Vol. 15, No. 1, January 19, 2001

General News

  • FHWA Resource Center Expertise Locator Opens to Public
  • Denver’s New LRT Line Attracts Substantial Number of Riders from Non-Transit Modes
  • Transportation Tort Liability: Adequacy of Pedestrian Crosswalk in Dispute
  • Study on GIS/Safety Integration Completed
  • Second Edition of Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual To Be Produced
  • National Transit Institute Seeks Nominations for Achievements in Transit Training Awards

Intelligence

  • Washington, DC: MUTCD 2000 becomes available
  • Washington, DC: USDOT publishes documents from the FHWA and the FTA that signal the accelerated deployment of integrated Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
  • Washington, DC: TRIS Online expands significantly
  • San Francisco, CA: The MTA prepares implementation of a Regional Express Bus Program through funds available from Gov. Davis’s Traffic Congestion Relief Plan (TCRP)
  • Harrisburg, PA: PennDot announces it will renumber exits and interchanges based on mileage
  • Austin, TX: TxDOT to sponsor symposium on managed lanes
  • Washington, DC: National Association of Governors’ Highway Safety Representatives releases report on aggressive driving
  • Washington, DC: USDOT founds Sharon D. Banks award for Innovative Leadership in Transportation.

Survey

Transportation Salaries and Related Issues

  • Areas of work and organizations
  • Positions, management levels
  • Time spent at work: distribution of tasks, preferences
  • Salary ranges
  • Recommendations
  • Rate of annual increases in pay
  • Overall opinions about compensation in the transportation profession compared to other professions
  • Transportation professionals address these and other questions

Product and Industry News

  • City of Baltimore To Use Satellite-Based AVC System
  • New Highway Capacity Software Available
  • City Electric Fuel Announces Follow-On FTA Electric Bus Contract

RFPs

  • Traffic Counts
  • Traffic Management System
  • Transportation Corridor Analysis of Highway 140 East
  • District-Wide Miscellaneous Corridor Planning
  • District-Wide Miscellaneous Systems Planning
  • Intelligent Traffic System (ITS) Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS) Study Within District 7
  • Advanced Transportation Technologies
  • Westheimer Corridor Mobility Study
  • Northern New England HSR Corridor (Boston/Manchester/Burlington/Montreal) High Speed Rail Feasibility Study
  • Advanced Transportation Management System

Reports

  • The Community Builders Handbook
  • Handbook of Transport Modeling
  • Benefits Assessment of Advanced Public Transportation System Technologies Update
  • Advanced Public Transportations systems: The State of the Art Update 2000

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