[TCN] Friday, March 18, 2011

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Friday, March 18, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) iPads Fuel Flight of Paperless Planes

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2011-03-18-ipad-planes_N.htm

 

2) Europe's Air Traffic Management Future Threatened by Industrial Unrest

Link to article in Flight International:

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2011/03/18/354433/europes-atm-future-threatened-by-industrial-unrest.html

 

3) Iridium Plans to Monitor ADS-B from Space

Link to article in Aviation Week:

http://goo.gl/cjmwu

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

4) TeleNav Reveals Exactly How People are Using GPS

Link to article on Mashable:

http://mashable.com/2011/03/17/telenav-gps-use/

 

OTHER

 

5) Open Files Stimulate Creativity in Helsinki

Link to story on YLE:

http://www.yle.fi/uutiset/news/2011/03/open_files_stimulate_creativity_in_helsinki_2446361.html

 

6) Massachusetts Needs a New Transportation Strategy

State needs to invest in technology to connect modes and improve traffic management.

Link to commentary in The Milford Daily News:

http://www.milforddailynews.com/opinion/x1664570585/Giglio-State-needs-a-new-transportation-strategy

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

7) Washington State 520 Tolling Campaign Overlooks Ethnic Media

Link to commentary in the Northwest Asian Weekly:

http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2011/03/commentary-520-tolling-campaign-overlooks-ethnic-media/

 

ROADWAYS

 

8) One Man's Crusade Over 'Defective' Road Markings

Link to article in the Oxford Mail:

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/yourtown/oxford/8916878.One_man_s_crusade_over__defective__road_markings/

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

9) Hawaii Transportation Officials Toiled to Ensure Safety During Tsunami Alert

Link to column in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser:

http://www.staradvertiser.com/columnists/parkway/20110318_Transportation_officials_toiled_to_ensure_safety_during_alert.html

 

TRANSIT

 

10) Appeals Court Upholds Oregon Bus Ad Ruling

Link to AP article:

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110317/UPDATE/110316042/Appeals-court-upholds-bus-ad-ruling

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

11) Pune Police Introduce SMS Traffic Alerts

Link to article in The Times of India:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Now-traffic-updates-on-your-mobile/articleshow/7739459.cms

 

12) Keep It Flowing

Red Bulls soccer team feels they have an improved traffic plan for fans around their New Jersey stadium.

Link to article on BigAppleSoccer.com:

http://www.bigapplesoccer.com/teams/redbulls2.php?article_id=26753

 

 

News Releases

1) Nominations are Now Open for the 2011 International Telematics Update Awards

2) Frost & Sullivan: Awareness and Usage of Smart Pone Apps Inside Cars Remains Low in Europe

 

 

Solicitation

 -  Request for Proposals – VDOT Transportation Operations Data Distribution Services (Video, 511 and Data) – Virginia Department of Transportation

 ‬https://vendor.epro.cgipdc.com/loginEngine/index.jsp?openDoc=openDoc&DocumentCode=RFP&DepartmentCode=A501&DocumentID=68826&DocumentVersNo=1&Destination=pNAPSolicitation(link must be pasted into browser; not all browsers compatible with system)

 

 

Upcoming Events

5^th Annual Leonard Transportation Center Forum – The Direction of Technology in Transportation: Where is Technology Taking You? – May 13 – Ontario, California

http://goo.gl/bavgx

 

 

Friday Bonus  

Try doing this with your computer-controlled car!

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=lgwF8mdQwlw

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1911 **100^th anniversary** The railcar used to transport the body of Abraham Lincoln to Springfield, Illinois, was destroyed in a prairie fire in Columbia Heights, Minnesota

http://goo.gl/ZUthS

 

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