Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) Federal Aviation Administration Pushing New Aircraft Safety Tool
Agency speeding up the certification process for electronic displays that provide commercial pilots with more detailed runway information.
Link to AP story:
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/AFX-0013-22971169.htm
2) Radio Tags Trial for Luggage at Airports
Link to story in the Telegraph:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/main.jhtml?xml=/travel/2008/02/13/et-tags-113.xml
3) Runway Safety: Progress on Reducing Runway Incursions Impeded by Leadership, Technology, and Other Challenges
Link to testimony by the US Government Accountability Office:
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08481t.pdf
MARITIME
4) US Maritime Security and Safety Information System Being Installed in The Gambia
Link to story from the Foroyaa Newspaper:
http://allafrica.com/stories/200802111533.html
OTHER
5) Kentucky Panel OKs 'In God We Trust' License Plate
Link to story in the Lexington Herald-Leader:
http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/316687.html
6) Naked Venus Poster Banned from the London Tube for Fear of Offending Commuters
Link to story in the Daily Mail:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=514119&in_page_id=1770
7) Chrysler Extends Sirius Contract to 2017
Link to story in AutoWeek:
http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080213/FREE/33525274/1023/LATESTNEWS
Link to news release from Sirius:
http://investor.sirius.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=294145
8) February Issue of Florida DOT's SunGuide Disseminator Online
Link to newsletter:
http://www.dot.state.fl.us/trafficoperations/Newsletters/2008/02_2008/02_2008.htm
9) Human Performance, User Information, Simulation, and Visualization
Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=8689
ROADWAYS
10) How Stripping the Streets of Lights and Signs May be a Life Saver
Link to story in The Times:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article3359881.ece
SAFETY / SECURITY
11) Arizona Legislators Mount Bid to Foil Governor on Photo Radar
Link to Capitol Media Services story:
http://www.azstarnet.com/dailystar/224880
12) UN World Food Program, Vodafone to Work on Emergency Communication
Link to Reuters story:
Link to news release from the World Food Programme:
http://www.wfp.org/english/?ModuleID=137&Key=2768
TELEMATICS
13) No Hands, All Ears for Sound in Cars
Link to column in The Wall Street Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120284497658363061.html
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
14) 'My 511' to Provide Custom Information in San Francisco Bay Area
Link to column in the San Jose Mercury News:
http://www.mercurynews.com/traffic/ci_8247908
15) Airborne Traffic Reporters Face Uncertain Future
Link to story in the Daily Breeze:
http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_8245902
VEHICLES
16) Owner of Electronic-Billboard Truck Sues Florida, Sheriff
Link to story in the Orlando Sentinel:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-signs1308feb13,0,4599684.story
News Releases
1) Navteq Announces Agreement with Telfonica for New Mobile Traffic Product in Europe
Upcoming Events
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http://www.h3bmedia.com/networx/gnss.cfm
Today in Transportation History
1923 **85th anniversary** – Chuck Yeager, the first person to break the sound barrier, is born in Myra, West Virginia.
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