[TCN] Monday, November 10, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Monday, November 10, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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One Week Left to Register for the 15^th World Congress on ITS 

 

If you haven't registered for the year's biggest ITS event, there is still time to do so.  The 15^th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems featuring ITS America's 2008 Annual Meeting is expected to attract 10,000 transportation leaders, policy makers and other business professionals from more than 40 countries. Held from November 16-20 at New York's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center the World Congress on ITS is this year's best chance to have access to a program featuring over 200 sessions featuring more than 700 industry experts covering a broad range of ITS issues that are important to you; take unprecedented technical tours to ITS facilities in and around New York City; participate in live demonstrations of active VII-based safety systems and other dynamic ITS applications along the streets and highways of New York; see the VII TMC of the Future illustrating a transportation management system in the year 2020; attend a grand-scale exhibition hall with more than 350,000 square feet of exhibits featuring the latest technologies, products and services; and connect with an international audience in a world-class city of beauty, culture and fun.  To register, go to www.itsworldcongress.org. 

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) Meet Your Fellow Air Passengers as Air France-KLM Launches Facebook-Style Networking Site

Link to story in the Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/3406294/Meet-your-fellow-air-passengers-as-airline-launches-Facebook-style-networking-site.html

Link to Bluenity:  http://bluenity.com

 

CAMERAS

 

2) UK Transport Secretary Backs Speed Camera Overhaul

Plans to introduce cameras that determine average speed rather than fixed cameras.

Link to story in The Sunday Times:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5114374.ece

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

3) Truckers Turn to GPS to Find Their Way

Some devices tailor information for rigs.

Link to AP story:

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20081110/BUSINESS/811100308

 

4) Sal Dhanani, TeleNav: "We are Leveraging Our Experience with Cell Phone Navigation to Create a PND'

Link to interview in GPS Business News:

http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/index.php?action=article&numero=1160

Link to news release from TeleNav:

http://www.telenav.com/about/pr/pr-20081109.html

 

MARITIME

 

5) US Navy's USS Blue Ridge Gets Communications Upgrade

Ship hosts Navy's most sophisticated at-sea communications platform.

Link to story in Maritime Reporter and Engineering News:

http://www4.marinelink.com/en-US/News/Article/328652.aspx

 

OTHER

 

6) English Now Required in Missouri Driver Exams

Link to story in the Columbia Daily Tribune:

http://www.columbiatribune.com/2008/Nov/20081109News003.asp

 

7) US Federal Court Keeps Abortion Off Illinois License Plates

Link to story in the Chicago Sun-Times:

http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/1268069,CST-NWS-plates08.article

 

RAILROADS

 

8) In UK, Train Spotters 'Risk Arrest'

Link to BBC News video report:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7713448.stm

 

ROADWAYS

 

9) The Link Between Private Grief and Public Safety

Researcher finds roadside memorials can actually make drivers more cautious.

Link to story in The Globe and Mail:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081108.ROADSIDE08/TPStory/National

 

10) 'Ghost Drivers' Continue to be a Problem on US Interstate Highways

Wrong-way drivers present communications challenges.

Link to commentary on InjuryBoard:

http://desmoines.injuryboard.com/tractor-trailer-accidents/interstate-highway-safety-part-i-ghost-drivers-continue-to-be-a-problem-on-us-interstate-highways.aspx?googleid=251034  (part 1)

http://desmoines.injuryboard.com/tractor-trailer-accidents/interstate-highway-safety-ghost-drivers-part-ii.aspx?googleid=251036  (part 2)

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

11) Video Monitors, GPS Not Picked for School Bus Safety in Alberta

Link to story in the Calgary Herald:

http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/city/story.html?id=4d6e63c6-dbe1-4b55-bffe-6c94bd26859a 

Link to report:

http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/Content/docType45/Production/schoolbusreport.pdf

 

12) US Department of Homeland Security Inspector General: Sensitive Information at Los Angeles Airport at Risk

Link to story in Federal Computer Week:

http://www.fcw.com/online/news/154329-1.html

 

13) Drunken Drivers Roll Down State Information Gaps

Link to AP story:

http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2008/11/10/news/nebraska/doc49175e5b135b0200540915.txt

 

SPACE

 

14) Space Traffic-Control System Needed

Link to story on Space:

http://www.space.com/news/081109-space-traffic.html

 

TRANSIT

 

15) Engulfed in Wireless Clouds

Wi-fi mesh network being installed over transit signal priority system in Vancouver.

Link to story in Business in Vancouver:

http://www.bivinteractive.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1203&Itemid=30

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

16) West Virginia Division of Highways has Eye on Tunnel

Statewide operations center opened.

Link to story in The Intelligencer:

http://www.news-register.net/page/content.detail/id/516729.html 

 

17) Tackling Boise State University Game Day Traffic

Link to story and video on KBCI-TV:

http://www.2news.tv/news/34150579.html

 

18) India's Traffic Signal System

Link to story in The Economic Times:

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Transportation/Shipping__Transport/Indias_traffic_signal_system_/articleshow/3693005.cms

 

VEHICLES

 

19) Internet Connectivity Hits the Road

Autonet Mobile's in-car router brings Internet connectivity to everything from laptops to PDAs to iPhones.

Link to story in Design News:

http://www.designnews.com/article/49123-Internet_Connectivity_Hits_The_Road.php

 

 

News Releases

1) Adesta Will Design, Build and Maintain $30.7 Million Intelligent Transportation System for the Massachusetts Highway Department

2) Pennsylvania DOT Projects Win National Quality Awards – Communications plays a big role in all three projects

3) Citilog Deploys Real-Time Traffic AID System with Florida DOT District 5 for Traffic Monitoring Along Interstate 95

4) Navteq Delivers Real-Time Traffic to the weather.com Site for Commute Forecasts

 

 

Job Postings

 -  Train Control SCADA Associate Program Manager (9144BR) - ARINC - Marina del Rey, California

http://www.arinc.com/careers/search_careers.html

 -  Train Control SCADA Program Manager - (9150BR) - ARINC - Marina del Rey, California

http://www.arinc.com/careers/search_careers.html

 

 

Upcoming Events

National Traffic Management & Work Zone Safety Conference – March 10-12 – Orlando, Florida

http://www.workzonesafety.org/news_events/wz_conferences/2009

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1888 **120^th anniversary** - Andrei Tupolev, a Soviet aircraft designer, was born in Pustomazovo, Russia.

http://www.tupolev.ru/english/Show.asp?SectionID=47

 

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