[TCN] Tuesday, September 16, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Media Companies Seek Revenue, Branding at Airports

Link to AP story:

http://www.wthitv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9013013

 

OTHER

 

2) 'Smart Ears' for Machines

A traffic camera, for example, would know where to zoom when it heard a crash.

Link to story in The Engineer:

http://www.theengineer.co.uk/Articles/307956/'Smart+ears'+for+machines.htm

 

RAILROADS

 

3) Vast Controls to Curb Rail Crashes May be Years Off

Link to story in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/us/16crash.html?partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

 

ROADWAYS

 

4) Cutting-Edge Technology Makes New I-35W Bridge a Model for Future

Link to story and audio report from Minnesota Public Radio:

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/09/11/35w_technology/

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

5) California Seeks Train Operator Cell Phone Ban

Link to AP story:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g-xsvlkTx_cLm6dJHngndxwYFgNAD937OAV00

 

6) Geocaching Creates Headache for Wyoming DOT

Link to story in the Casper Star-Tribune:

http://www.trib.com/articles/2008/09/15/news/casper/6e5bf20677727bdb872574c400211005.txt

 

7) US-VISIT May Miss Deadline

Link to story in Federal Computer Week:

http://www.fcw.com/online/news/153797-1.html

 

8) Presentation and Video of 'Complying with the New FHWA Regulation on High Visibility Garments' Webinar Now Available

Link to webinar and presentations:

http://www.workzonesafety.org/training/webinar/2008_wz_webinar_high_visibility_clothing

 

TRANSIT

 

9) NTSB: Train Crash Could Have Been Prevented

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-09-15-train_N.htm

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

10) AT&T Shows Off Emerging Technology

One application matches a travel route to traffic cameras to check out a commute on a TV before leaving home.

Link to Cox News Service story:

http://www.dailyadvance.com/business/att-shows-off-emerging-technology-134088.html

 

VEHICLES

 

11) Australian Car Ads Urged to Include Emissions Info

Link to AAP story:

http://news.smh.com.au/national/car-ads-urged-to-include-emission-info-20080913-4fua.html

 

 

News Releases

1) Cross Country Automotive Services Acquires ATX Group

2) Deadline to Enter ITS America's Student Essay Competition Approaching September 30

3) Keeping Watch Over Sydney Ports

4) Speech Technologies, Multimedia and Traffic Information are Important Drivers for the US Navigation Market

5) Telvent Reaches Agreement to Acquire, for $445 Million, US-Based Business Information Services Provider DTN

6) TransCore Introduces the 'Green Calculator'

7) ITT Achieves FAA Milestone on ADS-B Air Traffic Modernization Program

 

 

Job Postings

 -  Aerospace Engineer – Volpe National Transportation Systems Center – Cambridge, Massachusetts

http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/getjob.asp?JobId=75623773&AVSDM=9%2F16%2F2008+2%3A50%3A49+PM

 

 

Upcoming Events

Navigation India 2008 – November 20-21 – New Delhi

http://www.telematicsupdate.com/navindia/index.shtml

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1908 **100^th anniversary** - General Motors is organized.

http://www.gm.com/corporate/about/history/

 

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