January 31, 2008
The deadline for submitting technical and scientific papers to the 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems has been extended to February 15, 2008. This event, which takes place from November 16-20, 2008 in New York City, is expected to attract 10,000 delegates from more than 40 countries. Technical paper drafts and full scientific papers must be submitted no later than February 15 to:
http://www.itsworldcongress.org/submit-a-paper.html.
If you have questions about paper content or format, contact Nicole Oliphant at noliphant@itsa.org.
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January 30, 2008
Please join the upcoming Talking Technology and Transportation (T3) Webinar:
Approaches for Integrating Configuration Management into Your ITS Project Development Processes
February 21, 2008, 1:00 – 2:30 PM ET
All T3 Webinars are free of charge.
For more information and to register: http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s080221_se.asp
T3 Webinars are sponsored by the US DOT’s ITS Professional Capacity Building (ITS PCB) Program. Visit the ITS PCB website for more information about T3 and other ITS learning opportunities: http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/default.asp
Visit the T3 archives to review earlier T3 webinars: http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/res_t3_archive.asp
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January 24, 2008
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has released a report on a pilot program that examined the feasibility of replacing the gas tax with a mileage-based fee based on miles driven in Oregon and collected at fueling stations. The pilot program also explores the the feasibility of using this system to collect congestion charges. ODOT launched a 12-month pilot program in April 2006 designed to test the technological and administrative feasibility of this concept. The program included 285 volunteer vehicles, 299 motorists, and two service stations in Portland.
View the report.
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January 23, 2008
You are cordially invited to ITS Oregon’s Annual Meeting Dinner on Tuesday, February 5, in conjunction with the Northwest Transportation Conference at Oregon State University. We will be joined by members of ITS Washington, and will be announcing this year’s ITS Oregon scholarships winners as well as honoring others who have made significant contributions to the ITS community in Oregon and the Northwest.
The no-host dinner will be held at The Gables restaurant in Corvallis at 6:30 p.m. We will have a private room. Entree prices range from about $14-30. The Gables is located at 1121 NW 9th St., and their web site can be found at: http://www.thegablessteakhouse.com/.
Please RSVP no later than January 28 to Dave Crout at croutd@trimet.org. Feel free to email or call 503.962.5613 if you have any questions. We hope you can join us.
Link to NW Transportation Conference:
http://kiewit.oregonstate.edu/nwtc/
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January 23, 2008
ITS America’s Public Transportation Forum has prepared a Fact Sheet as part of its effort to disseminate information to the transit community on USDOT Transit ITS projects. Each entry contains a brief summary of the project as well as a web site or contact name for more information. The Fact Sheet will be updated and circulated on a periodic basis.
View the Fact Sheet
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January 21, 2008
The January 2008 issue’s topics include:
Feature Article / Interview – Deena Platman on her new role with Metro in the Regional Mobility Program
ITS Projects – ITS Project Highlights
ITS TechBuzz! – Questions and Answer for folks outside of ITS
ITS Construction – List of current ITS construction projects
ITS Metrics -Get the Latest ITS Statistics
ITS Maintenance – Updates on completed maintenance items
ITS in the News – Noteworthy ITS news items
Upcoming Events - ITS Oregon events, Training and more…
View it at:
http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/ITS/news_2008_01_17.shtml
Archived newsletters:
http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/ITS/news_events.shtml
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January 18, 2008
The ITS Joint Program office is pleased to present its updated ITS/Operations Resource Guide website. This website is a comprehensive listing of over 500 documents, videos, websites, training courses, software tools, and points-of-contact related to ITS and transportation operations. New resources in this update include:
- Several new resources added to the Featured Resources section that showcase U.S. DOT efforts in safety and mobility, program planning, the Congestion Initiative, and university-based transportation research.
- Interactive Web-based training courses (“webinars”), offered through the JPO’s Talking Technology and Transportation (T3) program and archived online, covering a wide range of topics including procurement, telecommunications and systems engineering.
- Training courses on transit ITS offered by the National Transit Institute.
- Resources related to the FHWA’s Localized Bottleneck Reduction (LBR) program and FHWA’s Travel Demand Management (TDM) program.
- The adaptive traffic signal control software package ACS Lite, developed by FHWA.
- The Work Zone Safety and Mobility Peer-to-Peer network that matches local agencies who have questions about work zones with volunteers who have the needed expertise.
- Documents related to archived data, bus rapid transit, commercial vehicle safety research, communications standards, rail-highway intersection safety, red light cameras, road weather management, traveler information and traffic signal control, as well as the Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN) program, the Integrated Vehicle Based Safety System (IVBSS) Initiative and the Next Generation 9-1-1 Initiative.
For more details, see http://www.resourceguide.its.dot.gov/
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January 18, 2008
Congratulations to our new President, Ed Anderson, and new Vice-President, Doug Sallman. Ed is an ITS Engineer with ODOT, and previously served as Vice-President. Doug is a Senior Associate with Cambridge Systematics. Orlena Chiu will continue to serve as Treasurer. The Secretary position will rotate between members.
And many thanks to Past President Jon Makler for his stellar leadership!
Visit the “Contact Us” page for officer contact information.
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January 11, 2008
OTREC is pleased to announce the posting of the 2008-2009 Request of Proposal (RFP). The total funding available under this Request for Proposals (RFP) is approximately $2.8 million, and OTREC expects to fund as many high quality proposals as possible to support relevant work that relates to their theme and supports national transportation priorities, initiatives and needs. A section on regional research priorities has been added to the proposal, providing researchers with potential collaboration opportunities with regional agency partners.
Due to the nature of OTREC federal funding, project timeframes proposed should be for one year, and should generate measurable results in that time. All OTREC awards require a minimum of 100% match from non-federal sources. Proposers should remember that match commitment needs to be obtained as part of the proposal.
The RFP, proposal and budget forms can be downloaded here: http://otrec.us/content/rfp2009.php
To submit abstracts, please go to: http://otrec.us/rfp/2009_rfp_form1.php
Abstracts are due 5:00 PM February 15, 2008. OTREC will only accept full proposals for abstracts that are submitted by the deadline. Full proposals are due 5:00 pm on March 14, 2008.
For further information, please contact Hau Hagedorn, Research Program Manager, at hagedorn@pdx.edu or 503-725-2833.
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Posted by hau
January 10, 2008
The deadline for submitting technical and scientific papers to the 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems has been extended to January 31, 2008. This event, which takes place from November 16-20, 2008 in New York City, is expected to attract 10,000 delegates from more than 40 countries. Technical paper drafts and full scientific papers must be submitted no later than January 31 to:
http://www.itsworldcongress.org/submit-a-paper.html.
If you have questions about paper content or format, contact Nicole Oliphant at noliphant@itsa.org.
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