[TCN] Friday, January 2, 2009

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Friday, January 2, 2009 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Honolulu Airport Communications Glitch Delays Flights

Link to story in The Honolulu Advertiser:

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20081231/BREAKING01/81231060/-1/localnewsfront

 

2) Federal Aviation Administration Constructing New 'Nerve Center'

Link to story in Aviation International News:

http://www.ainonline.com/news/single-news-page/article/faa-constructing-new-nerve-center/

Link to additional information from the FAA:

http://www.faa.gov/ats/potomac/Tier1_home.htm

 

3) LAX on the Web

Upgrading lawa.org has been in progress for a year, incorporating many Web 2.0 techniques.

Link to video report from Government Technology TV:

http://erepublic.feedroom.com?fr_story=73de8a08ccdd7885c9072a5ea50f16997a4b42ee

Link to Los Angeles World Airports Web site:  http://www.lawa.org

 

CAMERAS

 

4) Was Houston Red-Light Camera Study Flawed?

Link to story in the Houston Chronicle:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6189708.html

Link to report:  http://www.houstontx.gov/mayor/press/documents/redlightcameras20081229.pdf

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

5) GLONASS Grows Back

Link to story on Strategy Page:

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htspace/articles/20090102.aspx

Link to additional information on GLONASS from the Russian Space Agency:

http://www.glonass-ianc.rsa.ru/pls/htmldb/f?p=202:20:16827457493506720876::NO

 

6) Hopes for 1 Million Sat-Nav Users in Istanbul

Link to story in Hürriyet:

http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/10682770.asp?scr=1

Link to additional information on CepTrafik:  http://tkm.ibb.gov.tr/ceptrafik/index.aspx  (in Turkish)

 

7) GPS Goes Green

Link to story in Consumer Reports:

http://blogs.consumerreports.org/cars/2009/01/gps-goes-green.html

 

OTHER

 

8) Snap, Map, Chat and Hyperlink?

Europe's MOBVIS project has developed a system that can attach hyperlinks to real-world urban features.

Link to story on ICT Results:

http://cordis.europa.eu/ictresults/index.cfm/section/news/tpl/article/BrowsingType/Features/ID/90344

Link to additional information on MOBVIS:  http://www.mobvis.org/

 

ROADWAYS

 

9) Foreigners Lukewarm to New South Korea Road Signboards

Link to story in The Korea Times:

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/01/117_37195.html

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

10) After Six Months, Washington State Drivers Ignoring Cell Phone Ban

Link to story in The Seattle Times:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008579418_cellphones01m0.html

 

TELEMATICS

 

11) Hughes Telematics to Create a la Carte Car Tech Features, Standardize Connections

Link to blog on Edmunds:

http://blogs.edmunds.com/strategies/2009/01/hughes-telematics-to-create-a-la-carte-car-tech-features-standardize-connections.html

 

 

News Releases

1) China TransInfo Technology Signs Taxi Media Placement Agreement in Dalian

 

 

Upcoming Events

The Work Truck Show – March 4-6 – Chicago

http://www.ntea.com/worktruckshow/index.aspx?id=938

 

 

Friday Bonus

Maybe hitchhiking would be a better choice.

http://www.forbestraveler.com/luxury/worst-taxi-rides-story.html

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1959 **50^th anniversary** - Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the Moon, was launched by the Soviet Union.

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1959-012A

 

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