[TCN] Thursday, July 31, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Thursday, July 31, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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Registration for IBTTA's 76^th Annual Meeting and Exhibition Now Open – Baltimore, MD USA, September 21-24, 2008

 

Join IBTTA for the most significant gathering of toll industry professionals and business partners in the world. More than 1,000 delegates from 25 countries on six continents will converge on Baltimore's Waterfront to examine best practices and critical innovations in toll industry finance, marketing, technology, customer service, environmental stewardship, operations, maintenance, and related issues. This meeting is hosted by the Maryland Transportation Authority. Registration cut-off for this meeting is September 5, 2008. For more information, visit IBTTA's website and register online today! www.IBTTA.org.

 

AVIATION

 

1) Congress: No Annoying Airplane Cell Phone Calls

Link to AP story:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/31/AR2008073101850.html

 

2) Airlines Pull Out All Stops to Bring Passengers Wi-Fi in the Sky

Link to Newhouse News Service story:

http://www.nj.com/business/times/index.ssf?/base/business-4/1217477197305500.xml&coll=5

 

3) Australian Government Proposes Checking MP3 Players at Airports

Link to story on News.com.au:

http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,26058,24089084-5014090,00.html

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

4) Google Street View is Approved for the UK

Link to CNET News story:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10003556-93.html?tag=nefd.top

 

5) Google: No Such Thing as Complete Privacy

Files response to lawsuit over Street View service.

Link to CNET News story:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10003036-93.html?tag=nefd.top

 

OTHER

 

6) 'Green Transport' Web Site Launched in Taiwan

Link to story in The China Post:

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national%20news/2008/07/31/168004/Green-transport.htm

Link to site:  http://greentransport.iot.gov.tw/

 

ROADWAYS

 

7) Kentucky Governor Orders Bill on Electronic Billboards Withdrawn

Link to story in The Courier-Journal:

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080731/NEWS0101/807310416/1008/NEWS01

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

8) Airlines May Face Fines Over Mistaken Terrorist IDs

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2008-07-30-tsa_N.htm

 

9) US DOT's ITS Joint Program Office Announces Its Draft Vision for Safety

Link to story from ITS America:

http://www.itsa.org/industry_member_news_content/c219_d2403/News/Industry_amp_Member_News.html

 

TELEMATICS

 

10) Audi Takes on Stop Lights

Pilot uses sensors to tell drivers the speed they should travel to avoid red signals.

Link to story on Kicking Tires:

http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2008/07/audi-takes-on-s.html#more

 

11) Microsoft Announces In-Car Hosted Internet Search for Automakers

Link to story on TMCnet:

http://internetcommunications.tmcnet.com/topics/enterprise/articles/35705-microsoft-announces-in-car-hosted-internet-search-automakers.htm

 

12) Microsoft to Build on Auto Unit

Sync technology creator hires Detroit native to boost connectivity in cars.

Link to story in The Detroit News:

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080729/AUTO01/807290374/1148

 

TRANSIT

 

13) Google Maps Adds Mass Transit Support for S60 And Windows Mobile Phones

Link to story in InformationWeek:

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/07/google_maps_add.html

 

14) MasterCard: Contactless Fares Well in Transit

Link to story in American Banker:

http://www.americanbanker.com/article.html?id=20080731FSB954XJ

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

15) Radio Groups Build a Shared Data Channel

Broadcaster Traffic Consortium plans to create a national network to transmit traffic information via HD Radio technology for client Navteq.

