April 9, 2008.
California Office of Traffic Safety Summit
San Francisco, CA.
May 19, 2009
University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies
Bloomington, MN
June 23, 2009
Driving Assessment 2009
Big Sky, Montana
June 26, 2009
PRI World Congress
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
June 27, 2009
Day of Architecture
Utrecht, The Netherlands
July 13, 2009
Association of Transportation Safety Information Professionals (ATSIP)
Phoenix, AZ.
August 12-14
Texas Department of Transportation “Save a Life Summit”
San Antonio, Texas
September 2, 2009
Governors Highway Safety Association Annual Meeting
Savannah, Georgia
September 11, 2009
Oregon Transportation Summit
Portland, Oregon
October 8
Honda R&D Americas
Raymond, Ohio
October 10-11
INFORMS Roundtable
San Diego, CA
October 21, 2009
California State University-San Bernardino, Leonard Transportation Center
San Bernardino, CA
November 5
Southern New England Planning Association Planning Conference
Uncasville, Connecticut
January 6
Texas Transportation Forum
Austin, TX
January 19
Yale University
(with Donald Shoup; details to come)
Monday, February 22
Yale University School of Architecture
Eero Saarinen Lecture
Friday, March 19
University of Delaware
Delaware Center for Transportation
April 5-7
University of Utah
Salt Lake City
McMurrin Lectureship
April 19
International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (Organization Management Workshop)
Austin, Texas
Monday, April 26
Edmonton Traffic Safety Conference
Edmonton, Canada
Monday, June 7
Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Wednesday, July 6
Fondo de Prevención Vial
Bogotá, Colombia
Tuesday, August 31
Royal Automobile Club
Perth, Australia
Wednesday, September 1
Australasian Road Safety Conference
Canberra, Australia
Wednesday, September 22
Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s
Traffic Incident Management Enhancement Program
Statewide Conference
Wisconsin Dells, WI
Wednesday, October 20
Rutgers University
Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation
Piscataway, NJ
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre
Injury Prevention Forum
Toronto
Monday, May 2
Idaho Public Driver Education Conference
Boise, Idaho
Tuesday, June 2, 2011
California Association of Cities
Costa Mesa, California
Sunday, August 21, 2011
American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Attitudes: Iniciativa Social de Audi
Madrid, Spain
April 16, 2012
Institute for Sensible Transport Seminar
Gardens Theatre, QUT
Brisbane, Australia
April 17, 2012
Institute for Sensible Transport Seminar
Centennial Plaza, Sydney
Sydney, Australia
April 19, 2012
Institute for Sensible Transport Seminar
Melbourne Town Hall
Melbourne, Australia
January 30, 2013
University of Minnesota City Engineers Association Meeting
Minneapolis, MN
January 31, 2013
Metropolis and Mobile Life
School of Architecture, University of Toronto
February 22, 2013
ISL Engineering
Edmonton, Canada
March 1, 2013
Australian Road Summit
Melbourne, Australia
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January 13th, 2009 at 9:33 am
In the four cars I’ve owned in driving over 40 years was a BMW with a mpg gauge. It was a constant challenge to keep it high and the data helped to confirm the value of efficient driving habits and how they are enhanced by manual gear boxes. An important part of good driving habits is the signs that are sent to other drivers through such equipment as brake lights. It’s easy to tell who’s driving automatics by the numerous times brake lights are unnecessarily lit which sends misleading signals and wastes fuel. Until you have valuable info like this too many will remain in the dark on the value of smart driving.
January 13th, 2009 at 10:48 am
I have had a couple of BMWs with MPG guages. If you are motivated to save gas then, yes, they are an aid though I would argue not 100% necessary and perhaps too much of a distraction from the road? (that’s from a UK perspective BTW)
If, like me, you own a V8 3.0 litre BMW for your pleasure car & drive a 1.2 micro-car for most use, the meter eventually becomes blanked from perceptive view.
Initially it scares the crap out of you but with a desire to not know exactly how much your relaxing drive is costing you your mind quickly learns to ignore it.
When you go into a coffee shop you have a wide choice of less-fattening beverages. Driving a car you have less choice & the eventual gain may not be perceptible enough for most people to buy into this way of thinking?
January 14th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
Keeping the load light on your heart is the wrong approach in both instances. A balance of heavy and light load is what you really want.
Agree and the gas computer, but the are problems of mis-use. Watching instantaneous MPG can encourage bad habits, like accelerating too slowly. Seeing MPG dip sharply for a short time can lead people to spend a long time at moderate high consumption and less time cruising at very low consumption.