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IRF NewsFlash

February 18, 2009

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 Student Essay Competition
  Deadline for Submissions - May 31, 2009
• Preserving our Highway Infrastructure Assets
  August 4 - 7, 2009
  Orlando, Florida
• IRF seminar on Road Safety and PPP
  October 2-3, 2009
  Cairo, Egypt
• 14th Annual IRF Executive Seminar on Contract Maintenance
  October 2009
  Orlando, Florida
  
  

IRF Member News

• Government of Canada announces safety regulations to support the International Bridges and Tunnels Act, 2007
• Chaotic traffic ruining Kuwait bid to become financial hub in region
• Japan Plans Public Works Funding in Extra Budget
• TAU Crash Cushion is 1st for UK Road Network

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Industry News

Road Safety

February 12, 2009

• Road safety strategy needs a thorough rethink
• Streets full of danger

February 13, 2009

• Highlights from the Texas Legislature
• Cost of road accidents
• Tax relief was best part of budget

February 16, 2009

• Decision delayed over tacho offences
• Driver safety: Drivers that tailgate
• Deal to halve road deaths by 2010
• One-way roads from Tuesday
• Drivers face seatbelt and mobile phone crackdown

February 17, 2009

• Work set to begin on road upgrade

February 18, 2009

• At this rate, road carnage will be with us for a long time
• Standards Meritorious Service Award winners announced
• Launch of FIM-LIVE.COM
• Police to temporarily take over LTO role in Cagayan Valley
• Fun show with a serious road safety message

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Intelligent Transportation

February 12, 2009

• Stimulus Bill Conferees Urged to Adopt Best Transportation Provisions in Senate and House Bills

February 13, 2009

• Local road, bridge jobs ready to roll
• Roth Capital Partners Growth Stock Conference 2009 Presenter Profiles

February 16, 2009

• PennDOT District 6-0 Projects Under Way
• DOT prepares ITS guidelines
• Process and agency changes are impacting private sector transportation work
• Franklin & Marshall College professor shares $700,000 grant to research safety issues

February 17, 2009

• Mazda Participates In 'ITS-Safety 2010' Combined Trials
• Smart Roads. Smart Bridges. Smart Grids.
• House-Passed Stimulus Conference Report Praised for Transit, High-Speed Rail, and Flexible Transport
• What local projects would you give federal stimulus money?

February 18, 2009

• The Future Unleashed - Smart Roads, Smarter Drivers?
• I-95 Corridor Coalition Confirms Accuracy
• We need to support transportation industry

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Road Financing

February 12, 2009

• Syria gets $257 million loans from Arab developmental fund
• Sandoval Meets With LaHood, Discuss Roads

February 13, 2009

• Jackson City Manager William Ross Evaluation
• Stimulus Funds Offer Relief to City and State

February 16, 2009

• Wasting the people's capital
• $348 million for new IDB projects
• Changing law is only way to kill Highway 3241
• Georgia Senate OKs legislation to transform transportation funding

February 17, 2009

• Stimulus means $4.2M for transportation in KC area
• Officials estimate $1.9 billion headed to Iowa from "stimulus"

February 18, 2009

• DRPA to decide on use of old funds for projects
• Money coming, state works on how to spend it

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Environment

February 12, 2009

• Conservative groups: Texas Legislature shouldn't drain 'rainy day fund'
• Obama Promotes US Infrastructure Spending
• Highway, bridge and transit work in stimulus compromise
• Obama: Caterpillar will rehire if stimulus passes
• Eco-friendly companies partner, encourage alternate transportation methods

February 13, 2009

• Soon, cars will talk to each other to avert accidents
• The stimulus is for people
• Stimulus money could speed up Fort Worth road work
• Lee mulls plan to reduce traffic
• Bypass on transportation study agenda
• The Montgomery County Commissioners approved four transportation Jump Start Program projects last week
• What Is Civil Engineering All About?

February 16, 2009

• Construction Outlook Is Optimistic
• Analysis Highlights Problems with the City & County of Honolulu Rail Plan
• TEMECULA: Keeping an eye on the city's traffic
• Speed limits trail the pace of growth along I-69
• Cameras monitor the flow of traffic
• Ohio governor wants more options for toll roads

February 17, 2009

• California, Almost Broke, Nears Brink
• Smart Tools for Your Summer Road Trip
• Congestion Reduced, Thoroughfares Eased
• All aboard?
• New overpasses to put drivers on fast track

February 18, 2009

• State OKs widening S.R. 50 in Lake County
• I-10 in BR might get stimulus aid
• Stimulus Bill a Financial Victory for Nation's Mass Transit Riders, Reports TransitCenter, Inc.
• BART moves toward Warm Springs extension
• Stimulus to aid 2 big local road projects
• Cargo rail under study to ease traffic congestion

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