TransportGooru

Foursquare Integrated Transportation Planning (Foursquare ITP) is in the process of gathering resumes of qualified individuals for job openings over the next few months. Foursquare ITP is looking for qualified Transportation planners and Project managers to assist and lead project teams on a variety ofprojects for state and local governments.

Education and Work Experience Requirements:

Foursquare ITP is looking for Transportation Planners with a Bachelor’s degree in planning,transportation engineering or similar and five or more years of experience, or with a Master’s degree inone of these fields and two or more years of experience. The selected transportation planner(s) willwork as part of a team and will be responsible for research, analysis, report development, field work and meeting participation on a wide variety of transportation projects, mainly for state and localgovernments.

Foursquare ITP is also looking for senior transportation planners who can serve as Project Managers. In addition to the requirements for the Transportation Planner position, the SeniorTransportation Planner/Project Manager must have experience in project management, includingmanaging staff. He or she should an additional five years of experience beyond the requirements of theTransportation Planner position.

Technical Experience:

Both the Transportation Planner and Project Manager position applicants should have experience in avariety of the following areas: FTA grants administration; ArcGIS mapping; corridor-level planning,regional transportation planning; transit development plans; long and short rage transportation plans;transportation demand management (TDM); Environmental Impact Statements/EnvironmentalAssessments; Land Use and Economic Development; and Strategic Planning. Excellent oral and writtencommunication skills are essential, as is proficiency in Microsoft Office 2007.

Because Foursquare ITP is a small, young business, the successful applicant will be a motivated self-starter who can work well in a virtual environment. He or she must also be flexible to meet client demands and a dynamic workflow. While the selected employees will be able to work out of their homes at least in the short-term, due to internal and external meeting requirements all qualified applicants must live in or be willing to move to the Washington DC metropolitan area.

About the Firm

Foursquare Integrated Transportation Planning is a boutique transportation planning, design and policy analysis firm based in Rockville, Maryland. As a small firm, we are able to give our clients thepersonalized focus that they seek and deserve. Foursquare ITP focuses on projects that relate tosustainable transportation, mainly focused on public transit. We offer our clients expertise in regional transportation planning and coordination, public transit planning, strategic planning, and transportationdemand management. Foursquare ITP’s focus areas include stakeholder, inter- and intra-agencycoordination; transportation needs assessment; transit development plans; transit operations; strategicplanning, and short- and long-range transportation plan development.

Please send resumes or questions about the positions to Lora Byala at lbyala@foursquareitp.com.

Thursday, September 9, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Register Now for IBTTA’s Operating and Maintaining Your Toll Facility Meeting — October 3-5, 2010 in Raleigh, NC

Join IBTTA Delegates for the final meeting of IBTTA’s 2010 Education Series: “Operating and Maintaining Your Toll Facility – Where the Rubber Meets the Road,” October 3-5 in Raleigh, North Carolina. We’ll explore how engineering, design, maintenance, operations, and security roles have come together to address the challenges of operating modern, sustainable, technologically advanced and economically viable toll facilities. Hotel cut-off is September 10, 2010. View the preliminary agenda, make your hotel reservations at the Raleigh Marriott City Center and register today!  www.ibtta.org

CARTOGRAPHY

1) Google, Bing Out of Race as China Grants Map Service Licenses

Link to PTI article:

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/95315/google-bing-race-china-grants.html

GPS / NAVIGATION

2) Ford MirrorNavi: Satnav in Your Rear-View Mirror

Link to blog on CNET UK:

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/cartech/ford-mirrornavi-sat-nav-in-your-rear-view-mirror-50000656

PARKING

3) Tacoma, Washington Pays PR Firm JayRay $50,000 to Promote Downtown Parking Meters

Link to article in The News Tribune:

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/09/09/1333666/citys-parking-plan-metered-for.html

TELEMATICS

4) Strategy Analytics: ‘Device Integration is the Big Story’

An interview with Richard Robinson, automotive service director at Strategy Analytics.

Link to interview in Telematics Update:

http://bit.ly/bzCkdi

TRANSIT

5) New York MTA to Unveil Clearer Signs Steering Passengers Through Subway Service Changes

Link to article in the Daily News:

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/09/09/2010-09-09_clear_sign_of_times_as_mta_catches_on.html

6) MBTA Makes Real-Time Bus Data Available

Link to story on NECN:

http://www.necn.com/09/09/10/MBTA-makes-bus-data-available/landing.html?blockID=307317&feedID=4213

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

7) Better Traffic Management, the Dutch Way?

