[TCN] Wednesday, December 17, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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CAMERAS

 

1) Baltimore Contract Could Provide Live Traffic Feeds for Motorists

Link to story in The Examiner:

http://www.baltimoreexaminer.com/local/121708citybrief.html

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

2) EU Might Tax Phones with GPS, TV

Link to Reuters story:

http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-37073320081217

 

ROADWAYS

 

3) New Web Site Alerts Motorists to Wildlife on Idaho Roads

Link to story on KTVB-TV:

http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-dec1608-wildlife_sightings_web_site.6cda1ff0.html

Link to site:  http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/cms/wildlife/manage_issues/collision/

 

4) Proposing a National Pricing System: Delivering Transportation Sustainability Through ITS

Link to story in the NTOC Newsletter:

http://www.ntoctalks.com/articles/nationalpricing.php

 

5) Regional Transportation Systems Management and Operations; Managed Lanes 2008

Link to publication from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9794

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

6) New Web Site Will Monitor Private Aircraft Operators

Site will collect advance information on passengers on private planes who intend to enter the United States.

Link to story in Federal Computer Week:

http://www.fcw.com/online/news/154707-1.html

 

7) NOAA Models Tsunami Warning System

Link to story in Government Computer News:

http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/47750-1.html

Link to news release from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20081210_oregonmodel.html

 

TELEMATICS

 

8) Telematics and Beyond: Maximizing the Value of an All-in-One In-Cab Solution

Link to white paper from Motorola:

http://www.logisticsonline.com/download.mvc/Maximizing-value-all-in-one-in-cab-solution-0001

 

TRANSIT

 

9) Washington Metro Involvement with Google Transit Held Up by the Details

Agency says it's willing to work with Google, but wants money for information.

Link to story in The Examiner:

http://www.dcexaminer.com/local/Metro_involvement_with_Google_Transit_held_up_by_the_details12-16.html

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

10) Vermont Plan to Close Rest Areas Met with Angst

Link to AP story:

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20081217/NEWS03/81217003

 

11) New Traffic Initiatives, Message Systems to Come Up in Bangalore

Link to story in The Times of India:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Bangalore/New_traffic_initiatives_message_systems_to_come_up/articleshow/3853700.cms

 

12) How to Tell DOT What Information You Want on Lighted Signs

Link to story and video report on WQAD-TV:

http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?S=9533677

 

VEHICLES

 

13) The Touch Screen is Dead (in Acuras), Long Live the Touch Screen (in Other Makes)

Link to story on Edmunds:

http://blogs.edmunds.com/strategies/2008/12/the-touch-screen-is-dead-in-acuras-long-live-the-touch-screen-in-other-makes.html

 

 

News Releases

1) Newark Liberty Airport to Test Cutting-Edge Satellite Navigation Technology to Help Reduce Delays

2) WBBM-TV Chicago Partners with Transit TV to Bring News, Sports and Weather to Suburban Chicago Pace Riders

 

 

Job Postings

 -  Budget and Policy Analyst – California Center for Innovative Transportation (CCIT) – Berkeley, California

http://jobs.berkeley.edu  (job code 9327)

 

 

Upcoming Events

Growing Galileo 2009 Conference & Info Day – January 27-28 – Brussels

http://growinggalileo09.teamwork.fr/index.php?page=info

 

 

Today in Transportation History

**80^th anniversary** - Van Nuys Airport opened as Metropolitan Airport.

http://www.lawa.org/welcomeVNY.cfm?id=1128

 

**5^th anniversary** - AirTrain JFK began service at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om-PS0pZNlQ

(in a bit of blatant self-promotion, I'm the voice you'll hear on AirTrain JFK)

 

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