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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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