[TCN] Monday, April 7, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Monday, April 7, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Eurocontrol Reveals Results of Air Traffic Control Mistake Analysis

Link to story in Flight International:

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/04/07/222749/eurocontrol-reveals-results-of-atc-mistake-analysis.html

 

2) Raleigh Durham Airport Puts Customer Care in Writing

Link to story from The News & Observer:

http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1328392/rdu_puts_customer_care_in_writing/

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

3) Yahoo Maps India Go Vernacular

Now available in nine Indian languages.

Link to story in ChannelTimes:

http://www.channeltimes.com/India/News/Yahoo_India_Maps_Go_Vernacular/551-88238-752.html 

 

4) Miami Firm Maps Cities with 360-Degree Photos

Link to story in the Herald-Tribune:

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080407/APF/804071375

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

5) EU Ministers Give Final Go-Ahead to GPS Rival

Link to Reuters story:

http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSL0776056420080407

 

6) GPS Switch Silences Long Island Rail Road Station Announcements

Link to story in Newsday:

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-lilirr0408,0,442478.story

 

OTHER

 

7) US National Reconnaissance Office Cancels Contracts for Proposed Space Radar Project

Link to story from CongressDaily:

http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20080404_4891.php?zone=ngtoday 

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

8) Emergency Text Messaging System Rolled Out for Philadelphia Area

Link to story in The Philadelphia Inquirer:

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20080405_Emergency_system_rolled_out_for_Philadelphia_area.html

 

TRANSIT

 

9) Florida's Tri-Rail Enlists Riders to Lobby for Money

Link to story in the Palm Beach Post:

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/04/07/s1b_trirail_0407.html

 

10) Washington Metro Considering High-Tech Ads

Link to story and video in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/05/AR2008040502122.html  (may require free registration)

 

11) Transit: Marketing, Bus, and Paratransit

Journal articles explore topics such as video transit training for older travelers and predicting bus arrival time on the basis of GPS data.

Link to publication from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=8903

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

12) UK Highways Bosses Criticized

New weather alert system for trucks did not close motorways to high-profile vehicles during high winds.

Link to story on This is Cheshire:

http://www.thisischeshire.co.uk/display.var.2171327.0.highways_bosses_crticised.php

 

13) India Mega Cities Set to Have Intelligent Transport Cells

Link to story in the Business Standard:

http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?leftnm=8&subLeft=2&chklogin=N&autono=319080&tab=r

 

14) Traffic Tie-Ups

Can smarter transportation systems ease gridlock?

Link to CBC News story:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/tech/hightech/traffic.html

 

 

News Releases

1) US DOT Seeks Business Models for Vehicle-Infrastructure Communications Network

2) Garmin Receives FAA Certification for G1000 Synthetic Vision System

3) TrafficLand Announces National Expansion to Traffic Camera Network Coverage

4) Transport for London's iBus Wins Innovation Award

 

 

Job Postings

 -  Assistant/Associate Development Engineer – California Center for Innovation Transportation – Berkeley, California

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/sof/619733612.html

 

 

Upcoming Events

Posidonia International Shipping Exhibition – June 2-6 – Athens, Greece

http://www.posidonia-events.com/online/content.asp?pid=51&mid=89

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1968 **40^th anniversary** - British race driver, Jim Clark, was killed during a race at Hockenheim, Germany.

http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/clark_bio.htm

 

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