Vol. 17, No. 8, May 2, 2003

General News

  • Daily E-Mail Service Alerts Motorists to Afternoon Traffic Delays
  • Kansas DOT To Test “Patrol Car” Signs as a Speed-Reduction Measure
  • Maker of New Electric Vehicle Propulsion System Names Former NATO Commander General as Chairman
  • Flexcar and National Geographic Society Explore Car-Sharing
  • ZAP Electric Bicycle Expands Into South and Latin America, Spain
  • Continuous Right-Turn Lane Installed on Highway
  • “How-To” Report Published on Minimizing Highway and Development Impact on Natural Environment
  • NHTSA Releases Major Research Report on 2001 Crashes Involving Pedestrians in U.S.
  • Tort: DOT Found Liable in Not Addressing Blind Spot for Left Turn Vehicles at Signalized Intersection

Intelligence

  • MIT’s DynaMIT Model To Be Tested in Los Angeles
  • Federal Transit Administration Selects Leading Engineering Firms to Compete for Oversight of More Than $87 Billion in Projects
  • Proposed Law To Allow Toll Lane on Interstates
  • Cyclist Commuters To Be Reimbursed for State Trail Fee
  • FHWA Releases State-of-the-Practice Report on Highway Traffic Operations and Freeway Management

Survey

Modal Master Table:
  • Lists the following characteristics for automobiles, bus, light rail, rapid rail, commuter rail, and automated guide way transit as well as annotated references for cited data:
  • Maximum operational speed
  • Average operating speed
  • Total capital cost
  • Capital costs of stations
  • Capital cost of vehicles
  • Capital cost of yards
  • Operational/maintenance cost for vehicles
  • Operational/maintenance costs for ROW
  • Energy consumption
  • Minimum headway
  • Vehicle capacity, seats
  • Vehicle capacity, persons
  • Theoretical line capacity
  • Occupant accident rate
  • Base fares
  • ROW space requirements
  • Air pollutants: CO, HC, NOX
  • Noise levels

New Publications

  • 2003 Intelligent Transportation Systems Project Book
  • Highway Statistics 2001
  • Developer-Planner Interaction in Transportation and Land Use Sustainability
  • Pedestrian Safety and Transit Corridors

RFPs

  • Traffic Signal Timing Services
  • Planning and Other Services
  • Complete Transportation Element of Master Plan
  • ITS Design Support Services Statewide
  • Road Corridor Study
  • Pedestrian Activity Safety Study
  • Traffic Count Collection
  • Tech Support Services for Geometric Design Lab
  • Airport Master Plan
  • TDM Marketing and Outreach
  • Technical Assistance for Traffic Signals Database

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