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TRANSACTIONS NEWSLETTER ONLINE

September/October 2005

Bay Area Plays Host To Intelligent Transport Systems Congress

Fasten your seatbelts — the 12th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems is coming to San Francisco November 6–10, 2005, and it promises to give an expected 5,000 attendees from around the globe a thrilling glimpse of the future during five action-packed days.

In addition to offering dozens of educational sessions at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, conference sponsors are partnering with Caltrans, MTC, UC Berkeley and more than 30 private-sector firms to offer live demonstrations via the Innovative Mobility Showcase at nearby SBC Park and along the streets of San Francisco. Visitors may take a ride in vehicles and buses as they travel through “intelligent” intersections, experience safety systems that help drivers avoid collisions and navigate curves, and try out advanced dashboard computers that help drivers bypass traffic and find available parking spaces.

Off-site technical tours will allow attendees to view how new technologies already are changing the face of travel in the Bay Area. Destinations include Caltrans’ Transportation Management Center and MTC’s 511 Traveler Information Center, both located at Caltrans headquarters in Oakland; the San Jose Traffic Management Center; the East Bay Smart Corridor; San Francisco’s new Customer Service Center for FasTrak® (with a visit to the Bay Bridge toll plaza for a behind-the-scenes look at electronic toll collection in action); and the Concord-based Service Bureau for the TransLink® smart card transit fare-payment system.

Special Offer
MTC and Caltrans have worked closely with the organizing committee to secure a special registration offer for public agency staff and officials from across California. Qualifying attendees will enjoy a registration rate of $500, nearly a 60 percent discount from the normal full rate of $1,200. The discounted rate is contingent on a minimum of 500 public agency attendees. The special public agency registration form can be downloaded here.

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