USDOT releases new fact sheet on planning for the future of CVs and ITS
The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has developed a new fact sheet to encourage planning agencies to consider how their local transportation systems will function in a connected vehicle environment.
June 12, 2015
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The 324 US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has developed a new fact sheet to encourage planning agencies to consider how their local transportation systems will function in a connected vehicle environment.
The Planning for the Future of Transportation: Connected Vehicles and ITS fact sheet provides a quick overview of the ITS Joint Program Office's connected vehicle research activities and highlights key elements of performance-based planning and programming (PBPP) that present opportunities for addressing this connected vehicle environment.
These PBPP elements include: Strategic direction (Where do we want to go?); Planning analysis (How are we going to get there?); Programming (What will it take?); Implementation and Evaluation (How did we do?).
The fact sheet (link %$Linker: 2External<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary />000oLinkExternalhttp://www.its.dot.gov/factsheets/pdf/PlanningFutureTransportation_FactSheet.pdf)Visit the fact sheet for planning future transportationfalsehttp://http//www.its.dot.gov/factsheets/pdf/PlanningFutureTransportation_FactSheet.pdf)falsefalse%> also provides information on available planning tools and connected vehicle and ITS resources.
Chinese ride-sharing company Didi Chuxing has blamed its own ‘vanity’ for lapses in safety which led to the rape and killing of a 20-year-old female passenger. The firm issued a public apology for the incident which took place on 28 August and says it will now prioritise safety over growth. In an emailed statement, Didi founder Cheng Wei and president Jean Liu say: "We see clearly this is because our vanity overtook our original belief. We raced non-stop, riding on the force of breathless expansion and
The next iMobility Challenge event, "Intelligent Mobility, Smart Cities" takes place in Brussels on 18 November 2014.
Experts from innovation companies and researchers will share the latest ideas and developments in the field of intelligent mobility, sharing insights into how we will move forward in cities tomorrow, and what future vehicles will look like.
Confirmed keynote speakers include John Baekelsmans, CTO at Cisco; other key speakers will be Rupert Fausset, Principal Sustainability Advisor at F
ITS America has extended its deadline for papers and session submissions to 15 March for the 2018 annual meeting in Detroit. It is seeking high-quality papers for the technical programme to narrate the Transportation 2.0 theme.
Submissions should be related to Connectivity, Autonomy and the Future of Transportation; Cybersecurity and Privacy Opportunities and Challenges and; Electrification and Infrastructure. They can also be based on Regulatory and Financial Challenges Related to Deployment of ITS Tech
A new English-language web portal, www.French-rail-industry.com has been launched to promote France’s railways expertise to potential customers.
The web portal aims to raise awareness among industry professionals worldwide of the know-how prevalent in France’s railway sector with sections devoted to the latest international company news and events such as Innotrans, which will take place in Berlin from 23 to 26 September 2014.
The website will also help to establish connections between international