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Transportation Research Board - 95th Annual Meeting

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The meeting program will cover all transportation modes, with more than 5,000 presentations in nearly 750 sessions and workshops addressing topics of interest to all attendees—policy makers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions. A number of sessions and workshops will focus on the spotlight theme for the 2016 TRB Annual Meeting, Research Convergence for a Multi-Modal Future.

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Disrupting Mobility

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An interactive forum for leading executives, government representatives, and academics to discuss sustainable futures of transportation. Disruptive trends and technologies present tremendous challenges and open new debates around:

The Sharing Economy and Shared Mobility,

Changing Demographics, Sociological, and Other Key Trends,

Role of Courier Network Services (Flexible Goods Movement) and Shared Mobility,

Urban Design and Infrastructure of Disruptive Mobility,

The Role of Policy and the Public Sector,

Designing for the Sharing Economy.

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Podcar City 9 Conference

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The Podcar City Conferences are an initiative of the Institute for Sustainable Transportation (IST) in cooperation with the International Institute for Sustainable Transportation (INIST), ATRA and the KOMPASS Network to gather major stakeholders who are affected by today’s transportation issues at all levels.

The aim is to have an open and creative debate on what Podcars (Personal and Group Rapid Transit) are, what the vendors claim to be possible, what communities are looking for, and what critics and supporters have to say.

Podcar City, November 4-6, 2015 in Silicon Valley, will be the 9th annual international conference on the development and use of Automated Transit Networks, or ATN systems. Since 2007 the conference has been held in Sweden, Germany and the USA.

We anticipate an audience of 150-250 professionals and an additional 100 university students from several career paths. The main target groups are city planners, transit planners, consultants, architects, engineers, investors, developers and elected officials.

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ICCVE

4th International Conference on Connected Vehicles and Expo (ICCVE) 2015

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ICCVE 2015 is the world’s premier Connected Vehicles conference that gathers all the relevant communities together. During the 5-day conference, experts, practitioners and policymakers from all around the world will present the latest innovations and advances on connected vehicles, share the experience and insights, forecast the trends and opportunities, and discuss the policy, economics and social implications.

This year the conference will be held in Shenzhen China with the specific venue TBD.

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Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Wireless Communications and Vehicular Networking
  • Mobile Internet, Mobility Internet and Internet of Things
  • Cooperative Driving, Intelligent and Autonomous Vehicles
  • Automotive Electronics and Automatic Control
  • Transportation and Connected Vehicles
  • Electric Vehicle and Transportation Electrification
  • Geographic, Spatial and Social Information Systems
  • Manufacturing and Prouct Safety Engineering in Connected Vehicles
  • Practices, Recommendations and Standards in Connected Vehicles
  • Policy, Economics and Social Implications of Connected Vehicles

 

D20 Stock Index

Driverless Stocks Rise for Three Straight Weeks

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For the third straight week, the Driverless Transportation (D20) Stock Index outpaced both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index by gaining 1.3 percent and finishing at 156.19. The Dow added 0.8 percent to end the week at 12215.97 while the S&P 500 finished at 2033.11 up 0.9 percent. For the D20 this week gainers outnumbered losers 13 to seven.

D20 Stock Index, Dow Jones, and S&P weekly change ending October 16, 2015

After a one week reprieve, Volkswagen (VLKPY) returned to the losing side, dropping 4.6 percent and ending the week at $23.07. Volkswagen’s credit rating dropped and management shake-ups surfaced as the emissions scandal continues to plague the company.

The price of crude oil has been rising in the last month and a half and that has been a boon to BYD Co. (BYDDY), the Chinese electric vehicle and battery manufacturer. BYD had its sixth consecutive weekly advance and closed Friday up 10.7 percent. Between September 4 and October 16 BYD rose from $7.70 to $12.45 a share, a 62 percent increase. NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA) also rose consistently during that time, ending last week up 6.9 percent to finish at $27.86.

Visit the Driverless Transportation D20 Stock Index page to learn more about it and its component stocks.

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2015 ITS World Congress

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The ITS Congress and Exhibition is the world’s largest event in intelligent transport systems and services. Through the main theme, “Towards Intelligent Mobility - Better Use of Space,” the congress focuses on the fact that we are reaching intelligent mobility, and what this will change in our lives, but also on the benefits that space can bring to ITS applications. The new satellite constellations for geo-localisation, earth observation and communication will bring new opportunities to the ITS world.

