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IRF NewsFlash

May 13, 2009

Special Announcement: 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

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 25 - November 3, 2009
  Orlando, Florida
• IRF World Road Meeting 2010
  May 25 - 28, 2010
  Lisbon, Portugal
  
  

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Industry News

Road Safety

May 7, 2009

• Hit And Run Killers On The Increase
• New Swedish warning system can save schoolchildrens' lives
• Road accidents claim 325 lives in Sabah last year
• Mobileye N.V. teams with Delphi Corporation and with Volvo Car Corporation
• Cycling is safer in numbers, says CTC
• Keeping Traffic Moving and Cutting Disruption - New Powers Come into Force

May 8, 2009

• Road safety campaign launched to reduce traffic accidents
• Lack of Roads Hinders Russia's Development
• Hardship Prevention Trumps Road Safety in Government Policy
• Rowan Professor Tasked with Making New Jersey Roads Safer

May 11, 2009

• Malaysia improving highway safety
• Motorists face roadside drug tests under Government plans
• 73% of crash drivers were using mobiles
• New report looks at improvement in road safety for UK pedestrians and cyclists

May 12, 2009

• Cops' safety alert over older bikers
• European speeding operation catches more than 600,000 drivers
• New Delhi Promoting road safety
• Ontario Provincial Police taking part in annual national Canada Road Safety Week campaign

May 13, 2009

• Safety makes financial sense
• Europe-wide safety operation‏
• One speeding driver caught every 15 minutes
• Road blocks continue to ensure the country's road safety

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Intelligent Transportation

May 7, 2009

• Teens and driving: Ford gadget seeks to curb teen speeding, but 80 m.p.h. limit draws criticism
• The Finalists Of The 2009 Student Essay Competition
• 'Jason's Law' Introduced in Senate
• Focus on the Intelligent Transportation Systems Review
• Hearing will focus on mass transit
• IRD Announces New Contract Awards in India Valued at CDN $2.75Million
• Driving the future! Michigan home to leading technology in IntelliDrive systems

May 8, 2009

• Easing Traffic Congestion in China
• ATA Urges Quick Action on Jason's Law
• International Road Dynamics and IPICO sign exclusive agreement for EVI in Latin America
• IRD Announces New Contract Awards in India Valued at CDN $ 2.75Million
• IRD Announces Strong First Quarter 2009 Results

May 11, 2009

• UK study finds 700,000 local jobs ride on smart grid investment
• Roadshow: Some cheer, some boo use of red-light cameras
• GAO's fiber optic digital video transceiver module

May 12, 2009

• Smart highway proponents in the U.S. are rallying for a highway-to-vehicle communication system
• TOSHIBA TELI AMERICA: Fastest, Highest Resolution Gigabit Ethernet Machine Vision Camera

May 13, 2009

• Taiwan - The Intelligent Transportation System of Integrated Freeway and Freeway Networks
• Scaer Named President of Gannett Fleming
• Gigabit Ethernet camera provides high resolution at fast frame rates

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Road Financing

May 7, 2009

• Hawaii Governor lamented the legislative defeat of her major initiatives to improve state highways
• DFW transit bill now takes shape around one source of funding: A gas tax increase

May 8, 2009

• New toll road opens southeast of Austin
• International Road Dynamics and IPICO sign exclusive agreement for EVI in Latin America
• IRD Announces New Contract Awards in India Valued at CDN $2.75Million

May 11, 2009

• A proposal that calls for so-called HOT lanes in the Bay Area signals a major shift in the way highway and transportation projects receive funding
• Calaveras County eyes tax hike to cover shortfall

May 12, 2009

• Kentucky gets stimulus boost
• China to offer $400 million loan to Ethiopia
• Stimulus brings bonus: lower bids

May 13, 2009

• Yemen agrees on three loan treaties
• Editorial: Beast of a TxDOT reform bill
• Bulgaria welcomes EU decision to unblock aid

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Environment

May 7, 2009

• Marketing campaign promotes mass transit
• Pioneer Introduces Three New HDD-based CYBER NAVI Car Navigation Systems in Japan
• Virtual commerce: Serious gaming is becoming a real business tool
• Congestion, Pollution and Freeways
• Green Corporation Overview

May 8, 2009

• Easing Traffic Congestion in China
• Industry Leaders Talk States' Role in Federal Climate Change Legislation
• DelDOT hoping for 100-plus cyclists in Ride to Dover
• Wisconsin: Diverse Coalition Endorses RTA Proposal
• Recession's silver lining - Honolulu's traffic congestion dropped last year by 34.2 percent from 2007
• Motorcycle unit joins safety month

May 11, 2009

• No need to stop for school bus two lanes away
• City looks forward to Bike to Work week
• Public to have say on tolls this week
• Washington-Birmingham rail could pay for itself
• Rough Roads Costing Motorists Hundreds More Each Year

May 12, 2009

• Commuters encouraged to pedal to work Friday
• Pioneer Introduces Three New HDD-based CYBER NAVI Car Navigation Systems in Japan
• Activists head to Capitol to lobby against CN
• Opinion - Circles of Fuel Scarcity - Country At the Mercy of Oil Merchants
• Saving light rail on the Eastside

May 13, 2009

• Flash Networks and Cisco Provide Carriers with Intelligent Traffic Management
• Tips for navigating street traffic in Honolulu
• Express busing aimed at traffic
• Montreal launches major public bicycle system
• Gloucester County rail link to Camden, Philly gets on track

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