Link to story in Radio World:

http://radioworld.com/pages/s.0049/t.14740.html

 

VEHICLES

 

16) Acura Teams with XM for Driving Weather Forecasts

Link to story in The Washington Times:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/01/acura-teams-with-xm-for-driving-weather-forecasts/

 

 

News Releases

1) Carmanah Partners with ENCOM to Offer Wireless Control of Solar-Powered Traffic Beacons

2) Text Messaging: Emergency Physicians Express Safety Concerns as Kids Go Back to School

3) Westwood One and AirSage Partner to Launch Next Generation Platform for Traffic Reporting

4) Detroit Drivers Welcome Free Mobile Traffic Service

5) Northwest Airlines Launches Fully Redesigned nwa.com

 

 

Upcoming Events

Roundtable Discussion: Open Platform Concepts and Vehicle Infrastructure Integration – August 5 – Cambridge, Massachusetts

http://www.its.dot.gov/vii/vii_roundtable.htm

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1948 **60^th anniversary** – New York International Airport, also known as Idlewild Airport, was dedicated. http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/07/30/nyregion/20080729JFK_index.html

 

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[TCN] Wednesday, July 30, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

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

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AVIATION

 

1) Airlines, Tech Firms OK Probe Into Kiosks at Toronto Airport

Link to story in The Globe and Mail:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080730.CREDITCARD30/TPStory/National

 

2) Australian Air Traffic Control Body 'Inefficient'

Link to story in The Age:

http://news.theage.com.au/national/air-traffic-control-body-inefficient-20080730-3n6w.html

 

CAMERAS

 

3) Tennessee Appeals Court Upholds Knoxville Red-Light Cameras

Link to story in the Knoxville News Sentinel:

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/jul/30/appeals-court-upholds-red-light-cameras/

 

OTHER

 

4) National Transportation Operations Coalition Launches New Format for Forums

Link to NTOC Talks Forum:

http://www.ntoctalks.com/phpBB3/index.php

 

TELEMATICS

 

5) Remote Control Service: Will Telematics and Remote Diagnostics Give Dealerships a Direct Line to the Customer?

Link to story in Aftermarket Business:

http://aftermarketbusiness.search-autoparts.com/aftermarketbusiness/Features/Remote-control-service-Will-telematics-and-remote-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/532525?contextCategoryId=42276

 

TRANSIT

 

6) About 400 Chicago Transit Authority Customers Overcharged on Fare Cards

Glitch may have affected thousands in other ways, CTA says.

Link to story in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-cta-overcharge-both-30-jul30,0,6828658.story

 

7) Revenge of the MetroCard Machines, Part II

Link to story in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/30/nyregion/30metro.html?em&ex=1217563200&en=9d0914046e3e2ada&ei=5087%0A

 

 

News Releases

1) US Transportation Secretary Peters Unveils Bush Administration's New Approach for America's Transportation Future

2) Garmin's G600 Receives FAA Certification, Deliveries Begin

3) ASUS Enters Navigation Market Armed with Clear Channel Total Traffic Network Data

4) Jason-2 Begins Mapping Oceans

5) An Analysis of 4.9 GHz Public Safety Radio: Providing an Overview of Technology and Market Developments in the US

6) Image Sensing Systems Purchases Assets of EIS and Announces Expanded Strategy

 

 

Upcoming Events

Telematics Munich 2008 Conference & Exhibition – November 6-7 – Munich

http://www.telematicsmunich.com/

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1863 **145^th anniversary** - Henry Ford was born near Dearborn, Michigan.

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0730.html

 

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[TCN] Tuesday, July 29, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

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

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Registration for IBTTA's 76^th Annual Meeting and Exhibition Now Open – Baltimore, MD USA, September 21-24, 2008

 

Join IBTTA for the most significant gathering of toll industry professionals and business partners in the world. More than 1,000 delegates from 25 countries on six continents will converge on Baltimore's Waterfront to examine best practices and critical innovations in toll industry finance, marketing, technology, customer service, environmental stewardship, operations, maintenance, and related issues. This meeting is hosted by the Maryland Transportation Authority. Registration cut-off for this meeting is September 5, 2008. For more information, visit IBTTA's website and register online today! www.IBTTA.org.

