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1 THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION MONITOR 2011 Law ley Pub li ca tions. All Rights Re served. VOL 25, NO 3 APRIL 11, 2011 Cal i for nia Court De fends Use of Red Light Run ning Cam eras Upholds Motor ist s Con vic tion, Reverses Ear lier Court Deci sion On Feb ru ary 14, a Los Angeles County, Cal i for nia court defended the use of red light cam eras by affirm ing the valid ity of photo tick et ing and the con vic tion of a motor ist who had chal lenged her ticket. In so doing, the three-judge appel late divi - sion panel reversed an ear lier judg ment of the appel late divi sion in Alameda, Kern, Orange, San Bernadino and San Mateo coun ties. Los Angeles County Judge Sanjay T. Kumar wrote, As explained below, it is our view that pho to graphs taken by an Automated Traffic Enforcement System may be admis si ble even if the tes ti fy ing offi cer was not a per cip i ent wit ness to the vio la tion and was not per son ally respon si - ble for set ting up the camera. Back ground: On March 13, 2009, a notice to appear was issued to appel lant pur su ant to the auto - mated traf fic enforcements stat ues, alleg - ing she failed to stop at a red sig nal light at the inter sec tion of Centinela Ave. and Beach Ave. in the city of Inglewood. Fol - low ing a court trial in which pho to graphic evi dence from an auto mated traf fic enforce ment sys tem (ATES) was admit - ted, appel lant was con victed. The appel lant appealed the con vic tion, con tend ing: (1) the pho to graphs were inad mis si ble because no foun da tion was estab lished that the pho to graphs were a rea son able rep re sen ta tion of what they were alleged to por tray, and they con sti - tuted hear say; (2) the yel low light inter val did not con form to the require ments of the Vehi cle Code; (3) the pros e cu tion s use of pho to graphic evi dence vio lated appel - lant s Sixth Amend ment right to con front wit nesses; and (4) the pros e cu tion failed to Copen ha gen Devel op ing Cycle Super Highways A Total of 26 Routes Will Have an Overall Length of 186 Miles On your bike! is the mes sage being directed at cit i zens liv ing in and around Copen ha gen, Den mark. The mes sage is part of a col lab o ra tion among 18 local author i ties and the Cap i tal Region of Den mark, a group work ing together to cre ate Cycle Super High ways -- a net work of bicy cle com mu ter routes to help encour age more peo ple to com mute by bicy cle over long dis tances. Twenty-six routes have thus far been prove appel lant was the driver depicted in the photographs. In affirm ing the judg ment, we Please turn to Page 5 planned in the region of Copen ha gen, and two of these, the Albertslund route and Vestvold route, are cur rently under con - struc tion. Accord ing to Peter Jantzen, a spokes man for the pro ject sec re tar iat, Sekretariat for Cykelsuperstier, the first route is planned to be inau gu rated in Octo - ber of this year. Jantzen told UTM recently that a Cycle Please turn to Page 4 Inside Sur veys....page 13 Requests for Pro pos als....page 23 Confer ences...page 24 A cycle "superhighway" in Copenhagen. (Photo: Courtesy of Sekretariat for Cykelsuperstier, Copenhagen)

2 THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION MONITOR, APRIL 11, 2011, VOL. 253, NO. 3 Page 2 Superbus Prototype Developed by Delft University of Technology Runs on Dedicated Concrete Roads The Delft Uni ver sity of Tech nol ogy is pre - sent ing its pro to type of the Super bus in Dubai on the first day of the 59th In ter na - tional As so ci a tion of Pub lic Trans port (UITP) Con gress and World Ex hi bi tion, April 10-14, The Super bus Pro ject is an in no va tive pub lic trans port ef fort and a new con cept for safe, flex i ble and sus tain able mo bil ity. Started in 2004, the re search and de vel op - ment team is led by Dutch as tro naut and Delft Uni ver sity Pro fes sor Dr. Wubbo Ockels. It is funded by the Dutch gov ern - ment and other spon sors. Im ple men ta tion of the Superbus is planned for The Super bus con cept con sists of a new vehicle, new type of dedicated infrastruc - ture and new lo gis tics, ac cord ing to the pro ject team. In this con cept, all of the in - tel li gence and in no va tion is put into the ve - hi cle. In con trast, the ded i cated in fra struc - ture, where the Super bus runs at 250 km/h (155 miles per hour), is made of rel a tively cheap concrete roads. Super bus is a high-speed ve hi cle that is some where be tween a bus and a sports car, Dr. Ockels has said. By in te grat ing ex ist ing high-speed au to mo tive tech nol - ogy with ex ist ing aero space en gi neer ing tech nol ogy, Super bus will travel with a cruis ing speed of 250 km/h with out any di - rect CO2 and NO2 emissions. The Super bus uses aero space tech nol - ogy in com bi na tion with For mula 1 tech - nol ogy to cre ate a light weight struc ture with a low drag shape that is sta ble and con - trol la ble at high speed. The pro to type is elec tri cally pow ered with a 1,000-1,200kg re charge able bat tery pack, mak ing it sus - tain able. Since the pro to type is light weight and has a highly stream lined con struc tion, it also has low energy consumption. At 15 m long and 2.5 m wide (49.2 feet and 8.2 feet), the Super bus has sim i lar di - men sions to a reg u lar pub lic tran sit bus. But the height of the Super bus is just 1.7m. (5.4 feet), which makes the bus ap pear lon - ger. Also, in stead of a few large doors, the Super bus has eight or more doors along both sides of the ve hi cle to al low di rect ac - cess to all seats to increase comfort. Ac cord ing to the pro ject team, the de - sign of Super bus is safe due to ob sta cle de - tec tion sys tems (through ra dar equip ment and a fast re spond ing elec tronic guid ance Two im ages of the pro to type of a 155 mph "super bus" de vel oped by the Delft Uni ver sity of Tech nol ogy. sys tem), high ma neu ver abil ity and for mi - da ble breaking power. Super bus is planned to go be yond the con cept of a fixed sched ule. The lo gis tics al low for flex i bil ity in high vol ume trans - port on de mand via a cen tral rout ing op ti - mization system. Thus the vehicle trans - ports pas sen gers from their or i gin to their des ti na tion with out the need for changeovers. Be side all this, Super bus is de signed to pro vide a sen sa tional travel ex pe ri ence through high speed, er go nomic in te rior de sign and per sonal mul ti me dia equip - ment for each in di vid ual passenger. Super bus is de vel oped in the Neth er - lands, but it can be re garded as a global in - vest ment since the Neth er lands will sub - se quently be able to mar ket it world wide, ac cord ing to the Super bus pro ject website. For more in for ma tion, visit or con - tact Antonia Terzi by at Antonia.Terzi@tudelft.nl. The Urban Trans por ta tion Mon i tor, ISSN , is pub lished monthly, except dur ing Jan u ary and August (10 issues per year), by Law - ley Pub li ca tions, 6813 Jer e miah Ct., Fairfax Sta - tion, VA 22039, Tel: (703) , Fax: (703) , edi tors@lawleypub lications.com. Sub scrip tions $295 per year. Peri - od i cals post age paid at Fairfax, VA. POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to The Urban Trans por ta tion Mon i tor, P.O. Box 12300, Burke, VA The Urban Trans por ta tion Mon i tor pub lishes cur rent news on all modes and aspects related to urban trans por ta tion. Law ley Pub li ca tions is an inde pend ent and pri vately owned orga ni za tion. Copy right 2011, Law ley Pub li ca tions. All Rights Reserved. Repro duc tion, includ ing pho - to copy ing and fac sim ile or elec tronic trans mis - sion, in whole or in part with out writ ten per mis sion from the Edi tor is expressly pro hib ited. Law ley Pub li ca tions assumes no respon si bil ity or lia bil ity of any kind for the accu racy or com - plete ness of the infor ma tion herein, or for addi - tional or changed infor ma tion sub se quent to the date the mate rial was received and/or pub lished. Publisher/Editor: Dan iel B. Rathbone, Ph.D., P.E. Man ag ing Edi tor: Clarissa Reeves, M.Ed. Senior Edi tor/writer: Jeanne Holden

