[TCN] Monday, December 8, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Monday, December 8, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) EU Begins Developing New Air Traffic System

Link to AP story:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gPBrgd9UpzY_jk909T7vDRzuStmwD94UJVV81

Link to news release from the European Commission:

http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/1906&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Link to memo from the European Commission:

http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/08/772&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

 

2) Media: Probe of 2006 Brazil Plane Crash Points to Transponder

Link to AP story:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hJZXD5j6vbSQ5qVmWe24cEe8gdzQD94TB8U81

 

3) The Power of Enterprise GIS

Link to story in Airport Business:

http://www.airportbusiness.com/print/Airport-Business-Magazine/The-Power-of-Enterprise-GIS/1$24016

 

4) In-Flight Psychology: Entertainment and the 'Illusion of Control'

Link to column in The Wall Street Journal:

http://blogs.wsj.com/middleseat/2008/12/08/in-flight-psychology-entertainment-and-the-illusion-of-control

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

5) GPS May Support Speeding Ticket

Link to story in The Press Democrat:

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20081206/NEWS/812060371/1016/SPORTS0401?Title=GPS_may_support_speeding_ticket

 

MARITIME

 

6) A Small Device Could Have Averted Mumbai Attack

Low-cost alarm system on fishing boats could have alerted authorities.

Link to story in The Economic Times:

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/A_small_device_could_have_averted_Mumbai_attack/articleshow/3803613.cms 

 

OTHER

 

7) Presentations from Polis (European Cities and Regions Networking for Innovative Transport Solutions) Conference Online

Link to presentations:

http://www.polis-online.org/index.php?id=359

Link to first edition of NICHES+ newsletter:

http://niches-transport.euregio.net/fileadmin/NICHESplus/newsletters/NICHES__D6.3__newsletter_issue01_1108.pdf

 

ROADWAYS

 

8) New Publications from US DOT

-  Value Pricing Pilot Program: Lessons Learned

http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/news/news_detail.asp?ID=485

 -  Lessons Learned from International Experience in Congestion Pricing

http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/news/news_detail.asp?ID=486

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

9) Group Sues US Government to Release Info on Phone Use in Traffic Deaths

Link to story in The Examiner:

http://www.baltimoreexaminer.com/local/120808dclawsuit.html

 

10) International Trusted Traveler Program Ramps Up in US

Link to story on SecureIDNews:

http://www.secureidnews.com/2008/12/08/international-trusted-traveler-program-ramps-up

 

11) Adoption of Multiband Radio Technology Advocated to Improve and Enhance First Responder Communications

Link to story in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/568823

 

TRANSIT

 

12) Scotland Transport Bosses in High-Tech Transit Ticket Study

Link to story in the Evening Express:

http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/Article.aspx/974377 

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

13) Spokane Commute Information Available Online

Link to story in The Spokesman-Review:

http://www.spokesmanreview.com/breaking/story.asp?ID=18107

Link to Spokane's Regional Transportation Management Center:  http://www.srtmc.org

 

14) Makeover for Dutch Weather Channel

Channel being rebranded Weer & Verkeer (weather and traffic) with addition of traffic information.

Link to story in Broadband TV News:

http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/?p=11723

Link to Weer & Verkeer site:  http://www.weerenverkeer.nl  (in Dutch)

 

VEHICLES

 

15) US Justice Department Issues RFI for National Vehicle Title System

Link to story in Washington Technology:

http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/34073-1.html

Link to Request for Information:

https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=0e8a5b3524b91990ce12ef00f9c85da8&tab=core&_cview=0&cck=1&au=&ck=

 

16) A High-Tech Alert System for Motorcycles

Link to story in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/automobiles/07HANDLE.html

Link to additional information from Honda:

http://world.honda.com/news/2008/2081022Life-Saving-Motorcycle-Technology/

Link to additional information on the Car 2 Car Communication Consortium:

http://www.car-to-car.org/

 

 

News Releases

1 In-Car Green Technologies: Chassis and Telematics Systems Compete with Advanced Engine Technologies to Reduce CO2 Emissions

 

 

Upcoming Events

ANDINATRAFFIC 2008 – February 23-24 – Bogotá, Columbia

http://www.andinatraffic.com  (in Spanish)

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1908 **100^th anniversary** - John A. Volpe, the first administrator of the Federal Highway Administration and second US Secretary of Transportation, was born.

http://www.volpe.dot.gov/about/volpe.html

 

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