[TCN] Wednesday, October 29, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Dallas/Fort Worth, Shanghai Airports Sign Marketing Agreement

Airports will share information on subjects such as tourism, cargo, environmental issues, airport security, runway safety and operations.

Link to story in the Star-Telegram:

http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/1003851.html

 

2) Airports Propose Biometric Framework

Link to story on AviationNews.net:

http://www.aviationnews.net/?do=headline&news_ID=160806

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

3) Harris Seeks Piece of $1 Billion GPS Job

Link to story in Florida Today:

http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20081029/BUSINESS/810290312/1003/business

 

4) Don't Hold Your Breath Waiting for Turn-by-Turn Directions on the iPhone

Link to blog in InformationWeek:

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/10/dont_hold_your.html

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

5) Utah Officials Roll Out Public Education Plan to Encourage Alternative Transportation

Link to story in The Salt Lake Tribune:

http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_10841523

Link to TravelWise Utah:  http://www.travelwise.utah.gov

 

RAILROADS

 

6) India's Central Railway has Its Own Way to Monitor Trains Without GPS

Link to story in The Times of India:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai/Rlys_has_its_own_way_to_monitor_trains_without_GPS_/articleshow/3649720.cms

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

7) Ontario Cell Phone Ban Hits iPods

Link to story in the Toronto Star:

http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/526513

 

8) Emergency Response Official Credentials: Attaining Trust in Credentials Across Multiple Jurisdictions for Disaster Response and Recovery

Link to story in Smart Card Talk:

http://www.smartcardalliance.org/pages/newsletter-200810-feature?issue=200810

 

TRANSIT

 

9) Transit Smart Cards Targeted for 2010 in Ottawa

Link to story in The Ottawa Citizen:

http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/bustech/story.html?id=2b52119c-df53-4c58-8ed9-2350ebc2d20e

 

10) Ontario's London Transit Leading High-Tech Transit Revolution

Link to story in The London Free Press:

http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/Local/2008/10/29/7235581-sun.html

 

11) South Korea Uses Web Technology to Boost Public Transit Use

Link to story in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/gt/418675

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

12) Mobile TrafficTV Service Upgraded

Link to story in Mobile Entertainment:

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/31825/Mobile-TrafficTV-service-upgraded

 

VEHICLES

 

13) Ford Hybrids' Gauges Sprout Leaves, Highlight Fuel-Efficient Driving

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/environment/2008-10-28-Ford-hybrid-fuel-efficiency_N.htm

Link to news release from Ford:

http://www.ford.com/about-ford/news-announcements/press-releases/press-releases-detail/pr-ford26rsquos-smartgauge-with-29300

 

 

News Releases

1) Raytheon Conducts High-Security Maritime Experiment with US Coast Guard Research and Development Center

2) NTSB Adds Restricted Cell Phone Use, EMS Safety to 2009 Most Wanted List of Safety Improvements

 

 

Job Postings

 - Economists – The Volpe National Transportation Systems Center – Cambridge, Massachusetts

http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/getjob.asp?JobId=76871796&AVSDM=10%2F29%2F2008+2%3A53%3A43+PM

 

 

Upcoming Events

Third US–Asia Airport Issues Conference and Exposition – December 9-11 – Tamuning, Guam

http://events.aaae.org/sites/081009/

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1998 **10^th anniversary** - STS-95, carrying astronaut John Glenn, launched from the Kennedy Space Center.

http://www.shuttlepresskit.com/STS-95/OVR22.htm

 

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