[TCN] Tuesday, March 31, 2009

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Tuesday, March 31, 2009 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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2009 Annual Meeting and Exposition Preliminary Program Now Available

 

The preliminary program for ITS America's 2009 Annual Meeting and Exposition is now available. The 2009 Annual Meeting is the highly anticipated three-day learning and networking event which will attract the most diverse transportation audience from across the country in one place. This event will take place at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, MD - inside the Washington, DC metropolitan area - from June 1-3.  This is a critical time for our industry to demonstrate how ITS technologies can improve safety, mobility, and the environment while optimizing transportation dollars and helping to finance the future of our transportation system. Don't want to miss this valuable opportunity to find answers to your toughest transportation challenges, meet your legislators on Capitol Hill, see ITS solutions in action and take home ideas for implementation, and learn from your peers.  To view a copy of the program, please click here.  For further information, please visit: www.itsa.org/annualmeeting.html.

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) EU Adopts Air Traffic Management 'Master Plan'

Link to story on EurActiv:

http://www.euractiv.com/en/transport/eu-adopts-air-traffic-management-master-plan/article-180816

 

2) American Airlines to Expand In-flight Web Access

Link to AP story:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/American-Airlines-to-expand-apf-14791346.html

 

3) On NextGen, Everything Clear Except Who Pays for It

Link to column in The Dallas Morning News:

http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/03/on-nextgen-everything-clear-ex.html

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

4) Apple Filing Details Safe Touch-Screen Navigation System

Link to story on AppleInsider:

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/03/26/apple_filing_details_safe_touch_screen_navigation_system.html

 

5) Smart Sat-Nav and Cruise Control Arrives

Link to story on RoadTransport:

http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2009/03/31/133295/smart-sat-nav-and-cruise-control-arrives.html

 

OTHER

 

6) Georgia Could Require Drivers to Take Test in English

Link to AP story:

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/03/31/met_516494.shtml

 

7) Interview with Anne Jensen, MEP and Rapporteur on the ITS Action Plan

Link to interview from ERTICO-ITS Europe:

http://www.ertico.com/en/news_and_events/ertico_newsroom/ertico-its_europe_talks_to_anne_jensen

 

SPACE

 

8) US Military Vows to Track 800 Satellites by October 1

Link to Reuters story:

http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE52U0MR20090331

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

9) Sydney Terrorism Warning System Reviewed After Power Failure

Link to Bloomberg News story:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=abFrjyqhRykM

 

10) It's the Drawing Board for Real ID

Link to story on NextGov:

http://techinsider.nextgov.com/2009/03/its_the_drawing_board_for_real.php

 

TRANSIT

 

11) Portland Metro Unveils an Online Planning Tool

Build-a-system tool is designed to involve public in transit corridor development.

Link to story in the Daily Journal of Commerce:

http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/03/30/Metro-unveils-an-online-planning-tool-Buildasystem-tool-is-designed-to-involve-public-in-transit-cor

 

12) South Florida's Tri-Rail Starts 'Fund or Fail' Campaign

Link to story in Metro Magazine:

http://www.metro-magazine.com/News/Story/2009/03/Tri-Rail-starts-fund-or-fail-campaign.aspx

Link to further information from Tri-Rail: 

http://www.tri-rail.com/FundOrFail/

 

13) The Challenge of Using Public Transport: Descriptions by People with Cognitive Functional Limitations

Link to article in the Journal of Transport and Land Use:

https://www.jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/download/97/42

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

14) New Detroit Traffic Management System All Set to Go

Link to story in The Detroit News:

http://www.detnews.com/article/20090331/METRO05/903310402/1361/New+traffic+management+system+all+set+to+go

 

15) Traffic Management System to be Constructed in Western Massachusetts

Link to story in The Republican:

http://www.masslive.com/metrowest/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-18/123848380163740.xml&coll=1

 

16) California DOT's New Monitoring Systems to Speed Traffic Flow

Link to story in Traffic Technology Today:

http://www.traffictechnologytoday.com/news.php?NewsID=11441

 

17) Traffic Safety Through Smart Highways

Link to story in Popular Mechanics:

http://www.origin.popularmechanics.com/science/research/4308670.html?page=1

 

VEHICLES

 

18) Honda Connects Brain Thoughts with Electronics

Link to AP story:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Honda-connects-brain-thoughts-apf-14792125.html

Link to news release from Honda Motor Company:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Honda-ATR-and-Shimadzu-bw-14790917.html

 

 

News Releases

1) TEN-T 2009 Call for Proposals - Nearly €1 Billion Available in Trans-European Transport Network Funding

2) Tripping with Mr. Solomon – Houston Metro Uses YouTube to Promote Airport Service

3) TransCore Proves Alternative Equipment Choice for IAG-Protocol Reader

4) City of Seattle Launches Construction Coordination Web Site

 

 

Upcoming Events

2^nd Middle East Parking Symposium – November 9-11 – Abu Dhabi

http://www.parking-me.com/

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1774 **235^th anniversary** - The Boston Port Act took effect, closing the Boston Port to all ships.  The action was a response to the Boston Tea Party.

http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/boston_port_act.asp

 

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[TCN] Monday, March 30, 2009

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Monday, March 30, 2009 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Airline Lobby Impatient with Delays on New US Traffic Control System

Link to story in The Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123818857733360521.html

Link to news release from the Air Transport Association:

http://www.airlines.org/news/releases/2009/News_03-27-09.htm

 

2) Airlines Look at New Phone Devices for the Long Haul

Link to story in The Star:

http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/3/28/business/3440300&sec=business 

 

3) Florida Breaks Ground for GPS Flight System

Link to story in The Tampa Tribune:

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/mar/29/na-state-breaks-ground-for-gps-flight-system/

 

CAMERAS

 

4) Proposal to Track Uninsured with Red-Light Cameras has Cities Seeing Big Money

Link to Fox News story:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,510999,00.html

 

5) Traffic Cameras in London Ordered Turned Off by Department for Transport in Advance of G20 Summit

DfT says mobile road cameras do not meet resolution standards.

