[TCN] Thursday, May 29, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Thursday, May 29, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Continental's Pilot Program: Electronic Boarding Pass

Link to story in The Star-Ledger:

http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1212035842201940.xml&coll=1

 

2) In-flight Entertainment in Your Hands

Link to CNN story:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/05/28/db.ipodplanes/index.html

 

3) Emerging Use of Wireless Ground Support Equipment

Link to story in Airport Business:

http://www.airportbusiness.com/print/Airport-Business-Magazine/Emerging-Use-of-Wireless-GSE/1$19783

 

MARITIME

 

4) Port Worker ID Program Could Face More Delays

Workers are not getting help when they apply.

Link to AP story:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jIamqyZEQR62GMgBUJInyZALOKKwD90UTREG0

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

5) Data Management System Helps Texas DOT Analyze Traffic Accidents

Link to story in Texas Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/tt/articles/298858

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

6) 'Secret Weapon' Will Monitor I-5 Traffic

Wireless cameras will allow Sacramento area officials to monitor traffic, adjust signals.

Link to story and video reports on KCRA-TV:

http://www.kcra.com/survive/16419102/detail.html

 

 

News Releases

1) Microsoft Virtual Earth Platform Selected by Leading State and Regional Agencies in the US – Texas and Ohio DOTs Use to Provide Traffic Information

2) Ecall Provider ATX Group Among Organizations Uniting to Improve European Emergency Response

3) Court Dismisses TransCore Lawsuit Against ETC Corporation

 

 

Job Posting

 -  Manager of Toll System Development – MTA Bridges and Tunnels – New York City

http://www.mta.info/bandt/employ/jobp741.htm

 

 

Upcoming Events

Talking Freight Seminar: Freight Planning - Impacts on Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions – June 18

http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/news/news_detail.asp?ID=430

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1955 **55^th anniversary** - Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

http://imagingeverest.rgs.org/Concepts/Imaging_Everest/-75.html

 

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