[TCN] Monday, February 18, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Monday, February 18, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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GPS / NAVIGATION

 

1) Officials Monitor GPS, and Car Batteries

GPS units installed in government vehicles are resulting in dead batteries.

Link to story in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/17gpsli.html?_r=1&ref=nyregionspecial2&oref=slogin  (may require free registration)

 

2) Whom Do You Believe, GPS or Your Own Eyes?

Link to story in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/17colwe.html?ref=nyregionspecial2  (may require free registration)

 

OTHER

 

3) White Light, Green Light

Global Traffic Technologies evolving after split from 3M.

Link to story in Finance and Commerce:

http://www.finance-commerce.com/article.cfm/2008/02/16/White-light-green-light-Former-3M-traffic-tech-business-launches-a-new-corporate-identity

Link to Global Traffic Technologies' Web site:  http://www.gtt.com

 

RAILROADS

 

4) Costs, Liability Concerns Slow Railroad Quiet Zones

Link to story in the Courier News:

http://www.c-n.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080217/NEWS/802170382

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

5) Innovations Improving Visibility of Snowplows

Link to story in the Tahoe Daily Tribune:

http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/article/20080218/NEWS/709490981

Link to news release from the University of Nevada, Reno:

http://www.unr.edu/news/detail.aspx?id=2489

 

TRANSIT

 

6) Bay Area Workshop Aims to Upgrade Transit Trip Planning

Tech-savvy public transit advocates will meet to discuss improving transit Web sites.

Link to story in the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/18/BA07V0VOF.DTL

Link to additional information:  http://barcamp.org/TransitCampBayArea  (scroll down)

 

7) New Zealand Public Transport GPS System to Get a Trim

Link to story from The Dominion Post:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4405789a28.html

 

8) The Fare Essentials

As technology simplifies transit commute, will that mean standardized system in Philadelphia area?

Link to story in the Gloucester County Times:

http://www.nj.com/news/gloucester/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1203235814248910.xml&coll=8

 

9) Long Island Rail Road Rapped for 'Secrecy' on Third-Track Proposal

Railroad and Federal Transit Administration fail to release draft document showing community impact of adding additional track.

Link to story in Newsday:

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/transportation/ny-lilirr155578129feb15,0,1820216.story

 

10) British Underground Officials Retract Ban on Nude Portrait Ad

Link to CBC News story:

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2008/02/17/venus-ad-reversed.html

 

11) Celebrating the Semicolon in a Most Unlikely Location

Writer praises the use of a punctuation mark on a New York City subway poster.

Link to story in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/18/nyregion/18semicolon.html?ex=1360990800&en=f1bd9cd34931580c&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

12) Indiana Interstates Go High-Tech

Link to story in the Indianapolis Business Journal:

http://www.ibj.com/html/detail_page.asp?content=11325

 

13) Dubai Considers Installing Intelligent Traffic System on All Roads in 5 Years

Link to story in the Khaleej Times:

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2008/February/theuae_February528.xml&section=theuae

Link to news release from the Dubai Roads & Transport Authority:

http://www.rta.ae/wpsv5/wps/portal/!ut/p/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLN4g3NjEGSUGYRvqRaGKOCJEgfW99X4_83FT9AP2C3NCIckdHRQA1RSz5/delta/base64xml/L3dJdyEvd0ZNQUFzQUMvNElVRS82XzBfMzZO?contenttype=latest&contname=RTA%20Calls%20s%20to%20Comply%20withSigns%20of%20Intelligent%20Traffic%20Systems

 

14) Cameras on the Highway

Kansas DOT teaming with county and city to install intelligent transportation system.

Link to story in The Wichita Eagle:

http://www.kansas.com/212/story/312967.html

 

15) Local TV's Morning Jam

Stations go bumper-to-bumper on traffic information.

Link to story in Broadcasting & Cable:

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6533073.html

 

16) Caltrans Promises Changes to Traveler Information Line

TV station investigation uncovers incorrect information being provided on hotline.

Link to story and video report on KBAK-TV:

http://www.eyeoutforyou.com/news/local/15684462.html

 

17) Early-Morning Friend to Commuters

Profile of Teresa LaBarbera.

Link to story in the Hartford Courant:

http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/hc-nujavabeanscene0218.artfeb18,0,3855452.column

 

 

Upcoming Events

Automotive Testing Expo Europe 2008 – May 6-8 – Messe Stuttgart, Germany

http://www.testing-expo.com/europe/index.html

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1964 - Joseph-Armand Bombardier, founder of Bombardier, died.

http://www.fjab.qc.ca/en/content/jab/jab.htm

 

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