[TCN] Thursday, October 2, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Thursday, October 2, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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RAILROADS

 

1) US Senate Sends Rail Safety Bill to Bush

Link to AP story:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-10-01-rail-safety-bill_N.htm

Link to additional information from the Library of Congress:

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR02095:@@@L&summ2=m&

 

2) US Federal Railroad Administration Issues Emergency Order

On-duty railroad operating employees' use of cellular telephones and other distracting electronic and electrical devices restricted.

Link to order:

http://www.fra.dot.gov/downloads/PubAffairs/EmergencyOrder26.pdf

 

ROADWAYS

 

3) The 'Smart Road' Scam

Link to story in Regulation:

http://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/regv31n3/v31n3-noted.pdf#page=1

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

4) Rail Engineer Sent Text Just Before Deadly Los Angeles Crash

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-10-01-calif-train-crash_N.htm

Link to news release from the National Transportation Safety Board:

http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2008/081001.html

 

TRANSIT

 

5) Anti-Sexual Harassment Campaign Unveiled in New York City Subways

Link to AP story:

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/10/01/2008-10-01_antisexual_harassment_campaign_unveiled_.html

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

6) Orange to Provide Road Traffic Data Based on GSM Signal

Link to story in GPS Business News:

http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/index.php?action=article&numero=1081

 

7) Counterintuitive Physics May Help Everyone Drive Home Quicker

Study finds that knowing traffic conditions may do more harm than good.

Link to story on Physorg:

http://www.physorg.com/news142157939.html

 

VEHICLES

 

8) Robotic Car Which Avoids Collisions Unveiled

Link to story in the Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/3121695/Robotic-car-which-avoids-collisions-unveiled.html

Link to further information from Nissan:

http://www.nissan-global.com/EN/NEWS/2008/_STORY/080926-01-e.html

 

9) Freightliner Told to Change Ad Campaign

Link to story on Today's Trucking:

http://www.todaystrucking.com/news.cfm?intDocID=20404&login=i95berniew%40aol%2Ecom&datalogin=%269A6%3BNX%241%0A

Link to news release from the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus:

http://www.nadreview.org/content/pressdoc/4905PR.pdf

 

 

News Releases

1) High-Tech Traffic Upgrades Deployed on Utah Roads

2) Embry-Riddle and Research Partners to Demo Weather Advisory Info Integration

3) Skymeter Announces Partnership with Cisco Seoul to Demonstrate Smart Transportation Pricing in Seoul Korea

4) Caltrans Installs Sensys Networks Wireless Vehicle Detection Systems Throughout California

 

 

Upcoming Events

Travel and Tourism Research Association Annual Conference – April 22-24 – Rotterdam and Breda, The Netherlands

http://www.ttra-europeconference.com/

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1926 – English travel writer, Jan Morris was born in Clevedon, Somerset, England.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/profile/profile_jan_morris.shtml

 

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