3 THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION MONITOR, APRIL 11, 2011, VOL. 25 NO. 3 Page 3 GA Gen eral As sem bly Passes Bill to Allow Golf Carts on Local Roads Sets Stan dards for Ju ris dic tions The Geor gia Gen eral As sem bly has passed a bill that, if signed by Gov er nor Na than Deal, would make it le gal to drive golf carts on lo cal roads. It would set stan dards for ju ris dic tions that choose to im ple ment golf cart or di nances and al low res i dents to use them for lo cal trans por ta tion. The bill has been called a jobs bill for an in dus try that has three man u fac tur ers in Geor gia. The leg is la tion has strong back - ing from the Na tional Golf Car Man u fac - turers Association. If signed, the Act shall be come ef fec tive on January 1, The bill, passed first by the Geor gia Sen ate on March 16 and then by the Geor - gia House of Rep re sen ta tives on March 31, would amend Ti tle 40 of the Of fi cial Code of Geor gia An no tated, re lat ing to mo tor ve hi cles and traf fic, so as to cre ate a new class of mo tor ve hi cles to be known as per sonal trans por ta tion ve hi cles. The legislation defines per sonal trans por ta - tion ve hi cle to mean any motor vehicle: with a min i mum of four wheels, ca pa ble of a max i mum level ground speed of less than 20 miles per hour, with a max i mum gross ve hi cle unladen or empty weight of 1,375 pounds, and ca pa ble of trans port ing not more than eight per sons. Per sonal trans por ta tion ve hi cles would not in clude mo bil ity aids, in clud ing power wheel chairs and scoot ers, which can be used in doors and out doors for the ex press pur pose of en abling mo bil ity for a per son with a dis abil ity. The term also does not in - clude any all-ter rain ve hi cle. The bill spec i fies that, to travel on the road, per sonal trans por ta tion ve hi cles would have to have spe cific safety equip - ment in clud ing: A brak ing sys tem suf fi cient for the weight and pas sen ger ca pac ity of the ve - hi cle, in clud ing front brakes and a park - ing brake. Seat belts A re verse warn ing de vice func tional at all times when the di rec tional con trol is in the re verse po si tion. A main power switch. When the switch is in the off po si tion, or the key or other de vice that ac ti vates the switch is re - moved, the mo tive power cir cuit shall be in op er a tive. If the switch uses a key, it shall be re mov able only in the off po - sition. Head lamps Reflex reflectors; Tail lamps A horn A rear view mir ror Safety warn ing la bels Hip re straints and hand holds. The current legislation would exempt cities and coun ties that had golf cart or di - nances in place be fore the bill takes ef fect from the stan dards set in the leg is la tion. The cur rent leg is la tion also has no age re stric tions. In the past, sim i lar leg is la - tion was in tro duced, which would have re stricted golf cart driv ing to per sons age 16 and above and li censed driv ers. That ver sion was ve toed by then-gov er nor Sonny Perdue last year. If en acted, lo cal gov ern ments will have the fi nal say as to whether golf carts are permitted in their communities. For more in for ma tion, visit /sum/sb240.htm. Ad ver tise ment

4 THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION MONITOR, APRIL 11, 2011, VOL. 25 NO. 3 Page 4 To ronto Bike Shar ing Pro gram to Launch with 1,000 Bikes Many Bike Sta tions Lo cated Close to Tran sit Sta tions The city of To ronto and the Pub lic Bike Sys tem Com pany have an nounced that the of fi cial launch of the BIXI To ronto bike shar ing pro gram will take place on May 3 with 1,000 bikes, 80 BIXI sta tions and 1,500 dock ing points in To ronto s down - town core. The BIXI To ronto pro gram was ap proved by the City Coun cil last May. The BIXI To ronto pro gram is an ex cit - ing new cy cling ini tia tive that will en cour - age more bi cy cle trips in the down town core. It is also a great ex am ple of pub - lic-pri vate part ner ship to ben e fit To ronto res i dents and vis i tors," said Coun cil lor Denzil Minnan-Wong, chair of the City s Pub lic Works and In fra struc ture Com mit - tee, in a March press release. The Pub lic Bike Sys tem Com pany (PBSC) is the or ga ni za tion be hind the con - cept, de vel op ment and op er a tion of award-win ning BIXI - which op er ates bike shar ing sys tems on three con ti nents and is the first large-scale bike shar ing sys tem in North America. We are happy to count To ronto among the three Ca na dian cit ies where the BIXI ser vice will be avail able in 2011," said Roger Plamondon, chair man of the PBSC board. More than 1,200 Torontonians pur chased an an nual mem ber ship last fall, five months be fore the pro gram s launch. We are con vinced that Torontonians will quickly adopt the BIXI bikes as a con ve - nient and eco nom i cal way to get around. De signed to com ple ment pub lic tran sit, the BIXI bikes are in tended to be used for one-way trips of less than 30 min utes. BIXI bikes can be picked up or dropped off at any of the 80 down town bi cy cle dock ing sta tions 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Bérengère Thériault, a spokes woman for the Pub lic Bike Sys tem Com pany, said other com pa nies are con tracted to re dis - trib ute BIXI bikes among the bike sta tions us ing trucks 24 hours a day. She said that more trucks are used dur ing the morn ing and eve ning rush hour pe ri ods when there is the most use of the bikes. Thériault noted that many of the bike sta tions in To ronto and other cit ies are lo - cated near pub lic tran sit sta tions to al low cy clists to plan multi-modal trips. To ronto is Can ada s larg est city and sixth larg est gov ern ment, and home to about 2.6 mil - lion peo ple. Reg u lar us ers of the sys tem will pur - chase a pass for pe ri ods of time rang ing from one month to one year and will re - ceive a BIXI key. Mem bers can use their BIXI key to take out a bike at any sta tion in the net work. Non-mem bers can pur chase a 24-hour pass. There is no trip fee if the bi - cy cle is re turned to a bike sta tion within 30 min utes. A fee is charged for any trip lon - ger than 30 min utes. A per son will be able to use the bikes for $95 a year, $40 a month or $5 a day. There will be ad di tional fees, how ever, for rides that are longer than 30 minutes. The Pub lic Bike Sys tem Com pany s BIXI bike shar ing pro gram has been op er - a tional in Mon treal since May An ad di tional pro gram is planned to be launched in Ot tawa later in For more in for ma tion, visit or or con tact Bérengère Thériault, Pub lic Bike Sys tem Com pany spokes woman at or by at btheriault@publicbikesystem.com. Con tin ued from Page 1 Copenhagen Area Developing Cycle Super Highways Super High way is a cy cle high