[TCN] Wednesday, April 30, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Wednesday, April 30, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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Registration Still Available for ITS Michigan's Annual Meeting and Exposition

 

It's not too late to register for ITS Michigan's 2008 Annual Meeting and Exposition to be held May 13-14 at the Rock Financial Showplace in Novi, Michigan. With the theme of "Integration of Technology and Services—a World of Innovation," this year's conference is shaping up to be an exciting event and will feature stimulating speakers and panels, complemented by an extraordinary set of exhibitors and VII demonstrations.  To register and to view a copy of the conference program, go to www.itsmichigan.org.

 

 

BUSES

 

1) Greyhound Appeals to Web-Savvy Travelers with BoltBus

Link to AP story:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2008-04-29-greyhound-boltbus_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip

Link to BoltBus:  http://www.boltbus.com

 

ROADWAYS

 

2) Rutgers/PB-Led Research Team Will Study Hundreds of Bridges

Program aims to create a high-quality database on bridge performance.

Link to story in Engineering News-Record:

http://enr.construction.com//news/transportation/archives/080429.asp

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

3) Feds to Oak Lawn, Illinois: Stop in the Name of Safety

Town told to remove signs that don't conform to federal standards.  Nearby town still using unorthodox signs.

Link to story and video report on WMAQ-TV:

http://www.nbc5.com/news/16067259/detail.html

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

4) Cell Phones Making Sense as Sensors

Link to story on CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/04/30/db.cellphonetracking/

 

 

News Releases

1) RTA Achievements and ITS Commands the Attention of Intelligent Transport System Conference in Bahrain

2) King County Metro Seeking Public Comment on New Design for Bus Stop Signs

3) European Commission Authorizes a Research and Development Aid Scheme for E-Ticketing System for Public Transport in Germany

4) Environmentally Advanced Road Markings Pave a Safer Way

 

 

Job Postings

 -  Communications and Community Relations Manager – Omnitrans – San Bernardino, California

http://www.transittalent.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=2450

-  Project Management – ARINC – Marina del Rey, California

http://www.transittalent.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=2503

 

 

Upcoming Events

Telematics Detroit Exhibition – May 21-22 – Novi, Michigan

http://www.telematicsupdate.com/detroit2008/exhibit_index.shtml

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1978 **30^th anniversary** - Delta Air Lines has its first trans-Atlantic flight.

http://news.delta.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=11058

 

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[TCN] Tuesday, April 29, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Tuesday, April 29, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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Registration for IBTTA's Organization Management Workshop Now Open -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 1-3, 2008

 

Centered on the theme Partnership and Performance – Connecting People and Ideas, IBTTA heads to Philly to explore generational factors as they pertain to internal and external communications. Workplace ethics and performance measurement will be explored along with an array of other timely issues surrounding the management of your organization. This workshop is hosted by The Delaware River and Bay Authority, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and South Jersey Transportation Authority. Registration deadline is May 23, 2008. Download the program, find the details and register online today! www.IBTTA.org.

 

AVIATION

 

1) Airline Communications

Harvard Business Online has several articles dealing with communication from the airline industry during recent events.

 -  Crisis Communication and American Airlines

http://conversationstarter.hbsp.com/2008/04/american_airlines_communicatio.html

 -  How Can British Airways Recover from the Terminal 5 Disaster?

http://discussionleader.hbsp.com/corkindale/2008/04/how_can_british_airways_recove.html

 -  Delta-Northwest Create the Press Release of the Future

http://conversationstarter.hbsp.com/2008/04/communication_deltanorthwest_c.html

 -  Why Your Company Needs a News Room

http://conversationstarter.hbsp.com/sviokla/2008/04/why_your_company_needs_a_news_1.html

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

2) Google Map Directions Get Street View

Link to story on CNET News:

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9931506-7.html?tag=nefd.only

