[TCN] Friday, February 8, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Friday, February 8, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Air Traffic Upgrade Costs Seen Ballooning

Link to AP story:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23054029/

 

2) Airport Security Technology Stuck In the Pipeline

Link to story in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/07/AR2008020704067.html  (may require free registration)

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

3) Having a Hard Time with E-ZPass

Baltimore's Fort McHenry Tunnel counts cars as trucks, overcharges.

Link to story in The Baltimore Sun:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/traffic/bal-md.ezpass08feb08,0,2407690.story

 

4) Toll Sneaks Beware: New Cameras on Way to Bay Area

Link to story in the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/08/BAGC2UUU8V.DTL

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

5) Researchers Test GPS-Cell Phone Navigation in San Francisco Bay Area

Link to story and video report on KNTV-TV:

http://www.nbc11.com/news/15255056/detail.html

Link to news release from Nokia:

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-08-2008/0004752453&EDATE

 

OTHER

 

6) Exploring a New Congestion Pricing Concept: Focus Group Findings from Northern Virginia and Philadelphia

Link to report from the Federal Highway Administration:

http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/tolling_pricing/resources/report/cpcfocusgrp/index.htm

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

7) Wisconsin Admits Being Slow to Aid Motorists Stuck in Snowstorm

Link to AP story:

http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080208/APC0101/802080724/1979

Link to news release from the Wisconsin Governor's Office:

http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/journal_media_detail.asp?locid=19&prid=3151

 

8) San Diego Area 511 Celebrates Its First Year in Operation

Link to story in rEgion:

http://www.sandag.org/enewsletter/feature_2.html

 

 

News Releases

1) Siemens Introduces Traffic Control Systems for the Turkish Coast of the Black Sea

2) GM Asks Public to Write Its History

3) Toyota Advances Brake Assist with Navigation Link

 

 

Upcoming Events

Transit Security + Infrastructure Design 2008 Conference – April 1 – Brisbane, Australia
http://www.transportroundtable.com.au/tsid2008/

 

 

Friday Bonus

Mmmm…If this doesn't make you want to grab a hamburger bun, I don't know what will.

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/24/exhaust-burger-let-your-tailpipe-cook-for-you/

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1993 – General Motors sued NBC, alleging that two pickup truck crashes shown on "Dateline NBC" were rigged.  The network settled the next day.

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,305709,00.html

 

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