way, where the com mu ters needs have been given the high est pri or ity. A Cy cle Super High way is de fined both by its lo ca tion as well as its phys i cal qual i ties, he ex plained. The high way should con nect ar eas with many work ers and stu dents to their homes and to public transportation possibilities as well. The high ways should be fast, mean ing as di rect as pos si ble and with as few stops as pos si ble. Fur ther more the high ways have to be com fort able and safe. Com fort is se - cured by a high qual ity of as phalt and main te nance. Se cu rity is achieved, for in - stance by clear mark ings and dis tance to cars and by suf fi cient light ning. The 26 planned Cy cle Super High way routes have a to tal length of 300 ki lo me ters (186 miles). Ac cord ing to Jantzen, the es - ti mated po ten tial of the routes are about 52,000 com mu ters a day. Both com mu ters and oth ers will use the routes, he said, but the main fo cus is on commuters. The pro ject started in 2010 and has great am bi tions, ac cord ing to Maria Streuli, man ager of the pro ject sec re tar iat, which re ceives sup port from a na tional fund that pro motes cy cling ac tiv i ties. Our vi sion is to make the Co pen ha gen re - gion the best cy cling re gion in the world, she says. The tar get group is com mu ters cy cling long dis tances to work. Most bi - cy cle com mu ters only cy cle up to five ki lo - me ters (approx. 3 miles), so we need to reach out to those who have fur ther to go to work. Ac cord ing to Jantzen, the pro ject s main ob jec tive is to get more peo ple to use bikes in stead of cars for dis tances from 5 to 20 ki lo me ters (about 3 to 12.4 miles). He stressed, We want peo ple to per ceive these routes as a se ri ous al ter na tive equal to tak ing the car, bus or train. This will have a big im pact on the en vi ron ment, with an es ti mated po ten tial of a re duc tion of 7 tons of carbon dioxide each year." The north ern Eu ro pean con sult ing group COWI, which has ex per tise in cy cle traf fic, is serv ing as con sul tant to the sec - re tar iat. Hen rik Grell, a traf fic plan ner at COWI, says the pro ject seeks to cre ate routes that of fer fast, comfortable and safe ser vice for cy clists trav el ing long distances. To a great ex tent, the routes will make use of cur rent roads and paths, but the routes will have to be op ti mized to Please turn to Page 6

5 THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION MONITOR, APRIL 11, 2011, VOL. 25 NO. 3 Page 5 Con tin ued from Page 1 Cal i for nia Court De fends Use of Red Light Run ning Cam eras ac knowl edge the ap pel late di vi sion of the Or ange County Su pe rior Court has held that claims sim i lar to those ad dressed in part 3. A. war rant re ver sal of the judg ment (Peo ple v. Khaled), Los An geles County Judge Sanjay T. Kumar wrote. Spe cif i - cally, Khaled held pho to graphs from an ATES pur port ing to show the de fen dant driv ing through a red light were in ad mis si - ble because the testifying officer: (1) was not a per cip i ent wit ness and there fore, could not es tab lish that the photo was a rea son able rep re sen ta tion of that which it is al leged to por tray, or (2) could not es tab lish the time the cam era was set to re - cord and the method used to re trieve the pho to graphs. In ad di tion, Khaled held the pho to graphs con sti tuted in ad mis si ble hear say in that they were not ad mis si ble busi ness re cords or of fi cial re cords. We re spect fully dis agree with Khaled, Kumar wrote. She added, We con clude the ac cu racy of the pho to graphs is sub ject to a rebuttable pre sump tion pur su - ant to Ev i dence Code. More over, apart from such a pre sump tion, the pho to graphs may be au then ti cated by a law en force ment of fi cer who has knowl edge about the meth - ods used by the ATES to trans mit the pho to - graphs to the of fi cer s law en force ment agency. Fi nally, the data and im ages on the pho to graphs did not con sti tute hear say be - cause they did not amount to a statement from a human declarant. Dis cus sion: Kumar wrote that Ev i dence Code sec tions 1552 and 1553 es tab lish a pre sump tion that the data and dig i tal im ages from the ATES were an accurate representation of the in - for ma tion or im ages con tained therein. The bur den of pro duc ing ev i dence cast ing doubt on the pho to graph s ac cu racy or re li - abil ity fell on ap pel lant and she pro vided no Con tin ued from Page 4 Co pen ha gen Area De vel op ing Cy cle Super Highways make it more at trac tive to choose cy - cling as a means of trans port. The optimization measures may in volve a num ber of op tions, in clud - ing new or wider bike paths, reg u la - tion of traf fic lights, im proved sign - age and au to matic cycle pumps. In ad di tion, an other im por tant part of the pro ject is the pub lic re la - tions cam paign which will oc cur parallel to the actual implementation of the routes. The open ing of the first route in 2011 will be ac com pa nied by an in ten sive cam paign pe riod, and fur ther dis sem i na tion and in for - ma tion activities are planned. For more in for ma tion, visit 11/02/02/super-cycle-highways-ingreater-copenhagen-area-2/, or con - tact Pe ter Jantzen at ZG4Z@tmf.kk.dk. Co pen ha gen's cy cle su per high ways plan for 26 routes with a to tal length of 186 miles. ev i dence on this. The of fi cer pro vided ex pert tes ti mony re gard ing the op er a tion of the ATES and the pho to graphs it pro duces based on in - for ma tion he had from city traf fic en gi - neers and Redflex as well as his ex pe ri - ence with im ages ob tained from the cam - eras, Kumar wrote. She added, The data bar af fixed to the bot tom of the pho to - graphs was not hear say, in so far as it was not inputted by a per son but, rather, was gen er ated by the ATES once the sys tem s sen sors were trig gered by ap pel lant. The pur pose of the hear say rule is to sub ject the declarant to cross-ex am i na tion in or - der to bring to light any fal si ties, con tra - dic tions, or in ac cu ra cies that may not be discernible in the declarant s out-of-court statement. Re gard ing the du ra tion of the yel low light interval, the intersection was tested twice and both tests re sulted in av er age yel low light in ter vals of more than the man dated in ter val of 3.9 sec onds based on a prima fa cie speed limit of 40 miles per hour for ap proach ing vehicles. Re gard ing the Sixth Amend ment, dur - ing the pro ceed ings, the ap pel lant did not at any time claim that the use of pho to - graphs from the au to mated sys tem vi o - lated her right to con front and cross-ex - am ine wit nesses. There fore, the con fron - ta tion clause claim is for feited on ap peal. More over, pho to graphs and vid eo tapes are dem on stra tive ev i dence, de pict ing what the cam era sees. There are not tes ti - mo nial ev i dence and they are not hearsay evidence. The ap pel lant claimed that the pros e - cu tion was re quired to pro duce a clear pho to graph of the driver of the ve hi cle and that the driver s face in the photo was ob - scured by the rear view mir ror. The trial court found that the mir ror cov ered about 20 per cent of the driver s face and de - clined to hold that, as a mat ter of law, a trier of fact is un able to de ter mine the iden tity of a per son in a pho to graph be - cause ap prox i mately 20 per cent of the person s face is obscured. The orig i nal judg ment was af firmed.

