[TCN] Friday, January 29, 2009

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Friday, January 29, 2009 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Check-In by Cell Phone is Gaining Steam at US Airports

Link to story in the Austin American-Statesman:

http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/other/01/30/0130ticket.html

 

BUSES

 

2) New York MTA Pulls the Plug on Bus Tracking, Again

Link to story and video report on NY1 News:

http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/93085/mta-pulls-the-plug-on-bus-tracking--again/Default.aspx

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

3) Transport 2.0: Meeting Grand Challenges with GIScience

Link to story in ArcNews:

http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/winter0809articles/transport-20.html

 

OTHER

 

4) Interview with Zita Gurmai MEP

Link to interview by ERTICO:

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

 

5) Journal of Commerce Consolidates Transport Magazines

Link to story in NJBIZ:

http://www.njbiz.com/article.asp?aID=77154

 

6) New Web Site Aids Transit Coordination in Minnesota

Link to story in the Center for Transportation Studies Report:

http://www.cts.umn.edu/Publications/CTSReport/2009/01/NewWeb.html

Link to CoordinateMNTransit:  http://www.coordinatemntransit.org/

 

7) January Issue of IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society Newsletter

Link to newsletter:

http://ieeeitss.org/v11n1.pdf

 

RAILROADS

 

8) Railroad Opposes Quiet Rail Bill

Railroads in North Dakota would no longer be required to sound horn at private crossings.

Link to story in The Bismarck Tribune:

http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2009/01/29/news/update/doc498206bfc4d90051218495.txt

 

9) Canadian Trains Get Internet Service

Link to story in TV Technology:

http://www.tvtechnology.com/article/73902

 

ROADWAYS

 

10) Illinois Tollway Could Bring Customer Call Center Home

Link to story in the Daily Herald:

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=268165&src=109

 

11) Judge Rules Rhode Island Law Restricting Billboards Unconstitutional

Link to story in The Providence Journal:

http://www.projo.com/news/content/BZ_BILLBOARD_RULING_01-30-09_7TD4C5I_v16.2e87102.html

 

12) Probe Looms Over Metro Manila's Pink Traffic Signs

Link to GMA News story:

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/146746/Probe-looms-over-MMDAs-pink-traffic-signs

 

TRANSIT

 

13) Sound Transit Event Sponsorships Illegal, Says Audit

Link to story in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/397983_transitaudit30.html

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

14) Traffic Incident Management Quick Clearance Laws: A National Review of Best Practices

Link to publication from the Federal Highway Administration:

http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop09005/index.htm

 

15) Service Patrol Handbook

Link to publication from the Federal Highway Administration:

http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop08031/index.htm

 

 

News Releases

1) Green Light for NavigateHollywood.com – Interactive Way-Finding Web Site for Hollywood Launches

2) RITA Signs ITS Research Cooperation Agreement with European Commission

3) Wisconsin's 511 Traveler Information System Now Available Online

 

 

Upcoming Events

34^th Annual FAA Aviation Forecast Conference – March 31-April 1 – Washington, DC

http://www.faa.gov/news/conferences_events/aviation_forecast_2009/

 

 

Friday Bonus

Thank goodness it wasn't a Tyrannosaurus rex.

http://www.news14.com/content/local_news/coastal/604125/road-work-sign-warns-about-dinosaur-danger/Default.aspx

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1964 **45^th anniversary** - Ranger 6, a spaceship designed to take photos of the lunar surface, was launched.

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/ranger.html

 

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[TCN] Thursday, January 29, 2009

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Thursday, January 29, 2009 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) JetBlue CEO Says Airlines Battle-Tested

Pushes for increased spending on air traffic control modernization in meeting with Obama.

