[TCN] Friday, August 29, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Friday, August 29, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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Register Now for IBTTA's 76^th Annual Meeting and Exhibition – Early Bird Discount Extended to September 5^th 

 

Registration is now open for IBTTA's 76^th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Connecting, People, Places & Ideas, September 20-24, 2008, in Baltimore, Maryland. Join IBTTA for the most significant gathering of toll industry professionals and business partners in the world. Register by September 5^th and receive a $100 discount off your registration fee. 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) FAA Outage Reveals Odd Computing Practices

Link to AP story:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h1bzBw02FwEGqVA7Fw2oLDdSE8zgD92S5GE02

 

CAMERAS

 

2) Iowa Supreme Court Rules Traffic Cameras OK

Link to AP story:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-ia-supco-trafficcame,0,794695.story

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

3) Map Reading Skills 'Dying Out Due to Internet and Sat-Navs"

Link to story in the Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2639307/Map-reading-skills-dying-out-due-to-internet-and-satnavs.html

 

4) European Sat-Nav Device to Warn Against Snarled Roads and Radar

Tom Tom says it will use cellular data from Vodafone.

Link to Deutsche Presse-Agentur story:

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/business/news/article_1427509.php/Sat-nav_device_to_warn_against_snarled_roads_and_radar 

 

OTHER

 

5) Poor Communication Caused Texas DOT's $1 Billion Error

Link to story in the Houston Chronicle:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5972958.html

 

6) Missouri Law Now Mandates English-Only Commercial Driver's License Tests

Link to story in Land Line Magazine:

http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_news/Daily/2008/Aug08/082508/082808-04.htm

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

7) Pennsylvania Turnpike Lease-Backers Issue Poster, Video

Link to story in The Patriot-News:

http://www.pennlive.com/news/capitol/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/121997493131160.xml&coll=1

 

ROADWAYS

 

8) Washington State Rest Area Wi-Fi: Little Used, Expensive and Gone

Link to story in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:

http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/thebigblog/archives/147374.asp

Link to news release from Washington State DOT:

http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2008/08/28_RestAreaWiFi.htm

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

9) US Gears Up to Detect Nuclear Materials at Sea

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-08-28-boats_N.htm

 

10) Panel Finds Transportation Worker Identification Credential Riddled with Problems

Link to story in Federal Computer Week:

http://www.fcw.com/online/news/153628-1.html

 

11) Database Catches Unfit Arkansas Big-Rig Drivers

Link to AP story:

http://www.thedailycitizen.com/articles/2008/08/29/ap-state-ar/d92rrnm88.txt

 

12) US Department of Homeland Security Studies PDAs for First Responders

Link to story in Federal Computer Week:

http://www.fcw.com/online/news/153654-1.html

 

TRANSIT

 

13) Miscommunication Blamed in Calgary Train Crash

Link to CTV News story:

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080827/train_calgary_080827/20080827?hub=CTVNewsAt11

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

14) Signs Point to Boston T Times

Link to story in the Boston Herald:

http://bostonherald.com/business/general/view/2008_08_29_Signs_point_to_T_times:_Options:_Text_messages__up-to-minute_postings/srvc=home&position=5

 

15) Brisbane Coronation Drive Traffic Management System 'a Failure'

Link to story in the Brisbane Times:

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/coronation-drive-lane-system-a-failure/2008/08/27/1219516522271.html

 

VEHICLES

 

16) GM to Offer Radios with Ports for Music Players

Link to AP story:

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080829/gm_music_players.html?.v=4

 

 

Upcoming Events

13^th International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies – December 13-15 – Hong Kong

http://home.netvigator.com/~hksts/conf.htm

 

 

Friday Bonus

Washington State DOT Announces Ultra-Green Ferry Routes

http://nakedloon.com/community/2008/04/02/dot-announces-new-ultra-green-ferry-routes/

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1958 **50th anniversary** -- The United States Air Force Academy opened in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

 

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