[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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