Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday, September 28, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) FAA Steps Closer to NextGen Navigation with Naverus Approval
Link to article on AVweb:
http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/naverus_nextgen_faa_navigation_rnp_201222-1.html
Link to news release from Naverus:
http://www.naverus.com/Company/News/2516.htm
GPS / NAVIGATION
2) UAZ Begins Serial Production of Cars Equipped with GLONASS System
Link to article on Autostat:
http://www.autostat.ru/news.asp?t=1&n=3744
3) Taxi GPS Devices Raise Surveillance Concern in Beijing
Link to article on Alibaba:
SAFETY / SECURITY
4) Poll Finds Broad Support for a Ban on Texting at the Wheel
Link to article in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/technology/28truckerside.html
5) Truckers Insist on Keeping Computers in the Cab
Link to article in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/technology/28truckers.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all
6) Transparency Directives Transform Privacy at US Department of Homeland Security
Link to article in Homeland Security Today:
http://www.hstoday.us/content/view/10383/128/
7) National Communications System Provides Programs for Priority Calling, but Planning for New Initiatives and Performance Measurement Could be Strengthened
Link to report from the US Government Accountability Office:
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09822.pdf
TRANSIT
7) New York MTA Easing Its Strict Approach to Outside Web Developers
Link to article in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/nyregion/28mta.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all
9) Official Los Angeles Metrolink System Records Contain Errors, Inconsistencies
Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-data-metrolink-2009sep27,0,6452604.story
10) Kalamazoo's Metro Transit Getting Smarter
Link to story on WKZO Radio:
http://new.wkzo.com/news/articles/2009/sep/28/metro-transit-getting-smarter/
11) UC Davis Bus Service Offers Real-Time Information
Link to article in Metro Magazine:
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
12) Abu Dhabi Looks at Tokyo Traffic Management System to Tackle Its Traffic Nightmare
Link to article in The National:
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090929/NATIONAL/709289800/1138/MAGAZINE3
News Releases
1) Ericsson CEO Advocates Technology-Driven Climate Agenda at UN Leadership Forum on Climate Change
2) European 'CVIS' Project Shows the Cooperative Way to Mobility
3) Viajeo: Towards Efficient Travel and Transport Planning
4) Chapel Hill Transit Joins the Regional Information Center
5) Boeing Advances Security Upgrade for GPS Ground Control System
6) States and US Territories Receive $40 Million in Grants to Improve 911 Services
7) TomTom, AT&T to Deliver LIVE Services on Connected GPS
8) Clemson Researchers Study Energy Savings with Electric Cars and IntelliDrive Technology
9) Xerox to Acquire Affiliated Computer Services
Upcoming Events
Digital Ship USA 2009 – October 7-8 – Stamford, Connecticut
http://www.thedigitalship.com/conferences/usa/usa_about09.shtml
Today in Transportation History
1994 **15th anniversary** - The MV Estonia sank in the Baltic Sea claiming 852 lives.
http://www.onnettomuustutkinta.fi/estonia/
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