[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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