[TCN] Monday, October 27, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Monday, October 27, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) US Transportation Security Administration Passenger Screening Plan Needs New IT

Link to story in Federal Computer Week:

http://www.fcw.com/online/news/154188-1.html

 

CAMERAS

 

2) Regional Officials in Connecticut Delaying Providing Video of I-95 to Emergency Workers

Link to story in The Advocate:

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/localnews/ci_10825197

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

3) In Satellite Photo Resolution Race, Who's Winning?

Google Earth and Microsoft Virtual Earth each tout key deals.

Link to story in Computerworld:

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9118079&intsrc=hm_list 

 

4) Tele Atlas Relies Upon End-User Communities to Create Mobile GPS Maps

Link to story on TMCnet:

http://fixed-mobile-convergence.tmcnet.com/topics/mobile-communications/articles/43991-tele-atlas-relies-end-user-communities-create-mobile.htm

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

5) US-European Meeting Reaffirms GPS/Galileo Cooperation

Link to story in Inside GNSS:

http://www.insidegnss.com/node/894

 

6) Siberian Bridge to be Tracked by 'Russian GPS'

Link to story on Russia Today:

http://www.russiatoday.com/scitech/news/32189

 

7) Pennsylvania GPS Project Aims to Reduce Billboard Clutter

Link to story in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribunereview/news/westmoreland/s_595178.html

 

OTHER

 

8) Google Earth Brings Virtual Tourism to iPhone

Link to CNET News story:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10075543-37.html?tag=newsLatestHeadlinesArea.0

 

9) Secrecy Over $500 Million in Transport Money in Victoria

Link to story in The Age:

http://www.theage.com.au/national/secrecy-over-500m-in-transport-money-20081026-5937.html

 

10) Notice to Next of Kin Faster in Ohio

Link to story in the Akron Beacon Journal:

http://www.ohio.com/news/33321589.html

 

ROADWAYS

 

11) New Signage Aids Bicyclists in California City

Link to story in The Examiner:

http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/New_road_rules_expand_bike_lanes_in_San_Carlos.html

 

12) Wyoming Finds a Place for Crash-Site Memorials

Link to story in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/us/26roadside.html

 

13) Speed Trap Warning Site May Have Merit

Link to story in the Chicago Sun-Times:

http://www.suntimes.com/news/transportation/1243904,CST-NWS-ride27b.article

Link to the Speed Trap Exchange:  http://www.speedtrap.org

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

14) Twitter the New Tool of Terrorists?

Link to CNET News story:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10075487-83.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0

 

15) US Plans $7.6 Billion Super Storm Tracker

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2008-10-23-satellite_N.htm

 

16) Cellphones Drive Jump in 911 Use

Link to story in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/25/AR2008102502052.html

 

17) Indonesia Transport Ministry Officials Need Access to Road Accident Data

Link to story in The Jakarta Post:

http://old.thejakartapost.com/detailcity.asp?fileid=20081027.I04&irec=3

 

TELEMATICS

 

18) For iDrive 4.0, BMW Decides to Bring Back a Few Buttons

Link to story from The New York Times:

http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20081026/ZNYT05/810263000/1042/NEWS?Title=For_iDrive_4_0__BMW_Decides_to_Bring_Back_a_Few_Buttons

 

TRANSIT

 

19) Police Deploy Spies on Buses in Uganda

Detectives will watch how buses are driven to check rising number of deadly road accidents.

Link to story in The New Vision:

http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/656555

 

VEHICLES

 

20) Behind the Scenes, Auto Industry Works to Cut Accidents

Link to story on BNET:

http://industry.bnet.com/auto/1000315/behind-the-scenes-auto-industry-works-to-cut-accidents

 

 

News Releases

1) TransitTV Adds V-me to Programming Lineup Presents Original Music Content to 11 Million Weekly Viewers

 

 

Job Posting

 -  Construction Project Control Specialist-Scheduler – KMJ Consulting, Inc. – New York, New York

http://kmjinc.com/?pg=22

 

 

Upcoming Events

IBTTA Fall Technology Workshop – November 2-4 – Avignon, France

http://www.ibtta.org/Events/eventdetail.cfm?ItemNumber=2888

 

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1904 – The first rapid transit subway line in New York City opened.

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/1027.html#article

 

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