart Transit Information for Riders
• INVITATION TO ATTEND THE INTELLIGENT VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER JOINT MILITARY/CIVILIAN WORKSHOP ON INTELLIDRIVE
• Syncromatics Named Inventor Of The Month

July 3, 2009

• Luna Road's solar road studs and solar cat eyes illuminate Costa Rica
• Getting past traffic woes
• VidSys Recognized in ITS-NY's Project of the Year Award

July 6, 2009

• Syncromatics Uses Autodesk Inventor to Provide Smart Transit Information for Riders
• Florida - Delayed messaging system should be ready to aid motorists by early 2010
• Can Europe cut road deaths in half by next year?

July 7, 2009

• Technical Article: Corporate Profile RuggedCom

July 8, 2009

• World Electronic Toll Collection Systems Market Report
• Cyclone Power Successfully Completes First Stage of Robotic Technology Project
• Sharp Creates Camera-Based 'Black Box' for Cars

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Road Financing

July 2, 2009

• Tax On Distance Traveled May Replace Gas Tax
• Texas Senate passes agencies bill

July 3, 2009

• DOT calls on Congress for $20 billion to keep surface transportation funded through March 2011
• Texas Governor Gets First Bill

July 6, 2009

• Road financing offers economic growth for Malawi/Mozambique
• NW Ark lawmakers want road panel to review distribution of highway funds
• Colorado - E-470 toll road goes cashless Saturday

July 7, 2009

• Always protect that status quo
• Ark. lawmakers want panel to review highway funds distribution

July 8, 2009

• Isle of Wight Engineers Create UK's Most Detailed Road Map
• Government too often advances an embedded status quo

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Environment

July 2, 2009

• Big rigs may get limiters on speed
• INRIX Wins Contract With GeoDecisions To Aid Government Logistics Using Real-Time Traffic Data
• Ride, relax and go green with benefits
• Philadelphia won't raise parking-meter rates
• AC Transit Seeks to Create Bus-Only Lane Down Telegraph Avenue

July 3, 2009

• Funding woes hamper Phoenix light rail expansion
• Sescoi helps compress the development time for the T.25 City Car
• Most of realigned U.S. Highway 171 in Mansfield is open
• Kapolei Interchange Groundbreaking Held
• North Texas Tollway Association receives sustainability award
• Motorists stew, officials angered by gridlock debacle
• Funds for ports: Border Trade Alliance says new bill's money will not be enough

July 6, 2009

• Web site to help Oklahoma with carpool information
• Insider's Viewpoint: Stuck in the Status Quo Lane
• Microeconomics in one Lesson
• Census: Let's do this right
• Cornyn draws boos during Austin 'tea party'
• Growing pains for busy highway
• Airport Check-in: Miami may add slots to lure of surf and sun

July 7, 2009

• Summer Vacation Travel: Drivers Beware
• Transition to free-flow tolling starts today
• U.S. study pins blame for climate change on wealthy
• Europeans seek G8 pledge to halve greenhouse gas
• Sharing Cars Can Save Money, Earth
• Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Taps Cooper Industries' Emergency Text Alerting System
• Push and Pull in Senate May Recast Climate Bill

July 8, 2009

• Traffic congestion dipping as economy falters
• Statement by American Road & Transportation Builders Association President & CEO Pete Ruane Regarding the Texas Transportation Institute's Annual "Urban Mobility Report"
• Zipcar Launches First All-Electric Car-Share Pod
• Nation's rush-hour waits fall for second straight year
• Report to examine W.Va. transportation projects
• State Sees Promising Economic Future for Far West Texas

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