[TCN] Wednesday, October 22, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Pilots Report Spike in Laser Incidents at Canadian Airports

Link to CTV story:

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081021/laser_incidents_081021/20081021?hub=CTVNewsAt11

 

2) Clearing the Air for the Space Shuttle

Canadian air-traffic controllers will assist NASA's next launch, but country's space program faces uncertain future.

Link to story in The Globe and Mail:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081022.NASA22/TPStory/National

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

3) GPS to be Banned in Russia?

Link to story on Russia-InfoCentre:

http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/7268/

 

MARITIME

 

4) Battelle Develops New Technology for Port Security

Link to story in Washington Technology:

http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/33770-1.html

 

RAILROADS

 

5) Positive Train Control Ran Successfully in Years-Long Burlington Northern Railroad Trial

Link to story in Design News:

http://www.designnews.com/article/48843-Positive_Train_Control_Ran_Successfully_in_Years_Long_Burlington_Northern_Railroad_Trial.php

 

ROADWAYS

 

6) Washington State Winter Freeway Closures Cost Freight Industry $75 Million

State department of transportation says it's using study to improve highways, detours and communications.

Link to AP story:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/384262_freeway22.html

Link to news release from Washington State DOT:

http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2008/10/16_freighteconomicimpactreport.htm

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

7) US Transportation Security Administration to Expand Paperless Boarding Pass Program

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2008-10-21-tsa-pda_N.htm

 

8) EU Lawmakers Criticize Virtual Strip Search

Link to AP story:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j6aLeHGjRhPaZHs9gEp6mX05CUggD93V8A3G0

 

9) Los Angeles Fire Department's One-Man Geek Squad Brings Web 2.0 to Firefighting

Link to story in the Wired:

http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/magazine/16-11/st_firefight

 

10) Idaho State University Researchers Aiming to Detect Nuclear Bombs

Link to story in the Times-News:

http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2008/10/22/ap-state-id/d93v34080.txt

 

TELEMATICS

 

11) Convergence 2008 Draws Automotive Electronics Giants to Detroit

Link to story in Design News:

http://www.designnews.com/article/48858-Convergence_2008_Draws_Automotive_Electronics_Giants_to_Detroit.php

 

12) A Spin Around the Convergence Show Floor

Link to story on WWJ Radio:
http://www.wwj.com/A-Spin-Around-The-Convergence-Show-Floor/3177198

 

 

News Releases

1) US Transportation Security Administration to Assume Watch List Vetting with Secure Flight Program

2) Nav N Go, Clear Channel Radio Speed Development Time for Makers of Personal Navigation Devices

3) Inrix National Traffic Scorecard Special Report Reveals the Impact of Changing Fuel Costs on Traffic and Consumer Driving Habits in 2008

4) Former State IT Executive Joins Citrix State and Local Government Team

5) American Airlines Cargo Division Announces the US Launch of E-Freight

 

 

Upcoming Events

EuroFreight 2008 – November 12-13 – Paris

http://www.groupeactis.com/spip.php?rubrique49

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1968 **40^th anniversary** - Apollo 7 splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean.

http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-7/apollo-7.htm

 

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