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

3) US Secretary of Transportation Launches Blog

Link to story in Federal Computer Week:

http://www.fcw.com/online/news/152376-1.html

Link to news release from US DOT:

http://www.dot.gov/affairs/dot5908.htm

Link to the Fast Lane:

http://fastlane.dot.gov/

 

4) Missouri DOT Sign Does Little to Curb Road Rage

Link to commentary in The Pitch:

http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/2008/04/modot_sign_does_little_to_curb.php

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

5) Now Boarding at BWI Airport: Security with Hint of Calm

Link to story in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/28/AR2008042802534.html?hpid=topnews  

 

6) Senators, States Beat Up on Real ID Plans

Link to CNET News story:

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9931323-7.html?tag=nefd.lede

 

7) Technology Snags People Passing Stopped School Bus

Test in Syracuse, New York shows higher than expected number of vehicles making illegal passes.

Link to story and video report on News 10 Now:

http://news10now.com/content/all_news/114917/technology-snags-people-passing-stopped-school-bus/Default.aspx

 

TRANSIT

 

8) Knoxville Area Transit Picks Firm for Transit Center Rebranding

Link to story in the Knoxville News Sentinel:

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/apr/28/kat-picks-knox-firm-transit-center-rebranding/

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

9) Nokia Maps Gets Real-Time Traffic Info

Link to story on TechRadar:

http://www.techradar.com/news/portable-devices/satnav/nokia-maps-gets-real-time-traffic-info-334272

 

VEHICLES

 

10) Nissan EA2 Concept Showcases Drive-by-Wire Technologies

Link to story in Motor Trend:

http://wot.motortrend.com/6241960/technology/nissan_ea2_concept_showcases_new_by_wire_technologies/index.html

 

 

Upcoming Events

Transportation Research Board Webinar: Accommodating Pedestrians at Signalized Intersections – May 8

http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=8976

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1882 – The Elektromote, the first trolleybus, was demonstrated by Dr. Ernst Werner von Siemens in Berlin.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/First_Trolleybuss_of_Siemens_in_Berlin_1882.gif

 

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[TCN] Monday, April 28, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Monday, April 28, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) ID Plan Meant to Clear Fliers of Suspicion

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2008-04-27-birthdates_N.htm

 

2) Air Traffic Controller Sounds Alarm

Link to story in Time:

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1735387,00.html?imw=Y

 

3) Hotline Set Up to Report Rogue Helicopters Over Long Island, New York

Link to story in Newsday:

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/transportation/ny-liheli285666261apr28,0,7797797.story

 

BICYCLES

 

4) Washington, DC to Launch Nation's First European-Style Bike Share

Link to AP story:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gLuDFvsDBMA_-oEG-8H4k7F7uNRAD90AE1G82

 

5) A Guide for Reducing Collisions Involving Bicycles

Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=8960

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

6) EU Puts Second Galileo Test Satellite Into Orbit

Link to Reuters story:

http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSL2730916620080427

 

MARITIME

 

7) Video Surveillance System Monitors South Africa Ports

Link to story in Engineering News:

http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article.php?a_id=130810

 

8) Singapore Strengthens Position as a Maritime Telecommunications Hub

Link to Bernama story:

http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=329511

 

OTHER

 

9) Ohio Taking Next-of-Kin Information

Voluntary contact information will go in database in the event of a serious injury or death.

Link to story in The Enquirer:

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008804280324

 

RAILROADS

 

10) Dubai All Set to Test Run Driverless Trains in May

Link to story in the Gulf News:

http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Traffic_and_Transport/10208924.html

 

11) How We Manage Amtrak's Challenging IT Infrastructure

Link to story in eWeek:

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Knowledge-Center/How-We-Manage-Amtraks-Challenging-Infrastructure/

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

12) Red Light Tickets Hard to Collect on in Missouri

Link to story in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/E06B71961D2463E586257438000A9CC2?OpenDocument

 

13) 'Wi-Fi' Speed Cameras to be Tested in UK

Cameras can communicate with each other to track vehicles along highways.

