[TCN] Tuesday, April 12, 2011

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Tuesday, April 12, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Register Today for IBTTA’s Interoperability and All-Electronic Toll Collection Workshop ― May 15-17, Plano, TX

 

Register today for IBTTA’s Interoperability and All-Electronic Toll Collection Workshop, the fifth in a series of workshops focused on violations enforcement, open road tolling, all-electronic toll collection (AETC), and interoperability. Through both general sessions and simultaneous breakout sessions, this conference will focus on lessons learned, case studies, business rules, and future decision making about AETC, interoperability, and the implications of universal vehicle miles traveled (VMT) charging. Visitwww.IBTTA.org/PLANO to view the brochure, register, and learn about sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities. To view IBTTA’s entire 2011 Education Series, click here.

 

AVIATION

 

1) US Navy Wants Its Drone to Land on a Carrier with a Mouse Click

Link to article and video in Wired:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/04/navy-wants-mouse-click-flying-for-its-carrier-based-drone/

 

2) Weathering Heights: FAA Cockpit Simulator to Help Airline Safety

Link to article in Flight International:

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2011/04/12/355344/weathering-heights-faa-cockpit-simulator-to-help-airline.html

 

CAMERAS

 

3) Camera Scans of Car Plates are Reshaping Police Inquiries

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/nyregion/12plates.html?_r=1&src=twr&pagewanted=all

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

4) California High-Speed Rail's PR Mess

Link to article on Neon Tommy:

http://www.neontommy.com/news/2011/04/california-high-speed-rails-pr-mess

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

5) TomTom Makes Connected Traffic Updates a Paid Service

Link to article in PC Magazine:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2383479,00.asp

 

VEHICLES

 

6) Electric Vehicles Get an IT Assist

Link to article in Computerworld:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9215661/Car_tech_Electric_vehicles_get_an_IT_assist_

 

 

News Releases

1) Cybit and Masternaut Combine Forces, Creating Europe's Leading Telematics Provider

2) ERTICO and National ITS Associations Sponsor Video Competition

3) New Seattle Metro Policy to Allow Resumption of Bus Ads from Non-Profit Organizations

4) Mineta Transportation Institute Wins Department of Homeland Security Award for Terrorism Attack Database

5) Automotive Night Vision Market to Reach $5 Billion by 2016

6) Bilbao Receives Award in Field of Freight Transport for FREILOT Project

 

 

Solicitation

 -  Public Arts Call – RapidRide B Line: Mobile Game Project – 4Culture and King County Metro Transit

http://www.4culture.org/publicart/calls/index.aspx

 

 

Upcoming Events

Webinar: Posting Travel Times on Dynamic Message Signs and Third Party Data Best Practices and Lessons Learned – April 27

https://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/webconference/web_conf_learner_reg.aspx?webconfid=22921

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1861 **150^th anniversary** Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor to begin the US Civil War.

http://www.nps.gov/fosu

 

1911 **100^th anniversary** Theodore G. Ellyson became the first US Navy officer designated an aviator.

http://www.militarymuseum.org/Ellyson.html

 

1911 **100^th anniversary** Pierre Prier made the first non-stop flight from London to Paris.

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F20E12FD3F5517738DDDAA0994DC405B818DF1D3

 

1961 **50^th anniversary** Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space on Vostok 1.

http://yurigagarin50.org/

 

1981 **30^th anniversary** The Space Shuttle Columbia blasted off on the first mission of the Space Shuttle.

http://www.floridatoday.com/section/news0208

 

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