[TCN] Thursday, April 16, 2009

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Thursday, April 16, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Registration is now open for IBTTA's Upcoming Summit — The Future of Tolling:  ORT and the Path to Interoperability, June 14-16, 2009 in Tampa, FL 

 

Join IBTTA in Tampa, FL and receive cutting-edge information from agencies and toll service providers around the globe on the latest in all-electronic tolling, toll traffic management, and achieving full interoperability. This is the only Summit in the world in 2009 focused on the critical topics of Open Road Tolling, All-Electronic Tolling and Interoperability and will feature more than 100 of our industry's most experienced and knowledgeable speakers, panelists and exhibitors. What matters most is your customer's experience driving your roads, the quality of service they receive during the payment process and your success in collecting those payments. Are your customers satisfied? Visit IBTTA's website to view the preliminary agenda and register today! 

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) Tucson Airport Ambassadors Help Guide the Way

Link to story in Inside Tucson Business:

http://www.azbiz.com/articles/2009/04/15/news/doc49df899562c2f786093595.txt

 

BUSES

 

2) Bus Priority, Real-Time Arrival System Timetabled for 2010 in Dublin

Link to story in the Irish Times:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2009/0416/1224244812782.html

 

CAMERAS

 

3) Traffic Cameras Help Emergency Crews in Charlotte, North Carolina

Link story and video report on News 14:

http://www.news14.com/content/local_news/charlotte/607842/traffic-cameras-help-emergency-crews/Default.aspx

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

4) Fast Lane Users Rise after Massachusetts Turnpike Jams

Link to story in the Boston Herald:

http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/2009_04_16_Fast_Lane_users_rise_after_jams:_Pike:_Requests_spike/srvc=home&position=also

 

OTHER

 

5) Earmark Requests by Californians in Congress Get Increased Public Scrutiny

The House now requires members to post their requests online. The special spending used to be quietly slipped into legislation.

Link to story in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-earmarks16-2009apr16%2C0%2C1913191.story

 

6) High-Tech Paint to Combat Air Pollution

Ecopaint absorbs gases from vehicle exhausts.

Link to story in the Bury Times:

http://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/burynews/4294349.Hi_tech_paint_to_combat_air_pollution/

 

ROADWAYS

 

7) Hawaii Looks at Taxing Miles Traveled

Link to AP story:

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/environment/2009-04-16-hawaii-driving-tax_N.htm

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

8) Cloud Computing Moves Into Public Safety

Companies introduce software as a service for communications between fire, police and other emergency agencies.

Link to story in Federal Computer Week:

http://fcw.com/articles/2009/04/16/cloud-computing-moving-into-public-safety-realm.aspx

 

TRANSIT

 

9) All MBTA Buses Equipped with GPS

Link to AP story:

http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/2009_04_16_MBTA_buses_equipped_with_GPS

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

10) Taking Control – Intelligent Design

Editorial questions if computerized traffic signal management in Delhi is better than traffic policemen.

Link to editorial in The Times of India:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Opinion/Editorial/TAKING-CONTROL---Intelligent-design/articleshow/4410875.cms  

 

VEHICLES

 

11) New Mexico Looks to Upgrade Online Motor Vehicle Services

Link to AP story:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/16/AR2009041602991.html

 

 

News Releases

1) Idaho Transportation Department Honors Vaisala RWIS Partnership

 

 

Upcoming Events

IX Spanish Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems – June 2-4 – Andorra La Vella, Andorra

http://www.itsspain.com/itsspain/index.php/evento/35  (in Spanish)

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1964 **45^th anniversary** - Thirteen people involved in the 1963 Great Train Robbery in the UK were sentenced.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1310271.stm

 

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