[TCN] Thursday, July 21, 2011

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Thursday, July 21, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Budget Cuts Could Delay NextGen Development

Link to article in The Press of Atlantic City:

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/atlantic/budget-cuts-could-delay-nextgen-development/article_7de96d5e-b319-11e0-ae5c-001cc4c03286.html

 

2) FAA Brings in Simulation Control Tower to Las Vegas

Link to story and video on KVVU-TV:

http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/15119174/faa-brings-in-simulation-control-tower-to-vegas

 

3) FAA Team Figuring Out How Unmanned Drones Can Coexist with Commercial Aircraft

Link to article in The Press of Atlantic City:

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/faa-team-in-egg-harbor-township-is-figuring-out-how/article_dfc688e8-b348-11e0-991f-001cc4c03286.html

 

4) New FAA Website Targets Midair Collisions

Link to article on AVweb:

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/NewFAAWebsiteTargetsMidairCollisions_204999-1.html

Link to See and Avoid: http://www.seeandavoid.org/

 

OTHER

 

5) Florida Makes $63 Million Selling Drivers' Info

Link to story and video on WPLG-TV:

http://www.local10.com/news/28600374/detail.html

 

RAILROADS

 

6) Changes Signal Death of Old Technology

UK's Network Rail moving to centralize signaling system.

Link to article in the Financial Times:

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/7b52182e-b211-11e0-a06c-00144feabdc0.html

 

ROADWAYS

 

7) MnPASS Lanes, Traffic Cams Back and Running in Minnesota

Link to story on KMSP-TV:

http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/minnesota/mndot-back-mnpass-traffic-cams-july-21-2011

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

8) New Facial Recognition Scanners to be Introduced at Heathrow Airport

Link to article in The Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/government-computing-network/2011/jul/21/ukba-baa-heathrow-scanners

 

9) US Fed Up with Driver Texting

Link to article on The Street:

http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/story/11190712/1/us-fed-up-with-driver-texting.html

 

10) Boeing Gets Deal for Security Surveillance on Delaware River

Link to story and video in the Daily Times:

http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2011/07/20/news/doc4e2644856dab2542988221.txt

Link to news release from Boeing:

http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1843

 

11) Robotic Jet Ski to Patrol Harbors

Link to article on Discovery News:

http://news.discovery.com/tech/robotic-jet-ski-patrol-harbors-110720.html

 

TRANSIT

 

12) 500 Bus Data Signs to be Installed in Dublin

Link to article in The Irish Times:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0721/breaking54.html

 

13) Heat Knocks Out New York City Subway Countdown Clocks

Link to story and video on NY1:

http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/143382/heat-knocks-out-subway-countdown-clocks

 

14) Enabling Cost-Effective Multimodal Trip Planners Through Open Transit Data

Link to further information from the Location-Aware Information Systems Laboratory at the University of South Florida:

http://www.locationaware.usf.edu/ongoing-research/projects/open-transit-data/

Link to OpenTripPlanner: http://opentripplanner.usf.edu/

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

15) Georgia DOT Employee Accused of Accepting Bribes

Link to story and video on WGCL-TV:

http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/15118215/gdot-employee-of-accepting-bribes-contract-awarded-to-company-who-paid-him

Link to report from the Georgia Office of the Inspector General:

http://www.oig.georgia.gov/OIG/Files/11-027%20DOT.pdf

 

16) Apps Let You See Montreal's Roads Before You Get There

Link to article in The Gazette:

http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Apps+lets+Montreal+roads+before+there/5135099/story.html

 

VEHICLES

 

17) Toyota's New Pre-Crash Technology Directs Steering

Link to AP article:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Toyotas-new-precrash-apf-2467379656.html?x=0&.v=3

 

18) Interview with Alexis Charbonnel, Automotive Business Development Manager, Arkamys

Link to interview from Frost & Sullivan:

http://www.frost.com/prod/servlet/market-insight-top.pag?docid=238462654

 

 

News Releases

1) US Airways First US Domestic Airline to Offer Natural Language Understanding Interactive Voice Response System

2) Trimble to Acquire PeopleNet to Expand Its Presence in Growing Transportation and Logistics Market

3) TransCore Teams with Industry Leaders to Win Two ITS New York Project of the Year Awards

4) ALK Technologies Wins 'Outstanding Project of the Year in Freight Management' Award from ITS New York

 

 

Job Postings

 -  Proposal Coordinator – Nelson/Nygaard – San Francisco, California

http://www.transittalent.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=22054 

 -  Field Supervisor – Omnitrans – San Bernardino, California

http://www.transittalent.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=22058

 

 

Upcoming Events

AASHTO Standing Committee on Rail Transportation Annual Meeting – September 11-14 – Charlotte, North Carolina

http://www.scort2011.com/

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1911 **100^th anniversary** The New York City Board of Estimate awarded the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company a contract to build 87 new miles of subway lines.

http://www.nycsubway.org/articles/psc_dual_system_rapid_transit_1912.html

 

1961 **50^th anniversary** Mercury Redstone 4, also known as Liberty Bell 7, with Gus Grissom aboard was launched.

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=MERCR4

 

2011 The US Space Shuttle program came to an end with the landing of Atlantis.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

 

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