[TCN] Monday, December 1, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Monday, December 1, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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Join IBTTA for the 2008 Transportation Finance Summit, December 7-9, 2008 in Washington, DC 

 

Hear industry experts discuss solutions to the huge challenge of funding, maintaining, and operating surface transportation infrastructure in a stressed global environment. Special guests include U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters and Former Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives Richard Gephardt. This year, a special Pre-Summit CFO Roundtable will be held on Sunday, December 7, in partnership with The Transportation Transformation Group. This four-hour session will focus on the nuts and bolts issues affecting CFO's and associated professionals in our industry. Jane Garvey, Head of U.S. Public-Private Partnerships at JPMorgan and a Department of Transportation Review Team Lead by the Office of President-Elect Obama, will kick off the Roundtable. Visit IBTTA's website to download the program, find the details and register online today! 

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) EU Likely to Require ADS-B Before US Mandate

Link to story in Aviation International News:

http://www.ainonline.com/news/single-news-page/article/eu-likely-to-require-ads-b-out-before-us-mandate/

 

2) Taiwan's Ministry of Transportation and Communication Says Taiwan, China to Cooperate on Air Traffic Control

Link to story in the Taiwan News:

http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=800430&lang=eng_news

 

3) In School with Air Traffic Controllers

Link to video report on ABC News' Good Morning America:

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6357813

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

4) Google Earth Used by Terrorists in India Attack

Link to IDG News Service story:

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9121819&intsrc=hm_list

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

5) Pakistan's National Highway Authority Successfully Introduces E-toll System on Motorways

Link to story in The Daily Mail:

http://dailymailnews.com/200812/02/news/dmcitypage06.html

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

6) A GPS Satellite Gap?

Of the 31 GPS satellites currently in orbit, 20 are past their design life and 19 lack redundancy in either their navigation or satellite systems or both.

Link to story in Government Executive:

http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?filepath=/dailyfed/1208/120108wb.htm

 

MARITIME

 

7) Vessel Tracking System in India's Gulf of Kutch Delayed by a Year

Link to story in The Times of India:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Ahmedabad/Vessel_tracking_system_delayed_by_a_year_/articleshow/3781720.cms

 

8) North Carolina Looks at Requiring Boater Education

Link to story in The Charlotte Observer:

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/275/story/382116.html

 

OTHER

 

9) New Hampshire DOT Forms Task Force to Build Better Relationships with Communities

Link to story in Foster's Daily Democrat:

http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081201/GJNEWS_01/712019968/-1/FOSNEWS

 

10) November Issue of Florida DOT's SunGuide Disseminator Online

Link to newsletter:

http://www.dot.state.fl.us/trafficoperations/Newsletters/2008/2008-011-Nov.pdf

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

11) Texas Transportation Department Launches New Web Site

Link to story in the Beaumont Enterprise:

http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/local/state_transportation_departments_launches_new_web_site_12-01-2008.html

Link to site:  http://www.dot.state.tx.us

 

RAILROADS

 

12) Indian Railways to Install High-Tech Security Gadgets

Link to story in The Times of India:

http://www.timesnow.tv/Newsdtls.aspx?NewsID=22348

 

ROADWAYS

 

13) Ensuring Safety in the Trans-European Road Network

Link to story on Euroalert.net:

http://euroalert.net/en/news.aspx?idn=8188

 

14) Lasers Provide Guide for Iowa Snowplows

Link to story in The Des Moines Register:

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20081130/NEWS10/811300329/1011

 

15) Futurist: The Roads of Tomorrow

Link to column in CQ Weekly:

http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=weeklyreport-000002992034

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

16) Transportation Security Administration Wants Companies to Test Air Cargo Screening Technology

Link to story in Federal Computer Week:

http://www.fcw.com/online/news/154520-1.html

 

TRANSIT

 

17) SEPTA's Collision-Avoidance System Delaying Trolleys

Link to story in The Philadelphia Inquirer:

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20081130_SEPTA_s_collision-avoidance_program_delaying_trolleys.html

 

18) Mobile Phone Use Goes Underground

Passengers on Glasgow's Subway network are now able to use their mobile phones underground.

Link to BBC News story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7757323.stm

 

19) Cleveland Airport, RTA in Marketing Campaign to Promote Rapid

Link to story in The Plain Dealer:

http://www.cleveland.com/news/index.ssf?/base/news/1228123834130020.xml&coll=2

 

20) Late Workers, Students Get Notes Blaming New York City Subway

Link to AP story:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hznTk2VwmCRV0CGJ_Jtvg5wXSVrwD94P7PSG0

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

21) Road to Safer Highways Paved with Information, New Brunswick Transportation Minister Says

Link to story in The Daily Gleaner:

http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/496264

Link to report from the Province of New Brunswick:

http://www.gnb.ca/0113/ITS/BeingALeaderWithITS-Oct15-08-E.pdf 

 

22) Glendale, California Officials Keep Their Eyes on Traffic

Link to story in the Glendale News-Press:

http://www.glendalenewspress.com/articles/2008/11/29/publicsafety/gnp-traffic29.txt

 

23) Birmingham, Alabama Area Agencies Working on Plan to Clear Highway Crashes Faster

Link to story in The Birmingham News:

http://www.al.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news/1227950143171130.xml&coll=2

 

24) Virginia DOT Web Site Predicts Peak Traffic Times on Interstates

Link to AP story:

http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/vdot-web-site-predicts-peak-traffic-times-interstates

Link to VDOT site:

http://www.virginiadot.org/news/thanksgiving_2008_travel_trends.asp

 

VEHICLES

 

25) European Commission Launches eCall Impact Assessment Study

Link to story from ERTICO – ITS Europe:

http://www.ertico.com/en/news_and_events/ertico_newsroom/general_news_commission_launches_ecall_impact_assessment_study.htm

 

 

News Releases

1) GEWI Announces New Feature: Capture Traffic Data on PDAs

2) UK Highways Agency to Broadcast Traffic Radio at Exhibition Center in Birmingham

3) IBM Podcast Explores Smarter Traffic Systems

4) $4.7 Million Disability Transportation Research Grant Awarded to University at Buffalo and Carnegie Mellon

5) Lafayette, Louisiana Consolidated Government Goes High-Tech with New Google Gadget Created by Bizzuka

 

 

Upcoming Events

The World Air Cargo Event – February 18-20 – Bangkok

http://www.worldaircargoevents.com/

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1913 **95^th anniversary** – The first continuously moving assembly line was introduced by the Ford Motor Company.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dt13as.html

 

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