Link to article in Today:

http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC100909-0000133/Better-traffic-management,-the-Dutch-way

8) Optus Mobile Launches Traffic Information Service

Link to article on iTWire:

http://www.itwire.com/your-it-news/mobility/41751-optus-mobile-launches-traffic-information-service-f

9) With ‘Smart Signs’ and Real-Time Data, a Way for Police to Monitor, Enforce Traffic

Link to blog on SmartPlanet:

http://www.smartplanet.com/business/blog/smart-takes/with-smart-signs-and-real-time-data-a-way-for-police-to-monitor-enforce-traffic/8722/

News Releases

1) Daimler AG Starts a Further Pilot Project in Ulm – ‘Ride Sharing 2.0’ with car2gether

2) New CCTV Technology from VTT Technical Research Centre Helps Prevent Terror Attacks

3) New University Study Reveals Significant Safety Benefits from Advanced ‘Detect, Alert and Respond’ Technologies in Commercial Trucks

4) Video Reinforces Importance of School Zone Safety

5) As NFL Season Starts, Operation Lifesaver Football PSA with Saints Kicker Premiers Online

6) Canadian Trucking Human Resources Council and Canadian Trucking Alliance Team Up to Produce TV Profile of Trucking Industry

7) Unique, Tech-Savvy Campaign Launches 2011 Ford Edge

8) Cross Country Automotive Services Advocates Benefits of Real-Time Claims Adjustment for Insurers, Automakers

9) Qualcomm Launches Pay-as-You-Drive and Pay-How-You-Drive Telematic Services

Upcoming Events

Smart Freight Transport in Urban Areas – October 13-14 – Trondheim, Norway

http://www.smartfreight.info/SF_1010_Conference_first_announcement.pdf

Today in Transportation History

1910 **100^th anniversary** The SS Pere Marquette 18 sank in Lake Michigan with the loss of 29 lives.  The disaster is also notable because it was an early example of using wireless to call for help.

http://www.carferries.com/pmcarferries/pm18/

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(Source: Washington Post & Kidzworld)

On May 15, 2010, after 210 days at sea and more than 22,000 nautical miles, 16-year-old Jessica Watson sailed her 33-foot boat back to land.   The courageous teenager from Queensland, Australia is now entered the record books as the youngest person to sail solo, unassisted, and nonstop around the world.  Ever since her return she was busy dealing withe media frenzy and somehow managed to find time to write a book, True Spirit, sharing her experiences from this journey around the globe.   Recently, she was in New York to promote her book and sat down for an interview with CBS’ Early Show (shown below).  Listening to her not only makes you feel proud of her achievement but also appreciate the daring sense of exploration that many of us won’t even have at our 20s and 30s.   Here is her interview with  Early Show’s Harry Smith:

Read more: http://www.jessicawatson.com.au/

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The number of people dying on the nation’s roads has fallen to its lowest level in six decades, helped by a combination of seat belts, safer cars and tougher enforcement of drunken driving laws.

The Transportation Department said late Wednesday that traffic deaths fell 9.7 percent in 2009 to 33,808, the lowest number since 1950. In 2008, an estimated 37,423 people died on the highways.

Forty-one states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico saw reductions in highway fatalities, led by Florida with 422 fewer deaths and Texas, down 405.

The motor vehicle fatality rate — the number of deaths per 100 million miles traveled — is the lowest ever: 1.13 deaths in 2009, down from 1.26 in 2008, DOT says, even as Americans were driving 0.2% more than in 2008.

The annual highway safety report also reported the following stats:

• _ Motorcycle fatalities broke 11 years of annual increases, falling by 16 percent, from 5,312 in 2008 to 4,462 in 2009.
• _ The number of people injured in motor vehicle crashes fell for a 10th consecutive year.
• _ Alcohol-impaired driving deaths declined 7.4 percent in 2009 to 10,839 deaths, compared with 11,711 in 2008.

Note:  I commend the efforts of the USDOT’s leadership (Secretary, the Administrators, staff, etc) in ensuring that our nation’s roads are safe for the citizens.   The multi-pronged approach taken by various administrations within the Department, including targeted campaigns towards drunk driving, texting while driving, etc., are paying big dividends, as evidenced by these dramatic reduction in fatalities.  Also, we have to recognize the efforts of the vehicle manufacturers for making their vehicles a lot safer than what they were in the decades before. Many vehicles in today’s market sport great active and passive systems compared to the cars of yesteryears, which help greatly in reducing the risk of fatal injuries to the occupants during an accident.  The role of local enforcement agencies should also be appreciated in this remarkable effort.  Apart from the obvious safety benefits, there are many other associated benefits at the societal and personal level – reduction in associated costs such as repair costs, travel time savings, insurance costs, etc.  In all, as a society we are progressing well but we still have a long way to go.  Let’s not forget that we are still losing thousands of people on our roads and that only means one thing – we cannot slow down our efforts!

