[TCN] Thursday, December 18, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Thursday, December 18, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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Business and Policy Analyst – CCIT

 

The California Center for Innovative Transportation (CCIT) has a mission to accelerate the deployment of research results and the implementation of technical solutions to enable a safer, greener, more efficient transportation system. CCIT is a part of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and works with academic researchers, public agencies, and entrepreneurs to ensure that innovative technologies and best practices are implemented into practice. This involves conducting technical and economic evaluations, fielding pilot demonstrations, facilitating technology transfer agreements, as well as designing and carrying out deployment plans. CCIT currently has an open position for a business and policy analyst. The position will generally be responsible for framing the application of new transportation technologies in an economic and public policy perspective. 

For more information and to apply online go to: http://jobs.berkeley.edu and look up job code # 9327.

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) Report: FAA Aging Buildings are Bad, Getting Worse

Link to AP story:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hsyo7gGOdNDf4Sn3xPlqP6Ik5ADwD954O0I80

 

2) Satellite-Based Air Traffic Control to Get Test Flight in Newark

Link to story in The Star-Ledger:

http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-14/122957792724840.xml&coll=1

 

3) Airlines, Unions Asked to Preserve Safety System

Link to AP story:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Airlines-unions-asked-to-apf-13869491.html

 

4) Preventing Vehicle-Aircraft Incidents During Winter Operations and Periods of Low Visibility

Link to publication from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9799

 

BUSES

 

5) Chattanooga's CARTA Goes Live on Bus Tracker

Link to story in The Chattanoogan:

http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_141093.asp

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

6) Interactive Highway Powered by GPS

Link to story in GPS World:

http://tl.gpsworld.com/gpstl/Avionics+%26+Transportation+News/Interactive-Highway-Powered-by-GPS/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/572186?contextCategoryId=33830 

 

OTHER

 

7) $5 Bill in the Mail from US DOT: Is It a Con?

Money is an incentive to respond to survey on driving habits.

Link to story from WBBH-TV:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28278136/

 

8) Caltrans Meet Technology, Technology Meet Caltrans

Link to blog in the Los Angeles Times:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/12/caltrans-meet-t.html

 

RAILROADS

 

9) Towards Operational Harmonization for European Rail System

Link to story in Signal:

http://ec.europa.eu/transport/rail/interoperability/ertms/doc/009_signal_2008_12_en.pdf

 

ROADWAYS

 

10) Intuitive Safety Management on US Highways: The Case for Safety Management

Link to story in The American Surveyor:

http://www.amerisurv.com/content/view/5641/2/

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

11) 'Smart' Cards Could Save Patients in Emergencies

Ambulances and doctors will be connected to identify the best facility to transport a patient.

Link to story in The Asahi Shimbun:

http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200812180046.html

 

TRANSIT

 

12) Tailored Programs Educate Public on Transit Options

Link to story in Metro:

http://www.metro-magazine.com/Article/Story/2008/12/Tailored-Programs-Educate-Public-on-Transit-Options.aspx

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

13) Wisconsin Unveils 511 Road Hotline Just Before Storm

Link to AP story:

http://www.wxow.com/Global/story.asp?S=9549875

Link to news release from Wisconsin DOT:

http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/opencms/export/nr/modules/news/news_1100.html_786229440.html

 

14) Nevada RTC to Test Wireless Traffic System in Green Valley

Link to story in the Las Vegas Sun:

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/dec/18/rtc-test-wireless-traffic-system-green-valley/

 

15) New Iowa Ops Center Gives Faster Road Updates

Link to story on KCRG-TV:

http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/36351824.html

 

VEHICLES

 

16) Autonomous Cars Turn the Corner

Link to story in Consumer Reports:

http://blogs.consumerreports.org/cars/2008/12/selfdriving-car.html

 

 

News Releases

1) Lexington, Kentucky Traffic Engineers, Police Team Up to Improve Traffic Flow for Holiday Shoppers

2) Western Transportation Institute Researchers Win National Award for Studies on Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions

3) Further Boost to Highway Traveler Information in New Zealand

 

 

Job Posting

 -  Senior Vice President, Administration – MTA Metro-North Railroad – New York, New York

http://as0.mta.info/mnr/html/employment/profopen_detail.cfm?job_number=1250000198002800100100&title=Senior%20VP%20-%20Administration

 

 

Upcoming Events

78^th International Auto Show & Accessories – March 5-15 - Geneva

http://www.salon-auto.ch/en/

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1973 **35^th anniversary** - Soyuz 13 was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-13.htm

 

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