6 THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION MONITOR, APRIL 11, 2011, VOL. 25 NO. 3 Page 6 Cit ies Con tinue to Em brace Ben e fits of Wayfinding New and Old Tech niques, Ap pli ca tions Work To gether Wayfinding is di rec tion for peo ple in mo - tion, says Corbin De sign Pres i dent Mark VanderKlipp. It is a com mu ni ca tion chal - lenge as much as it is a sign age task. VanderKlipp told UTM that, de spite the tough econ omy, peo ple still need to find their des ti na tions. Mak ing it eas ier for vis i tors to find their way is par a mount for any in sti tu tion be it a hos pi tal, cul tural cen ter, ed u ca tional in sti tu tion, cor po ra - tion, city or re gion. Vis i tors who feel com - pe tent and con fi dent in an en vi ron ment are more likely to have good mem o ries and come again. This leads to return visits and increased revenue. Ac cord ing to VanderKlipp, wayfinding ties to gether ver bal and vi sual cues, us ing sign age, but also by work ing through ar - chi tec ture, in te ri ors, light ing and land - scape de sign. It cre ates tools to sup port a variety of navigation preferences. Visu - ally, use of a sim i lar graphic ap proach to map ping and the pre sen ta tion of in for ma - tion will build fa mil iar ity with the pro gram and make wayfinding tools rec og niz able, whether on line, in a mobile device, or on a sign, he said. Asked about new di rec tions for wayfinding, VanderKlipp said that re gions are re al iz ing that a shared ap proach to at - tract ing busi ness, res i dent and tour ist dol - lars will be a net ben e fit. Towns and des ti - na tions may have been com pet ing for the same tour ist dol lars for gen er a tions. To re - al ize the ben e fits of wayfinding, stake - holders must over come this cul tural hur dle at the be gin ning of the pro cess. A con sol i - dated ap proach to wayfinding uni fies a re - gion both ver bally and vi su ally, and gives vis i tors the tools they need to nav i gate suc - cess fully. Most im por tantly, the in for ma - tion pro vided to vis i tors can make them feel like in sid ers be cause they can dis - cover unique events, at trac tions and des ti - na tions on their own. At the same time, wayfinding can build awareness among residents to all that their region has to offer. VanderKlipp de scribed three cur rent Corbin De sign wayfinding pro jects: Ra - leigh, North Carolina; Cen tre City, Cal - gary; and Georgetown, South Carolina. Con nect ing Phys i cal to Dig i tal: Raleigh, NC As a state cap i tal and one of the fast est grow ing U.S. cit ies, Ra leigh de vel oped a wayfinding sys tem for its 370,000 res i - dents and 11.5 mil lion yearly vis i tors. Corbin worked closely with the Down - town Ra leigh Al li ance, a non profit eco - nomic de vel op ment or ga ni za tion, to im - prove wayfinding while better brand ing the city. The re sult ing sys tem was de signed as a util ity for di rec tion giv ing and to help en - hance the city s mar ket po ten tial. For ex - am ple, us ing a new ParkLink logo that Corbin de vel oped to rep re sent pub lic park - ing, the sys tem pro vides better di rec tion to and iden ti fi ca tion of ven ues. The sys tem s de sign, with its alu mi num mesh and leaf pat tern fins and dec o ra tive acorn fini als, also re flects Raleigh s motto as the City of Oaks. Other tools were de vel oped to reach Ra leigh vis i tors who rely on new tech nol o - gies to nav i gate. Geo cen tric, a Bethesda, MD-based soft ware com pany, cre ated the next level of vis i tor sup port. The in for - ma tion in the dig i tal tools in cludes a com - prehensive events calendar; detailed informa tion on lo cal events, des ti na tions and at - trac tions; in for ma tion on liv ing down - town, and real-time connections to public transit. A con certed ef fort to build aware ness via lo cal me dia was also launched, so re - gional res i dents un der stood the im por - tance of wayfinding and the tools to sup - port it. From streetscape to printed ma te - ri als and mo bile me dia, Ra leigh now speaks in the same lan guage to its vis i tors and res i dents. Peo ple can nav i gate con fi - dently via wayfinding sign age and dig i tal tools: Website ( mobile application ( and pub lic Transit Circulator ( -around/r-line/status). An example of a vehicular wayfinding directional sign. (Photo: Cour tesy of Corbin Design) Be com ing a World Class City: Cen tre City Cal gary, AB With an in creas ingly di verse pop u la tion and a bur geon ing Cen tre City, Cal gary asked Corbin De sign to de velop a mas ter Please turn to Page 7

7 THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION MONITOR, APRIL 11, 2011, VOL. 25 NO. 3 Page 7 European Commission Un veils Roadmap to Sin gle Eu ro pean Transport Area Plan Would Elim i nate Gas-Fu eled Cars in Cit ies by 2050 The Eu ro pean Com mis sion has un veiled a Roadmap to a Sin gle Eu ro pean Trans port Area To wards a Com pet i tive and Re - source Ef fi cient Trans port Sys tem," a plan aimed at en forc ing a pro found shift in trans port pat terns for pas sen gers by In the plan, the EC sets out 40 con crete ini tia tives for the next de cade aimed at build ing a com pet i tive trans port sys tem that will in crease mo bil ity, re move ma jor bar ri ers in key ar eas and fuel growth and em ploy ment. At the same time, the pro pos - als will dramatically reduce Europe s de - pend ence on im ported oil and cut car bon emis sions in trans port by 60% by The Trans port 2050 roadmap sets dif - fer ent goals for dif fer ent types of jour neys -- within cit ies, be tween cit ies, and long dis tance. Among these are: For ur ban trans port, a big shift