Link to story in the Newham Recorder:

http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/content/newham/recorder/news/story.aspx?brand=RECOnline&category=newsNEWHAM&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsnewham&itemid=WeED24%20Apr%202008%2009%3A51%3A11%3A407

 

TRANSIT

 

14) Providers Not Onboard with Wi-Fi in Los Angeles

Link to story in the Daily Breeze:

http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_9079041

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

15) Road Ahead Looking Clearer for Beijing's Motorists

Broadcasters move into new studios in city's traffic command headquarters.

Link to story in the China Daily:

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-04/26/content_6645779.htm

 

16) More Highway Messages Coming to Metro Detroit: Traffic Boards, Cameras Part of National Trend

Link to story in Crain's Detroit Business:

http://crainsdetroit.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080428/SUB/804280323/-1

 

 

News Releases

1) Finalists Revealed for 2008 Telematics Awards

2) GPS Devices and Systems Will Generate Revenues of $240 Billion by 2013

3) Greater Boston Subway Stations Getting Improved Electronic Signage and PA Systems from ARINC

 

 

Upcoming Events

Modeling and Simulation of Transportation Networks [1.10s] MIT Course – July 28-August 1 – Cambridge, Massachusetts

http://web.mit.edu/mitpep/pi/courses/simulation_transportation.html

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1988 **20^th anniversary** - An Aloha Airlines flight attendant is killed when an explosive decompression of the jetliner takes place above the Pacific Ocean.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Alohaairlinesdisaster.jpg

 

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[TCN] Friday, April 25, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Friday, April 25, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) FAA Admits It Mishandled Air Traffic Control Cover-Up

Link to story in The Dallas Morning News:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-controllers_25bus.ART.State.Edition2.28095ea.html

 

2) Pilot's Missing Laptop Causes Airport Security Scare

Link to story and video on WJLA-TV:

http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0408/514346.html

 

3) When It Comes to Air Traffic Control Maintenance, the Devil's In the Details

Link to story on Aero-News.Net:

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=c81d40bb-d587-4e0c-9d75-1dd531ce8993

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

4) Agencies Adapt Commercial Mapping Tolls to Suit Missions

Link to story in Federal Times:

http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=3493588 

 

OTHER

 

5) Transportation Agencies Are Acting to Involve Others in Planning and Environmental Decisions

Link to US Government Accountability Office letter:

http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-512R

 

6) Spring Issue of HNTB's Transportation Point Online

Articles include:

 -  Texas' Super Innovation Highway (page 10)

 -  In Pursuit of Mobility – Atlanta's gridlocked Northwest Corridor could be home to one of the nation's next managed lane systems (page 14)

Link to publication:

http://www.hntb.com/documents/pdf/HNTB-TP-5-2008.pdf

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

7) More US Agencies Turn to Podcasts to Get Message Out

Link to story in Federal Times:

http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=3492381

 

8) Traffic Safety: Improved Reporting and Performance Measures Would Enhance Evaluation of High-Visibility Campaigns

Link to report from the US Government Accountability Office:
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-477

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

9) Face Scans to Trial at UK Airports this Summer

Link to story in the Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/25/nface125.xml

 

TRANSIT

 

10) What's Life Without a Car? Google, HopStop are Helping Figure It Out

Link to story on VentureBeat:

http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/22/whats-life-without-a-car-google-hopstop-are-helping-figure-it-out/

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

11) Keeping Up with Traffic – The Minnesota Traffic Observatory Focuses on Twin Cities Traffic

Link to story in Civil Engineer:

http://www.ce.umn.edu/news/stories/minnesota_traffic_observatory.html

 

 

News Releases

1) MY 511 Allows Users to Personalize 511 Access, Saving Time Online and by Phone

2) US Secretary of Transportation Announces $213 Million Grant to Cut Traffic, Improve Transit and Clean the Air in Los Angeles

 

 

Upcoming Events

NEXTRANS Center Inaugural Summit – May 5 – West Lafayette, Indiana

http://www.purdue.edu/dp/nextrans/summit08_main.php

 

 

Friday Bonus

What if IKEA redesigned a subway?  Nah, something like that would never happen.

http://gizmodo.com/377665/comfy-ikea-train-makes-me-want-to-move-to-the-subway

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1901 – New York becomes the first US state to require automobile license plates.

http://www.alpca.org/

 

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[TCN] Thursday, April 24, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Thursday, April 24, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Air Traffic Controllers' Numbers Fall

Union, FAA at odds on count, its effect on flight safety.

