[TCN] Friday, February 6, 2009

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Friday, February 6, 2009 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Funding Debate Threatens to Ground NextGen Air Traffic Control

Link to story from CongressDaily:

http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090205_7065.php

 

2) Europe to Mandate ADS-B Five Years Ahead of FAA

Link to story in Aviation International News:

http://www.ainonline.com/news/single-news-page/article/europe-to-mandate-ads-b-five-years-ahead-of-faa/

 

3) American Airlines Urges Pilots to Restart Safety Program

Link to story in The Dallas Morning News:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/020609dnbusasap.3a8f08b.html

 

4) General Aviation Groups Call for Industry Input on TSA Security Plan

Link to story on AOPA Online:

http://www.aopa.org/advocacy/articles/2009/090205tsa.html

 

5) Boeing Receives Experimental License in TV Broadcast Spectrum

One company's experimental license will be used for system to detect runway debris.

Link to story in TV Technology:

http://www.tvtechnology.com/article/74236

 

CAMERAS

 

6) Surveillance Cameras Can be Hacked: Experts

Link to story in the Khaleej Times:

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?section=theuae&xfile=data/theuae/2009/february/theuae_february137.xml

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

7) Metrolink Conductor Raised Concerns About Engineer's Cell Phone Use

Link to story in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-train-crash-conductor6-2009feb06%2C0%2C3595447.story

 

8) Interest in AVI System Growing in Korean City Because of Recent Serial Killer Case

Link to story on ETNews:

http://english.etnews.co.kr/news/detail.html?id=200902060001&mc=m_028_00001

 

TELEMATICS

 

9) 'Car OS' Links Linux with Telematics Systems

Link to story on LinuxDevices:

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6665597846.html?kc=rss

 

10) Trafficmaster Plans Entry-Level Mileage-Capture System

Link to story in BusinessCar:

http://www.businesscar.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=4109&c=2&theme=0

 

TRANSIT

 

11) Torstar Announces Closure of Transit Television Network

Link to Canadian Press story:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jqjC19VhlgcXo3XkbOqazr-FJg1Q

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

12) Britain's Technology Stumbles in Snow; Seattle Shares Concern

Link to blog on ZDNet:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/igeneration/?p=928

 

13) National Rail Enquiries: Snow Day Busier than 7/7

Link to story on TechRadar:

http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/national-rail-enquiries-snow-day-busier-than-7-7-525650

 

 

News Releases

1) Citizen-Oriented Travel Information Platform "Verkehrsinformationsagentur Bayern" (VIB) Starts Operating in Germany

 

 

Upcoming Events

Cruise Shipping Miami – March 16-19 – Miami Beach, Florida

http://www.cruiseshippingmiami.com/

 

 

Friday Bonus

Here's an aircraft you're not likely to find at your local airport.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7635441.stm

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1959 **50^th anniversary** - The first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile took place at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2009/02/dayintech_0206

 

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