Event(s) Alert: IntelliDrive℠ User Needs Workshops and Inventors Meeting

Posted by transportgooru on August 10, 2010 in Automotives, Governance, Highways, ITS/Telematics, Infrastructure, Research, Safety, Society/Social Issues, Tolling/ETC, Transit

Attend one of three FREE IntelliDrive workshops and inventors meetings at the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS-JPO), part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) will be hosting on IntelliDrive(SM) Systems Engineering User Needs to obtain stakeholder input for the definition of the core IntelliDrive System. User needs identified during these workshops will be critical to the development of the new IntelliDrive Concept of Operations (ConOps). The ConOps will describe the vision for how the IntelliDrive system will work, from the perspective of the user.

Tags: IntelliDrive, Intelligent Transportation System, Inventors Meeting, ITS, ITS Joint Program Office, ITS JPO, Research and Innovative TEchnology Administration, RITA, Systems Engineering, USDOT, Vehicle to Vehicle Communications

Press Release: Bipartisan Policy Center’s National Transportation Policy Project to Host Hill Briefing

Posted by transportgooru on June 21, 2010 in Economy, Finance, Governance, Highways, Infrastructure, Public Policy, Society/Social Issues, Tolling/ETC, Transit

Washington, D.C. – The Bipartisan Policy Center’s (BPC) National Transportation Policy Project will host a briefing this Wednesday, June 23, 2010, at 3:30PM on transitioning to a performance-based federal surface transportation policy. The briefing will be held in 406 Dirksen.

Tags: Bipartisan Policy Center, BPC, Brookings Institution, Performance Driven Transportation Policy, performance-based federal surface transportation policy, Rob Puentes, Transportation Reauthorization

Alarm bells ringing in American oil companies; Climate Bill battle heats up in the Senate as the clock ticks closer to the Copenhagen Climate Summit

Posted by transportgooru on October 28, 2009 in Automotives, Economy, Energy, Environment, Finance, Governance, Hybrids, Infrastructure, Research, Society/Social Issues, Tolling/ETC, Travel

A Senate climate change proposal could add 77 cents a gallon to the price of gasoline, according to Domestic oil refiners. A group of refiners used the possible price hike on Wednesday to launch the latest in a series of attacks against the proposal. The CEO of refining giant Valero Energy Corp. also warned today that the Senate climate legislation would give a competitive advantage to foreign refiners and cost U.S. jobs.

Tags: Big Oil, Cap and trade, Carbon Emissions, climate change, Copenhagen Climate Summit, Environmental Pollution, Senate Climate Change Bill, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Tail Pipe Emissions, Transportation Impact, Vehicular emission

Webinar Alert: Driving and the Built Environment: The Effects of Compact Development on Motorized Travel, Energy Use, and CO2 Emissions

Posted by transportgooru on October 20, 2009 in Automotives, Energy, Environment, Events, Highways, Hybrids, ITS/Telematics, Infrastructure, Public Policy, Research, Society/Social Issues, Tolling/ETC, Transit, Travel

[ October 21, 2009; 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] This webinar will explore the findings of Special Report 298: Driving and the Built Environment: Effects of Compact Development on Motorized Travel, Energy Use, and CO2 Emissions. This congressionally mandated study examines the relationship between land development patterns and vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the United States to assess whether petroleum use, and by extension greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, could be reduced by changes in the design of development patterns.

Tags: and CO2 Emissions, CO2, Driving, Emissions, Energy Use, GHG, GreenHouse Gases, The Effects of Compact Development on Motorized Travel, Transportation and Environmental Impact, Transportation Research Board, TRB, TRB Special Report 298, Vehicle Mileage Tax, Vehicle Miles Taxation, VMT, Webinar

TransportGooru Exclusive: The Road Worrier Column by Glenn Havinoviski — Business as Unusual…

Posted by transportgooru on October 9, 2009 in Automotives, Economy, Energy, Environment, Finance, Governance, Highways, ITS/Telematics, Infrastructure, Opinion Columns, Pedestrian & Bicycles, Public Policy, Rail, Research, Society/Social Issues, Tolling/ETC, Transit, Travel

For example, Arlington County has recently sued the Feds and the Commonwealth over the proposed project on I-95/395 to expanding and convert the existing HOV lanes to High-Occupancy Toll lanes, demanding the overturning of the project’s environmental Categorical Exclusion and suspending the project until their objections (notably not enough emphasis on transit, potential harm to air quality, concern about congested interchanges and local roads as a result of the project) were satisfied.