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Wednesday, September 8, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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IVBSS Program Public Meeting October 20, 2010 in Ypsilanti, MI

U.S. DOT will host a one-day public meeting on October 20, 2010 to provide a report on results from the Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety Systems (IVBSS) field operational test to members of the vehicle safety research community and other interested parties.

The IVBSS program is a five-year cooperative research agreement to combine several crash warning subsystems — including forward collision, lane departure, lane change, and curve speed warning — into a single, integrated concept to enhance the safety of both passenger vehicles and heavy trucks. Field tests using a fleet of light vehicles and heavy trucks were recently completed and the resulting reports are being finalized. The Key Findings report for the Heavy Truck field test will be available by the end of August. Clickhere for registration and additional information. Online registration deadline is October 15.

GPS / NAVIGATION

1) Japan’s First Navigation Satellite Good for GPS

Link to article from the Yomiuri Shimbun:

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/science/T100908001888.htm

OTHER

2) Real-Time Data: A Recipe for Happier Citizens

Link to article in Next American City:

http://americancity.org/columns/entry/2586/

3) ‘Every Day Counts’ Web Site Launched by FHWA

Link to site:

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/everydaycounts/

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

4) Exploring the Effectiveness of Transit Security Awareness Campaigns in the San Francisco Bay Area

Link to report from the Mineta Transportation Institute:

http://transweb.sjsu.edu/mtiportal/research/publications/documents/2914_09-19.pdf

SAFETY / SECURITY

5) Airport ‘Naked Image’ Scanners in US May Get Avatars to Increase Privacy

Link to Bloomberg article:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-08/airport-naked-image-scanners-in-u-s-may-get-avatars-to-increase-privacy.html

6) Drunk? There’s an App for That: ‘You the Man’ Campaign Helps Keep Boozy Drivers Off the Road

Link to article in the Daily News:

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/09/08/2010-09-08_too_drunk_to_drive_app_knows.html

7) TSA Sows Fear of Photographers

Link to commentary in Reason:

http://reason.com/blog/2010/09/07/tsa-sows-fear-of-photographers

TELEMATICS

8) GM’s OnStar to Allow Access to Facebook and Texts in Car

Link to article the Detroit Free Press:

http://www.freep.com/article/20100908/BUSINESS01/9080369/GM-s-OnStar-to-allow-access-to-Facebook-and-texts-in-car

9) Ford Adds Fuel-Efficient Routing to Sync

Link to article in Automotive Engineering International:

http://www.sae.org/mags/AEI/8772

TRANSIT

10) First Look at Metro-North’s New Operations Control Center

Link to article in the New York Post:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/metro_north_safe_from_lirr_disaster_LJ3p3NL8NoGqsGXqj1B7gP

11) NJ Transit Introduces ‘Quiet Train Cars’ on Northeast Corridor Express Trains

Link to article in The Star-Ledger:

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/09/nj_transit_introduces_quiet_tr.html

12) Animation Experiment to Begin on Seattle Rail Construction Wall

Link to article on CHS Capitol Hill Seattle:

http://capitolhillseattle.com/2010/09/01/wallrus-animation-lumbers-onto-broadways-big-red-light-rail-construction-wall

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

13) Saudi Arabia’s Saher System Expanded to Cover More Expressways

Link to article in the Saudi Gazette:

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2010090783026

VEHICLES

14) Family Car Tech that Matters

Link to article on Family Car Guide:

http://www.familycarguide.com/blog/1049095_family-car-tech-that-matters-part-one (Part 1)

http://www.familycarguide.com/blog/1049096_family-car-tech-that-matters-part-two (Part 2)

News Releases

1) GVF Launches Maritime Satcom Forum to Expand Deployment of Satellite Technology in the Maritime Industry

2) CEA-Leti Demonstrates New Contactless Communication Technology for RFID Smartcards

3) TBD.com Helps Washington, DC Drivers Using Beat the Traffic’s API

Upcoming Events

The Second International Summit on the State of the Connected Vehicle – September 29-30 – Troy Michigan

http://www.sae.org/events/scv/

Today in Transportation History

1810 **200^th anniversary** The Tonquin left New York en route to the Pacific Northwest to establish a fur-trading outpost.

http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8673

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The U.S. Department of Transportation will soon be seeking a Director of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).  BTS, which is part of DOT’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), is charged with advancing rigorous analysis and the deployment of cross-cutting technologies to improve our Nation’s transportation system.

