[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

 

 

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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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