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Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

GPS / NAVIGATION

1) GPS Devices Vulnerable to 'Spoofing,' Researchers Say

Link to CBC News story:

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/09/23/spoofing.html

OTHER

2) Google Android Father Says Our Mobile Future is Steeped in Sensors

Link to story in eWeek:

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Google-Android-Father-Says-Our-Mobile-Future-is-Steeped-in-Sensors/

3) Industry Experts: RFID Policy Must be Measured

Link to CNET News story:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10049086-38.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0

4) September Issue of Florida DOT's SMART Moves Newsletter Online

Link to newsletter:

http://www.smartsunguide.com/pdf/SMART_Moves_September_Issue_FINAL.pdf

RAILROADS

5) Oral Statement of Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph Boardman on the Status of Positive Train Control Technology

Link to statement from the FRA:

http://www.fra.dot.gov/downloads/PubAffairs/09-23-08OralStatementFRAAdministratorPTC_Sen_Boxer_Meeting.pdf

ROADWAYS

6) Gibberish on Gantries Baffles Drivers

Highways chiefs have been left powerless to change gibberish messages stuck on £10million electronic signs across a motorway.

Link to story in The News:

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/Gibberish-on-gantries-baffles-drivers.4516772.jp

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) Expanded Powers to Search Travelers at US Border Detailed

The US government has quietly recast policies that affect the way information is gathered from US citizens and others crossing the border and what is done with it.

Link to story in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/22/AR2008092202843.html

8) Deer Radios?

Video and wireless technology should be deployed to lower the highway death toll.

Link to commentary in W2i Wireless Government Report:

http://w2i.com/resource_center/the_w2i_report__weekly_newsletter/news/p/newsletterId_/id_230

9) New from Federal Highway Administration: Highway Infrastructure Security and Emergency Management (HIS/EM) Professional Capacity Building (PCB)

Link to Web site:

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/security/emergencymgmt/profcapacitybldg/

TRANSIT

10) Chicago Transit Authority Test Drives Digital Ad Screen on Side of Bus

Link to column in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/transportation/chi-cta-bus-digital-23-sep23,0,2990805.column

11) Google Transit Expands to New York

Link to story in The New York Times:

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/23/google-tool-gives-new-york-transit-help/?hp

12) Googling a Suburban Transit Plan

Using advanced route-planning software and real-time wireless schedule updates, Yahoo, eBay and especially Google have pioneered "smart bus" services.

Link to guest commentary in the Twin Cities Daily Planet:

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/article/2008/09/18/googling-suburban-transit-plan.html#

VEHICLES

13) Public Registry for Wrecks in US Back on Track

Link to story in The New York Times:

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/22/public-registry-for-wrecks-is-back-on-track/?nl=wheels&emc=wheelsa1

News Releases

1) FlightView Releases Newest Visual Displays for Airport Terminals

2) Dubai RTA Launches QHSE Intranet Page to Enhance Communication Between Public Transport Employees

Upcoming Events

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http://aviationindustryexpo.com/as3gse/index.po