D20 Stock Index week ending September 18, 2015

D20 Gainers Outnumber Losers for the Week with TomTom in the Lead

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Two consecutive weekly gains have pushed the Driverless Transportation (D20) Stock Index just over the 150 mark.  The D20 Index outpaced both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 by gaining 2.42 points or 1.63 percent to close the week at 150.83.  The Dow lost 0.3 percent of its value while the S&P gave back 0.15 percent.  In the D20, gainers outnumbered losers sixteen to four.

One of the D20’s newest members, TomTom (TOM2), led the advance this week with a 7.69 percent gain in value.  TomTom’s rise was due to a combination of factors.  First, since Nokia’s sale of its Here! mapping business, rumors continue to swirl around the prospect that TomTom will do the same.  Second, TomTom announced strong year to date sales results.  Right behind TomTom was BYD Company (BYDDY) who gained 6.98 percent.

The D20 loss leaders for the week were Volvo (VOLVY) who lost 4.30 percent of its value and Volkswagen (VLKPY) who lost 4.62 percent amid allegations that they cheated on their periodic state emissions testing for some of their diesel powered cars.

Since the D20 changed its measurement method on August 28th, 2015, the top three gainers have been:

The three biggest losers have been:

  • Mobileye (MBLY) – down 14.02%
  • Renesas (TYO:6732) – down 7.49%
  • Volkswagen (VLKPY) – down 4.83%

Visit the Driverless Transportation D20 Stock Index page to learn more about it and its component stocks.

Events

TRBlogo2014right2

Transportation Research Board - 95th Annual Meeting

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The meeting program will cover all transportation modes, with more than 5,000 presentations in nearly 750 sessions and workshops addressing topics of interest to all attendees—policy makers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions. A number of sessions and workshops will focus on the spotlight theme for the 2016 TRB Annual Meeting, Research Convergence for a Multi-Modal Future.

DisruptMobility2

Disrupting Mobility

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An interactive forum for leading executives, government representatives, and academics to discuss sustainable futures of transportation. Disruptive trends and technologies present tremendous challenges and open new debates around:

The Sharing Economy and Shared Mobility,

Changing Demographics, Sociological, and Other Key Trends,

Role of Courier Network Services (Flexible Goods Movement) and Shared Mobility,

Urban Design and Infrastructure of Disruptive Mobility,

The Role of Policy and the Public Sector,

Designing for the Sharing Economy.

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Podcar City 9 Conference

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The Podcar City Conferences are an initiative of the Institute for Sustainable Transportation (IST) in cooperation with the International Institute for Sustainable Transportation (INIST), ATRA and the KOMPASS Network to gather major stakeholders who are affected by today’s transportation issues at all levels.

The aim is to have an open and creative debate on what Podcars (Personal and Group Rapid Transit) are, what the vendors claim to be possible, what communities are looking for, and what critics and supporters have to say.

Podcar City, November 4-6, 2015 in Silicon Valley, will be the 9th annual international conference on the development and use of Automated Transit Networks, or ATN systems. Since 2007 the conference has been held in Sweden, Germany and the USA.

We anticipate an audience of 150-250 professionals and an additional 100 university students from several career paths. The main target groups are city planners, transit planners, consultants, architects, engineers, investors, developers and elected officials.

Click Here to Register
ICCVE

4th International Conference on Connected Vehicles and Expo (ICCVE) 2015

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ICCVE 2015 is the world’s premier Connected Vehicles conference that gathers all the relevant communities together. During the 5-day conference, experts, practitioners and policymakers from all around the world will present the latest innovations and advances on connected vehicles, share the experience and insights, forecast the trends and opportunities, and discuss the policy, economics and social implications.

This year the conference will be held in Shenzhen China with the specific venue TBD.

Register

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Wireless Communications and Vehicular Networking
  • Mobile Internet, Mobility Internet and Internet of Things
  • Cooperative Driving, Intelligent and Autonomous Vehicles
  • Automotive Electronics and Automatic Control
  • Transportation and Connected Vehicles
  • Electric Vehicle and Transportation Electrification
  • Geographic, Spatial and Social Information Systems
  • Manufacturing and Prouct Safety Engineering in Connected Vehicles
  • Practices, Recommendations and Standards in Connected Vehicles
  • Policy, Economics and Social Implications of Connected Vehicles