Transportation Communications Newsletter
Tuesday, February 5, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057
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:
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:
5) Federal Judge Reinstates Rules on Sonar, Criticizing Bush's Waiver for Navy
Link to story in The New York Times:
Link to order from US District Court – Central District of California:
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
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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