[TCN] Thursday, April 17, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Thursday, April 17, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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Technical Proposal Manager Public Transit Solutions

 

Continental Public Transit Solutions (former Siemens) develops, installs and maintains Public Transit solutions for CAD AVL fleet management and passenger information.

 

The proposal manager is responsible for the technical design of the customer solution and joins sales force in technical meetings. He/she is responsible for the sales quotations. French writing skills are an advantage. The proposal manager has growth possibilities to become project manager, once the project is acquired.

 

Contact: Arjan van Andel, +1 319 270 2342

arjan.van.andel@continental-corporation.com

www.vdo.com/publictransport

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) Law Would Ban US In-Flight Cell Phone Use

Link to story in PC World:

http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/006813.html

 

2) New US Presidential Helicopter to Include Advanced Communications Capabilities, Threat Protection

Link to story in Aviation Week:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=news/VH71041608.xml&headline=Presidential%20Helo%20To%20Counter%20New%20Threats

 

OTHER

 

3) Traffic Busters

Highway information systems and intelligent subways, two concepts to reduce gridlock, expedite commutes and green the environment.

Link to story in Forbes:

http://www.forbes.com/technology/forbes/2008/0505/064b.html

 

4) April Issue of IEEE ITS Society Newsletter

Link to newsletter:

http://www.ewh.ieee.org/tc/its/newsletters/v10n2.pdf

 

PARKING

 

5) SFpark Would Micromanage San Francisco's Scarce Parking Spaces

Link to story in the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/14/MNTO104818.DTL&feed=rss.news

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

6) Public Relations Firms Feed at City-Funded Transit Trough in Honolulu

Link to story in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin:

http://starbulletin.com/2008/04/17/news/story02.html

 

RAILROADS

 

7) European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) Comes to UK's Cambrian Line

Link to story on RailwayPeople:

http://www.railwaypeople.com/rail-news-articles/ertms-comes-to-cambrian-line-1538.html

 

ROADWAYS

 

8) 'Photo Cops' to Tame India's Manic Traffic

Link to commentary in Livemint:

http://www.livemint.com/2008/04/17103411/Web-Exclusive--8216Photo-c.html

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

9) Cost-Effective Information Interoperability for All-Hazards Events in Spite of Decreasing Preparedness Funding - Part One, The Environment

Link to article in Directions Magazine:

http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=2739&trv=1

 

10) Can TSA be Trusted Not to Data Discriminate?

Link to CNET blog:

http://www.cnet.com/8301-13739_1-9918813-46.html

 

TRANSIT

 

11) Greening the Traffic Lights

Traffic signal preemption lets buses glide through cities, saving time and energy--and, perhaps, the atmosphere.

Link to story in Forbes:

http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2008/0505/064.html

 

12) Chicago Transit Authority Headed in One Right Direction with Bus Tracker Web Site and Google Maps

Link to column in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/columnists/chi-0416hypertextapr16,0,3987730.column

Link to CTA Bus Tracker:  http://www.ctabustracker.com

 

13) Google Transit Coming to Los Angeles

Link to column in the Los Angeles Times:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/emeraldcity/2008/04/google-transit.html

 

VEHICLES

 

14) Auto Experts Say Buyers Need More Education on Fuel Economy

Link to AP story:

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080416/autos_fuel_economy.html?.v=1

 

 

News Releases

1) See It, Hear It, Feel It: Ford Seeks Most Effective Driver Warnings for Active Safety Technology

2) New York Governor Announces New York City Metro Area to Receive $34 Million for Emergency Communications

 

 

Upcoming Events

Safety 2008 – June 9-12 – Las Vegas

http://www.asse.org/education/pdc08/

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1851 – The Marco Polo was launched in Saint John, New Brunswick.  The ship was once considered the fastest in the world.

http://new-brunswick.net/marcopolo/story/index.html

 

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