Link to Reuters story:

http://uk.reuters.com/article/tnBasicIndustries-SP/idUKN2854049520090128?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true

Link to news release from JetBlue Airways:

http://sev.prnewswire.com/airlines-aviation/20090128/NY6386228012009-1.html

 

2) Southwest In-Flight Internet Trial Pushed to February

Link to story on Wi-Fi Net News:

http://wifinetnews.com/archives/008569.html 

 

3) Spirit Flight Attendants Spitting Mad at Aprons Touting Beer

Link to story from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sfl-spirit0128,0,5148228.story

Link to news release from the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA:

http://www.afanet.org/default.asp?id=1159

 

4) Will Free Airport Wi-Fi Take Flight?

Link to column on ABC News:

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/CEOProfiles/story?id=6744280&page=1

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

5) Australian Publisher Maps the Way to Save Fuel

Map publisher UBD has begun selling what it calls Australia's first green street directory.

Link to story in The Canberra Times:

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/national/national/general/publisher-maps-the-ways-to-save-fuel/1420144.aspx

 

MARITIME

 

6) Florida's Maritime Industry Organizes to Lobby

Link to story in the Jacksonville Business Journal:

http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2009/01/26/daily31.html

Link to news release from the Florida Maritime Leadership Coalition:

http://www.floridamaritimeleaders.com/updates/viewupdate.php?szID=23

 

OTHER

 

7) Electronic Freight Management

Link to story in Public Roads:

http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/09janfeb/06.htm

 

8) TV Show: Traffic Cops Live for Moving Violations

Link to McClatchy Newspapers story:

http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2009/01/29/tvspeeders0129.html 

Link to further information on Speeders from truTV:

http://www.trutv.com/shows/speeders/index.html

 

ROADWAYS

 

9) West NEXCO, Nissan Begin Research on IT-Assisted Road Information System

Link to story in the Automotive Business Review:

http://www.automotive-business-review.com/article_news.asp?guid=90694821-0EB4-4D7D-A638-C87C02C740EC

 

10) Traffic Signal Systems

Link to papers from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9920

 

11) The Sound of Safety

Arizona's findings point to centerline rumble strips for reducing lane departure crashes.

Link to story in Public Roads:

http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/09janfeb/02.htm

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

12) North Dakota House Rejects Text Messaging Ban for Drivers

Link to story in The Bismarck Tribune:

http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2009/01/29/news/update/doc49820e558bf88537648582.txt

 

TELEMATICS

 

13) Can Paying for a Telematics System Save You Money?

Link to story on Edmunds:

http://www.edmunds.com/ownership/audio/articles/140686/article.html

 

TRANSIT

 

14) Transit TV and Its Importance to Marketing Books

Can out-of-home markets be the secret to stimulating books sales?

Link to story on TransWorldNews:

http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=74387&cat=1

 

VEHICLES

 

15) Audi Introduces New Third-Generation Advanced Multimedia Interface on Q5 SUV

Link to story in Motor Trend:

http://wot.motortrend.com/6416000/technology/audi-introduces-new-third-generation-advanced-multi-media-interface-on-q5-suv/index.html

 

 

News Releases

1) Delaware DOT Saves Money by Going 'Virtual' - New Project Communication Process More Efficient, Effective

2) 'SnowMan' Software Developed at the University of Buffalo Helps Keep Snow Drifts Off the Road

 

 

Solicitation

 -  Request for Information – Video Aggregation System – Florida Department of Transportation

http://vbs.dms.state.fl.us/vbs/ad.view_ad?advertisement_key_num=76741

 

 

Upcoming Events

ATC Global – March 17-19 - Amsterdam

http://www.atcevents.com/atc09/homepage.asp

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1944 **65^th anniversary** - The USS Missouri was launched as the last US battleship.

http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/uss_missouri_bb63.htm

 

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[TCN] Wednesday, January 28, 2009

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Wednesday, January 28, 2009 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Study Finds Airport Wi-Fi is Unprotected

Link to story and video on KING-TV:

http://www.nwcn.com/sharedcontent/northwest/travel/stories/NW_012709WAK-seatac-airport-wifi-ks.c1adfbf.html