to cleaner cars and cleaner fu els: A 50% shift away from con ven tion ally fu elled cars by 2030, phas ing them out in cit ies by Halve the use of con ven tion ally fu elled cars in ur ban trans port by 2030; phase them out in cit ies by 2050; achieve es - sen tially CO2-free move ment of goods in ma jor ur ban cen ter by By 2050, move close to zero fa tal i ties in road trans port. For intercity travel: 50% of all me dium-dis tance pas sen ger and freight trans port should shift off the Con tin ued from Page 6 Cit ies Con tinue to Em brace Ben e fits of Wayfinding roads and onto rail and waterborne trans port. By 2050, the ma jor ity of me dium-dis - tance pas sen ger trans port, about 300 km and be yond, should go by rail. By 2030, 30% of road freight over 300 km should shift to other modes such as rail or waterborne trans port, and more than 50% by De liver a fully func tional and EU-wide core net work of trans port cor ri dors, en - suring facilities for efficient transfer be tween trans port modes by 2030, with a high-qual ity high-ca pac ity net work by 2050 and a cor re spond ing set of in - for ma tion ser vices. Please turn to Page 8 plan for wayfinding that could cover both cur rent and fu ture needs. The plan set a frame work for the de vel op ment of wayfinding tools in three key ar eas: Speak Calgarian tak ing cues from the built en vi ron ment and Cen tre City cul - ture, de sign the foun da tional ter mi nol - ogy that un der lies all wayfinding and di - rec tion giv ing, in clud ing events, at trac - tions, des ti na tions and cir cu la tion. Connect Centres of Activity spec ify and de sign the tools that will sup port the foun da tional wayfinding logic across media. Build Aware ness build com pli ance and sup port by cre at ing last ing con nec - tions be tween Cal gary s gov ern men tal, non-profit and pri vate or ga ni za tions, and include education as a critical compo nent of a wayfinding pro gram rollout. Corbin s cur rent ef forts in clude de - tailed de sign de vel op ment of the phys i cal wayfinding el e ments, build ing a Dig i tal Wayfinding Con sor tium to con nect the physical to more immediate media, and con nect ing the Plus 15, Cal gary s en closed sky walk sys tem, to the on-street wayfinding program. Through out this pro cess, Corbin has been en gag ing a wide range of stake - holders from those who in flu ence ur ban de sign or his tor i cal in ter pre ta tion to those who in flu ence parks and trails, ma jor events, accessibility standards, or multi-lin - gual pop u la tions. The key is in clud ing as many points of view as pos si ble in the pro - cess. With that shared vi sion, you be gin build ing con sen sus, and then a flex i ble struc ture to ac count for tech ni cal, phys i cal, reg u la tory and bud get ary con straints. The wayfinding ef fort is planned to launch prior to July 2012, the 100 th anniversary of the Calgary Stampede. Putt ing Your self on the Map: Georgetown, SC In or der to mar ket the city and en cour age new residential, retail, entertainment and of fice de vel op ment, Georgetown had ex - pressed a need for a wayfinding plan for residents and visitors. Most importantly, with its lo ca tion be tween Myr tle Beach and Charleston, Georgetown needed to en cour - age vis i tors to turn off of High way 17 and ex pe ri ence all that it has to of fer as a his - toric seaport tourist destination. The sys tem of wayfinding el e ments re - cently ap proved will re flect the his toric ar - chi tec ture in terms of color, ma sonry, light - ing and land scap ing. These el e ments need to sup port phys i cal wayfinding, yet merge within the con text of the en vi ron ment so they seem a part of the fab ric of this gra - cious city s streetscapes. Also crit i cal is that they meet cur rent fed eral, state and lo - cal reg u la tions for vis i bil ity, contrast, placement and safety. The wayfinding pro gram re flects the past and is pre pared to meet the fu ture. A pri mar ily street-level util ity, it will vi su - ally and ver bally unify Georgetown s his - toric dis trict and wa ter front. It will pro - vide the con nec tive tis sue that be comes rec og niz able to res i dents and vis i tors as a means for in for ma tion, ori en ta tion, direction and exploration. For more in for ma tion, visit Corbin De sign at or con tact Mark VanderKlipp at mark@corbindesign.com. The map art work that peo ple see on pe des trian ki osks matches the art work that they can view on line and in mo bile ap pli ca tions. (Photo: Cour tesy of Corbin Design)

8 THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION MONITOR, APRIL 11, 2011, VOL. 25 NO. 3 Page 8 Con tin ued from Page 7 European Commission Un veils Roadmap to Sin gle Eu ro pean Transport Area By 2020, es tab lish the frame work for a Eu ro pean multimodal trans port in for - ma tion, man age ment and pay ment sys - tem, both for pas sen gers and freight. Move to wards full ap pli ca tion of user pays and pol luter pays prin ci ples and private-sector engagement to eliminate dis tor tions, gen er ate rev e nues and en - sure fi nanc ing for fu ture trans port in - vestments. For long-dis tance travel and in ter con ti nen - tal freight, air travel and ships will con - tinue to dom i nate. New en gines, fu els and traffic management systems will increase efficiency and reduce emissions. The strat egy out lined in the Trans port 2050 Roadmap to a Sin gle Trans port Area aims to in tro duce pro found struc tural changes to trans form the trans port sec tor. It will move for wards in com ing years ( ) with key mea sures. Among the key pro pos als for ur ban trans por ta tion are: A