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Transportation Safety Advisory Group (TSAG) Case Studies Workshop & Webinar – March 4, 2009

February 18, 2009 at 12:02 pm

Transportation Safety Advisory Group (TSAG) Case Studies Workshop & Webinar

When: March 4, 2009

Time: 2:00–5:30 P.M. ET (note special time and duration)
Cost: All T3s are free of charge

This workshop and webinar is a unique learning opportunity offered by the Transportation Safety Advisory Group (TSAG) and the U.S. DOT ITS Program’s Talking Technology and Transportation (T3) program. Webinar participants are invited to attend remotely for any portion of the 3.5 hour workshop/webinar. Note: Other upcoming T3 webinars will be held at their regularly scheduled time of day: 1:00 – 2:30 PM ET.

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Webinar and Registration Information:

For more information and to register: http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s090304_tsag.asp

T3 Webinars are brought to you by the ITS Professional Capacity Building, a program of the ITS Program at the U.S. Department of Transportation. Visit the ITS PCB website for more information about T3 webinars and other ITS learning opportunities: http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/default.asp

Visit the T3 archives to view presentations and to listen to audio files from earlier T3 webinars: http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/res_t3_archive.asp

Cut and paste links into your web browser if they fail to open the webpage.

Please forward this announcement to colleagues who may be interested in this webinar.

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Important Information for Federal T3 Webinar Participants

Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC) requirements are currently being implemented in federal agencies. Please contact your IT staff to determine if these requirements might affect your ability to connect to T3 webinars viaMicrosoft Live Meeting from your federal PC or laptop. Live Meeting is the net conferencing software used to connect to T3 webinars. The following link contains information about Live Meeting and can be provided to your IT staff for further reference: http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/info_requirements.asp

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ITS Professional Capacity Building Program

ITS Program

U.S. Department of Transportation

Contact the T3 Administrator

Bernie Wagenblast’s Transportation Communications Newsletter – Feb 17, 2009

February 18, 2009 at 1:37 am

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, February 17, 2009 — ISSN 1529-1057

Register Today for IBTTA’s Toll Road Summit of Australia, New Zealand & the Asia Pacific Rim, March 15-18, 2009 in Sydney, Australia

If you are interested in public-private partnerships, innovations in customer service and next generation technologies, you need to attend this meeting! Join IBTTA and ITS Australia in Sydney, Australia and learn about the explosive growth of tolling in Australia, New Zealand and the countries in the Asia Pacific Rim. Learn about toll concessions and operations, including the political, regulatory, public affairs and customer service aspects of startup and mature facilities, and lessons learned from successive implementation of all electronic toll collection. Visit IBTTA’s website to view the preliminary agenda, make your travel arrangements and register today

AVIATION

1) Abu Dhabi Air Traffic Center Opens in June

Link to story in The National:

http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090217/BUSINESS/740809544/1005

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

2) Shanghai‘s High-Tech E-Toll System Stuck in First Gear

Link to story in the Shanghai Daily:

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200902/20090218/article_391425.htm

OTHER

3) US Transportation Department Now on US Government Science Site

Link to story in The Oak Ridger:

http://www.oakridger.com/news/x426328318/U-S-Transportation-Department-now-in-Science-gov

RAILROADS

4) Metra to Add ‘2nd Train’ Warnings

Link to story in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-metra-14feb14,0,2563912.story

ROADWAYS

5) Massachusetts May Consider a Mileage Charge

Tentative plan would use GPS chips to charge motorists a quarter-cent for every mile behind the wheel.

Link to AP story:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jSFVVWawIJRrWzFM1ICyVaVAy93wD96D9QHO0

6) ‘Motorcycle Detection System’ on UK Roads by Easter

Link to story in Motorcycle News:

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/mcn/2009/February/16-22/feb1609-new-surveillance-system/?R=EPI-106287

7) Smart Roads. Smart Bridges. Smart Grids.

If we are going to spend billions of dollars to fix our ailing infrastructure, let’s make sure we do it right. Here are the technologies to make that happen.

Link to article and video in The Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123447510631779255.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) Garden Grove, California to Put Amber Alert Signs on City Streets

Link to story in The Orange County Register:

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/signs-grove-traffic-2310737-garden-amber

TELEMATICS

9) Fiat Drives Home the Eco Message

Eco:drive computer application is said to reduce fuel costs and reduce a driver’s carbon footprint.

Link to story on Fleet News:

http://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/story/Fleet-technology-Fiat-drives-home-the-eco-message/49447

TRANSIT