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) The 'Plane' Truth About Airline Close Calls

Link to story and video report on WFOR-TV:

http://cbs4.com/iteam/runway.incursion.planes.2.781942.html

 

OTHER

 

2) July Issue of IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society Newsletter Online

Link to newsletter:

http://www.ewh.ieee.org/tc/its/v10n3.pdf

 

3) Summer Issue of the National Center for Freight & Infrastructure Research & Education's CFIRE Newsletter

 -  Community Maps Pilot Site  (page 3)

 -  CFIRE, MVFC Truck Parking & Bottlenecks Surveying Moving Ahead at Trucker Shows  (page 4)

http://www.wistrans.org/cfire/newsletter/Summer08.pdf

 

4) Articles from Latest Issue of Florida's Turnpike Pike's Peek

 -  Explosive Growth in Intelligent Transportation System  (page 2)

 -  Sawgrass Expressway's 'Smart Highways' Project  (page 2)

 -  In Search of a Better Way – Turnpike looks for ways to better monitor visibility and share information with customers  (page1)

http://www.floridasturnpike.com/TurnpikeNewsletters/06134-PikesPeekSpringSumme08FINAL.pdf

 

ROADWAYS

 

5) 'Traffic' Writer Reads the Road Signals to Explain Drivers' Behavior

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2008-07-28-traffic-vanderbilt_N.htm

Link to interview on WNYC Radio's Leonard Lopate Show:

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2008/07/29

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

6) Accident Modification Factors for Traffic Engineering and ITS Improvements

Link to publication from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=8965

 

VEHICLES

 

7) Car Stereo Sales Hit a Distressing Low Note

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2008-07-28-car-stereos_N.htm  

 

 

News Releases

1) New Book: Thinking Continentally: Terrorism and Transportation

2) Traffic Technologies, Inc. Continues Staff Expansion

3) MSN Direct Enables Web Sites to Deliver Location Information to GPS Navigation Devices

 

 

Upcoming Events

Teens in the Driver Seat Summit – October 24-25 – San Antonio, Texas

http://tti.tamu.edu/conferences/tds08/

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1958 **50^th anniversary** - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created.

http://www.nasa.gov/50th

 

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[TCN] Monday, July 28, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

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

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Registration Open for "Use of ITS in Airport Environments Workshop"

 

Registration is available for the upcoming "Use of ITS in Airport Environments Workshop," August 25-26, 2008, in Los Angeles, California.  Hosted by ITS America and the American Association of Airport Executives, this two-day event will feature ITS industry leaders who are currently providing solutions for airport land side management and airport managers sharing real-world results, lessons learned, success stories and reasons why they have chosen ITS products and services as their airport land side management solution.  Airport managers are turning to ITS to provide solutions to the challenges they face, such as managing parking, commercial vehicle movement, incident management, security and much more.  The preliminary agenda, list of speakers, and registration information is available at http://www.itsa.org/itsconference.html.

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) Ottawa Asks Pearson Airport to Examine Kiosk Security

Link to story in the National Post:

http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2008/07/27/ottawa-asks-pearson-airport-to-examine-kiosk-security.aspx

 

2) Demand Increases for Phone Translation Service at Seattle-Tacoma Airport

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/travel/2008-07-27-airport-checkin_N.htm

 

3) 'Fuel Pain to Boost In-Flight Live TV,' Says Report

Link to story on Inflight Online:

http://www.shephard.co.uk/Inflight/Default.aspx?Action=-1000945703&ID=c774a5c4-b2ee-451d-9d77-6cfb24609d83

 

4) Are You Against In-Flight Mobile Phone Calls?