three-part strat egy for trans port in cit - ies. A key part of the Trans port 2050 strat egy is to move to wards the goal of phas ing out con ven tion ally fu elled cars in cit ies by 2050 with a shift to elec tric cars, hy dro gen cars, hy brid cars, to pub - lic trans port, and to walk ing or cy cling in cit ies. Much of the re spon si bil ity for trans port in cit ies re mains with Mem ber States and it is for in di vid ual cit ies to de - cide on the ap pro pri ate trans port mix for their area. How ever, to fa cil i tate the shift to cleaner trans port in cit ies, the Com mis sion will in tro duce pro ce dures and fi nan cial as sis tance for ur ban mo - bil ity au dits and ur ban mo bil ity plans, on a vol un tary ba sis. Ex am ine the pos si - bil i ties for re gional and co he sion funds to be linked to cit ies and re gions which have sub mit ted ur ban mo bil ity plans. The Com mis sion will bring for ward pro pos als for an EU frame work for ur - ban road user charg ing and ac cess re - stric tion schemes, for the in creas ing num ber of Mem ber States who want to use charg ing schemes to al le vi ate con - ges tion and shift trans port pat terns in cit ies. This will en sure that the dif fer ent schemes op er ate within a co her ent EU-wide frame work, and are non-dis - criminatory. For tech no log i cal so lu tions for clean cars, no city can act alone. Here, the EU will fo cus EU re search ef forts, in tro - duce EU-wide de ploy ment strat e gies and the right mar ket con di tions to fa cil i - tate the take-up of new cleaner ve hi cles in cit ies the tran si tion to clean pas - sen ger cars is a ma jor pri or ity for the Stra te gic Trans port Tech nol ogy Plan (2011). A ma jor over haul of the reg u la tory frame work for rail so that it be comes more at trac tive and suc ceeds in car ry ing a very sig nif i cantly in creased share of the mar ket for pas sen ger and freight over mid dle dis tances (>300 km) by At the same time, the aim is to tri - ple the length of the cur rent high-speed rail net work by All this will re - quire ma jor changes to the reg u la tory frame work for rail in clud ing: open ing the market for domestic passenger ser - vices; in tro duc ing sin gle man age ment struc tures for rail freight cor ri dors; a struc tural sep a ra tion of in fra struc ture man ag ers and ser vice pro vid ers; im - prove ments in the reg u la tory en vi ron - ment to make rail more at trac tive for pri - vate sec tor in vest ment. The Com mis - sion will bring for ward an am bi tious package of legislative initiatives for the rail sec tor in 2012/2013. A core net work of stra te gic in fra struc - ture is es sen tial for the cre ation of a real Sin gle Eu ro pean Trans port Area. The Com mis sion will bring for ward new pro pos als for a core Eu ro pean multi-modal net work in 2011 with pub li ca tion of TEN-T (trans-eu ro pean trans port net work) guide lines, maps and fi nanc ing pro pos als. To create a fair financial environment: a new ap proach to trans port charges. Trans port charges must be re struc tured in the di rec tion of a wider ap pli ca tion of the pol luter pays and user pays prin ci ple. A key mea sure for the com ing years will in clude: Pub li ca tion of guide lines for the ap pli ca tion of in fra - struc ture costs to pas sen ger cars (2012). As a sec ond stage, a pro posal set ting a frame work for the in ter nal iza tion of costs to all road ve hi cles (ex cept those cov ered by Eurovignette) to cover the costs of in fra struc ture as well as the so - cial costs of con ges tion, CO2 (if not in - cluded in fuel tax) lo cal pol lu tion, noise and accidents. To en sure sta ble fi nanc ing for trans port, ap ply the prin ci ple of ear mark ing rev e - nues col lected from trans port us ers for the de vel op ment of an in te grated and ef - fi cient net work (i.e. a pro por tion of charges from trans port must be re-in - vested in trans port to pro vide the nec es - sary fund ing for high-qual ity trans port in fra struc ture). Pro gres sively al low for Eu ro pean elec - tronic toll ing sys tems, e.g. a Eu ro pean elec tronic toll ser vice for large ve hi cles will be come avail able as from Oc to ber 2012, and two years later for all kinds of ve hi cles, en sur ing that driv ers can pay dif fer ent tolls for the use of motor ways elec tron i cally and through a sin gle ser - vice pro vider for the whole of Eu rope. An EU Stra te gic Trans port Tech nol ogy Plan (STTP). Re search and the ef fec tive de ploy ment of new tech nol o gies will be key to lower trans port emis sions in the EU as in the rest of the world, for cit ies, intra-ur ban and long-dis tance trans port. In 2011, the STTP will be a ma jor ini tia - tive to re group/re fo cus trans port re - search and de vel op ment ef forts in Eu - rope. The pri or ity will be on pro duc ing clean, safe, quiet ve hi cles for all trans port modes, from road ve hi cles to ships, barges, roll ing stock and air craft. Key areas will include: alternative fuels, new ma te ri als, new pro pul sion sys tems and the IT and traf fic man age ment tools to man age and in te grate com plex trans port sys tems. As part of the STTP, the Com mis sion will pub lish a clean trans port sys tems strat egy in 2012, with more de tails on mea sures to incentivize and to fa cil i tate the in tro duc tion of clean ve hi cles and on de vel op ing EU wide stan dards for de - ploy ment of clean ve hi cles e.g. guide - lines and stan dards for re fu el ing in fra - structure. A ma jor push to wards multi-modal travel plan ning and in te grated tick et ing For more in for ma tion, please visit 11_white_paper_en.htm.

