[TCN] Thursday, September 11, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Thursday, September 11, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) For Air Controller, Terror Still Vivid Seven Years Later

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-09-11-911controller_N.htm

 

2) US Airlines Notify Passengers About TSA Advisory for Venezuelan Airports

Link to story in El Universal:

http://english.eluniversal.com/2008/09/10/en_pol_esp_us-airlines-notify-p_10A1976965.shtml

Link to news release from the Transportation Security Administration:

http://www.tsa.gov/press/releases/2008/0908.shtm

 

3) Martha's Vineyard Airport May Allow Upscale Advertising

Link to story in The Martha's Vineyard Times:

http://www.mvtimes.com/news/2008/09/11/airport-ads.php

Link to proposal from Luxury Media Partners:

http://www.mvtimes.com/pdfs/airport/airport-presentation-20080911.pdf

 

4) Next Generation Air Transportation System: Status of Systems Acquisition and the Transition to the Next Generation Air Transportation System

Link to report from the US Government Accountability Office:

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081078.pdf

 

5) Next Generation Air Transportation System: Status of Key Issues Associated with the Transition to NextGen

Link to testimony from the US Government Accountability Office:

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081154t.pdf

 

CAMERAS

 

6) More Studies Sought Into License Plate Scanning Traffic Cameras in Queensland

Link to story in the Sunshine Coast Daily:

http://www.thedaily.com.au/news/2008/sep/11/aap-more-studies-sought-into-traffic-cameras/

 

RAILROADS

 

7) French Railway Trials USB Tickets

Link to story in Wired:

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/09/french-railway.html

 

ROADWAYS

 

8) Tuskegee, Alabama to be First City in US to Deploy Changeable Street Signs

Link to story in The Tuskegee News:

http://www.thetuskegeenews.com/articles/2008/09/11/news/doc48c810c850471060878233.txt

Link to news release from Intellimesh Systems:

http://www.smartsafecities.net/PressRelease.pdf

 

9) New Computer System Slowing Traffic at San Ysidro, California Border Crossing

Link to story in The San Diego Union-Tribune:

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080910-1147-bn10sentri.html

 

10) Are Towns Really Safer Without Traffic Lights?

Link to story in The Christian Science Monitor:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0912/p07s03-woeu.html

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

11) US Scans Incoming Air Cargo

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2008-09-10-nuke_N.htm

 

12) Speeding Curb: Pune, India Police Write to Colleges and Firms of Violators

Link to Express News Service story:

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/How-to-rein-in-a-student-traffic-offender-name-him-on-college-notice-board/360011/

 

13) Canadian Maritime Provinces Looking at Regional Mobile Radio for Emergencies

Link to CP story:

http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hC8WRAr_bEYvjqyh4AmMWC_NtVdA

 

TRANSIT

 

14) Transit Signal Priority Research Tools

Link to report from the Federal Transit Administration:

http://www.dot.ca.gov/newtech/researchreports/reports/2008/tsp_research_tools_final_report.pdf

 

 

News Releases

1) Europe Seeks Global Partnerships for Air Traffic Management Modernization

2) Mentor Ranger Raises the Bar with Upgraded Features for Enhanced Mobile Computing
3) Taxi Fleets Easily Accept and Deliver Paratransit Trips with IntelliRouter

4) TicketBiscuit Launches Ticketing System Built for Tourist Railroads

5) Air Canada and Spafax Canada Launch Entertainment and Shopping Portal

6) AT&T Bolsters Location-Based Services Portfolio with 'A-GPS' Network Deployment, New Navigation Offers

 

 

Upcoming Events

American Public Transportation Association Annual Meeting & Expo – October 5-8 – San Diego

http://apta.ntpshowsites.com/

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1968 **40^th anniversary** - Air France flight 1611, en route from Corsica to Nice, crashed into the Mediterranean Sea.  All 95 people aboard were killed.

http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19680911-0 

 

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