The Director position would lead the BTS, which is responsible for leading the development of high quality transportation data and information.  As a federal statistical agency, BTS provides an objective source of statistical analysis for decision making at all levels.

RITA is looking for a dynamic and visionary leader who can apply their expertise in the collection, analysis, and use of transportation statistics towards positioning BTS as an integral part of a Department of Transportation that bases its very significant investment and policy decisions on sound science and rigorous analysis.

In addition to possessing superior technical acumen, candidates must demonstrate an ability to lead a diverse team and promote cross-office collaboration in the pursuit of achieving organizational excellence.

RITA will soon be posting this position (on USAJobs).  If you know someone interested in this Washington, D.C. based leadership role with relevant experience and proven results please encourage them to contact Linda Riggins, Human Resources, at (202) 366-4847 or Linda.Riggins@dot.gov.

Note:  Received this from a USDOT source; please stay tuned for the official announcement on USAJobs.

(Source:  RealTalkies)

I can relate to almost everything in this nice blog post. I enjoyed a fair share of the experiences described by the author, who fondly recollects her memories riding a bus during her college days (in the 1990s) in the Southern India city of Chennai (formerly known as Madras)!  For those not in the know, Chennai is one of the top four cities in India – in terms of population, investment, etc and has a relatively good transportation network that is affordable for the masses.

These days I should not be complaining about my daily commute after living through some of these experiences. As dangerous as it sounds, most of my commutes to work and school back in India involved holding on to a window grill for dear life with just one hand and only one foot on the bus’ steps  as it whizzed by at 60km/hr. For crying out loud, the country has 1.3 billion people and at times it felt like as if the entire citizenry of the nation decided to ride the very bus that I took to school/work!

Those days all the Chennai Metro buses where painted with green and off-white stripes. When a large rectangular mass of green and off-white stripes appears on the horizon, everyone in the bus stop perks up and strains to see the number on the white board over the large windshield. The ones with better vision are lucky, because after seeing the number, they get 30 seconds more to decide where to position themselves to improve their chances of boarding the bus.  My vision was terrible and hence my strategy was as good as a coin toss.

On a few lucky days, I am the first at the entrance. Drones of people embark and disembark the bus through the two entrances in no particular order. The goal is to get in and out of the bus before the conductor blows the godforsaken whistle and the bus begins to move. People still continue to board the moving bus.

Inside the bus,  I manage to pull out my free bus pass and the conductor punches a hole to mark my free government permitted ride to school for the day. It is almost impossible to explain how crowded the bus gets. The closest analogy I can give is, it feels like sardines packed in a can.  I am swept into the bus and get jammed in the middle. I am suspended in that space. My body is in physical contact with several bodies at various points inside that tight packed space. It is like I have been mapped in the cosmos.

The Chennai Metro bus is a social space; one that is  similar to a school, hospital, church, sports club, gym or dance studio. There are certain set of unwritten rules for engagement and obligations to fulfill. By default there are more assigned seats for men than women, generally women sit in the right side of the bus and men on the left. When the bus is crowded a man has to vacate a designated woman’s seat but the converse is not true.

If a woman or a really old man is getting on a moving bus, then more than a few concerned citizens will bang on the steel bus and it will screech to a halt to allow them to get in. If it is just a bunch of guys they would just have to hang for dear life on the windows bars and somehow swing and get their feet on the steps of the bus or just cling to the bus. They still have to pay their fare for the bus ride, as it is gets them to their destination faster than if they run or walk.

If a man is hanging outside, then it is your duty as a passenger who is secure inside the bus to grab their belongings – backpack, lunch bag, etc and keep it secure. If you get off the bus before the guy does, pass it on to someone else for safekeeping. A woman, no matter how agile or skilled is not supposed to hang onto the window or stand on the steps of a moving bus. For some weird reason a disabled or incapacitated woman is more of a societal liability than a handicapped man. Therefore, again the dutiful citizens in the bus tell the woman to get to safety.

Click here to read the entire article.  Here are some fun pictures

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Source: The Economist

Car-sharing programs have been gaining a lot of popularity and building up momentum over the years, especially in urban environments such as Washington, DC, NYC, etc.  The Economist has done a good coverage of the growing trend and here are some of the interesting nuggets that caught my attention:

• One rental car can take the place of 15 owned vehicles
• By 2016 the market will be worth $6 billion a year, half of that in America, with a total of some 10m users
• Zipcar already has 400,000 members, mostly in America where it is thought to have 80% of the market.
• A car owner doing 12,000 miles (19,000km) a year can save $1,834 by shifting to a car-sharing service

Car-sharing started in Europe and spread to America in the late 1990s, when the first venture opened in Portland, Oregon, a traditional hangout of tree-huggers. For years it was organised by small co-operatives, often supported by local government. It still has a green tinge. One in five new cars added to club fleets is electric; such cars are good for short-range, urban use. But sharing is no longer small.