9 THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION MONITOR, APRIL 11, 2011, VOL. 25 NO. 3 Page 9 Product and Industry News Den ver RTD Chooses INIT for Ma jor ITS Con tract INIT In no va tions in Trans por ta tion, Inc., has been awarded a ma jor con tract by the Regional Transportation District (RTD) of Den ver, Col o rado. Un der the con tract, INIT will pro vide the RTD with a fully in - te grated Com puter-aided Dis patch/au to - matic Vehicle Location System with pas - sen ger in for ma tion dis plays, on-board an - nounce ments and Mo bile Data Ter mi nals. In ad di tion, INIT will sup ply a new P25-based voice ra dio sys tem and in te - grated data ra dio sys tem to the Dis trict s transit system, replacing RTD s obsolete an a log ra dio. INIT spokes woman Ann Derby told UTM that the Den ver RTD con tract is worth more than $30 mil lion and will be im ple mented ac cord ing to a sched ule of about 24 months. The con tract calls for the setup of an au - tomated vehicle management system and pas sen ger in for ma tion sys tems on about 1,000 buses with ad di tional au to matic lo - ca tion ser vice for ap prox i mately 150 sup - port/se cu rity ve hi cles, and GPS en abled por ta ble ra dios for ap prox i mately 370 sup - port per son nel. Along with the new tech - nol ogy on the buses, 170 light rail ve hi cles and more than 320 para tran sit ve hi cles will be equipped with dig i tal voice radios for increased communications and safety. The in stal la tion of the new sys tem will sup port RTD s daily op er a tions by pro vid - ing pow er ful tools to help track and mon i tor the lo ca tion of ve hi cles within their multi-modal net work. RTD op er a tors will ben e fit from the full-color, graphic-ca pa ble mo bile data ter mi nals that will serve as a nav i ga tional and com mu ni ca tions tool in - creas ing sched ule ad her ence and pro vid ing added se cu rity. The on-board pas sen ger in - for ma tion dis plays and au dio an nounce - ments will greatly en hance ser vices to RTD s cus tom ers with clearly audible next-stop announcements. Ac cord ing to Derby, the RTD will gain the abil ity to pro vide timely re sponses to de lays or in ci dents by means of ser vice res - to ra tion ac tions, con nec tion pro tec tion, trans fers and head way con trol. While the sys tem will in crease on-time per for mance and fleet ef fi ciency, it will also pro vide data to the real-time bus ar rival and de par ture in - for ma tion to en hance pas sen ger in for ma - tion ser vice for RTD pas sen gers. The on-board next stop dis plays and an nounce - ments em power pas sen gers by pro vid ing them with clear and con cise in for ma tion re - gard ing their trips. RTD op er a tors will ben - e fit from the driver ter mi nals by hav ing a com fort able and ro bust con trol panel with sched ule and route func tions at their fin ger - INIT's TOUCHmon gives driv ers a com fort able and ro bust con trol panel with sched ule and route func tions at their fin ger tips. (Photo: Cour tesy of INIT) tips. Over all, INIT s so lu tion will give RTD a faster, safer and more efficient transportation system. After successfully installing an automated pas sen ger count ing sys tem in 2005, INIT and RTD look for ward to a con tin ued and suc cess ful re la tion ship. The new pro ject will strengthen INIT s po si tion in the North Amer i can mar ket while re in forc ing INIT s mis sion to pro - vide cus tom ers with safer and more ef fi - cient public transit services. The RTD op er ates and main tains a mass trans por ta tion sys tem for 2.8 mil - lion peo ple in the Den ver area. Its Dis - trict en com passes a 2,348 square mile area, and the RTD has nearly 100 mil lion boardings annually. INIT is a lead ing turn key pro vider of ad vanced ITS and com puter in te grated tech nol o gies for rail, fixed-route bus, and de mand-ori ented ve hi cles. For more in - formation, visit or con - tact Ann Derby at (757) ext. 317 or by at aderby@initusa.com. Cruise Car So lar Elec tric Ve hi cles Tak ing Low-Speed Trans por ta tion Off-the-Grid Cruise Car, Inc., the lead ing sup plier of so lar elec tric ve hi cles in the United States, has an nounced that, af ter their ini - tial full ca pac ity charge, many us ers of the com pany s All Amer i can so lar elec - tric Low Speed Ve hi cles (LSV) re port that they are able to drive up to 10 miles daily with out hav ing to re charge their ve - hi cles us ing ex ter nal power sources. The onboard so lar pan els are pro duc ing enough charge to keep the All Amer i cans at a state of full charge, elim i nat ing the need for re mote charg ing sta tions and the attendant infrastructure. Particularly in this environment of rap idly ris ing gas and en ergy prices, be - ing able to take a fa cil ity s low speed trans port needs to tally off-the-grid rep re - sents a huge sav ings in not only fuel costs, but also the ve hi cle sup port in fra struc ture no re mote charg ing sta tions, wir ing, etc., said Ken Ches ter, pres i dent of Cruise Car Inc, in a March 16 press re - lease. Our All Amer i can welded alu mi - num space-frame and alu mi num-al loy Please turn to Page 10

10 THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION MONITOR, APRIL 11, 2011, VOL. 25 NO. 3 Page 10 Product and Industry News (continued) ex tru sions not only elim i nate rust ing, a huge prob lem in sea side en vi ron ments, but the lighter weight has yielded the ad di - tional ben e fit of ex tend ing the All Amer i - can s range. This off-the-grid ca pa bil ity is not just a valu able sav ings, but is also vi tal in in stances where trans por ta tion is mis - sion crit i cal non-with stand ing grid out - ages. Cruise Car spokes man Rich Schineller told UTM re cently that it costs $7,000 -$11,000 to pur chase such a car. Asked about the range of the ve hi cle, Schineller said that stan dard range is about 40 miles, how ever, cus tom ers can up grade the bat - tery pack to achieve a range of 60+ miles. There is even a dual pack 14 pas sen ger shut tle that dou bles this range, he added. Dis tances can be fur ther ex tended with a pre mium AC motor. Schineller ex plained: The so lar does not re place a stan dard wall charger and is not used to charge bat ter ies that are com - pletely dis charged. In stead, the so lar is used to keep the bat ter ies topped off. If a ve hi cle is driven about five-seven miles a day our cli ents find that the ve hi cles are able to op er ate off grid. (Some claim even fur ther driv ing range per day). Keep ing the bat ter ies from cy cling too low be tween charges will de crease their life. Many op - er a tors make the mis take of driv ing for days and only plug ging in their ve hi cles when they be gin to drag the so lar helps to avoid this bad habit. The cruise car can also be charged through a reg u lar elec tri cal out let. Cruise Car engineers and manufactures the All Amer i can in Sarasota, Florida with up to 50% re cy cled or cer ti fied remanufactured parts and ma te ri als in te - grated on welded alu mi num space frames with cus tom alu mi num-al loy ex tru sions. Cov ered by a new ve hi cle war ranty, the All Amer i can meets the re quire ments of Ex ec - u tive Or der man dat ing that gov ern - ment agen cies re duce ve hi cle fleet pe tro - leum use by 30 per cent by 2020 and in - crease re cy cling and waste di ver sion by 50 per cent by The All-Amer i can Line is GSA Sched ule ap proved and Cruise Car has re ceived or ders from many branches of gov ern ment as they work to attain these sustainability goals for federal