[TCN] Friday, November 7, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Friday, November 7, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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TIC for Traffic Plans and Simulation – Create and Operate with Live and Historic Data

 

TIC can be used in off-line mode with historic data to create, simulate, and compare pre-defined traffic plans for expected traffic situations. TIC can then be used in on-line mode with both live and historic data to monitor the network.  Once a situation is identified, TIC can recommend the best plans to operators within minutes, and if an unexpected situation is identified, TIC can be used to create and recommend new traffic plans, such as during evacuations. TIC can consider the complete road network, traffic patterns, weather, work zones, social events, sensors, CO2, NOx, and particle emissions, and more. TIC is a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solution proven in over 100 projects operating worldwide, and can be deployed faster, more affordably, and with less risk than build-your-own solutions.

 

See TIC at GEWI booth #1025 at the ITS World Congress or contact jim.oneill@gewi.com to discuss your requirements.

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) Rise in Collision Hazards for Planes Spurs Changes

Link to story in The Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122600460761406097.html

 

2) FAA Says WAAS Instrument Approaches Now Outnumber ILS

Link to story on the Aero-News Network:

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=afa48813-1b7e-4b73-90a2-6162cb21f015

Link to additional information from the Federal Aviation Administration:

http://www.faa.gov/news/fact_sheets/news_story.cfm?newsId=6283

 

3) Pilots' Concerns About ADS-B Reflected in Rulemaking Committee Report

Link to story on AOPA Online:

http://www.aopa.org/advocacy/articles/2008/081106adsb.html

 

OTHER

 

4) Federal Highway Administration Releases Final Rule on Projects of National and Regional Significance Evaluation and Rating

Link to notice in the Federal Register:

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-25382.pdf

 

ROADWAYS

 

5) A Kinder, Gentler Approach on Traffic Signs

Link to story in The Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/11/06/a_kinder_gentler_approach_on_traffic_signs/

Link to additional photos from Needham, Massachusetts:

http://www.needhamma.gov/DocumentView.asp?DID=1891

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

6) Air Freight Gets Tighter Screening in US

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2008-11-06-cargo_N.htm

 

7) Google Earth Helps Yet Worries Government

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/surveillance/2008-11-06-googleearth_N.htm

 

8) Massachusetts Legislative Panel Sounds Wake-Up Call on Drowsy Driving

Education, penalties considered.

Link to story in The Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/11/07/legislative_panel_sounds_wake_up_call_on_drowsy_driving/

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

9) Kansas City Scout to Begin E-Mail, Text Message Alerts

Link to story in The Kansas City Star:

http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/879046.html

Link to news release from Kansas City Scout:

http://www.kcscout.net/PressReleases.aspx

 

10) West Virginia to Open High-Tech Road Operations Center

Link to AP story:

http://www.dailymail.com/News/200811070114

 

11) Safer Roadways are On the Way in Western Massachusetts

Traffic management system will monitor highways.

Link to story and video report on WSHM-TV:

http://www.cbs3springfield.com/news/local/34057594.html

 

VEHICLES

 

12) German Program Coordinates Driving

Link to story in Traffic Technology International:

http://www.traffictechnologytoday.com/news.php?NewsID=9008

 

13) Interview: Tim Davies, Founder of iFleet

Link to interview in Commercial Motor:

http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2008/11/07/132024/interview-tim-davies-founder-of-ifleet.html

 

 

Upcoming Events

APTA ITS International Best Practices Workshop: Transit Applications – December 9-10 – San Francisco

http://www.apta.com/conferences_calendar/itsbest/

 

 

Friday Bonus

You know those legal statements that appear at the bottom of your company's e-mail?  They can appear in the strangest places.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7702913.stm

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1885 – The last spike is driven on the Canadian Pacific Railway in Craigellachie, British Columbia.

http://tinyurl.com/5oevdc

 

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