 

2) IATA Reiterates Cost Warning on 'Inefficient' Middle East Airspace

Link to story in Air Transport Intelligence:

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/01/28/321759/iata-reiterates-cost-warning-on-inefficient-middle-east.html

 

BUSES

 

3) RFID System to Monitor Bangkok Buses, Taxis

Link to story in The Nation:

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2009/01/29/technology/technology_30094474.php

 

MARITIME

 

4) Upgrade to Digital Beacons Urged for Boaters, Fliers

Link to story in the Houston Chronicle:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/outdoors/6231695.html

 

OTHER

 

5) Weather Channel Addicts, Meet Snowplow Sites

Officials in Washington, DC and Maryland have Web pages where citizens can track snowplows in real-time.

Link to story in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/27/AR2009012703238.html  

Link to DDOT Snow Response Reporting System:  http://snowmap.dc.gov/

Link to Howard County Snowplow Tracker:  http://snow2.co.ho.md.us/Index.asp

 

ROADWAYS

 

6) Illinois Tollways Will be Free of Rod Blagojevich's Name, Lt. Governor Promises

Link to story in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-quinn-sidebar28jan28,0,2666469.story

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

7) Kentucky Court Will Hear Appeal by Amish Over Safety Triangles on Buggies

Link to story in The Courier-Journal:

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090128/NEWS01/901280458/1008/NEWS01

 

8) Georgia Public Safety Radio Network Years in the Making

Link to story in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/597845

 

9) Graphic, Bloody Billboards Push Safe Driving

Link to story on WXII-TV:

http://www.wxii12.com/news/18577689/detail.html

 

10) Homeland Defense: Actions Needed to Improve Management of Air Sovereignty Alert Operations to Protect US Airspace

Link to US Government Accountability Office report:

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09184.pdf

 

TRANSIT

 

11) $8.2 Million Transit Plan Aims to Attract Riders with New Colors

Link to story in Inside Tucson Business:

http://www.azbiz.com/articles/2009/01/27/news/doc497a051cc4e1d079385422.txt

 

12) Atheist Transit Ads Spark Calgary Debate

Link to UPI story:

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/28/Atheist_transit_ads_spark_Calgary_debate/UPI-85001233168655/

Link to Canadian Atheist Bus Campaign site:  http://atheistbus.ca/

 

13) Trial Success for Mobile Tickets in UK

Link to story in Computing:

http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2234817/trial-success-mobile-tickets-4437932

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

14) Virginia DOT Traffic Operations Center in Staunton Monitors Roadways

Link to story and video on WHSV-TV:

http://www.whsv.com/news/headlines/38498874.html

 

15) Traffic Down to Mile, Minute

New online maps show congestion levels throughout the day in Chicago.

Link to story in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-congestion-map-28-jan28,0,4154249.story

Link from the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning:

http://www.cmap.illinois.gov/cmp/measurement.aspx

 

16) Honk if You Zone Out During Traffic Reports

Link to story in Inside Jersey:

http://www.nj.com/insidejersey/index.ssf/2009/01/honk_if_you_zone_out_during_tr.html

 

 

News Releases

1) Port Authority Introduces Interactive Map for Stewart International Airport, Providing Extensive Airport Information, Regional Attractions and Activities

2) Delta Reinstates Pilot Aviation Safety Action Program

3) FAA Welcomes Return of Delta's Aviation Safety Action Program

4) NOAA Satellites Helped Rescue 283 People in 2008

5) North Carolina 511 Exceeds One Million Calls in 2008

 

 

Upcoming Events

ACI-NA Operations and Technical Affairs Conference – March 15-18 – San Diego

http://www.aci-na.org/conferences/detail?eventId=141

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1964 **45^th anniversary** - The 100^th flight of the X-15 was made at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

http://history.nasa.gov/x15/cover.html

 

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