Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday, January 8, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) FAA Blasts Plane-Makers Seeking to Delay Flight-Recorder Changes
Link to blog in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
http://blog.seattlepi.com/aerospace/archives/190385.asp
2) And On Your Left … Never You Mind
TSA briefly banned announcements pointing out landmarks during last hour of flight.
Link to article in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/08/us/08pilot.html
CAMERAS
3) New York MTA Chair Would Like to Use Cameras to Enforce Bus Lane Restrictions
Link to story and video on NY1 News:
4) 50 CCTV Cameras Watch Over Newcastle Drivers
Link to article in the Evening Chronicle:
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
5) Usage-Based Motorway Tolls to be Introduced in Hungary No Earlier than 2013
Link to MTI-Econews article:
http://www.realdeal.hu/20100108/usagebased-motorway-tolls-to-be-introduced-no-earlier-than-2013
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
6) Web Mashups Put Transparency to the Test
Builders of these public interest Web sites say government could do more to make its data more accessible.
Link to article in Federal Computer Week:
http://fcw.com/articles/2010/01/11/feat-mashups-test-transparency.aspx
7) No Need to Cook Road Death Toll, Says Indignant South African Transport Minister
Link to article in BusinessDay:
http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=90868
TRANSIT
8) Virgin Ads Too Sexy for Calgary, Mississauga Transit
Link to article in The Globe and Mail:
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
9) Colorado DOT Plans Better Use of I-70 Message Signs to Help Drivers During Eisenhower Tunnel Traffic Stops
Link to article on INDenverTimes:
VEHICLES
10) Despite Risks, Internet Creeps Onto Car Dashboards
Link to article in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/technology/07distracted.html
News Releases
1) US DOT's Research and Innovative Technology Administration Releases ITS Strategic Plan
2) US DOT ITS Joint Program Office RSS Feed Now Available
3) FCC Launches Reboot.FCC.gov to Engage Public in Agency Reform
4) Cambridge Systematics Awarded FHWA Planning Research and Technical Support Contract
5) Upcoming Interstate Exits at a Glance with the New iExit iPhone App
Upcoming Events
FMSCA Webinar: IntelliDrive Safety Applications for Commercial Vehicles – January 20
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/facts-research/art-webinars-future.aspx
Friday Bonus
Now arriving on track 1, the Jail Express.
Today in Transportation History
2005 **5th anniversary** - The USS San Francisco collided with an undersea mountain in the Pacific Ocean. One crewman was killed.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4527459.stm
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