[TCN] Friday, June 12, 2009

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Friday, June 12, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Free Wi-Fi Coming to Salt Lake City Airport in July

Link to story in the Deseret News:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705310049/Free-Wi-Fi-coming-to-SL-airport-in-July.html

 

2) Europe Signs Air Traffic Deals Worth 1.9 Billion Euros

Link to Reuters story:

http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSLC7397220090612

 

BICYCLES

 

3) Better Bike Lane Signage is Low-Cost, High-Impact Solution for Urban Cyclists

Link to story in Fast Company:

http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/alissa-walker/designerati/better-bikeway-signage-low-cost-high-impact-solution-urban-cyclists

 

CAMERAS

 

4) Red Light District for Southernmost City?

Key West, Florida mayor floats cameras as way to raise money.

Link to story in the Key West Keynoter:

http://www.keysnet.com/news/story/110452.html

 

RAILROADS

 

5) IBM Opens Railway Innovation Center in China

Link to AFP story:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g7D95fzJkkINXKa5JTaS_rIv6yHg

Link to news release from IBM:

http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/27686.wss#release

 

6) Lithuanian Railways Completes First GSM-R Call

Link to story on cellular-news:

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/37957.php

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

7) Ban on Whole Body Imaging Would Hurt TSA, Chief Says

Link to story in Homeland Security Today:

http://www.hstoday.us/content/view/8895/128/

 

8) Minneapolis/St. Paul, US DOT Test Next-Generation 911 Systems

Link to story in Government Computer News:

http://gcn.com/articles/2009/06/11/minneapolis-dot-test-next-generation-911-systems.aspx

 

TRANSIT

 

9) San Francisco Bay Area Universal Transit Card Stalls

Link to article in the Contra Costa Times:

http://www.contracostatimes.com/traffic/ci_12571572

 

10) New York City Transit Says It Erred in Disbanding Subway Emergency Team

Link to story in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/12/nyregion/12emergency.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

 

11) Air Miles Could be Your Ticket for Edmonton Transit Ride

Link to story in the Edmonton Sun:

http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/edmonton/2009/06/12/9773046-sun.html

 

12) Metra Rolls Out Its First Train Cars Wrapped in Paid Advertising

Link to story in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-talk-metra-rolling-adsjun11,0,6685116.story

 

13) AT&T Will Become Fourth Wireless Service in Chicago Subways

Link to story in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-cta-11-jun11,0,33216.story

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

14) Traffic Lessons Learned Keep Cars Moving Into Tennessee Concert Site

Link to story and video in the Chattanooga Times Free Press:

http://timesfreepress.com/news/2009/jun/12/traffic-lessons-learned-keep-cars-moving-concert-s/

 

VEHICLES

 

15) What Service Providers and Auto Makers Can Learn From Each Other

Link to column on TMCnet:

http://asterisk.tmcnet.com/topics/ip-pbx/articles/57898-what-service-providers-auto-makers-learn-from-each.htm  

 

16) Higher Gas Mileage Standards at Expense of Safety Advances

Link to commentary in The Detroit News:

http://www.detnews.com/article/20090612/OPINION01/906120337/1008/Higher-gas-mileage-standards-at-expense-of-safety-advances

 

 

News Releases

1) Trimble Acquires Accutest for Vehicle Diagnostics and Telematics to Expand its Fleet Management Solutions

 

 

Upcoming Events

North American Freight Flows Conference: Understanding Changes and Improving Data Sources – September 16-17 – Irvine, California

http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9836

 

 

Friday Bonus

I guess Angelina Jolie wasn't available.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h-EHqq2i7JakPoNai-odLpVTM2rQD98NSUQ82

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1889 **120^th anniversary** - The Armagh rail disaster took place in Ireland.  Seventy-eight people, many children, died.

http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/BoT_Armagh1889.pdf

 

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