[TCN] Monday, February 4, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Monday, February 4, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Keep Internal Airline Safety Reports Secret: Air Canada Pilots' Union

Link to story in the Ottawa Citizen:

http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=59e8cc32-8114-4966-99cf-bde239974b21&k=74211

 

2) Los Angeles International Airport Goes Reliably Random

Game theory algorithm improves security by putting police on unpredictable schedules.

Link to story in Government Computer News:

http://www.gcn.com/print/27_3/45758-1.html

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

3) Wireless Technologies of the Future: RFID and Navigation?

Link to story in InformationWeek:

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/02/rfid_and_nwirel.html

 

MARITIME

 

4) Port of New Hampshire to Start Using Sonar, Underwater Camera this Summer

Link to story in Foster's Daily Democrat:

http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080203/GJNEWS_01/462125082

 

OTHER

 

5) Texans have a License to Choose New Plates

Online vote will allow selection of next license plate design.

Link to story in the Houston Chronicle:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5508732.html

 

6) Dutch Unveil Robot to Fill Car Gas Tank

Link to Reuters story:

http://www.news.com/Dutch-unveil-robot-to-fill-car-gas-tank/2100-11394_3-6229060.html?tag=nefd.top

 

7) US Department of Transportation Inspector General to Investigate Traffic Data Program, Contract

Link to story in Federal Computer Week:

http://www.fcw.com/online/news/151538-1.html

 

ROADWAYS

 

8) London Launches Low Emission Zone

Camera network will monitor emissions of large diesel trucks and impose heavy fines on those exceeding EU exhaust limits.

Link to Reuters story:

http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKL0172837320080204

Link to additional information from Transport for London:

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/lez/default.aspx

 

9) MIT Researchers Fight Gridlock with Linux

Link to story on LinuxDevices:

http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS8559536444.html

Link to further information on CarTel from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology:

http://cartel.csail.mit.edu/doku.php

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

10) Canadians to Expand Border Pre-Screening

Canada Border Services Agency plans to force buses, trains and cruise ships to provide advance electronic lists of passengers and their personal details.

Link to Canadian Press story:

http://www.pressrepublican.com/0100_news/local_story_034213040.html

Link to report from Canada Border Services Agency:

http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/d3-1-7/d3-1-7-e.pdf

 

11) Ventura, California to Charge Fee for 911 Service

Link to story in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-vcemergency2feb02,1,2531952.story

Link to additional information from the City of Ventura:

http://cityofventura.net/depts/pub_safety/responsefee.asp

 

12) Municipal Emergency Workers in Connecticut Will Get Access to Road Cameras

Link to story in The Advocate:

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/scn-sa-cameras2feb03,0,931403.story

 

13) NASA Study Could End False Tsunami Alarms

Link to story in The Times of India:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/The_United_States/NASA_study_could_end_false_tsunami_alarms/articleshow/2752910.cms

Link to news release from the Jet Propulsion Lab:

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-007

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

14) At Virginia Forum, Future is High-Tech

Messaging systems may soon be used for parking spaces and tracking people, among other things.

Link to story in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/02/AR2008020200043.html  (may require free registration)

Link to Alert Loudoun:  https://alert.loudoun.gov

 

 

News Releases

1) $68 Billion Budget Request for US Department of Transportation Provides Vital Funding for Safety Programs, Road Congestion Relief, and Air Traffic Improvements

2) Watch GoAZ.TV for Road Conditions, Traffic Forecasts – Arizona's First Travel Channel

3) Hong Kong Immigration Department Examining Ways to Disseminate Checkpoint Traffic Information Through Media and Internet

4) Stagecoach Boosts Customer Travel Information with UK's First Live Use of Electronic Bus Data System

5) Airports Council International-North America Launches New Web Site on North American Airports

6) Delcan Team Wins a $5 Million Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Deployment Project in Johannesburg, South Africa

7) Delcan's City of Riverside Traffic Management Center Design Project Receives the CELSOC Merit Award

8) Delphi's Advanced Technology Improves Highway Safety

 

 

Solicitation

 -  Nominations Sought for 2008 National Academies Communication Awards – National Academies

http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=8677

 

 

Upcoming Events

ITS Technologies for Rail Event 2008 – February 29 – Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

http://www.its-australia.com.au/KMXServer3/Default.aspx?tabid=134

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1902 – Aviator Charles Augustus Lindbergh is born.

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0204.html

 

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