[TCN] Thursday, April 30, 2009

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Thursday, April 30, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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TIC3 From GEWI - One Platform, Multiple Deployment Options

Whether you are looking to provide Interoperability between legacy systems, launch or upgrade a 511 Service, generate Traffic Flows & Predictive models, Traffic Alerts, Traffic Plans & Simulations, report on Work Zones & Road Conditions, run an automated Radio Traffic Advisory system, or produce Navigation Quality Data, TIC3 from GEWI is the solution. All of these services, and more, can be achieved by simple configuration of this single commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software platform, already in use in over 100+ projects worldwide.  To discuss your requirements, contact jim.oneill@gewi.com and look for GEWI in booth #329 at ITS America.

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) Aviation Industry Presses for 'NextGen' at Annual Summit

Link to story on NextGov:

http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090429_7144.php

 

2) Airports Seek Thermal-Scan Solution to Swine Flu Spread

Link to story in Wired:

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/04/airports-seek-thermal-scan-solution-to-swine-flu-spread/

 

3) AAAE, FAA Host Airfield Safety and Signage Meeting

Link to story on AviationNews:

http://www.aviationnews.net/?do=headline&news_ID=166848

 

4) In-Flight Wireless Ban Needs More Study

Link to commentary in the San Jose Mercury News:

http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_12257071

 

5) FAA's Turn Toward Secrecy

Link to commentary on AVweb:

http://www.avweb.com/blogs/insider/AvWebInsider_PhotoOpTwo_200288-1.html

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

6) Norway Joins Galileo Project

Link to story in GPS World:

http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/Norway-Joins-Galileo-Project/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/594438?contextCategoryId=33831

 

7) Communication on the Road

A low-cost GPS-based positioning architecture for V2V and V2I systems uses a scalable, flexible system that enables a range of in-vehicle safety features.

Link to story in GPS World:

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/questex/gps0409/#/24 

 

OTHER

 

8) Latest Issue of ERTICO-ITS Europe's iMobility Newsletter

Link to newsletter:

http://tools.emailgarage.com/Pub/iaOjBgAAAAA~/ViewEmail.ashx

 

PARKING

 

9) Maryland Program Lets You Pay Parking Meters Using Your Cell Phone

Link to story on WTOP Radio:

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=30&sid=1662418

 

ROADWAYS

 

10) Report Finds More Flaws in Seattle DOT's Snow Response

Link to story in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/405702_Storm30.html

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

11) Adirondack Northway Cell Gap Closed

Coverage expanded over sections of previously dark I-87.

Link to story in the Press-Republican:

http://www.pressrepublican.com/homepage/local_story_119233554.html

 

12) Illinois Lawmakers Propose School Bus Tracking Devices

Link to story in the Quad-City Times:

http://www.qctimes.com/news/local/article_9355348e-3544-11de-8944-001cc4c03286.html

 

13) The Dangers of Texting While Driving

Video captures what happens when bus driver is texting.

Link to story on NBC's Today:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/30472366#30472366

 

TRANSIT

 

14) Oregon Lawmakers Want 'Greeters' in Place at MAX Stations

Link to story in The Oregonian:

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/lawmakers_want_greeters_in_pla.html

 

15) Mobile Transit Payment Project in the Works in France

Link to story in American Banker:

http://www.americanbanker.com/article.html?id=200904297V1PTSMA

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

16) Bringing Efficiency to the Infrastructure

A smart infrastructure wave may be coming.

Link to story in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/30/business/energy-environment/30smart.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

 

 

News Releases

1) Inrix Triples Real-Time Traffic Flow Coverage in North America to Over 160,000 Miles
2) More than a Gadget Every Mile Keeps the UK on the Move

3) Automotive DMB/DAB Will Feel Heat from Internet Radio

4) Sensys Networks Honored Among This Year's Most Promising Private Technology Ventures in North America

 

 

Upcoming Events

International Congress on Sound and Vibration – July 5-9 – Kraków, Poland

http://www.icsv16.org/

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1939 **70^th anniversary** - The New York World's Fair opened with several transportation exhibits, including GM's Futurama.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74cO9X4NMb4

 

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[TCN] Wednesday, April 29, 2009

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Heat Scanners Give Cold Comfort During Flu Outbreak

Link to Reuters story:

http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1241011549.html

 

2) Feds Knew Air Force One Photo-Op Flyover Might Spark Panic in New York City – But Didn't Give a Hoot

Link to story in the Daily News:

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/04/29/2009-04-29_feds_knew_flyover_might_spark_panic.html

 

3) New Zealand Airline Site Links Tourism Players

Link to story in The New Zealand Herald:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10569191

Link to Tourism Exchange New Zealand:  http://www.tourismexchange.co.nz/

 

4) Integrating Airport Information Systems

Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=10316

 

CAMERAS

 

5) Why is Governance of CCTV Technology an Issue?

