Jumat, 03 Oktober 2008

[TCN] Friday, October 3, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Friday, October 3, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057


 

AVIATION

 

1) Delta to Filter Wi-Fi Sites

Link to story in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

http://www.ajc.com/search/content/business/stories/2008/10/03/wifi.html

 

2) FAA Reopens ADS-B Comment Period

Link to story on the Aero-News Network:

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=f537e9c9-a12a-4e78-8bc0-3529e82f966a

Link to notice in the Federal Register from the Federal Aviation Administration:

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-23199.pdf

 

3) Airlines Serve Ads to a Captive Audience

Link to story in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-flyingads3-2008oct03,0,7718313.story

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

4) Navteq Plan Skirts Vehicle-Install GPS Navigation

The low-cost technology can be implemented on credit card-sized circuit boards or even distributed in vehicles' electronics architecture.

Link to story in InformationWeek:

http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/gps/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210605689

Link to news release from Navteq:

http://navteq.com/webapps/NewsUserServlet?action=NewsDetail&newsId=666&lang=en&englishonly=false

 

5) Solar Activity: Is There Aspirin for this GNSS Headache?

Link to story in GPS World:

http://tinyurl.com/3fy5lc

 

6) Nokia Developing Indoor GPS for Malls and Airports

Link to story on Mobile Burn:

http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=5423

 

7) From Russia, with Love

At look at GLONASS; where it's come from and what it could become.

Link to story in Traffic Technology International:

http://www.traffictechnologytoday.com/industry-blogs.php?BlogID=123

 

OTHER

 

8) Biometric Passport Opponents Force Vote in Switzerland

Swiss citizens are expected to vote on whether they want passports and identity cards embedded with their biometric information.

Link to story on swissinfo:

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news_digest/Biometric_passport_opponents_force_vote.html?siteSect=104&sid=9800856&cKey=1222967714000&ty=nd

 

9) California Outlaws RFID Card Skimming

Link to story in Computerworld:

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=mobile_applications_and_rfid&articleId=9116122&taxonomyId=77&intsrc=kc_top

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

10) Banners in Local Languages to Spread Traffic Awareness at Rail Crossings in India

Link to story in The Statesman:

http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=22&id=251928&usrsess=1

 

RAILROADS

 

11) Grade-Crossing Deaths are True Rail Problem

Link to editorial in the Los Angeles Daily News:

http://www.dailynews.com/editorial/ci_10622846

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

12) Rethink Spending on Anti-terrorism, Report Says

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-10-01-terrormoney_N.htm

 

TELEMATICS

 

13) In the Driver's Seat

The Big 3 US automakers – General Motors, Ford and Chrysler – each have some kind of connectivity strategy.

Link to story in Wireless Week:

http://www.wirelessweek.com/Article-In-Driver-Seat.aspx  

 

 

News Releases

1) NHTSA and NTIA Unveil Grant Program to Help States Upgrade 911 Services

 

 

Upcoming Events

The 2nd Annual Port Logistics & Shipping China 2008 – November 3-4 – Shanghai

http://www.ibgintl.com/events/plsc2008/

 

 

Friday Bonus

American's ten most confusing traffic signs.

http://jalopnik.com/5044869/americas-10-most-confusing-traffic-signs

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1985 - Space Shuttle Atlantis blasted off on its maiden voyage.

http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/orbiters/atlantis.html

 

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