[TCN] Monday, August 11, 2008

Transportation Communications Newsletter     Monday, August 11, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057 Updated Preliminary Agenda Available for Airport ITS Conference   An updated agenda is now available for the Airport Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference, August 25-26, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.  Sponsored by ITS America and the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE). Airport managers are turning to ITS to provide solutions to the challenges they face, such as managing parking, commercial vehicle movement, incident management, security and much more.  Speakers will include ITS industry leaders who are currently providing solutions for airport land side management and airport managers sharing real-world results, lessons learned, success stories and reasons why they have chosen ITS products and services as their airport land side management solution.   To view the updated preliminary agenda and to register, visit http://events.aaae.org/sites/080807/agenda.cfm.  AVIATION   1) Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority to Restrict Flights in Uncontrolled Air Space Link to story in The Australian: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24159095-23349,00.html   CAMERAS   2) Indiana Says No Traffic Enforcement Cameras Link to AP story: http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080810/LOCAL/808100465/-1/LOCAL08   3) Unpopular Cop Cameras Bag Many More Speeders Link to McClatchy Newspapers story: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/47592.html   GPS / NAVIGATION   4) GPS Devices Save Time, Fuel for Garbage Trucks Link to story in USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-08-10-garbage-gps_N.htm   MARITIME   5) New Zealand Ship Trackers at Odds Wireless broadband provider Araneo believes it may have lost on a deal to build a vessel monitoring system because it was bidding against a state-owned enterprise. Link to story in The Dominion Post: http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4651757a28.html   PEDESTRIANS   6) The Future of Crossing the Street Link to story in the Boston Globe Sunday Magazine: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/articles/2008/08/10/the_future_of_crossing_the_street/   SAFETY / SECURITY   7) For Their Eyes Only? Scans airport security staff see would shock passengers, critics say. Link to story in The Boston Globe: http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/08/11/for_their_eyes_only/   8) Delaware Highway Safety Campaign Gets Creative Link to story in The News Journal: http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080811/NEWS02/308110006/1007   9) Accidents Caused by Cell Phone Use in Illinois are Underreported, Authorities Say Legislation in works to get a more accurate tally. Link to column in the Chicago Tribune: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/transportation/chi-getting-around-11-aug11,0,2379176.column   10) Houston is Helping Move 911 Into the Age of Texting Link to story in the Houston Chronicle: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5935575.html   TELEMATICS   11) German Consortium Starts Car-to-X Field Trial Link to story in EE Times Deutschland: http://www.eetimes.eu/germany/210001880?cid=RSSfeed_eetimesEU_germany   TRANSIT   12) Electronic Frontier Foundation to Appeal Court Order to Halt Subway Hacker Talk Link to IDG News Service story: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9112160&intsrc=news_ts_head   13) Transport for London Terminates 100 Million Oyster Smart Card Contract Link to story on PublicTechnology.net: http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=16963   14) Pittsburgh Transit Hotline Irritates Riders Link to story in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleyindependent/teenscene/s_582142.html   15) BART has Commuters All a-Twitter Social-networking site allows users to share real-time information and for the agency to respond. Link to story in the Examiner: http://www.examiner.com/a-1530884~BART_has_commuters_all_a_Twitter.html Link to BART Twitter site: http://twitter.com/sfbart   16) Hempfest Ad on Bus Criticized by Some Link to story in The Olympian: http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/539043.html   TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT   17) Florida Traffic Web Site Now Has More Travel Information Link to column in The Palm Beach Post: http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/conezone/entries/2008/08/11/traffic_web_site_now_has_more.html Link to SMART SunGuide site:  http://www.smartsunguide.com/   18) Predicting Congestion Future applications may make it possible for traffic-reporting systems to suggest congestion-avoiding routes and directions. Link to story in Light & Medium Truck: http://www.lmtruck.com/articles/petemplate.aspx?storyid=231     News Releases 1) Roundabouts of Kansas City – Book Available for Purchase 2) Wireless Maritime Services and SeaMobile Enterprises Announce Commercial Agreement Resulting in Expanding Wireless Maritime Services' Business     Upcoming Events IBTTA 2008 Fall Technology Workshop – November 15-20 – Avignon, France http://www.ibtta.org/Events/eventdetail.cfm?ItemNumber=2888     Today in Transportation History 1968 **40th anniversary** - The last mainline passenger train hauled by a steam engine ran on British Rail. http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/680811ce.html   =============================================================================================   The Transportation Communications Newsletter is published electronically Monday through Friday.    To subscribe send an e-mail to:  TCNL-subscribe@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe send an e-mail to:  TCNL-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com TCN archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/transport-communications     Questions, comments about the TCN?  Please write the editor, Bernie Wagenblast at i95berniew@aol.com.    © 2008 Bernie Wagenblast