Connected Corridors Digest #2
February 1, 2013
PATH / UC BERKELEY RESEARCH
Berkeley Transportation Letter | ITS.Berkeley.edu
Top Reasons People Stop Using Public Transit- UCB Research
SafeTREC e-alert: Transit Fares & Obese Drivers - January 25, 2013
Corridors
Move LA -- Transportation Organization in LA
Port Of Long Beach Approves Billion-Dollar Harbor Project | USC News
Caltrans Making Moves to Ease 10 Freeway Gridlock - Palm Desert, CA Patch
Programming a smoother commute - Toronto - CBC News
I-15 transit hub promised in Sabre Springs | UTSanDiego.com
Operations & TMCs
IBM News room - 2013-01-17 City of Cologne Completes Smarter Traffic Pilot with IBM - United States
Mapping/Routing
Network RTK for Intelligent Vehicles | GPS World
Side-by-Side Router Compares Driving, Walking, Biking, and Transit — Mobility Lab
TRB: Information Systems, Geographic Information Systems, and Advanced Computing 2012
Traveler Info
TRB: Deployment, Use, and Effect of Real-Time Traveler Information Systems
Apps/Parking
Univ. of Minnesota Better World Project | DriveScribe Safety App Jan 2013
New York Scraps Privatizing Parking Meters - WSJ.com
Car-Sharing Services Grow, and Expand Options - NYTimes.com
Mercedes-Benz tech warns wrong-way drivers - MSN Autos
Transit
York Region Transit Implements Google's Live Transit Updates
Freight
TRB Freight Demand Modeling and Data Improvement
TRB Freight Facts and Figures 2012
Ideas/Costs/Policy
Freakonomics » An End to the Gas Tax?
In Oregon, Pushing Ahead With Road Use Fees - The Atlantic Cities
A Pay-Per-Mile Road Tax Could Target Transpo Funding — But It’s Years Away | Transportation Nation
TRB: Funding Important Transportation Infrastructure in a Fiscally Constrained Environment
WSJ.com - Opinion: Travis Kalanick: The Transportation Trustbuster
Snagging tax-saving transportation benefits - MarketWatch
Could These Crazy Intersections Make Us Safer? - Commute - The Atlantic Cities
Government & Agencies
RITA - Intelligent Transportation Systems - Dynamic Mobility Applications
TRB: SAFETY IIHS Status Report, December 2012
TRB: Best Practices in the Use of Hybrid-Static Dynamic Signs
TRB: Review of the Highway Trust Fund: The Viability of Mileage Fees for Certain Vehicles
TradeS/Newsletters
TRB TR News November-December 2012: From Vision to Practice: Productive Models
RITA - Intelligent Transportation Systems Newsletter
Public Roads -Federal Highway Administration Magazine
Volpe News, National Transportation Center Publication
TRB: Transportation Research Record: Transit 2012, Volume 3
ERTICO eMagazine: January 2013
Conferences/Seminars
Smart Parking Symposium at Berkeley
RITA - Intelligent Transportation Systems AEREIS Webinar
TRB: 2014 Transportation Planning, Land Use and Air Quality Conference
TRB: 14th TRB National Transportation Planning Applications Conference
AGENDA - 2013 NRITS Conference
ITS America 2013 Annual Meeting and Exposition
Funding/Jobs/Opportunities
TRB RFI: NCHRP FY 2013: Synthesis Study Topics Sought
TRB RFP: Guidelines for Implementing Managed Lanes
Call for Papers - 17th International Road Federation World Meeting & Exhibition
FHWA New Exploratory Advanced Research Request for Proposals (Deadline 3/15/13)