Link to story on MetroVideoMonitor:

http://metrovideomonitor.com/resource_center/report_weekly_newsletter/news/p/newsletterId_/id_11

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

6) Cheap Tolls May Worsen Traffic Jams in Japan

Link to story in The Japan Times:

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090429n1.html

 

MARITIME

 

7) Coordination, Situational Awareness Key Processes at Europe's Largest Port

Link to story in Security Director News:

http://www.securitydirectornews.com/?p=article&id=sd200904J06upg

 

OTHER

 

8) £12 Million Rural Digital Research Boost

Funding will look at how technology can help improve issues such as transport and tourism.

Link to BBC News story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/8022953.stm

 

ROADWAYS

 

9) Trouble Brewing in Crimea…Over Traffic Signs

Organization protesting a decision to introduce bilingual traffic signs.

Link to story on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:

http://www.rferl.org/content/Trouble_Brewing_In_Crimea__Over_Traffic_Signs_/1617723.html

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

10) Texting While Driving Likely to Stay Legal in Florida

Link to story in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel:

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/sfl-texting-while-driving-legal-bn042809,0,6616773.story

 

TRANSIT

 

11) Florida's SunRail Uses YouTube to State Its Case

Link to story on Central Florida News 13:

http://www.cfnews13.com/Business/LocalBusinessHeadlines/2009/4/27/sunrail_uses_youtube_state_its_case.html

Link to YouTube videos:  http://www.youtube.com/user/SunRailer

 

 

News Releases

1) US Chief Technology Officer Nominee Aneesh Chopra to Moderate First CTO Roundtable at ITS America's 2009 Annual Meeting & Exposition

 

 

Upcoming Events

World Parking Symposium VII – June 28-July 1 – Breda, The Netherlands

http://www.worldparkingsymposium.ca/

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1939 **70^th anniversary** - The Bronx-Whitestone Bridge opened, connecting the New York City boroughs of Queens and the Bronx.

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/29/70th-birthday-of-the-bronx-whitestone-bridge/

 

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[TCN] Tuesday, April 28, 2009

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Tuesday, April 28, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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U.S. Chief Technology Officer Nominee Aneesh Chopra to Moderate CTO Roundtable at ITS America's 2009 Annual Meeting & Exposition 

 

President Obama's nominee for U.S. Chief Technology Officer and Virginia's Secretary of Technology, Aneesh Chopra, will moderate the CTO Roundtable at ITS America's 2009 Annual Meeting & Exposition from 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. on Monday, June 1 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.  Offered for the first time at an ITS America Annual Meeting, the CTO Roundtable will bring together the technology experts of several organizations to present their vision for a technology-savvy organization and offer insights that will help shape and implement ITS solutions in the transportation arena. Discounted registration rates are available through April 30.  For more information and to register, go to http://www.itsa.org/annualmeeting.html.

 

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

1) All-Electronic North Texas Tollway Authority Toll Booth System Delayed

Link to AP story:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6395867.html

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

2) Obama Lifts Up GPS in Speech to US Scientists

Link to story in Inside GNSS:

http://www.insidegnss.com/node/1475

 

OTHER

 

3) New Google Search Tool Aimed at Making Sense of Public Data

Link to story in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/28/AR2009042802280.html

 

ROADWAYS

 

4) Road Safety Interview: Sweden's Vision Zero

Link to interview on Allianz Knowledge:

http://knowledge.allianz.com/en/globalissues/safety_health/road_safety/road_safety_vision_zero/article629.html

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

5) New York MTA a Tech Wreck

Lawsuit says high-tech security project can't be completed.

Link to story in the New York Post:

http://www.nypost.com/seven/04282009/news/regionalnews/mta_a_tech_wreck_166543.htm

 

6) Microsoft Launches Social Media Tool

Emergency managers could use Vine to communicate with citizens.

