[TCN] Tuesday, September 28, 2010

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Register Now for IBTTA's Operating and Maintaining Your Toll Facility Meeting -- October 3-5, 2010 in Raleigh, NC

 

Join IBTTA Delegates for the final meeting of IBTTA's 2010 Education Series: "Operating and Maintaining Your Toll Facility – Where the Rubber Meets the Road," October 3-5 in Raleigh, North Carolina. We'll explore how engineering, design, maintenance, operations, and security roles have come together to address the challenges of operating modern, sustainable, technologically advanced and economically viable toll facilities. View the preliminary agenda, make your hotel reservations at the Raleigh Marriott City Center and register today!  www.ibtta.org

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) Edmonton Airport 'Facts' Up in Air

Is authority's info campaign a partisan pitch?

Link to article in the Edmonton Journal:

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Airport+facts/3589405/story.html

 

BICYCLES

 

2) Bike Science: Making Sense Out of Traffic Signal Sensors

Link to blog on BikePortland.org:

http://bikeportland.org/2010/09/27/bike-science-making-sense-out-of-signal-sensors-39517

 

CAMERAS

 

3) Maryland Judge Says Man Within Rights to Record Police Traffic Stop

Link to article in The Baltimore Sun:

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-09-27/news/bs-md-recorded-traffic-stop-20100927_1_police-officers-plitt-cell-phones

 

4) Traffic Violations Caught on Camera Aired on TV by Abu Dhabi Police

Link to article and video in Gulf News:

http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/traffic-transport/traffic-violations-caught-on-camera-aired-on-tv-by-abu-dhabi-police-1.687368

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

5) New Satellites Seen Invigorating Satnav Industry

Link to Reuters article:

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE68R27Y20100928

 

OTHER

 

6) ITS-JPO Selects Eight Firms to Develop and Produce V2V and V2I Communications Devices

Link to further information from US DOT:

http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2010/hia_device_award.htm

 

7) Beyond Cute

New QZSS satellite has been anthropomorphized as a means to build a solid, sustained client core for location-based services.

Link to column in GPS World:

http://www.gpsworld.com/gnss-system/augmentation-assistance/out-front-beyond-cute-10445

 

RAILROADS

 

8) Caltrain Installs New Suicide Prevention Signs Along Tracks

Link to story on KTVU-TV:

http://www.ktvu.com/news/25187458/detail.html

 

9) Restrictions on Railroad Operating Employees' Use of Cellular Telephones and Other Electronic Devices

Link to notice in the Federal Register:

http://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2010/09/27/2010-23916/restrictions-on-railroad-operating-employees-use-of-cellular-telephones-and-other-electronic-devices

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

10) Texting Bans May Add Risk to Roads

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/2010-09-28-1Atextingbans28_ST_N.htm

Link to news release from US DOT:

http://www.dot.gov/affairs/2010/dot18110.html

 

TELEMATICS

 

11) Chrysler Adds New Tracking System

Link to article in The Detroit News:

http://www.detnews.com/article/20100928/AUTO01/9280324/1148/Chrysler-adds-new-tracking-system

 

TRANSIT

 

12) UK Transport Mapped: Every Bus Stop, Train Station, Ferry Port and Taxi Rank in Britain

Link to blog in The Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/sep/27/uk-transport-national-public-data-repository

 

13) Pilot Program to Bring Emergency Intercoms to New York Subway

Link to story and video on NY1:

http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/126118/pilot-program-to-bring-emergency-intercoms-to-subway-stations

 

14) New Software Tool Links Travelers to Real-Time Transit Info

Link to article in the Berkeley Transportation Letter:

http://its.berkeley.edu/btl/2010/fall/networked-traveler

 

VEHICLES

 

15) A Dash of the Future

We design the dashboards of the future with a little help from Jaguar.

Link to story and video on Edmunds Inside Line:

http://www.insideline.com:80/jaguar/a-dash-of-the-future.html

 

 

News Releases

1) Missouri DOT Traveler Information Map Offers More Information than Ever

2) US Department of Transportation Signs Global Safety Information Exchange Agreement

3) RMG Networks and Taxi Magic Partner to Extend Advertiser Opportunities to Taxis

4) Understanding the Automotive Infotainment and Telematics Market Dynamics in China

 

 

Upcoming Events

Airport Consultants Council 32^nd Annual Conference & Exposition – November 8-10 – Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida

http://www.acconline.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ACCEvents/ACCAnnualConference/default.htm

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1910 **100^th anniversary** Fort Walla Walla in Washington State closed.

http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8483

 

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