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Transportation Community News Update Posted September 5, 2003 The following links to articles and items of interest are provided for your quick review. We trust you will find them useful. (Please note: Many of the news articles cited below are only available on-line for a limited time. It may be necessary to search archives. Some articles may be from sources requiring a free registration)
PROJECT FOR TRAFFIC LIGHTS GETS DRIVERS IN SYNC Link to article in the Kansas City Star: http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/6677272.htm EVALUATION OF SERVICE RELIABILITY IMPACTS OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL PRIORITY STRATEGIES FOR BUS TRANSIT Link to report from the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute: http://www.gmupolicy.net/its/pdfweb/Report.%20%20Signal%20priorization.pdf THE FUTURE OF ARTERIAL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT Link to white paper from PBS&J: http://www.pbsj.com/its2013/pdfdocs/atrerial_traffic.pdf MACHINES WILL MAKE CRIMINAL OF EVERY DRIVER Link to article in The Sun (London, UK): http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2003391098,00.html NATIONAL COOPERATIVE HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROGRAM PROJECT STATEMENT PAVEMENT MARKING MATERIALS & MARKERS: SAFETY IMPACT & COSTEFFECTIVENESS Link to NCHRP Project Statement: http://www4.nationalacademies.org/trb/crp.nsf/e7bcd526f5af4a2c8525672f006245fa/4fab1f8add 1ddabc85256d0b00652b78?OpenDocument TRAFFIC CONTROL COULD BE ONLY A PHONE CALL AWAY Link to column in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia): http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/0803/31ranger.html NEW MEXICO TOWN PREPARES FOR ANTI-TERROR TRAINING AMONG OTHER THINGS, CENTER IN PLAYAS WILL OFFER LESSONS ON PROTECTING PIPELINES AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. Link to Associated Press story via PennLive.com: http://pennlive.com/newsflash/lateststories/index.ssf?/base/national-9/1062397143271090.xml GOING HIGH-TECH: MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR SYSTEM MONITORS INTERSECTIONS ACROSS COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA Link to article in the Naples Daily News (Naples, Florida): http://www.naplesnews.com/03/09/naples/d951448a.htm

FLORIDA DOT EXPLORES THE VIABILITY OF USING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAVS) FOR TRAFFIC SURVEILLANCE Link to story in the ICDN Newsletter: http://www.nawgits.com/icdn/fdot_uav.html CAR THAT CAN PARK ITSELF PUT ON SALE BY TOYOTA Link to news release from Toyota: http://www.toyota.co.jp/IRweb/corp_info/pr/2003/0901.html WEARING STRIPES CONSTRUCTION ZONES SPORTING SOME NEW LOOKS, AND THAT'S BY DESIGN. Link to article in The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Missouri): http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/living/6615430.htm TO GET THE PHONE, NEW YORK DRIVERS ARE WILLING TO RISK GETTING A TICKET Link to article in The New York Times (New York, New York): http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/02/nyregion/02DRIV.html "BRAKE-THROUGH" DISCOVERED FOR NOISY TRUCKS NRTC DEVELOPS A WORLD-FIRST TEST TO IDENTIFY OFFENSIVE ENGINE BRAKES IN THE TRAFFIC STREAM USING MICROPHONES AND COMPUTERS. Link to news release from the National Road Transport Commission: http://www.ntc.gov.au/NewsDetail.aspx?page=A0240030550000002000118 THEY KNOW WHERE YOU ARE NEW LOCATION TECHNOLOGY PROMISES AN ARRAY OF BENEFITS, INCLUDING EMERGENCY SERVICES THAT RESPOND BETTER AND REAL-TIME DRIVING DIRECTIONS TO AVOID TRAFFIC JAMS. Link to article in U.S. News & World Report: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/030908/tech/8bigbro.htm FIXING BOSTON'S HORRIBLE JAMS FEAR NOT, BEANTOWN COMMUTERS, BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING: HOW THE BIG DIG'S HIGH-TECH BRAIN DASHES GRIDLOCK. Link to article in Popular Science: http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/article/0,12543,481415,00.html NEW ITS AMERICA INTEGRATED INCIDENT MANAGEMENT POLICY YIELDS ACTION ITEMS Link to story from ITS America: http://www.itsa.org/itsnews.nsf/180c9c506bf5856985256c2d00174a12/9bc959bdc42a05d78525 6d97006e1cd2?OpenDocument FINAL REPORT OF THE FORETELL CONSORTIUM OPERATIONAL TEST: WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SURFACE TRANSPORTATION Link to report from US Department of Transportation: http://www.itsdocs.fhwa.dot.gov//JPODOCS/REPTS_TE//13833.html

Carol Estes, P.E. Technical Services Program Manager American Public Works Association (APWA) (816) 472-6100 www.apwa.net