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Jan 21, 2008

PROGNOSIS * USA - RITA releases Transportation Vision for 2030

Washington,DC,USA -CCJ -21 Jan 2008: -- The Department of Transportation's Research and Innovative Technology Administration has released Transportation Vision for 2030, designed to guide DOT's research, technology and investment decisions in order to improve safety and system performance, and find 21st-century solutions to the challenges facing the nation's intermodal transportation system... Transportation Vision for 2030 details current challenges in passenger and freight transportation, such as record-level gridlock at our nation's airports and seaports, and on our highways. It also points out flaws in the current system of transportation financing and the need to improve the use of technology. The document then outlines DOT's "pathway" to addressing these challenges, such as safety-oriented technology programs, congestion-reducing technologies and pricing models, increased energy efficiency and alternative fuels, and public-private partnerships...


* TEST - DOT to do it with Next Generation 9-1-1 system
Washington,DC,USA -CCJ -21 Jan 2008: -- The Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration on Friday, Jan. 18, announced the selection of five partnership sites that will test its Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG-911) network prototype: Helena, Mont.; Rochester, N.Y.; Seattle; St. Paul, Minn.; and the state of Indiana... Under a 9-1-1 network model currently being developed by DOT, call takers and dispatchers at 9-1-1 centers will be able to send and receive digital pictures and video, e-mail and text messages, and other modern communications from computers and handheld devices instead of relying solely on the traditional 9-1-1 telephone calls...

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