[TCN] Thursday, February 21, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Thursday, February 21, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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Join IBTTA at the Toll Road Summit of the Americas – Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 30-April 1, 2008

IBTTA and experts from 20 countries will gather in Buenos Aires to examine an array of institutional models that are now being used to successfully finance and develop both urban and interurban roads. Hosted by AUSA and Associación Argentina de Carreteras, this will be a unique forum for the private and public sectors, as agencies and companies from the Americas and Europe gather to exchange ideas and discuss how to best reduce congestion and improve the flow of goods and people. Download the program, find the details and register online today! www.IBTTA.org

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) ID Card Plan: UK Airport Union Wants Answers

Link to story on silicon:

http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39170114,00.htm

Link to statement from Unite:

http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=226

 

2) Singapore's Changi Airport to Deploy New Runway Surveillance System

Link to story in Travel Daily News:

http://www.traveldailynews.com/pages/show_page/24597

Link to additional information on iFerret from Stratech Systems: 

http://www.stratechsystems.com/iv_iferret.asp

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

3) Thirty-Two GPS Satellites? Not Quite Yet…

Link to story in GPS World:

http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/Thirty-two-GPS-Satellites-Not-Quite-Yet-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/492980?contextCategoryId=33831

 

4) European Parliament Grasps Galileo Reins

Link to story in GPS World:

http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/European-Parliament-Grasps-Galileo-Reins/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/492981?contextCategoryId=33831

 

5) TomTom Customizes Sat-Nav for Toyota

Link to story on just-auto:

http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?ID=93949&lk=dm

 

OTHER

 

6) Cisco's New Networks: Highway, Airports, and City Streets

Link to CNET News story:

http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9875591-54.html?tag=newsmap

Link to information from Cisco on the Connected Bus Project:

http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac79/docs/wp/cud/CUD_ConnectedBusPP_021508final.pdf

 

7) Incorporating ITS Into the Transportation Planning Process: An Integrated Planning Framework (ITS, M&O, Infrastructure)

Link to guidebooks from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=8696  (Practioner's Guidebook)

http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=8695  (Executive Guidebook)

 

ROADWAYS

 

8) Pavement Marking Research on a National Scale

Link to article in Texas Transportation Researcher:

http://tti.tamu.edu/publications/researcher/newsletter.htm?vol=43&issue=4&article=7&year=2007

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

9) Firm Gets US Nod for Quick Passenger Data Checks

Link to Reuters story:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7323798

 

TELEMATICS

 

10) Revolutionary Telematics System for Moving Vehicles

Link to story in Arab News:

http://arabnews.com/?page=9&section=0&article=106848&d=21&m=2&y=2008&pix=community.jpg&category=Features%22

 

TRANSIT

 

11) South Africa: Single Ticketing for GP Metro Transport

Link to story from BuaNews:

http://allafrica.com/stories/200802190174.html

 

12) Wi-Fi Bus to Surf San Francisco Streets

Link to story in the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.examiner.com/a-1233195~Wi_Fi_bus_to_surf_S_F__streets.html

 

13) New York-New Jersey Trains to Test Contactless Cards in Pilot Plan Next Year

Link to AP story:

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--regionalfares0221feb21,0,127787.story

Link to news release from the Port Authority of NY & NJ:

http://panynj.gov/AboutthePortAuthority/PressCenter/PressReleases/PressRelease/index.php?id=1038

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

14) Wisconsin National Guard Report Rips State Patrol's Response to Interstate Logjam

Link to story in The Capital Times:

http://www.madison.com/tct/mad/topstories/273612

Link to report from the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs:

http://dma.wi.gov/MediaPublicAffairs/news_doc_get.asp?onid=573

 

15) Stop-and-Go No More

Columbus, Ohio wants to improve traffic flow by synchronizing signals with neighboring towns.

Link to story in The Columbus Dispatch:

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/02/21/trafficlights.ART_ART_02-21-08_B1_169DQP1.html?sid=101

 

 

News Releases

1) New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission Releases Request for Information for the Taxi of Tomorrow

2) Berg Insight Says 2.2 Million Cars in Europe Have a Telematics Device

 

 

Upcoming Events

Africa Roads 2008 – May 12-15 – Johannesburg, South Africa

http://www.terrapinn.com/2008/roadsza/

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1948 **60^th anniversary** - NASCAR is officially founded.

http://www.nascar.com/kyn/history/

 

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