Submit an article to the ITS Rocky Mountain Summer Newsletter!
Do you have a cutting edge technology or project that your agency or organization is working on? Or maybe the evaluation report from your latest ITS project is finally finished.
Consider sharing your lessons learned and next steps with your colleagues. Submit an article for the Summer Newsletter!
Articles must be no more than three pages in length and must contain contact information for the author. Graphics and photos are welcome! Submittals can be emailed to admin@itsrm.org and must be received by July 10th.
Do you have a funny, interesting or unique transportation photo you would like to share? Email to web@itsrm.org.
If you missed the June 17th webinar on the Transportation Authorization Bill, you may be interested in future webinars offered by the chapter. Subjects will be announced via this website and our email list-serve in future weeks.
Have a topic you would like to suggest? Email us at admin@itsrm.org. We welcome the input!
Co-sponsored by the ITS Rocky Mountain Chapter, the theme for the Spring 2009 Denver Transportation Symposium was transportation funding in Colorado. Speakers provided different perspectives on the same theme talking about the impact to the infrastructure of not keeping up with mobility and maintenance needs. The State of Colorado invests 1 billion dollars a year into transportation, but to keep up, it is estimated that 2.5 billion would be needed. Backlogs exist in pavement and bridge repair, and congestion is increasing.
As a first step, the Colorado legislature past the FASTER bill. It provides 250 million per year from licensing fees and additional taxes on rental cars. The funds go to bridge repair and safety. It also abolishes the current tolling enterprise and creates a new tolling enterprise with a different board. The tolling enterprise will focus on the I 25 and I 70 mountain corridors.
Other funding bills are under consideration in the legislature. These include abolishing the designated funding for transportation when the economy is good in favor of a more traditional general fund approach. Also, the Denver Transit District could be given permission to go to the voters to increase sales taxes to complete the Rail Transit and HOV/HOT systems.
Estimated attendance was 50 to 60 during the Symposium with nearly 100 attendees at the luncheon.
Now available, ITS Training Course – RWIS Equipment and Operations! ITS America and ITS Rocky Mountain are partnering to offer the RWIS Equipment and Operations Training Course (available on demand). The course was first offered in 2007 and was well-received, obtaining excellent evaluations form participants. Some participants had the following comments:
“I should have had this course 1 year ago.”
“Very good class, one of the best I have taken.”
“Very practical, real life, NOT academic.”
“Level of detail was great for an introductory course”
“Thanks for bringing this information to us. It will help further our program.”
A course description, outcomes and agenda can be found by clicking here. Interested organizations needing additional information or wanting to request a course can do so by emailing ITS Rocky Mountain staff at admin@itsrm.org.
