[TCN] Friday, April 25, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Friday, April 25, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) FAA Admits It Mishandled Air Traffic Control Cover-Up

Link to story in The Dallas Morning News:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-controllers_25bus.ART.State.Edition2.28095ea.html

 

2) Pilot's Missing Laptop Causes Airport Security Scare

Link to story and video on WJLA-TV:

http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0408/514346.html

 

3) When It Comes to Air Traffic Control Maintenance, the Devil's In the Details

Link to story on Aero-News.Net:

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=c81d40bb-d587-4e0c-9d75-1dd531ce8993

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

4) Agencies Adapt Commercial Mapping Tolls to Suit Missions

Link to story in Federal Times:

http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=3493588 

 

OTHER

 

5) Transportation Agencies Are Acting to Involve Others in Planning and Environmental Decisions

Link to US Government Accountability Office letter:

http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-512R

 

6) Spring Issue of HNTB's Transportation Point Online

Articles include:

 -  Texas' Super Innovation Highway (page 10)

 -  In Pursuit of Mobility – Atlanta's gridlocked Northwest Corridor could be home to one of the nation's next managed lane systems (page 14)

Link to publication:

http://www.hntb.com/documents/pdf/HNTB-TP-5-2008.pdf

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

7) More US Agencies Turn to Podcasts to Get Message Out

Link to story in Federal Times:

http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=3492381

 

8) Traffic Safety: Improved Reporting and Performance Measures Would Enhance Evaluation of High-Visibility Campaigns

Link to report from the US Government Accountability Office:
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-477

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

9) Face Scans to Trial at UK Airports this Summer

Link to story in the Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/25/nface125.xml

 

TRANSIT

 

10) What's Life Without a Car? Google, HopStop are Helping Figure It Out

Link to story on VentureBeat:

http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/22/whats-life-without-a-car-google-hopstop-are-helping-figure-it-out/

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

11) Keeping Up with Traffic – The Minnesota Traffic Observatory Focuses on Twin Cities Traffic

Link to story in Civil Engineer:

http://www.ce.umn.edu/news/stories/minnesota_traffic_observatory.html

 

 

News Releases

1) MY 511 Allows Users to Personalize 511 Access, Saving Time Online and by Phone

2) US Secretary of Transportation Announces $213 Million Grant to Cut Traffic, Improve Transit and Clean the Air in Los Angeles

 

 

Upcoming Events

NEXTRANS Center Inaugural Summit – May 5 – West Lafayette, Indiana

http://www.purdue.edu/dp/nextrans/summit08_main.php

 

 

Friday Bonus

What if IKEA redesigned a subway?  Nah, something like that would never happen.

http://gizmodo.com/377665/comfy-ikea-train-makes-me-want-to-move-to-the-subway

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1901 – New York becomes the first US state to require automobile license plates.

http://www.alpca.org/

 

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