Link to story in The Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/mar/30/cctv-london-government-transport-g20

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

6) Start of Cheap Road Tolls in Japan Sees Jams

Link to story in The Yomiuri Shimbun:

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20090329TDY02306.htm 

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

7) TomTom and Microsoft Settle Patent Fight

Link to Reuters story:

http://www.reuters.com/article/technology-media-telco-SP/idUSN3034876220090330

 

OTHER

 

8) A Badge, a Gun and a Facebook Profile

Police learn how to tap social-networking sites.

Link to story in the Edmonton Journal:

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/News/badge+Facebook+profile/1440929/story.html

 

9) Massachusetts Transportation Secretary Scolded by Governor's Aide Over Blog Entry

Link to story in The Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/03/28/patrick_aide_scolded_aloisi_over_blog_entry/

Link to blog entry on Blue Mass Group: 

http://www.bluemassgroup.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=15099

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

10) Efforts to Limit Cell Phone Use While Driving Grow in US

Link to story and video in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2009-03-29-driving-distracted-cellphones_N.htm

Link to further information from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety:

http://www.iihs.org/laws/CellPhoneLaws.aspx

 

11) Trying to Limit Disclosure on Explosion

Chemical plant owners say maritime security law should limit what federal agency can disclose.

Link to story in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/29/us/29chemical.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

Link to Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002:  http://www.tsa.gov/assets/pdf/MTSA.pdf

 

12) Transportation's Role in Emergency Evacuation and Reentry

Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=10106

 

TRANSIT

 

13) Alarm System to Detect Trouble on Denver Light-Rail Tracks

Link to story in The Denver Post:

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_12020680

 

14) Tech Savvy Teenager Takes Massachusetts Transit Agency in New Directions

Link to story in The Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/03/29/tech_savvy_teenager_takes_lexington_transit_in_new_directions/

 

15) Boston T Riders Taking the Facebook Route

Facebook group lobbies for MBTA to provide information to Google Transit.

Link to story in The Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2009/03/29/t_riders_taking_the_facebook_route/

Link to Facebook group:  http://tinyurl.com/cu2xms

 

16) BART Begins Publishing Rider Tweets

Link to story on TheTransitWire:

http://www.thetransitwire.com/2009/03/30/bart-begins-publishing-rider-tweets/

Link to BART's Twitter feed:  http://twitter.com/sfbart

 

 

News Releases

1) Vehicle Manufacturers are Leading Intelligent Transportation Systems Efforts with Obstacle Detection Systems Launching in 2009

2) Missouri DOT Introduces Podcasts by MoDOT Director

3) Saab and LFV Group Present Remotely Operated Airport Tower Concept

 

 

Upcoming Events

Canadian Transportation Research Forum 44^th Annual Conference – May 24-27 – Victoria, British Columbia

http://www.ctrf.ca/future_conferences.htm

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1909 **100^th anniversary** - The Queensboro Bridge, also known as the 59^th Street Bridge, opened connecting Manhattan and Long Island City, Queens.

http://www.nycbridges100.org/queensboro.php

 

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[TCN] Friday, March 27, 2009

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Friday, March 27, 2009 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) US Transportation Secretary Says New Air-Navigation System is FAA's Top Priority

Link to story in The Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123810181998751549.html

 

2) FAA to Seal Bird-Strike Records

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-03-26-faa-birds_N.htm

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3) American Airlines, Pilots to Resume Safety Program

Link to AP story:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/American-Airlines-pilots-to-apf-14760201.html

 

CAMERAS

 

4) Get the Feeling You're Being Watched? If You're Driving You Just Might be

Link to story in The Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123811365190053401.html

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

5) Google Makes User-Created Maps Searchable

Link to CNET News story:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10206008-2.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

6) New Zealand Toll Road's Charging Goes Awry Again

Link to story in The New Zealand Herald:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10563994

 

RAILROADS

 

7) Amtrak to Improve CRM, Passenger Information, Employee Information Management with Stimulus Money

Link to story on TMC:

http://callcenterinfo.tmcnet.com/analysis/articles/53139-amtrak-improve-crm-passenger-information-employee-information-management.htm

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

8) GE Unveils High-Speed Baggage-Screening System for Airports

Link to Dow Jones story:

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200903261638DOWJONESDJONLINE000969_FORTUNE5.htm

Link to news release from General Electric:

http://genewscenter.com/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=6386&NewsAreaID=2&MenuSearchCategoryID

 

9) Risk-Based Approach Needed to Secure the Commercial Vehicle Sector

Link to report from the US Government Accountability Office:

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0985.pdf

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

10) Seattle Launches Own Traffic Web Site

Link to story on KIRO-TV:

http://www.kirotv.com/traffic/19023782/detail.html

Link to City of Seattle Travelers Information Map:  http://web5.seattle.gov/travelers/

 

VEHICLES

 

11) US Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Allowing 'Choose Life' on Missouri License Plates

Link to story in The Kansas City Star:

http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/1109030.html

 

 

Upcoming Events

Railway Systems Suppliers C&S Exhibition – May 19-20 – Nashville, Tennessee

http://www.rssi.org/2009_exhibit

 

 

Friday Bonus

I've seen light rail credited with many things, but this is a first.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/401320_toilet25.html

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1794 **215^th anniversary** - The US Congress passed the Naval Act of 1794 establishing the nation's first naval force.

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=001/llsl001.db&recNum=473

 

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