[TCN] Thursday, January 8, 2009

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Thursday, January 8, 2009 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Pilots Slow to Buy New Digital Emergency Beacons

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-01-07-beacon_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip

Link to additional information on SARSAT:  http://www.sarsat.noaa.gov/

 

OTHER

 

2) VII is Now IntelliDrive

Links to additional information from US DOT:

http://www.its.dot.gov/intellidrive/intellidrive_announcement.htm  (letter from RITA Administrator)

http://www.its.dot.gov/intellidrive/intellidrive_faq.htm  (FAQ sheet)

http://www.its.dot.gov/intellidrive/index.htm  (IntelliDrive Web site)

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

3) Port Authority of NY & NJ to Post Inspections of Airports, Bus and Train Terminals, Bridges, Tunnels and Port Facilities

Agency will make internal inspection reports public to show facilities are safe.

Link to AP story:

http://www.silive.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/news-40/123139645960840.xml&storylist=simetro

Link to news release from the Port Authority:

http://www.panynj.gov/AboutthePortAuthority/PressCenter/PressReleases/PressRelease/index.php?id=1178

 

4) 'Homeland Security' Show an Incomplete Picture

New television reality show provides an inside look at homeland security employees.

Link to column in The Washington Post:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2009/01/the_eye_and_almost_mrs.html?hpid=news-col-blog

Link to additional information on Homeland Security U.S.A.:

http://abc.go.com/primetime/homelandsecurity/ 

 

TELEMATICS

 

5) Ford's Sync Adds Interactive Features

Link to story in The Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123138157410963209.html

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

6) Say What? Wisconsin's New Road Info Line Struggles to Understand Callers

Link to AP story:

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20090108/GPG0101/90108031/1207/GPG01

 

VEHICLES

 

7) Local TV Stations Go Mobile in Phones, Cars

Link to story in PC Magazine:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2338415,00.asp

Link to additional information from the Open Mobile Video Coalition:

http://www.openmobilevideo.com/media-relations/press-releases/  

 

 

News Releases

1) Ford Truck Owners Take the Office on the Road with LogMeIn

2) GE Expands Award-Winning Telematics Solution to Canada

3) Navigon Expands Pool of Downloadable Content for Its GPS Navigators, Including Red-Light Camera Warnings and a European Map

4) ATX Forms Strategic Partnership with Toyota to Launch US Telematics Program

 

 

Upcoming Events

ITE 2009 Technical Conference – March 22-25 – Phoenix

http://www.ite.org/Conference/default.asp

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1979 **30^th anniversary** - The tanker Betelgeuse exploded off the Irish coast.

http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2004/01/08/story159788705.asp

 

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