Link to story in The Courier-Journal:

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080424/NEWS01/804240394/1008/NEWS01

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

2) Illinois Tollway Might Bring Back Beeping I-PASS

Link to story in the Southtown Star:

http://www.southtownstar.com/news/913741,042408tollway.article

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

3) Speech Input, GPS Make Mobile Search Smarter

Link to story in PC World:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,145010/article.html

 

OTHER

 

4) Transport Research Knowledge Centre Web Site Relaunched

Link to story on Science|Business:

http://bulletin.sciencebusiness.net/ebulletins/showissue.php3?page=/548/art/10461&ch=1

Link to site:  http://www.transport-research.info

 

5) Florida Lawmakers Debate Offering a Christian License Plate

Link to AP story:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=4715034

 

ROADWAYS

 

6) Chairman of House Transportation Committee to National Transportation Safety Board Chief: Reconsider 35W Bridge Hearing

Link to story in the Star Tribune:

http://www.startribune.com/politics/18058879.html

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

7) Chicago Wants Legislature to OK Radar Cameras

Link to story in the Chicago Sun-Times:

http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/911345,speed042308.article

 

8) Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel Seeks Volunteers to Develop National Car Accident Reporting Network

Link to story in Government Health IT:

http://www.govhealthit.com/online/news/350324-1.html

Link to news release from HITSP and the National Association of State EMS Officials:

http://web.ansi.org/news_publications/news_story.aspx?menuid=7&articleid=1800

 

TELEMATICS

 

9) Microsoft Sync Brings Focus Success

Link to MarketWatch video:

http://www.marketwatch.com/tvradio/player.asp?siteid=yhoof&guid=%7B449B9484%2D8911%2D4F6D%2DB2E7%2DAB9893FA2383%7D

 

TRANSIT

 

10) Next Stop on the Yonge Line…'Home Depot'?

Toronto Transit Commission studies feasibility of naming subway stations after major corporations to raise operating funds.

Link to story in the Toronto Star:

http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/417766

 

11) Queensland's Go-Cards to be Fixed by Week's End

Link to Australian Broadcasting Corp. News story:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/24/2226775.htm?section=business

 

VEHICLES

 

12) Some Car-Stereo Makers See Drivers Ditching CDs for iPods

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2008-04-23-blauplunkt-mp3_N.htm

 

 

News Releases

1) Weather Top Reason for Flight Disruption in the United States: Delays Now Predictable Per Inch of Rain and Degree of Temperature Deviation

2) Honeywell Licenses Navigation System for General Aviation

3) OnStar Tops New Consumer Telematics Vendor Matrix Ranking

4) YouTube Video from Missouri DOT Shows How Dedicated Truck Lanes Could Work

5) FAA Takes Steps to Ensure Proper Reporting of Operational Errors

6) ARINC Brings Fuel Savings to Airlines with AirPlan enRoute Service  

 

 

Solicitation

 -  Request for Proposals - ITS Technologies Implementation Evaluation Study RFP – Regional Transportation Commission

http://www.findrfp.com/gov/detail.aspx?id=87689&guid=2E112486B3F9461281C9DBC6527D26F0

 

 

Upcoming Events

Webinar: Active Traffic Management Coming to the Urban Partners' Cities: Minneapolis and Seattle – April 30

https://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/webconference/web_conf_learner_reg.aspx?webConfID=14088

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1967 – Soviet Cosmonaut Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov becomes the person to die during a spaceflight when Soyuz 1 crashed during re-entry.

http://www.astronautix.com/astros/komarov.htm

 

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