[TCN] Tuesday, October 21, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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Does Your Traffic Management Software offer Traffic Simulation?

GEWI's new TIC3 can be used to check multiple scenarios and recommend the best alternative based on current real-time conditions. TIC3's new architecture provides the most flexible, user friendly, easily configurable software platform in the world for Traffic Management and 511 operations.  Visit GEWI at ITS World Congress, booth #1025.  With TIC3, the only limitation is your imagination. To discuss your requirements, contact jim.oneill@gewi.com

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) FAA Splits Controller Duties, Streamlines Training

Link to AP story:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j83o7kR9VgY1ORelvpyBW0mmIcWgD93UE3280

 

2) Meeting the Airport Customer Service Challenge

Link to story in Business Travel News:

http://www.btnmag.com/businesstravelnews/headlines/frontpage_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003875464

 

3) Check Out Your Future Check-In

Link to CNN story:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/10/20/future.airports/

 

4) American Airlines Sues Yahoo Over Search Terms

Link to AP story:

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/263/story/480162.html

 

5) Project Runway: Testing How Tarmac Handles Jet-Plane Traffic

Link to story in Wired:

http://www.wired.com/cars/futuretransport/magazine/16-11/st_landinggear

 

6) Responses to Questions for the Record; September 2008 Hearing on the Next Generation Air Transportation System: Status and Issues

US Government Accountability Office provides written responses to Congress.

Link to responses from GAO:

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09130r.pdf

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

7) Service Providers Boost GPS Navigation Data

Link to story in PC World:

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/152512/service_providers_boost_gps_navigation_data.html

 

MARITIME

 

8) 2010 US Deadline to Scan All Port Cargo Won't be Met

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-10-20-cargo_N.htm

 

OTHER

 

9) Group to Share Patents for Radio Tracking

Link to Reuters story:

http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/news/gizmos/story.html?id=3e8b4065-4b4a-4cb1-8c1b-60675956c6c0

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

10) Australia to Launch Border Control Biometrics

Link to story on ZDNet Australia:

http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/security/0,39044215,62047463,00.htm

 

11) Nassau County, New York Takes Down 'Wall of Shame'

County says it will post photos and names only of those convicted of DWI.

Link to story in Newsday:

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/nassau/ny-lisham2112086751oct21,0,4751988.story

 

12) US Transportation Security Administration Administrator Kip Hawley Preps His Final Initiatives

Link to interview in Business Travel News:

http://www.btnmag.com/businesstravelnews/headlines/frontpage_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003875473

 

TRANSIT

 

13) Stuck on the Toronto Transit Commission

Transit lovers satisfy their need to celebrate subway system with trendy homemade decals.

Link to story in the Toronto Star:

http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/520895

 

14) Next Stop: Digital Ads

New York MTA test drives GPS bus screens.

Link to story in the New York Post:

http://www.nypost.com/seven/10212008/news/regionalnews/next_stop__digital_ads_134589.htm

 

15) Honolulu Ending Rail Transit Advertising Campaign

Link to story in The Honolulu Advertiser:

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20081021/NEWS09/810210334/1001/localnewsfront

 

16) 'No God' Slogans for London's Buses

Link to BBC News story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7681914.stm

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

17) UK Highways Agency Feeds Traffic Data to Google Maps

Link to story in Computing:

http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2228742/highways-agency-feeds-google

 

 

News Releases

1) First and Only Spanish-Language Alternative Transportation News Blog Debuts

2) Free Audio Tours Spotlight Bay Area's Transit-Oriented Developments

3) New Jersey Introduces Personalized Real-Time Traffic Alerts

 

 

Upcoming Events

ITS California Annual Meeting – December 8-9 – Sacramento, California

http://www.itscalifornia.org/

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1797 – The USS Constitution was launched in Boston Harbor.

http://www.ussconstitution.navy.mil/

 

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