Vol. 15, No. 4, March 2, 2001

General News

  • Iowa Finds Higher Speed Limits Increase Fatalities
  • Boston Transit Agency Issues "Customer Bill of Rights"
  • Space Required for Cars Quantified
  • MPO Uses Kiosks to Obtain Public Opinion
  • New Report Links Land Development, the Environment and Transportation
  • Transportation Tort Liability: DOT’s Immunity From Liability in Case That Questions Traffic Safety Policy

Intelligence

  • Washington, DC: FHWA releases Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Emissions Analysis Techniques report
  • Washington, DC: Scenic America accepting nominations for its 2001 Last Chance Landscapes program
  • Seattle, WA: Survey finds public supports fare-free bus and vanpool alternative to light rail proposal
  • Philadelphia, PA: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission initiates study to evaluate parking demand along rail stations in New Jersey
  • Chicago, IL: Program to reduce fraudulent use of disability parking placards announced
  • San Diego, CA: A $250 rebate made available for purchasers of electric bikes
  • Washington, DC: Federal officials issue memo instructing agencies about how to comply with TEA-21 requirements
  • United Kingdom: Sale of mopeds increases 38% in one year

Survey

Accident Data Analysis Software

  • Price ranges
  • Analytical capabilities of software
  • Compatibility with GIS-based information
  • Software’s ability to link crashes to a traffic citation database
  • Can software accommodate analysis of bicycle and pedestrian crashes
  • Can users enhance crash diagrams with CAD drawings or digital photography
  • Software developers address these and other topics

Product and Industry News

  • New Version of SIGNAL2000/TEAPAC Released
  • City of Milpitas Deploys Intergraph’s GeoMedia To Enhance GIS Initiatives
  • Transrapid Magnetic Levitation System Finds Applications
  • Cell-Loc Receives Grant To Study Collection and Dissemination of Real-Time Traffic Information in Canada

RFPs

  • Develop GIS for Airport
  • Feasibility Study to Improve Freight Movement
  • Public Involvement Training
  • State Transportation Needs Assessment
  • Traffic Engineering
  • Financial Impact Analysis of Transit Ridership at Retail Centers (CBD & Non-CBD)
  • District-Wide Systems Planning
  • Evaluate Current and Future Transportation Needs in Schuyler and Steuben Counties

Reports

  • Our Built and Natural Environments: A Technical Review of the Interactions Between Land Use, Transportation, and Environmental Quality
  • Accidents 1997-1998
  • Implementing Sustainable Urban Travel Policies, National Peer Review: The Netherlands
  • Understanding and Changing Your Management Style

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