Link to story in the Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=A1YourView&xml=/money/2008/07/28/bcnphone128.xml

 

BUSES

 

5) Buses in Delhi to Have GPS Facility

Link to Press Trust of India story:

http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=e19db6a4-d94e-481e-b2e1-f3805b695268&&Headline=Buses+in+capital+to+have+GPS+facility&strParent=strParentID

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

6) Toll Roads Take Cashless Route

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-07-27-cashless-toll-roads_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

7) Bikers, Pedestrians Seeking Better Web Maps

Link to AP story:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jhKddOHBUGOHJ2HbzHiwXyjEDR8AD924UPVO0

 

8) Transit New Zealand Takes Virtual Road Trip

Link to story in The Dominion Post:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4633783a28.html

9) Quebec Company Builds GPS Device for the Visually Impaired

Link to CTV story and video report:

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080727/gps_visual_080727/20080727?hub=SciTech

 

OTHER

 

10) Rebuilding Trust at Minnesota DOT, One Year After the Bridge Collapse

Link to story in the Pioneer Press:

http://www.twincities.com/allheadlines/ci_10005181

 

11) Web Site for Minnesota Bridge Victims Goes Online

Link to AP story:

http://ap.brainerddispatch.com/pstories/state/mn/20080727/310306570.shtml

Link to site:  http://www.bridgecollapseclaims.com/

 

12) Tracking Devices Cut New Jersey Car Insurance Costs

Link to story in The Star-Ledger:

http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/topstories/index.ssf/2008/07/tracking_devices_to_cut_car_in.html

 

13) Beijing Taxis to Become IC Card Friendly Before Olympics

Link to Xinhua story:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/28/content_8828061.htm

 

ROADWAYS

 

14) Arizona DOT to Offer More Precise Drive-Time Estimates

Link to story in The Arizona Republic:

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2008/07/28/20080728adot0728.html

 

15) Maryland State Highway Administration Workers Push to Limit

Makers of Maryland's road markers show no signs of slowing down.

Link to story in The Baltimore Sun:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.signs28jul28,0,7979306.story

 

16) Web Site Shows the Deadliest US Roads

Link to UPI story:

http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2008/07/28/researchers-map-americas-deadliest-roads.html

Link to Safe Road Maps:  http://www.saferoadmaps.org/

 

17) Mobile Voice Messages May Keep Drivers Safe

Verizon Wireless product allows users to respond to e-mails through voice recordings.

Link to story in The Denver Post:

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_10015769

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

18) Passengers at British Airports to be Fingerprinted

Link to story in the Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/2463357/Passengers-at-British-airports-to-be-fingerprinted.html

 

19) Maine's 'Distracted Driver' Law May Get an Update

Link to Capitol News Service story:

http://bangornews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=167687&zoneid=500

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

20) Virginia DOT to Manage Traffic with Variable Speed Limit

Link to AP story:

http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-dc--high-techspeedlim0726jul26,0,2235388.story

 

21) UK Highways Agency Drives on with Traffic Tech

Link to story on Silicon:

http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39264810,00.htm

 

22) Israel National Roads Company Seeks Traffic Control System

Link to story on Globes:

http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/DocView.asp?did=1000366015&fid=1725

 

23) Signs Designed to Improve Travel on Michigan Roads

Link to story in the Times Herald:

http://www.thetimesherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080728/NEWS01/807280306/1002

 

24) Traffic Control in Early Form

Link to story in The Ledger:

http://www.theledger.com/article/20080727/NEWS/807270344&title=Traffic_Control_In_Early_Form

 

 

News Releases

1) Quixote Corporation Announces the Sale of Its Intersection Control Segment to Signal Group, Inc.

2) FCC Announces Panelist for Public En Banc Hearing on Public Safety Interoperable Communications – The 700 MHz Band Proceeding

3) The Association of Toll and Traffic Systems Integrators of India (ATTSII) Recommends Guidelines for a Suitable Electronic Toll Collection Standardization for India

 

 

Upcoming Events

Vehicle Dynamics North America Expo 2008 – October 22-24 – Novi, Michigan

http://www.vehicledynamics-expousa.com/

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1972 – A weeklong national dock strike began in Britain.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/28/newsid_2496000/2496609.stm

 

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