[TCN] Tuesday, February 5, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Tuesday, February 5, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) FAA Budget Request Slashes Airport Improvement Program

However, allocation triples for NextGen air traffic control modernization program.

Link to story in Aviation Week:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=comm&id=news/FAA02048.xml&headline=FAA%20Budget%20Request%20Slashes%20AIP

Link to FY 2009 FAA Budget in Brief:

http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/aba/budgets_brief/media/bib2009.pdf

 

2) US Congress Wants Secret Air-Safety Data

Link to AP story:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-02-04-nasa_N.htm

Link to news release from the House Committee on Science and Technology:

http://science.house.gov/press/PRArticle.aspx?NewsID=2074

 

3) American Airlines Pilot Safety Program is Extended Until May by Federal Aviation Administration

Link to story in the Star-Telegram:

http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/453691.html

 

MARITIME

 

4) LORAN Rescued

Link to story in GPS World:

http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/LORAN-Rescued/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/489037?contextCategoryId=33831

 

5) Federal Judge Reinstates Rules on Sonar, Criticizing Bush's Waiver for Navy

Link to story in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/us/05sonar.html?ex=1359867600&en=238811a29628c2e0&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

Link to order from US District Court – Central District of California:

http://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/CACD/RecentPubOp.nsf/bb61c530eab0911c882567cf005ac6f9/cadea7e2e9aac8e0882573e5008217bd/$FILE/SA07CV00335-FMC.pdf

 

6) Maritime Institute's Realistic Simulator Helps Commercial Sailors

Link to story in The Daily Record:

http://www.mddailyrecord.com/article.cfm?id=4237&type=UTTM

Link to additional information from The Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies:

http://www.mitags.org/t-about.aspx

 

PARKING

 

7) Traffic Scofflaws in for Rude Awakening

Technology to leave ticket collectors no place to hide.

Link to column in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-zorn_05feb05,1,7581666.column 

Link to additional information on AutoVu:

http://www.autovu.com/index.cfm?&lang=EN_CA

 

RAILROADS

 

8) SNCF: e-Services Available for Freight Shippers

Link to story in the Transport Information Group:

http://www.matthieudesiderio.com/?p=105

Link to Clic Services Fret SNCF:

http://www.servicefret.sncf.com/Applications/pnp/login.php5  (in French)

 

9) Kansas City Southern to Deploy GPS Ballast Train, CWR Switches and Gen-Set Switchers

Link to story in Progressive Railroading:

http://www.progressiverailroading.com/news/article.asp?id=14976

 

TRANSIT

 

10) Moving the Bus Back into Traffic Safely - Signage and Lighting Configuration Phase I

Link to report from the National Center for Transit Research:

http://www.nctr.usf.edu/pdf/77610.pdf

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

11) Cell Phone Test to Monitor I-880 Traffic Flow

Link to story in the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/05/BAE8US0HJ.DTL

 

12) Hawaiian Bill Proposes 24-Hour Radio Traffic Updates

Link to story and video report on KHON-TV:

http://www.khon2.com/news/local/15294016.html

Link to bill:  http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2008/Bills/HB1972_.htm

 

13) Traffic Updates Available on New Surprise, Arizona Web Page

Link to story in The Arizona Republic:

http://www.azcentral.com/community/westvalley/articles/0205gl-nwvtransportation0206.html

Link to Surprise Transportation:  http://www.surpriseaz.com/index.asp?NID=1578

 

 

News Releases

1) US Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters Encourages States to Utilize Electronic Tolling to Relieve Congestion and Finance New Capacity

2) TomTom and SFR Sign Agreement to Bring the World's Most Advanced Traffic Information Service to France

3) Innovative New Technology Sought to Improve Disaster Management and Ease Traffic Congestion in UK

4) HIMSS & COMCARE Announce Integrated Emergency Medical Response Initiative Advisory Board

 

 

Upcoming Events

Cooperative Vehicle Infrastructure Systems – March 31-April 1 - Amsterdam

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

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1971 – The Apollo 14 lunar module, Antares, lands on the Moon.

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo14info.html

 

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