[TCN] Friday, October 24, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Friday, October 24, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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CAMERAS

 

1) Arizona Department of Public Safety Tweaking Photo-Radar Enforcement

Link to AP story:

http://www.azstarnet.com/news/263943

 

2) Wilmington, North Carolina May Get Rid of Red-Light Cameras in Budget Move
Link to story on WECT-TV:

http://www.wect.com/Global/story.asp?S=9228987&nav=menu157_2

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

3) A Sneak Peak at TomTom HD Traffic Control Center

Link to story in GPS Business World:

http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/index.php?action=article&numero=1120

 

MARITIME

 

4) US Coast Guard Search and Rescue Network Joins Facebook

Link to story in Federal Computer Week:

http://www.fcw.com/online/news/154179-1.html

Link to Amver Maritime Relations' Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/people/Amver_Maritime_Relations/1220194211

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

5) Newest Source of Teen Ire: Webcams in Their Cars

Link to story and video in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/23/AR2008102303821.html

Link to additional information from DriveCam:  http://www.drivecam.com/

 

6) New US Law Brings 911 Services Into Internet Age

FCC issues rules implementing 911 requirements for wireless VOIP.

Link to story in Government Computer News:

http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/47432-1.html

Link to report and order from the Federal Communications Commission:

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-08-249A1.pdf

 

7) New US Government Border-Crossing Identification Cards Easily Cloned, Study Says

Link to story in Federal Computer Week:

http://www.fcw.com/online/news/154180-1.html

Link to report from RSA Laboratories: 

http://www.rsa.com/rsalabs/staff/bios/ajuels/publications/EPC_RFID/Gen2authentication--22Oct08a.pdf

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

8) Should Caltrans be Twittering?

Link to column in the Los Angeles Times:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2008/10/should-caltrans.html

 

9) Municipal Technology Takes Center State During 2008 Democratic National Convention

Link to story in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/424291

 

VEHICLES

 

10) Honda Debuts Pioneering Motorcycle Safety Technology

Link to story in Traffic Technology International:

http://www.traffictechnologytoday.com/news.php?NewsID=8766

 

 

News Releases

1) Consumer Navigation Still Facing Many Challenges on Its Way to Mass Market Adoption

2) Global Traffic Technologies Wins $6.75 Million Jury Verdict in Patent Infringement Suit Against Competitor

 

 

Upcoming Events

NAB Show (National Association of Broadcasters) – April 17-23 – Las Vegas

http://www.nabshow.com/

 

 

Friday Bonus

The highway to hell?

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iamAyqb-XfLiVtmiQbKh-fypDL8gD93GITDG1

 

 

Today in Transportation History

2003 **5^th anniversary** - Concorde made its last commercial flight.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/24/newsid_3701000/3701490.stm

 

Saturday, October 24

1848 **160^th anniversary** - The first train to operate in Chicago was run by the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad.

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/6376.html

 

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