[TCN] Friday, April 22, 2011

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Friday, April 22, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) US DOT Issues Vulnerability Report on the FAA's Air Traffic Control System

Link to article on AvStop.Com:

http://avstop.com/April_2011/dot_issues_vulnerability_report_on_the_faa_s_atc_system.htm

 

2) Delta Enables Customers to Track Checked Bags

Link to article in Travel Weekly:

http://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/Delta-enables-customers-to-track-checked-bags/

Link to video report from WSJ.com:

http://goo.gl/pbYm7

 

CAMERAS

 

3) Business Owner Casts Reasonable Doubt on Accuracy of Speed Cameras
Link to article in The Washington Times:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/apr/20/business-owner-casts-reasonable-doubt-on-accuracy-/

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

4) Why Your Trusty GPS Sometimes Fails You

Link to story on CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/04/22/travel.gps.troubles/

 

5) Location-Based Services in Korea Get Support from the Government

Link to article on The Next Web Asia:

http://thenextweb.com/asia/2011/04/22/location-based-services-in-korea-gets-support-from-the-government/

Link to article on ZDNet Korea:

http://www.zdnet.co.kr/news/news_view.asp?artice_id=20110421121659 (in Korean)

 

OTHER

 

6) Apple, Google Collect User Location Data

Link to article in The Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703983704576277101723453610.html

 

7) Ireland's National Roads Authority Fails to See Humor in Radio Ad

Link to article in the Irish Independent:

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/authority-fails-to-see-funny-side-of-the-road-2625882.html

 

PARKING

 

8) Phone App, Website Aid Search for Parking in San Francisco

Link to article in the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/04/21/BAJ21J5IN0.DTL

Link to news release from the San Francisco Mayor's Office:

http://sfmayor.org/index.aspx?page=356

 

9) DC Rolls Out Pay-by-Phone Parking Meter System

Link to article in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc_rolls_out_pay_by_phone_parking_meter_system/2011/04/20/AFg9pSEE_story.html

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

10) Transportation Agencies Don't Want to Share Fatal Accident Data

Link to commentary in the Opelika-Auburn News:

http://www2.oanow.com/news/2011/apr/22/mcadory-something-else-government-doesnt-want-you--ar-1750302/

 

TELEMATICS

 

11) Telematics Makes Inroads in China's Car Market

Link to article in the Financial Times:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/23ffa86e-6cf9-11e0-83fe-00144feab49a.html

 

 

Friday Bonus

How to beat a traffic jam – Russian style.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Gsom9ErFuSE

 

 

Upcoming Events

ITS Canada Annual Conference and General Meeting - June 12-15 - Vancouver, British Columbia


http://www.itscanada.ca/vancouver2011/

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1898 The US Navy began a blockade of Cuba.

http://spanishamericanwar.info/cuba.htm#blockade

 

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