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June 24, 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 18, 2009

• 50 per cent of Road Fatality from Pedestrians, Motorcyclists, and Cyclists
• WABCO Introduces Breakthrough Technologies to Further Accelerate Performance of Electronic Braking Systems on Trailers
• Over 500 lives lost in accidents within 3 months in Ghana
• Takin' it off the Streets: Speedway Opens 1/8-Mile 'Test & Tune

June 19, 2009

• Deadly Roads Are Not Just a Metaphor
• Road crashes kill 3000 Kenyans yearly
• Films aim to improve safety on rural roads

June 22, 2009

• WHO calls for stronger road safety laws
• Spanish parliament to toughen road safety laws
• FOOTBALL legend Sir Alex Ferguson has signed up to back a new AA child seat safety campaign
• Minister supports drug driving exemption?

June 23, 2009

• Up to 2.5 times the operating life for HGV lighting
• Roads to Respect 2009 lecture tour reaches 1,000 university students

June 24, 2009

• Uganda: Improved Roads are Not the Problem
• New Zealand: Killer Drivers On Drugs Will Go Free

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Intelligent Transportation

June 18, 2009

• Honolulu freeway tow patrol launched to clear stalled cars
• Many Oahu Organizations Against Elevated Mayor's Rail Plan
• Auckland's proposed eastern transport corridor has its promoters and it has plenty of detractors

June 19, 2009

• Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems

June 22, 2009

• Researchers study ways to smooth traffic flow
• Florida International University students research ways to ease gridlock, road rage
• M2M heads for the clouds despite recession
• Image Sensing Systems Drives Past the 100,000 Mark

June 23, 2009

• Caltrans to install new deer warning system on Highway 3
• EU road death-toll to be cut
• Tele Atlas HD Traffic contains up-to-the-minute traffic information from multiple data sources

June 24, 2009

• IBM Charges Up Research Into Next Generation Electric Energy Storage
• University of Kansas study reveals extent of crosswind risk to truckers
• Global competitiveness and the politics of policies in Latin America
• New Electric smart

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Road Financing

June 18, 2009

• Administration, Lawmaker Collide on Highway Bill
• Highway fund deficit puts nation on road to crisis, Oregon's DeFazio says

June 19, 2009

• GOP's LaHood, Democrat Oberstar Collide on Highway Bill
• Rural Road Construction Program To Be Continued In Armenia
• Total overhaul pushed for ailing transit
• Oberstar seeks $500 billion for transportation
• City of Austin mulls $1.5 million transportation study

June 22, 2009

• Slovak premier says China could help finance road construction projects
• House's $500 billion transit bill includes local projects

June 23, 2009

• Address Highway Trust Fund shortfall quickly, governors urge Congress
• Total overhaul pushed for ailing transit
• CPI catch-up sees tolls change

June 24, 2009

• The power of states to set highway tolls and lease roads to private investors would be subject to federal regulation under a transport-financing bill under review in Congress

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Environment

June 18, 2009

• New split at Routes 195, 95 causing some confusion
• State waterways, Tenn-Tom increasing keys to Midwest transport
• Oberstar set to lay out vision for transportation: The Minnesota lawmaker will propose a streamlined system for the "post-interstate era," but it's not clear how it will be funded
• Using commuter services can help ease traffic
• Freeways, trains under scrutiny
• Networks In Motion Launches Gokivo Navigation Application on Apple App Store

June 19, 2009

• Georgia DOT picks new commissioner
• Chamber of Commerce slams transportation plan
• Supervisors approve Marina traffic signals funded through stimulus
• Carpooling: The Commuting Alternative
• San Diego California Green Travel Guide
• Relief from congestion in Memphis

June 22, 2009

• Miami University Researchers Take On Rush Hour
• TEXAS-SIZED RACE: Hutchison, Perry wage impressive, expensive battle
• Bus commute: Act on El Paso-Las Cruces service
• It's all about managing scarcity and choice
• Under House energy bill, coal won't be going away

June 23, 2009

• New Federal Transportation Bill Connects Needed Reforms to Fighting Climate Change
• Why the Economic Downturn Has Been Good News for Amtrak and the Future of Rail Travel
• Senator Dodd: Time to Provide More Transportation Choices for Families
• Minnesota lawmakers consider training drivers to save gas
• Dubai metro on schedule
• Route 19 traffic signal system to reduce congestion
• Tele Atlas HD Traffic contains up-to-the-minute traffic information from multiple data sources
• Don't invest in parkway in Golden, Colorado

June 24, 2009

• High Speed Rail In Fashion, Sought by All
• IDAHO GOVERNOR NAMES TRANSPORTATION TASK FORCE
• AT&T Brings AT&T Navigator Application to Apple App Store
• Poll finds residents of Kansas suburbs want more alternatives to driving
• Commuters urged to prepare for BART strike
• New land use laws, more transit use, tolls would cut Route 422 traffic in Berks and region
• Port of Vancouver commissioners delay new rail bridge installation

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