Transportation Communications Newsletter
Thursday, September 17, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057
IBTTA and ITS America Join Forces on Sustainable Transportation and Facility Maintenance — October 4-6, 2009 in St. Louis, MO
Register today for this groundbreaking joint conference, Sustainability, Social Responsibility, Energy Conservation and Fall Maintenance, October 4-6, 2009 at the Hilton Hotel in St. Louis. Agenda highlights include: Congressman (MO-3rd) Russ Carnahan; the "Four Legs" of Sustainable Transportation presented by John Charles, President & CEO, Cascade Policy Institute and his expert panel, including Allen Biehler, President of AASHTO and Michael Replogle, Global Policy Director of ITDP; Dennis Archer, Chairman, Dickinson Wright, PLLC, and Former Mayor of Detroit will discuss the role of the federal government in promoting sustainable transportation policies for metropolitan areas; views of the FHWA and the US DOT ITS Joint Program Office on operational strategies, policies and supporting ITS Technologies and their impacts on climate change; 21st Century Roadway Maintenance and more. Meeting Host: The Missouri Department of Transportation; Organization Sponsors: AASHTO, The Bipartisan Policy Center and the Missouri Valley Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers. Visit IBTTA's website for information on registration, hotel reservations, exhibiting or sponsorship.
AVIATION
1) FAA Approves Honeywell Airplane Safety Software
Link to article in The Arizona Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2009/09/16/20090916biz-honeywell0917.html
2) Wrong Frequency Contributed to Hudson River Air Disaster
Link to article in the Daily News:
3) All On Board to Shape EU Air Traffic Management
Link to article on EurActiv:
http://www.euractiv.com/en/transport/board-shape-eu-air-traffic-management/article-185463
CAMERAS
4) Do Speed Cameras Make Roads Safer?
Link to story and audio from NPR's Talk of the Nation:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112886619&ft=1&f=1003
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
5) New York E-ZPass Customer Service Workers Wary of Pay Change; From Hourly to per Call
Link to article in the Daily News:
OTHER
6) Balfour Beatty to Buy Parsons Brinckerhoff for $626 Million
Link to Bloomberg News article:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aY7Z0PCeCZ3s
7) Taxi Tidbits and Techno-Tales
Link to column in The New York Times:
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/taxi-tidbits-and-techno-tales/
RAILROADS
8) How the Railroads Took Control of Time
Link to article in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/nyregion/17rooms.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all
ROADWAYS
9) US Senate Sticks with Stimulus Signs
Link to blog in The Wall Street Journal:
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/09/16/senate-sticks-with-stimulus-signs/
10) 'Intelligent' Signs Help to Time Your Drive in South Carolina
Link to story and video on WIS-TV:
http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11146115
11) Road Weather Resource Identification (RWRI) Tool Version 3.0 Now Available
Link to further information from FHWA:
http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/news/news_detail.asp?ID=580
SAFETY / SECURITY
12) Illinois Secretary of State Compiles 'In Case of Emergency' Database
Plans to use it to contact relatives of those injured in auto crashes.
Link to article in the Chicago Tribune:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-emergency-contactsep16,0,7288655.story
TELEMATICS
13) Toyota Uses Roadside Sensors to Warn Drivers
Link to article from Automotive News:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-10352233-48.html
TRANSIT
14) Bus Smartcard Scheme Rolled Out in Wales
Link to BBC News story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/8258542.stm
15) Audio Ads on Chicago Buses Touting Olympic Bid Anger Citizens
Link to story on WMAQ-TV:
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
16) Michigan DOT Hires Navteq to Collect Real-Time Traffic Data for 2,000 Miles of Roads
Link to article in Crain's Detroit Business:
http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20090916/FREE/909169990
17) What News Web Sites are Missing: Useful, Real-Time Municipal Traffic and Transit Reports
Link to article in OJR: The Online Journalism Review:
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/people/kathlynclore/200909/1778/
News Releases
1) Dubai RTA Launches Virtual Transport Portal
2) Scania Takes Eco-driving to a New Level with Its Latest Digital Performance Coaching Technology
4) FAA Announces New Efforts to Respond to Safety Concerns
5) FAA Launches New Accident Prevention Office
6) Traveller Information Services Association Announces Specifications and Guidelines Published
8) Airbiquity's aqLink Software Modem Selected by Denso Corporation
Upcoming Events
Webcast: Southeast Road Safety Audit Forum – September 21
http://groups.google.com/group/tcnl/web/se-road-safety-audit-forum?hl=en
Today in Transportation History
1939 **70th anniversary** - The British aircraft carrier, HMS Courageous, was sunk by a German U-boat, the first UK warship lost in World War II.
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