The Traffic Signal Timing Manual is available at http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop08024/index.htm.

In addition, a few more useful sites…

http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/arterial_mgmt/pubs.htm

http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publications.htm

Link to the Mid-Atlantic Innovation Showcase is here. There are audio files for the sessions.

In-car safety sensor can recognize drowsiness of driver and react to wake the driver up. More story is here.

Fujitsu is conjuring up a sophisticated sensor system that can actually detect when a driver gets drowsy or begins to sink into a deep, dark wonder-world of sleep. Put simply, the system would detect specific changes in the motorist’s heart rate via the steering wheel, and once it determined that you weren’t exactly “with it” any longer, the car could then roll its own windows down, blast the stereo or jolt the wheel in order to get your attention. In our minds, the biggest issue here is to not cause an accident by spooking a sleepy driver out of their slumber, and we presume that’s exactly what the company is working on in its R&D labs.

About $180 million in venture capital will be raised this year for algae research, according to industry research group Cleantech. Algae could be used as a nonfood biofuel source, once researchers crack the puzzle of growing algae on a large scale. The current cost of $10 to $100 per gallon for algae fuel would have to decrease before it becomes a cost-effective alternative to gasoline. Seattle Post-Intelligencer/The Associated Press.

University of Iowa is conducting a federally funded study on the mileage based road user charge. See more stody here. The homepage for the study site is here.

Study finds 21 pecent of H1-B applications violate the rules. Here is the story.

See more story at http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/mLoYrmvonxpSwUCibSfXpIVJ?format=standard.

A few applications are available for displaying speeds information on the iPhone 3G. Here is the link: However, these applications have not integrated to fuel consumption or emission models, yet.

http://www.macworld.com/article/135774/2008/09/iphoneauto.html?lsrc=rss_main

List of community where people with disabilities can access and even participate activities. http://gorp.away.com/gorp/eclectic/disabled.htm

Outdoor recreation guides – from DisabilityInfo.gov http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/digov-public/public/DisplayPage.do?parentFolderId=208

Virginia Recreational Resources for People with Disabilities:http://wwrc.virginia.gov/downloads/VaRecreationalResourceGuide.pdf

How much your time worth? Would you pay $388/hour rate for saving 1 hour worth of your time? We will see when the Capital beltway opens in 5 years.

Using an average rush-hour toll of $1.54 a mile, as projected in the studies, a 6.3- mile morning commute between Route 29 and Braddock Road in Fairfax County would cost $9.70 and save 90 seconds over the Beltway’s “free lanes.” That translates to $6.47 for each minute saved — an hourly rate of $388, which would make some K Street lawyers jealous.

HOT lanes are similar to the Clear card, which allows air travelers who agree to submit to thorough background checks and retinal scans to cruise through airport security lines for an annual fee of $128.

Entire story can be found at here in the Washington Post .