[TCN] Tuesday, January 20, 2009

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Tuesday, January 20, 2009 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Backup System Helped Pilot Control Jet

Link to story in The Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123241485664396363.html

 

2) Pushing for US Airspace Modernization

Link to story in Flight International:

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/01/20/321193/pushing-for-us-airspace-modernisation.html

 

3) The Most and Least Wired Airlines and Airports

Link to story from PC World:

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=networking_and_internet&articleId=9069258&taxonomyId=16&intsrc=kc_feat

 

CAMERAS

 

4) Photo-Radar Firm Quits Bid to Replace Rival in Arizona

Link to Capitol Media Services story:

http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/276636

Link to news release from Redflex Traffic Systems:

http://www.redflex.com/public_documents/asx_announcements/2009-01-19%20DPS%20Appeal%20Withdrawal.pdf

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

5) Blog Aims to Inform Rhode Island E-ZPass Users

Link to story on WPRI-TV:

http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/local_news/local_wpri_newport_ez_pass_blog_launched_20090120

Link to blog from the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority:  http://riezpass.blogspot.com/

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

6) China to Launch Global Satellite Navigation System

Link to story on telecoms:

http://www.telecoms.com/itmgcontent/tcoms/news/articles/20017609843.html

 

OTHER

 

7) Changing Travel, One Tweet at a Time

Microblogging travelers break news well ahead of mainstream media.

Link to column on MSNBC:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28623823/

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

8) Nokia Offers Location-Based Security Service

The service will allow GPS-enabled S60 handsets to identify where friends and family are located, and track when people leave a predefined area.

Link to story in InformationWeek:

http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/gps/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212901484&subSection=All+Stories

 

TRANSIT

 

9) Austria Tests New NFC-Based Mobile Ticketing Service

Link to story on cellular-news:

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/35584.php

 

10) BART Police Will Work to Repair the Partnership with the Community

Link to commentaries in the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/19/EDEU15C3TT.DTL

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/19/EDEU15C29F.DTL

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

11) Standardized Traffic Information Offered on Taiwan's GPS

Link to story in the Taipai Times:

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2009/01/21/2003434279

 

12) Program Uses Cell Phone Signals to Help Canadian Drivers Avoid Congestion

Link to CBC News story:

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/20/io-program.html

Link to news release from Intellione:

http://www.intellione.com/press/20JAN09_Rogers_news_release.pdf

 

13) Get Instant Traffic Information Online from Ohio DOT

Link to story in The Repository:

http://www.cantonrep.com/lifestyle/x1898853652/Get-instant-traffic-information-online

Link to Buckeye Traffic:  http://www.buckeyetraffic.org/

 

14) North America's 'Largest Transportation Command Center' Opens Its Doors

Link to story in Security Director News:

http://www.securitydirectornews.com/?p=article&id=sd200901aCLRSO

 

VEHICLES

 

15) Confederate PL8 for Florida? Descendents to Sue State

Link to story in the Orlando Sentinel:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-plate1709jan17,0,5990348.story

 

16) Fewer Journalists at Detroit Auto Show

Link to story in The New York Times:

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/16/fewer-journalists-at-auto-show/

 

17) Your Car – the Ultimate 'Mobile Computer'

Hate Vista, laugh at Zune, dismiss Windows Mobile? You just might love Microsoft's Windows for cars.

Link to story in Computerworld:

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=networking_and_internet&articleId=9084538&taxonomyId=16&intsrc=kc_feat

 

 

News Releases

1) Rapid ITS Deployment Makes Roads Safer

2) Cross-Country Web Site Assists Travelers on Interstates 90 and 94

3) Digital Tachograph for Road Transport: New Measures to Prevent Fraud and Equip Light Vehicles in EU

 

 

Upcoming Events

ACI-NA Air Cargo Conference – March 10-12 – Memphis, Tennessee

http://www.aci-na.org/conferences/detail?eventId=137

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1944 **65^th anniversary** - The Royal Air Forced dropped 2,500 tons of bombs on Berlin.

 

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