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IRF NewsFlash

May 27, 2009

IRF World Road Meeting 2010

Join the IRF for its 16th World Road Meeting May 25-28, 2010 in Lisbon, Portugal. The IRF 16th World Road Meeting offers a unique platform for the Road Infrastructure Community to showcase their latest research and proposals in a friendly, peer group, result-oriented environment. It also offers good opportunities for technology transfer and business development.

In This Issue

IRF News

• IRF Upcoming Events
• 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 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 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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Member News

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Industry News

Road Safety

May 21, 2009

• New logistics centre in New South Wales will help relieve traffic
• Authorities criticized for lack of focus on fleet driver safety
• Rogue Cyclists now face jail

May 22, 2009

• UK Authorities criticized for lack of focus on driver safety
• Caribbean Government implementing tighter traffic laws to ensure road safety
• Career Options for HGV Drivers

May 25, 2009

• Kuwait's roads projects: keeping up with the State's development plan
• What the Government's new car scrapping scheme involves and how you may be able to benefit
• 75 drivers caught in south Oxfordshire checks

May 26, 2009

• 20mph limits are essential to improve road safety in Northern Ireland
• Car phones and car crashes: some popular misconceptions

May 27, 2009

• Workplace Road Safety
• Charity urges families to focus on road safety

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Intelligent Transportation

May 21, 2009

• Broadband System Boosts Traffic Communications in Pennsylvania
• Mark IV say TransCore violating patent by reading its transponders with E6 reader
• Spectrum Sharing and Smart Communications in Transportation to be Explored at SDR Forum General Meeting

May 22, 2009

• States use stimulus money on 'smart roads'
• Central Ohio Transit Authority Selects Constellation Software's Trapeze Subsidiary for Comprehensive Fixed Route and Paratransit Intelligent Transportation Solutions and Other New Technologies

May 25, 2009

• Making 'Smarter' Roads
• ITS America launches new forums
• Broadband Stimulus: It's Not Just NTIA Money

May 26, 2009

• A new future for the Bay Area comes into focus

May 27, 2009

• IBM to Make up to US $5 Billion Available to Accelerate Smart Infrastructure Initiatives Around the World
• Denver and Ottawa Traffic Conditions Maps
• Roads to Intelligent Transportation Systems- Assessment Technologies and Markets

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Road Financing

May 21, 2009

• CHINA PROVIDES SOFT LOAN FOR CAMBODIA'S ROAD DEVELOPMENT
• Panel to Study Ways to Generate Road Funding in Arkansas
• Meeting to study highways in Arkansas gets flak

May 22, 2009

• Arkansas roads chief: $200M more needed each year
• Construction program funds rely on video gaming
• Transportation board looks at Connecticut toll issue
• Washington State Governor dwells on positives in new state budget

May 25, 2009

• Florida growth-management bill awaits governor's signature
• Florida moves ahead on road projects despite setback
• Providence Rhode Island to borrow millions to fix roads
• Unhappy Motoring in New Jersey
• Illinois State Senate rejects plan to expand casinos, add slots at racetracks

May 26, 2009

• World-class infrastructure on way in Bahrain

May 27, 2009

• IRAN TO HOST FOREIGN INVESTMENT CONFERENCE ON MAY 30
• Money lacking for Williams Gateway Freeway in Phoenix
• Arab Fund lends Morocco $219 mln for highway, dam
• Florida moves ahead on privatizing roads
• Transportation overhaul bill clears Texas State Senate

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Environment

May 21, 2009

• SMS Alerts on Traffic Congestion Planned in Dubai
• Crist Reviewing Bill on Growth Management
• 'SmartCommute Challenge' targets Triangle commuters
• Illinois Highway improvement plans: Eisenhower resurfacing on agenda but additional funding could expand upgrade
• Making streets safer and kids healthier
• COLORADO HAS SMART DRIVERS

May 22, 2009

• States use stimulus money to start road projects
• States Use Stimulus Money On 'Smart Roads'
• Central Texas agencies develop long-range transportation vision
• High-speed rail and better logistics can ease congestion
• Molly the Trolley on the move in downtown Fort Worth

May 25, 2009

• Expansion of I-80 carpool hours to be examined
• Florida growth-management bill awaits governor's signature
• The Crosswalks of the World
• WORLD BANK REFUSES LOAN PROPOSAL TO FINANCE JAKARTA'S MONORAIL PROJECT
• Caltrain riders face costlier commute

May 26, 2009

• House Speaker Pelosi calls for US-Chinese cooperation on climate change, avoids disputes
• Plan calls for improvement in transportation
• World-class infrastructure on way in Bahrain
• House Democrats battle new emissions standards... again
• South Jersey rail link gets on track
• A new future for the Bay Area comes into focus

May 27, 2009

• IBM to Make up to US $5 Billion Available to Accelerate Smart Infrastructure Initiatives Around the World
• China To Build Railways In 19 Cities
• MHI Begins Trial Operation of Global Electronic Toll Collection in Malaysia
• Hybrid Vehicles Are Becoming a Major Focus for Fleet Operators
• Louisiana and Mississippi officials said Tuesday they've fine-tuned hurricane contraflow plans

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