[TCN] Friday, May 30, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Friday, May 30, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Paper Airline Tickets Consigned to History

Link to story in The Times:

http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/news/article4032062.ece

 

2) FAA: Sun Box Disk Failure Caused NOTAM Database Crash

Link to story in Computerworld:

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9091339&intsrc=hm_list

 

BUSES

 

3) Automatic Buses in France: Ended Story?

Link to story on Transport Expertise:
http://en.transport-expertise.org/index.php/2008/05/30/automatic-buses-in-france-ended-story/

 

CAMERAS

 

4) Camera Keeps Eye on Traffic

Lens being tested in Tennessee could change way future vehicle flow is managed.

Link to story in the Knoxville News Sentinel:

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/may/30/camera-keeps-eye-on-traffic/

 

OTHER

 

5) Electronic System Helps Hawaii Trim Late Traffic Fines

Link to story in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin:

http://starbulletin.com/2008/05/30/news/story05.html

 

ROADWAYS

 

6) Clemson Research Looks to Improve Highway Flow During Hurricanes

Wireless communications system being developed to help keep traffic moving.

Link to story in the Daily Journal:

http://www.upstatetoday.com/news/2008/may/30/next-time-around/

 

7) Speed Traps – New Way to Avoid Them

Trapster is a cell phone social network that allows motorists to alert other users via cell phones regarding locations of speed traps.

Link to story on CNN:

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/05/30/speed.traps/

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

8) Flaws Stir Debate on Storm Alert Systems

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/tornadoes/2008-05-29-sirens_N.htm

 

9) FEMA to Manage Cellular Alert System

Link to story in Washington Technology:

http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/32898-1.html

 

10) National Work Zone Awareness Week 2008: Slow for the Cone Zone

Some ways the event was commemorated across the US.

Link to story in Focus:

http://www.tfhrc.gov/focus/may08/01.htm

 

TRANSIT

 

11) Oklahoma's Cleveland Area Rapid Transit Partners with Google Transit

Link to story in The Norman Transcript:

http://www.normantranscript.com/localnews/local_story_151002252

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

12) Pick Up the Phone: It's a Crash

Arizona DOT hopes to send text traffic alerts to cell phones in the next few years.

Link to story on KPNX-TV:

http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/2008/05/29/20080529freewaycrash05292008-CR.html

 

13) Mygistics Wants to Put Commuters, Investors in the Fast Lane

Link to story in the Kansas City Business Journal:

http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2008/06/02/story3.html?b=1212379200%5E1642719

 

 

News Releases

1) Gresham, Smith and Partners Awarded On-Call Statewide ITS Design Contract from Georgia DOT

2) Missouri DOT Posts New Videos on YouTube Showcasing Projects and Highway Safety Efforts

 

 

Solicitation

 -  Call for Papers – Adaptive Transportation Organizations and Employees – Transportation Research Board

http://www.trb.org/utils/CFPDetail.asp?cid=935

 -  Call for Papers – Attracting Talent; Keeping Talent - What works for building and maintaining a skilled workforce in transportation? – Transportation Research Board

http://www.trb.org/utils/CFPDetail.asp?cid=930

 -  Call for Papers – How to Get People Interested in Transportation – Transportation Research Board

http://www.trb.org/utils/CFPDetail.asp?cid=931

 

 

Upcoming Events

2008 American Public Works Association International Public Works Congress & Exhibition – August 17-20 – New Orleans

http://www.apwa.net/meetings/congress/2008/

 

 

Friday Bonus

Sure, the price of fuel is sky high, but David Letterman has a few ideas on how to have fun in a car without traveling far.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hSvd4_lwq1s&feature=related

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1883 **125^th anniversary** - A stampede, sparked by rumors of an impeding collapse, killed twelve people on newly opened the Brooklyn Bridge.

http://www.endex.com/gf/buildings/bbridge/bbridgenews/..%5Cbbicb06081883/bbicb06081883.htm

 

**Correction** Yesterday's "Today in Transportation" feature had the wrong year.  It should have been 1953 for the conquering of Mount Everest.

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