[TCN] Thursday, August 26, 2010

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Thursday, August 26, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) American Airlines Flight is First to Use New Route System at Heart of Air Traffic Control Overhaul

Link to article in The Dallas Morning News:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/y!finance/amr/stories/0827140dnbus_air_traffic.8fcac3af.html

Link to news release from General Electric:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/debut-of-new-ge-flight-path-marks-new-era-in-us-airspace-modernization-2010-08-26

 

2) Be Cautious of Internet Access at Airports

Link to CNET News article:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20014713-83.html

 

3) Google Voice Telephone Booth Coming to an Airport or College Near You

Link to blog on Mashable:

http://mashable.com/2010/08/25/google-voice-phone-booth/

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

4) Shall Nav Industry (Still) Fear Google Maps Navigation?

Link to article on GPS Business News:

http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/Shall-Nav-Industry-Still-Fear-Google-Maps-Navigation_a2426.html

 

OTHER

 

5) Yellow Cab Chicago to Stop Running Anti-Islam Ads

Link to article on Chicago Breaking News:

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/08/yellow-cab-chicago-stop-islamization-america.html

 

ROADWAYS

 

6) English Councils Urged to Remove Unnecessary Street Signs

Link to BBC News story and video:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11093932

 

7) Malaysia Highway Concessionaire Looking to Set Up More VMS for Motorists

Link to article in The Star:

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/8/26/nation/20100826092013

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

8) Should There Be a Safer a Safer Way to Text and Drive?

Link to story and audio report on The Takeaway:

http://transportationnation.org/2010/08/26/should-there-be-a-safer-way-to-text-and-drive/

 

TRANSIT

 

9) Orange Tape Used to Distinguish Boston T Radios from Cell Phones

Link to article in The Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/08/26/orange_tape_clears_sticky_mbta_situation/

 

10) New York City Subway Goes Wireless

Link to blog in Mass Transit:

http://www.masstransitmag.com/interactive/2010/08/26/nyc-subway-goes-wireless/

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

11) Springfield, Missouri Traffic Alerts to Get Tech Boost

Link to article in the News-Leader:

http://www.news-leader.com/article/20100826/NEWS01/8260362/Traffic-alerts-to-get-tech-boost

 

12) Radio Traffic is Useless in Many Cities

Link to blog from Kent Sterling:

http://kentsterling.com/2010/08/26/radio-traffic-is-useless-in-many-cities/

 

VEHICLES

 

13) Car Data as the Next Platform for Innovation

Link to article on GigaOM:

http://earth2tech.com/2010/08/26/car-data-as-the-next-platform-for-innovation/

 

14) Ford Turns to Wi-Fi for Car Assembly

Link to video report on MarketWatch:

http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/yho/%7B055B884D%2D0551%2D4E24%2D83B7%2D50D5446F31BB%7D

Link to news release from Ford:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Ford-First-With-Assembly-Line-prnews-2887302433.html?x=0&.v=1

 

 

Upcoming Events

ITS Professional Capacity Building Program Strategic Planning Web Meetings – September 15 & 28

http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/webmeeting/register.asp

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1930 **80^th anniversary** A US patent for the first television system was received by Philo Farnsworth.

http://www.uspto.gov/news/pr/2001/01-36.jsp

 

1960 **50^th anniversary** The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority released a report with the first reference to a 'Metro System' for the Los Angeles area.

http://metrotransportationlibrary.blogspot.com/2010/08/50th-anniversary-of-las-metro-railsay.html

 

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