Tags: Congestion Pricing, Glenn Havinoviski, Infrastrcuture Development, Infrastructure Development, ITS, ITS VA, ITS Virginia, Moving Cooler, Newsletter, President Obama, Stimulus, Transportation

French get serious about eletric vehicles with a massive $2.2B “Battle of Electric Cars” plan; Goal: 2 Million Cars, 4 Million Chargers by 2020

Posted by transportgooru on October 2, 2009 in Automotives, Economy, Energy, Environment, Finance, Gizmos News (via Gizmodo), Governance, Hybrids, Infrastructure, Public Policy, Society/Social Issues, Tolling/ETC, Travel

France will invest 2.5 billion euros ($3.6 billion) over 10 years in research, subsidies and infrastructure development for electric cars as automakers race to get the vehicles on the road, its energy minister said. Speaking at a presentation of the government’s plans for electric vehicles on Thursday, minister Jean-Louis Borloo said the investment would be split between pilot projects, battery production and bonuses for carmakers building green cars.

Tags: Electric Vehicles in France, Energy, EV Charging Infrastructure, France, France Co2 Reduction Plans, French Minister for Ecology, Jean-Louis Barloo, Sarkozy Transportation Investment Plan, Sustainable Development and the Sea

Event Alert: Pricing Transportation Infrastructure Executive Program — November 16-18, 2009 @ Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Posted by transportgooru on September 30, 2009 in Aviation, Economy, Education, Events, Finance, Governance, Highways, ITS/Telematics, Infrastructure, Marine/Waterway, Ports, Public Policy, Society/Social Issues, Tolling/ETC, Transit

[ November 16, 2009 to November 18, 2009. ] Funding of transportation-related infrastructure is at a crossroads. Traditional funding mechanisms, such as general and specific tax revenues, are proving to be insufficient to maintain existing facilities and fund expanded capacity. Infrastructure providers and operators are looking to users to make up for the shortfall. Transport-related infrastructure offers an exceptional opportunity for raising funds to establish and/or sustain such infrastructure while providing an attractive return on investment to both public and private investors. Key to achieving such returns are the prices charged to users. But how should user charges be set?

Tags: Congestion Pricing, Publi Sector Infrastructure Development, Return on Investment, Road User Fees, Transportation Infrastructure Pricing, User Fee

The Price You Pay…Market-based Road Pricing in the United States

Posted by transportgooru on September 21, 2009 in Automotives, Economy, Energy, Environment, Finance, Gizmos News (via Gizmodo), Governance, Highways, ITS/Telematics, Infrastructure, Law Enforcement/Legal, Public Policy, Research, Society/Social Issues, Tolling/ETC, Travel

TransportGooru.com is proud to share this insightful presentation on market-based road pricing in the U.S. prepared by Mr. Glenn Havinoviski, a long time supporter of TransportGooru.com, for his recent discussion with the Public Policy program students at George Washington University in Washington, DC.

Tags: Congestion Pricing, EZ-PASS, Glenn Havinoviski, Market-based Road Pricing, Pay As you Go, Public Policy, Road Pricing, Tolling, transportation policy, Vehicle Miles Traveled, VMT

NY Times outlines the difficulties facing re-authorization; Legislation for a 21st Century Transportation System Doesn’t Come Easy

Posted by transportgooru on September 17, 2009 in Economy, Energy, Environment, Finance, Freight, Governance, Highways, ITS/Telematics, Infrastructure, Law Enforcement/Legal, Marine/Waterway, Pedestrian & Bicycles, Ports, Public Policy, Research, Society/Social Issues, Tolling/ETC, Transit

According to a Center for Public Integrity report released yesterday, there are nearly 1,800 special interest groups lobbying Congress on the transportation bill, ranging from local officials and planning agencies to real estate companies, construction firms and universities. In the first half of this year, the groups employed more than 2,000 lobbyists and spent an estimated total of $45 million on their transportation lobbying.

Tags: Center for Public Integrity, GreenWire, James Oberstar, Oberstar, SAFETEA-LU, Surface Transportation re-authorization, Transportation Reauthorization

IBTTA & ITS America Joint Conference: Sustainability, Social Responsibility, Energy Conservation and Fall Maintenance — October 4-6, 2009 @ St. Louis, MO

Posted by transportgooru on September 8, 2009 in Automotives, Energy, Environment, Events, Governance, Highways, Infrastructure, Pedestrian & Bicycles, Public Policy, Rail, Research, Society/Social Issues, Tolling/ETC, Transit, Travel

[ October 4, 2009 to October 6, 2009. ] IBTTA & ITS America Joint Conference: Sustainability, Social Responsibility, Energy Conservation and Fall Maintenance — October 4-6, 2009 in St. Louis, MO

Tags: Energy Conservation, Fall Maintenance, IBTTA, IBTTA & ITS America Joint Conference, International Bridge, ITS America, Social Responsibility, Sustianable Transportation, Tunnel and Turnpike Association