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Secretary Foxx Calls for Congress to Act
Via bizjournals.com
During AASHTO's annual conference in Charlotte, NC, USDOT Secretary Foxx spoke to the audience, stating, "This is not a joke." Reminding them that Congress has passed 28 short-term transportation funding bills in the last six years. "It's serious business." Read More
National Operations Center of Excellence Welcomes Executive Director
Dennis Motiani joins NOCoE staff
Dennis Motiani, a well-known expert in transportation systems management and operations, will be Executive Director of the new National Operations Center of Excellence. The Center, which officially launches in January, is designed to provide transportation agencies with a centralized and comprehensive set of resources for TSM&O specialists. It is a collaborative effort of AASHTO, the Institute of Transportation Engineers and Intelligent Transportation Society of America, with support from the Federal Highway Administration. Read More
New ITS America Report Re-examines the Challenges of Wireless Interoperability and Vehicle Connectivity
Via ITS America
Findings Suggest Vehicle Applications to Benefit from Standards for Heterogeneous Networking Read More
Plug-In Electric Vehicles: A Case Study of Seven Markets
The Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis has released the report, Plug-In Electric Vehicles: A Case Study of Seven Markets, that shares insights into the developing plug-in electric vehicle market in order to understand the policy, economic, infrastructure and social drivers related to vehicle adoption. Read More
Evaluation of the Flashing Yellow Arrow (FYA) Permissive Left-Turn in Shared Yellow Signal Sections
Via Transportation Research Board
TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has released Web-Only Document 207: Evaluation of the Flashing Yellow Arrow (FYA) Permissive Left-Turn in Shared Yellow Signal Sections analyzes driver behavior and comprehension related to the FYA permissive left-turn indication when added to three- and five-section traffic signal displays. Read More
Neil Pedersen Named TRB Executive Director
Car Technology That Could Revitalize Cities
"As declines go, Detroit's has been spectacular. So it's a little strange to discover-just a short drive north of downtown, past countless deserted office blocks and homes-something that could help make cities safer, more energy-efficient, and generally more pleasant to live in. In Warren, Michigan, General Motors is testing technology that lets cars transmit and receive useful information wirelessly across several hundred meters. Read More
AT&T and LG Announce Collaboration on the Future of Connected Car
LG Announced as a new Sponsor for the First Wireless Carrier Facility Dedicated to Connected Car Read More
California, Florida DOTs Win Top America's Transportation Awards
Via AASHTO and America's Transportation Awards.org
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), AAA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce today announced that California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) earned the Grand Prize and the People's Choice awards in the 2014 America's Transportation Awards competition. Read More
Re-Visiting the USDOT Blog 1 Year Ago: "Working Together, Investing in American Transportation"
"Almost exactly a year ago, Transportation Secretary Foxx addressed the National League of Cities. He then turned to the Fast Lane to blog about what it means to city leaders that drivers in their cities spend an average of 42 hours a year stuck in traffic and how an increasing population is only going to make matters worse unless we invest in infrastructure solutions. Read More