Frost & Sullivan, a market-research firm, estimates that by 2016 the market will be worth $6 billion a year, half of that in America, with a total of some 10m users. Outside America, most of the growth is in Britain and other north European countries such as Germany. The market leader is a company called Zipcar, founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is now headed for a public listing. Zipcar already has 400,000 members, mostly in America where it is thought to have 80% of the market. It recently bought Streetcar, the market leader in London, though competition authorities are still scrutinising that deal.

The sharing trend is now seeping into another prominent area of transportation – the bicycles.  Many cities around the world, including London and Washington, DC,  are beginning to install innovative bike-sharing programs that offer a great advantage for those who prefer to check the city by biking than by driving.   Looks like the “sharing” trend is only going to intensity in the years ahead given the state of our poor economies and shrinking wallets! the societal, ecological and environmental benefits resulting from such sharing schemes are definitely a big plus for many more cities to consider implementing such schemes for car as well as bikes.   After all didn’t we  already know the saying  “Sharing is Caring”.

Click here to read the entire article.

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Monday, September 6, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Tech Fixes to Wind Turbine-Radar Conflict Face Hurdles

Link to CNET News column:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20015611-54.html

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

2) Atlantic City Expressway May Require E-ZPass

Link to story and video on WTXF-TV:

http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/local_news/ac-expressway-may-require-e-zpass

GPS / NAVIGATION

3) Pay-as-You-Drive Meter Poised to Enter Market

Link to article in the Toronto Star:

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/transportation/article/856900–pay-as-you-drive-meter-poised-to-enter-market

OTHER

4) English: Is a Car Crash an Accident?

Link to column in the Toronto Star:

http://www.thestar.com/article/856651–english-is-a-car-crash-an-accident

5) Traffic Technology International August/September Issue Online

Link to magazine:

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e8eddeaa

SAFETY / SECURITY

6) Cameras and GPS to Track Detroit School Buses

Link to article in the Detroit Free Press:

http://www.freep.com/article/20100904/NEWS01/9040314/1003/news01/Cameras-and-GPS-to-track-Detroit-school-buses

7) US on High Alert – But Do Travelers Really Care?

Link to article in the Detroit Free Press:

http://www.freep.com/article/20100906/NEWS05/9060334/U-S-on-high-alert-but-do-travelers-really-care-

8) Clever Crosswalk Squashes Jaywalking, by Making It Legal

Link to article on Co.Design:

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662244/clever-crosswalk-squashes-jaywalking-by-making-it-legal

TRANSIT

9) UK’s Transport Minister Signals Way Ahead for National Transport Card

Link to article in Railnews:

http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/general/2010/09/06-baker-signals-way-ahead-for.html

10) Altered Movie Poster Puts the Spotlight on a San Francisco Agency’s Gun Ban

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/06/us/06guns.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) Michigan to Install New System on I-94 that Warns of Traffic Problems, Poor Road Conditions

Link to article in the Kalamazoo Gazette:

http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2010/09/michigan_to_install_new_system.html

12) Delhi Traffic Police and Business Organizations Team to Provide Traffic Alerts

Link to article in the Hindustan Times:

http://www.hindustantimes.com/BPOs-police-to-provide-traffic-alerts-to-staff/Article1-596574.aspx

13) The Jam Busters: Can Maths Keep Us Moving?

Can the calculations of mathematicians and engineers keep us moving?

Link to article in The Independent:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/the-jam-busters-can-maths-keep-us-moving-2071152.html

VEHICLES

14) Texas Specialty License Plate Vendor Defends Its Designs

Link to article in The Dallas Morning News:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/state/stories/DN-xgrplates_04tex.ART.State.Edition1.3615aa7.html

News Releases

1) Sensys Networks, Inc. Ranked 80^th Fastest Growing Private US Company on 2010 Inc. Magazine 500/5000 List

Upcoming Events

International Road Federation North America Regional Congress – October 3-6 – New York

http://www.irfnews.org/news-events/event-detail/north-america-regional-congress-narc/

Today in Transportation History

1985 **25^th anniversary** Midwest Express Flight 106 crashed in Milwaukee.  All 31 aboard died.

http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/1987/AAR8701.htm

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