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Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

FREIGHT ACADEMY - An Immersion Program for Public Sector Transportation Professionals
July 25 Application Deadline Approaching - Scholarships Available!

The I-95 Corridor Coalition is excited to announce the first offering of the Freight Academy - a unique, week-long immersion program designed to efficiently train public sector agency staff involved in planning, operational, and/or management work that impact goods movement decisions, investments and interactions. Participants will have opportunities to see and learn about the inner workings of the goods movements system, including marine terminals, the distribution centers of major corporations, air cargo operations, trucking operations, and rail operations. The inaugural Academy program will be conducted at the Center for Advanced Infrastructure Training at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ from October 26 – 31, 2008. The program is open to applicants from throughout North America. Scholarships are available for applicants from I-95 Corridor Coalition member agencies. The application deadline is July 25, 2008. Non-scholarship program fees due September 26, 2008. For more information and the application form please see: www.freightacademy.org.

AVIATION

1) Airlines Get Ready to Test Fledgling Wi-Fi in Flight

Link to story in Computerworld:

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9110192&intsrc=hm_list

CAMERAS

2) Washington State Patrol Testing License Plate Cameras at Ferry Terminals

Link to story and video on KING-TV:
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_071608WAB_ferry_camera_system_LJ.5ebc2185.html

GPS / NAVIGATION

3) GPS-Based Telematics Drive Fleet-Management Plans

Link to column in the Journal of Commerce:

http://www.journalofcommerce.com/article/id28963

MARITIME

4) Tamil Nadu's Fishing Boats to Get GPS for Protection

System said to guard against attacks of Indian vessels by Sri Lankan navy.

Link to IANS story:

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/tamil-nadus-fishing-boats-to-get-gps-for-protection_10072365.html

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / RELATIONS

5) Sulpicio Lines Handling Crisis Poorly – PR Experts

Owner of capsized ferry criticized for reaction to disaster.

Link to ABS-CBN story:

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryID=123149

RAILROADS

6) Indian Trains to Have Internet Soon

Link to story in The Economic Times:

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/LiveITUP/Trains_to_have_internet_soon_/articleshow/3239084.cms

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) Congress Pushes for National Emergency Communications Plan

Link to story on NextGov:

http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20080715_3918.php?zone=ngtoday

8) Atlantic City Airport, Expressway to Become Security Labs

Link to story in The Press of Atlantic City:

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/186/story/206511.html

Link to news release from the South Jersey Transportation Authority:

http://www2.sjta.com/sjta/news_item.asp?publicationID=20&ID=1072

TRANSIT

9) Utah's New Bus Rapid Transit Line a Hit with Some, a Bust with Others

Link to story in the Salt Lake Tribune:

http://www.sltrib.com/News/ci_9884274

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

10) UMass Transit at Hub of Traveler Data Project

Project will collect, analyze, and disseminate traffic, transit and tourism information for use by state and local agencies, private entities and the general public.

Link to story in Metro:

http://www.metro-magazine.com/News/Story/2008/07/UMass-Transit-at-hub-of-traveler-data-project.aspx

11) Zook.in Now Offers Traffic Updates for Four Indian Cities

Link to story in The Industry Standard:

http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/07/16/zook-intros-localized-mobile-search

News Releases

1) Jupiter Systems Mourns Death of Wayne Wahlenmeier, VP, Sales & Marketing

2) New Public-Private Partnership Aims to Increase Air Traffic Capacity, While Boosting Environmental and Economic Benefits

3) Emirates Computers Deploys Airport Pass Management System (APMS) for Dubai Department of Civil Aviation

4) Intrinsyc and Navteq Sign Map Distribution Deal

5) New Amtrak Ad Campaign Promotes Re-launch of Northeast Regional Service

6) Personal Navigation to Remain Most Popular LBS Application Over Next Five Years, but Enterprise Applications Will Generate Most Revenue