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IRF NewsFlash

December 17, 2008

IRF NewsFlash is a weekly news service that brings you the latest road industry headlines from around the world, keeps you updated on IRF events and publicizes IRF member news. If you would like your company's news broadcast to IRF's worldwide network, please contact Magid Elabyad.

In This Issue

IRF News

• IRF Upcoming Events
• IRF Member News

Industry News

• Road Safety
• Intelligent Transportation
• Road Financing
• Environment

IRF Upcoming Events

• 2009 IRF Fellows Orientation & Executive Leadership Program
  January 7 - 17, 2008
  Washington, DC USA
  
• IRF 2009 Annual Awards Banquet
  January 12, 2009
  Washington, DC USA
  
• IRF Road Scholar Career Fair
  January 14, 2009
  Washington, DC USA
  
• 2009 IRF Student Essay Competition
  Deadline for Submissions - May 31, 2009
  

IRF Member News

• PB to Provide Engineering Services for I-94 in Illinois
• Bright Idea For Delano
• RTA Teams Up with Malayala Manorama Paper to Feature 'Ask the RTA' Initiative
• Decline In American Driving Reaches Year-Mark
• World Bank Approves US$40 Million for Madagascar Emergency Food Security and Reconstruction Project

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Industry News

Road Safety

December 11, 2008

• Will This Snow Season Go Down as the Harshest in Maryland's History?
• Sign of the times
• TIME TO GET TOUGH ON ROAD SAFETY

December 12, 2008

• Road accidents hit India's economy

December 15, 2008

• Safer roads built with better awareness
• Ontario lawmaker questions rationale behind speed limiters
• GOVERNMENT MUST ACT TO STOP CARNAGE ON OUR ROADS

December 16, 2008

• Speed monitor campaign promotes safe driving

December 17, 2008

• Green corridors provide for safer and more environmentally sound transports
• Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Red Cross taps musical talent in road safety drive

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Intelligent Transportation

December 11, 2008

• Car Key Jams Teen Drivers' Cell Phones and Texting
• DelDOT will utilize federal funding
• Carmanah Introduces Solar-Powered Roadway Flasher Featuring ENCOM Wireless Control Technology
• Traffic simulations for 2035 takes leap of faith
• 1394 Automotive offers future-proof vehicle network design
• U-M crash avoidance system wins award for innovation

December 12, 2008

• G4 RTMS Radar Deployed in Milwaukee Project
• Carmanah introduces solar-powered roadway flasher featuring ENCOM wireless control technology

December 15, 2008

• Car Key Jams Teen Drivers' Cell Phones and Texting
• Harvesting Electricity From Moving Vehicles
• U.S. leaders look to boost transportation spending to kick-start economy

December 16, 2008

• Piezoelectric road harvests traffic energy to generate electricity
• ITI's Carmichael: Railroad-related Interstate II transportation system is needed

December 17, 2008

• Chicago Freight Congestion Creates Need for Alternative Intermodal Facilities and Services
• DelDOT is ready to work

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Road Financing

December 11, 2008

• Financial Federal Corporation Declares Quarterly Dividend

December 12, 2008

• Local legislators not enthused with transportation user fees

December 15, 2008

• Americans Drive Less, Gas Tax Revenues Decline
• Borrow for Route 58 work
• Bonding Commission funding challenged

December 16, 2008

• Stimulus Competition Grows as Caterpillar, Daimler Push Plans
• PACIFIC: Interchange project nears second phase
• Rival plan to create jobs calls for repairing roadways, relying on future gas tax revenue

December 17, 2008

• AP source: Donor to Commerce nominee being probed
• Grand jury probes firm that was given state contract
• Vinci wins $1 billion Slovakian road tender
• U.S. Transportation Secretary Unveils High-Speed Rail Initiative

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Environment

December 11, 2008

• Bridge-tunnel expansion ideas hit wall of criticism
• First run of E-ZPass should begin Tuesday
• Quentin Kopp, Chairman of the California High-Speed Rail Authority, Receives "Champion of...
• Transit spending shows opportunity
• CIRTA Aims Hendricks County for Route
• Legislators urged to handle worsening road congestion
• Gas Up, Congestion Down
• Symmetricom Announces IEEE 1588 PTP Transparent Clock
• Mass transit mania
• Stimulus plan gives boost to county infrastructure
• Leaders Urge Putting Rail Link On Fast Track
• Paving the Way For Reduced Sprawl
• State rep focusing on traffic woes
• Oakland Road Commission launches new Web site

December 12, 2008

• EU leaders agree on climate change deal
• Japan steel sector to join trial local CO2 trade
• Cownie calls for federal money to aid local environmental efforts
• Obama: Think Smart Cards
• New nuclear plants essential to clean energy
• IBM, Dell and Coke among green giants
• Calif. adopts tough climate rules
• Developing Nations Plan Emission Cuts
• Trading Places: Energy fuels widening U.S., Canadian economic relationship
• D.C.-area governments want federal funds for green projects

December 15, 2008

• Australia's climate-change winners & losers
• AUO Announces Its Leadership in TFT-LCD New Generation Facility; Fab Implements New Green Thinking
• On the trail of the carbon footprint
• State offers gasoline cards to encourage carpooling
• Australia to Cut Polluttion 5 Pct to 15 Pct
• Why IT has to Go Green
• Fueling the future
• NAZCO Announces Distribution Of Renewable Alternative Fuels; Bulk Vegetable Oils And Biodiesel Production Equipment For A Cleaner World
• Obama's 'green dream team' puts science out front
• 8 Great Green Ideas From the New York Times Best of 2008
• Fall River company needs more solar panels to meet demand
• Rebuilding N.J.'s Economy, Infrastructure

December 16, 2008

• EU court rejects steel's challenge to carbon market
• Californian School District Announces Completion Of Solar Project
• Milpitas Unified School District, Chevron Energy Solutions and Bank of America Announce Completion of 3.4 MW Solar and Energy Efficiency Project
• Palo Alto startup Better Place looks to electric car recharging stations
• GM funds driverless vehicle research at Pa. school
• Study: Plug-In Hybrids No Better Than Regular Hybrids for Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions Today
• Changes Will Make Streets Safer for Drivers, Walkers
• French Government Downplays Electric Car Report

December 17, 2008

• China Energy Recovery Board Member, Roger Ballentine, Appears on CNN Discussing Company's Leadership Position in China's Energy-Efficiency Movement
• Germany seeking US global warming cooperation
• Research and Markets: Developing Biofuel from Algae Examines the Potential of Algae to Act as a Viable Fuel in the near Future
• Enbridge Deploys Cisco TelePresence to Reduce Travel Costs and Carbon Footprint
• Amtrak seeks to build new NE Corridor high-speed line
• Area highways could handle Olympic traffic
• Huge Miami Tunnel Project Cancelled
• Blue Bridge Improvements to Begin this Spring
• ViewPoint: Commerce depends on traffic flow
• Mass Transit Doesn't Have to Kill Our Love Affair With Cars

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