Link to story in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/648644

 

TELEMATICS

 

7) Mercedes' OnStar Clone Tries Out Ads

Link to story in PC Magazine:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2346045,00.asp

 

TRANSIT

 

8) TransLink Fare Cards Pass BART Tests

Link to story in the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/27/BAPV17A4OD.DTL

 

9) Contactless Fare Collection Systems Moving Forward

Link to story in ContactlessNews:

http://www.contactlessnews.com/2009/04/27/contactless-fare-collection-systems-moving-forward

Link to news release from the Smart Card Alliance:

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/The-Smart-Card-Alliance-980102.html

 

10) Transit Alerts that Work

Link to story and video on WNYW-TV:

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/good_day_ny/090427_transit_alerts_best_of

 

 

News Releases

1) OnStar Shines for GM, as Auto Telematics Becomes Mainstream

2) Celebrate National Train Day Online with Streaming Video Programming Featuring the History of American Passenger Rail Service and the California Zephyr

3) Navteq Unveils a New Look and Enhancements for Navteq Traffic.com

4) New Kentucky Traffic Safety Web Site Launched

 

 

Upcoming Events

The Great West Truck Show – June 25-27 – Las Vegas

http://www.greatwesttruckshow.com/

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1789 **220^th anniversary** - The mutiny on the HMAV Bounty took place.

http://www.fatefulvoyage.com/

 

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[TCN] Monday, April 27, 2009

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Monday, April 27, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Airports' Reporting of Bird Strikes Inconsistent

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2009-04-26-birdstrikes_N.htm

 

2) California Air Traffic Facilities Rely on Trainees

Link to AP story:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iZVZ2TIKS6bAjzHKob0wTFPXjBUgD97QUKMO0

Link to further information from the US DOT Inspector General:

http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=2453

 

3) ADS-B Enters US Air Traffic Management Arena

Link to story in Aviation Week:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=awst&id=news/aw042709p1.xml&headline=ADS-B%20Enters%20U.S.%20Air%20Traffic%20Management%20Arena

 

4) Air Force One Photo Op Triggers Panic in Manhattan

Normal system of public notification broke down.

Link to story and video on ABC News' World News:

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=7439287&page=1

 

5) Hot New Aircraft Features

From shower stalls to Wi-Fi.

Link to story from Forbes Traveler:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30195496/

 

PARKING

 

6) Evaluation of Transit Applications of Advanced Parking Management Systems – Final Evaluation Report

Link to report from US DOT:

http://www.itsdocs.fhwa.dot.gov/JPODOCS//REPTS_TE/14460.htm

 

ROADWAYS

 

7) Texas' Bush Turnpike Tolls to Go All-Electronic

Link to story in the Dallas Business Journal:

http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2009/04/20/daily71.html

 

8) Arizona Group Wants I-91 Metric Signs Kept

Link to story in the Arizona Daily Star:

http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/290334

 

9) Could Timely Twitter Tweet Thwart a Ticket?

In Seattle drivers using Twitter to warn of speed traps.

Link to story on KOMO-TV:

http://www.komonews.com/news/tech/43742627.html

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

10) Thermal Imaging Scanners at Major International Airports in Malaysia to Spot Swine Flu

Link to story in the New Straits Times:

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/NewsBreak/20090427190025/Article/index_html

 

TRANSIT

 

11) More Bus Information Boards to be Installed in Seoul Area

Link to story in The Chosun Ilbo:

http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/04/27/2009042700666.html

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

12) Managing Traffic in a New Way

Pennsylvania DOT's new traffic center keeps watch of Harrisburg-area traffic.

Link to story on WHP-TV:

http://www.whptv.com/news/local/story/Managing-Traffic-in-a-New-Way/fW0n5W5OdEi7cK0FbJywqg.cspx

 

13) Hyderabad Cops Launch Web Site for Live Traffic Updates

Link to Press Trust of India story:

http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=2996832

Link to site:  http://www.htp.gov.in/  

 

14) ITS Initiatives for Traffic Management in Bangalore

Link to story in the Deccan Herald:

http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Apr272009/city20090427132723.asp

 

15) When Will Ahmedabad See Smart Eyes on the Road?

Link to story in The Times of India:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Ahmedabad/When-will-city-see-smart-eyes-on-the-road/articleshow/4452451.cms

 

VEHICLES

 

16) Florida May Issue Christian License Plates

Bill would allow plates with image of Jesus and one with a cross.

Link to story in The Miami Herald:

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1016751.html

 

 

News Releases

1) Al-Markazia Launches 'Anta Muraqab' (Traffic Safety) Campaign in Lebanon

2) Inrix Traffic to Enhance Live 411 Search - Mobile users now have free, instant voice-enabled access to local traffic

 

 

Upcoming Events

Snow and Ice Management Association 12^th Annual Snow & Ice Symposium – June 24-27 – Louisville, Kentucky

http://www.sima.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=7

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1909 **100^th anniversary** - An experiment in Washington, DC tested how well roads could handle high-speed automobiles.  The top speed reached was 70 mph.

http://www.transportation.org/?siteid=86&pageid=2219 

 

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