agencies. There are 30 per cent fed eral tax grants The solar panel allows up to 10 miles of travel. (Photo: Courtesy of Cruise Car, Inc.) cur rently avail able. Cruise car has also de - vel oped a pro pri etary leas ing pro gram that al lows tax ex empt or ga ni za tions that nor - mally would not be able to ben e fit from the grant to uti lize them to make adopt ing the vehicle systems more affordable. Cruise Car pro vides strong, re li able, easy to main tain, low main te nance ve hi cles made in the USA. The alu mi num ve hi cle chas sis elim i nates rust ing, a sig nif i cant ben e fit in sea side or cor ro sive at mo sphere en vi ron ments. Optional re mov able hard doors and util ity box con fig u ra tions are avail able, and so lar power as sist re duces en ergy con sump tion, low ers car bon foot - print, and offers off-grid driving. Cruise Car is the mar ket leader in GSA sched ule-ap proved so lar elec tric trans port solutions for municipalities, military bases, college campuses, corporate parks, resorts, fed eral agen cies and planned com mu ni ties. Plan ning en gi neers are now in clud ing Cruise Car so lar/elec tric carts in their multi-modal transportation street designs for mu nic i pal i ties and com mu ni ties seek ing to integrate alternative transportation mod - els to re duce car bon emis sions and pro tect their en vi ron ment. Cruise Car Inc. builds and sells more solarized low speed ve hi cles than all others globally. There are over 24 models available. For more in for ma tion, visit or con tact Rich Schineller by at rich@prmgt.com. Bombardier Launches PrimoveCity Claims To Be Next Gen er a tion of Zero Emis sion, Multi-modal, Elec tric Mo bil ity Bom bar dier has an nounced the launch of BOM BAR DIER PrimoveCity, its new e-mobility solution, together with the es - tab lish ment of a new cen ter of com pe - tence to en able the next gen er a tion of electric mobility. PrimoveCity ad dresses the range and recharging constraints of electric vehicles and prom ises to re shape trans por ta tion by pro vid ing com mon tech nol ogy for all forms of elec tric ve hi cles, in clud ing trams, buses, commercial vehicles, taxis and cars. Bom bar dier is a man u fac turer of in no va tive transportation solutions. The new cen tre is lo cated at Bom bar - dier s en gi neer ing and man u fac tur ing site in Mannheim, Ger many, which will also have a state-of-the-art test ing and de - vel op ment fa cil ity open ing in Sep tem ber The new e-mo bil ity cen tre of com - pe tence will sup port fu ture part ner ships, pro jects and op por tu ni ties in the fastmoving electric mobility sector. Please turn to Page 11

11 THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION MONITOR, APRIL 11, 2011, VOL. 25 NO. 3 Page 11 Product and Industry News (continued) Andre Navarri, Pres i dent, Bom bar dier Trans por ta tion, said: The aim of the PrimoveCity pro gram is to change the game in elec tric mo bil ity by pro vid ing easy, unlimited emission-free mobility in cit ies for all types of elec tric ve hi cles. Trams, buses, cars and trucks will be able to operate electrically without catenaries, ca bles, stops, long waits for bat ter ies to re - charge and, most im por tantly, they will be able to share the same in fra struc ture. Hav ing suc cess fully dem on strated the BOM BAR DIER PRIMOVE tech nol ogy with a Bom bar dier low floor tram in Augsburg, Ger many, Bom bar dier is now hold ing tri als of the tech nol ogy with a bus on a 125-me ter stretch of road in Lommel, Bel gium. The suc cess of these first two ini - tia tives en cour aged Bom bar dier to launch the PrimoveCity pro gram which will pro - vide easy ur ban mo bil ity for all types of elec tric ve hi cles. This sum mer tests will also be gin with an au to mo bile. The BOM BAR DIER PRIMOVE sys - tem has allowed catenary-free operation of BOM BAR DIER FLEXITY trams over vary ing dis tances and in all sur round ings as well as on un der ground lines just like any con ven tional sys tem with over head lines. Ac cord ing to Bom bar dier s website, ca bles laid be neath the ground are con - nected to the power con di tion ing and sup - ply net work. They are only en er gized when fully cov ered by the ve hi cle which en sures safe op er a tion. A pick-up coil un - der neath the ve hi cle turns the mag netic field cre ated by the ca bles in the ground into an elec tric cur rent that feeds the ve hi - cle trac tion sys tem. PrimoveCity uti lizes the PRIMOVE tech nol ogy, which is ca pa ble of pro vid ing power trans fer for all elec tric ve hi cles. Ve - hi cle and way side com po nents are de - signed to meet all ap pli ca ble safety stan - dards. Reliable performance is ensured, even un der ad verse weather and ground con di tions such as snow, rain, ice, sand or water. PRIMOVE contactless sys tem is one of the high lights of the in no va tive BOMBAR - DIER ECO4 port fo lio of prod ucts and tech nol o gies, which of fer en ergy and cost-efficient solutions for total train performance. Catenary-free tracks for trams and light rail vehicles enhance a city's attractiveness by providing unobstructed views. Bombardier's new PRIMOVE system enables FLEXITY trams to operate catenary-free over varying distances, everywhere, including on underground lines. Its electric supply components are invisible, hidden under the vehicle and beneath the track. (Im age: Cour tesy of Bombardier, Inc.) Jeremie Desjardins, head of the PrimoveCity pro gram, Bom bar dier Trans - por ta tion, stated: We are proud to have reached this stage. Af ter suc cess fully con - clud ing the ini tial tests for trams and buses, Bom bar dier will con tinue to test ad di tional el e ments for cars aim ing to make this tech - nol ogy avail able for com mer cial op er a tion very soon. It is im por tant to note that Bom - bar dier s ob jec tive is not to start man u fac - tur ing any type of non-rail ve hi cles but to of fer the PRIMOVE tech nol ogy to other in - dustries also. Bom bar dier is pre sent ing its ground - break ing PrimoveCity pro gram at the In ter - na tional As so ci a tion for Pub lic Trans port (UITP) th World Con gress and Mo - bility & City Transport Exhibition taking place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on April, In Lommel, Bel gium, Bom bar dier Trans por ta tion, to gether with other lead ing industrial partners and universities, partici - pates in the Flan ders DRIVE pro ject In - duc tive Charg ing for Elec tric Ve hi cles, which is fi nan cially sup ported by the Flem - ish gov ern ment. Bom bar dier Trans por ta tion, a global leader in rail tech nol ogy, of fers the broad est port fo lio in the rail in dus try and de liv ers in no va tive prod ucts and ser vices that set new stan dards in sus tain able mo - bility. BOMBARDIER ECO4 tech nol o - gies built on the four cor ner stones of en - ergy, ef fi ciency, econ omy and ecol ogy con serve en ergy, pro tect the en vi ron ment and help to im prove to tal train per for - mance. Bom bar dier Trans por ta tion is head quar tered in Berlin, Ger many and has a pres ence in over 60 coun tries. It has an in stalled base of over 100,000 ve hi cles world wide. Bom bar dier Inc. is a global cor po ra - tion head quar tered in Canada. Its revenues for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2010, were $19.4 billion US, and its shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (BBD). Bombardier is listed as an index component to the Dow Jones Sustainability World and North America indexes. For more in for ma tion, visit andwww.primovecity.bombardier.com