[TCN] Tuesday, February 12, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Tuesday, February 12, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Amazon Collision Pilots Questioned Over Deactivated Transponder

Link to story in Flight:

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/02/12/221474/amazon-collision-pilots-questioned-over-deactivated-transponder.html

 

2) Does that Voice on the Airport PA System Sound Familiar?

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2008-02-11-airport-announcements_N.htm

 

3) Coming to You Live from the Cockpit

The ability to listen to pilot radio communications while popular with some passengers is controversial with many pilots.

Link to column in The Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120277108037260483.html

 

4) New Eurocontrol Chief Sets Out Priorities

Link to story in Flight:

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/02/11/221393/new-eurocontrol-chief-sets-out-priorities.html

 

5) Federal Aviation Administration Wants Help Becoming Cybersecurity Shared-Services Provider

Link to story in Federal Computer Week:

http://www.fcw.com/online/news/151613-1.html

 

ROADWAYS

 

6) Intelligent Transport Systems Could be Introduced in Bulgaria After 2010

Link to Focus News Agency story:

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n133529

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

7) NHTSA Seeks Ways to Use Technology to Reduce Truck-Involved Fatalities

Link to story in Transport Topics:

http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=19165

 

8) Safety Incentives Lacking, Officials Say

Technology will radically change truck safety in coming years, with innovations likely to include wireless government truck inspections.

Link to story in Light & Medium Truck:

http://www.ttnews.com/lmt/dec07/incentives.asp

 

9) Travelers to Europe May Face Fingerprinting

Link to story in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/11/AR2008021102786.html

 

10) Haptic Feedback Research Explores Driver Cognition Issues

Link to story in The Sensor:

http://www.its.umn.edu/Publications/Sensor/2007/03/HapticFeedback.html

 

TELEMATICS

 

11) More High-Tech Invitations to Take Your Mind Off Road

Link to story in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12distract.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin  (may require free registration)

 

TRANSIT

 

12) BART Planning Tickets that Resist Magnets 

Link to story in the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/12/BA5KV0ET9.DTL

 

13) Alcohol Check for Safer Transit Trips

Link to story on the Transport Information Group:

http://www.matthieudesiderio.com/?p=123

 

14) The Year of the Superbus

Decked out with amenities and fueled by efficiencies, local bus fleets are heading for prime time.

Link to story in Governing:

http://www.governing.com/articles/0802buses.htm

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

15) University of Wisconsin Experts Showcase Technology to Lessen Major Traffic Backups

Link to story on WISC-TV:

http://www.channel3000.com/technology/15277070/detail.html

 

16) Could Smart Traffic Lights Stop Motorists Fuming?

Link to NewScientist News Service story:

http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/motoring-tech/dn13306-could-smart-traffic-lights-stop-motorists-fuming.html

 

 

News Releases

1) Texas Tourism Launches New Advertising Campaign Introducing Online, Interactive 'Trip Planner' Tool & New Driving Tours

2) Speed Traps Worldwide Shown With Online Mapping Tool

 

 

Job Posting

 -  Associate Program Manager – Traffic.com – Wayne, Pennsylvania

http://navteq.com/webapps/ApplyJobServlet?jobId=1648&action=SearchDetails

 

 

Upcoming Events

European Road Pricing: Public Acceptability Forum – April 1-2 – Amsterdam

http://www.h3bmedia.com/networx/erp.cfm

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1900 – J.W. Packard receives his first automotive patent.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=7235

 

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