[TCN] Friday, February 13, 2009

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Friday, February 13, 2009 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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Regional Managers – Imago North America

 

Imago North America (formerly ADDCO) is hiring Regional Managers to help grow its Fixed Dynamic Message Sign Business in the USA. Experienced transportation sales & business development individuals should submit resumes to jobs@addco.com.  Candidates should thrive in a fast-paced, professional global company.  For more information on Imago, please visit www.imagoscreens.com. 

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) Corporate Jet Companies Launch PR Image Campaigns

Link to story and video on KSNW-TV:

http://www.ksn.com/news/local/39524057.html

Link to news release from Cessna:

http://www.cessna.com/NewReleases/FeaturedNews/NewReleaseNumber-1192265227094.html

 

BICYCLES

 

2) Roll It! Films on Bicycles and Streets Offer Ideas on How to Make Streets Safer for Cyclists and Pedestrians

Link to story in The Villager:

http://www.thevillager.com/villager_302/rollit.html

 

BUSES

 

3) Chicago Transit Authority Expanding Bus Tracker Program

Link to story in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-cta-bus-tracker-13feb13,0,3212585.story

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

4) Satellite Collision Raises Issue of Similar GNSS Risks

Link to story in Inside GNSS:

http://www.insidegnss.com/node/1264

 

OTHER

 

5) Interview with Fotis Karamitsos, Director for Maritime Transport, Galileo and Intelligent Transport

Link to interview by ERTICO-ITS Europe:

http://www.ertico.com/en/news_and_events/ertico_newsroom/ertico_news_interview_with_fotis_karamitsos.htm

 

RAILROADS

 

6) New Signaling System Could Cut Journey Times in Scotland

Link to story in The Press and Journal:

http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1076089

 

ROADWAYS

 

7) ROSATTE Presents Latest Developments at ATEC-ITS Congress

Link to story from ERTICO-ITS Europe:

http://www.ertico.com/en/news_and_events/ertico_newsroom/project_news_rosatte_presents_latest_developments_at_atec-its_congress.htm

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

8) Transportation Security Administration's New Secret Weapon: Politeness

Link to column on MSNBC:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29142020/

 

SPACE

 

9) Space Crash Called 'Catastrophic,' Lots of Debris

Link to AP story:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/13/AR2009021300735.html

 

TELEMATICS

 

10) Control-Alt Lock the Car

Link to story in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/automobiles/15TECH.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

 

TRANSIT

 

11) Calgary Transit Eyes Text-Based Security Messaging

Link to story in Metro Calgary:

http://www.metronews.ca/calgary/local/article/181134

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

12) Nebraska Will Monitor Snow, Roads with Cameras

New operations center to offer remote views of highways.

Link to story and video on KOLN/KGIN-TV:

http://www.kolnkgin.com/home/headlines/39560197.html

 

VEHICLES

 

13) 'Millennial' Drivers Crave iPods Over Horsepower

Link to Reuters story:

http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/090213/business_us_autoshow_youth.html?.v=1

 

 

News Releases

1) US Department of Transportation Launches New IntelliDrive Web Site

2) Chronomove, a Real-Time Urban Trip Comparison Service by Senda, is Launched for Barcelona Residents and Visitors

3) Dates and Theme Announced for 2009 National Work Zone Awareness Week

4) ERTICO and ETSI Sign Memorandum of Understanding

 

 

Upcoming Events

APTA Joint International Light Rail Transit Conference – April 19-21 – Los Angeles

http://www.apta.com/conferences_calendar/lrail/

 

 

Friday Bonus

Top ten moments caught on Google Maps Street View

http://www.urlesque.com/2009/02/05/top-10-moments-caught-on-google-maps-street-view/

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1859 **150^th anniversary** - The Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, the first railroad to cross Missouri, was completed when the east and west lines met in Chillicothe.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~momarion/rrbegin.htm

 

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