Transportation Communications Newsletter
Thursday, October 2, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057
RAILROADS
1) US Senate Sends Rail Safety Bill to Bush
Link to AP story:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-10-01-rail-safety-bill_N.htm
Link to additional information from the Library of Congress:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR02095:@@@L&summ2=m&
2) US Federal Railroad Administration Issues Emergency Order
On-duty railroad operating employees' use of cellular telephones and other distracting electronic and electrical devices restricted.
Link to order:
http://www.fra.dot.gov/downloads/PubAffairs/EmergencyOrder26.pdf
ROADWAYS
3) The 'Smart Road' Scam
Link to story in Regulation:
http://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/regv31n3/v31n3-noted.pdf#page=1
SAFETY / SECURITY
4) Rail Engineer Sent Text Just Before Deadly Los Angeles Crash
Link to story in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-10-01-calif-train-crash_N.htm
Link to news release from the National Transportation Safety Board:
http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2008/081001.html
TRANSIT
5) Anti-Sexual Harassment Campaign Unveiled in New York City Subways
Link to AP story:
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
6) Orange to Provide Road Traffic Data Based on GSM Signal
Link to story in GPS Business News:
http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/index.php?action=article&numero=1081
7) Counterintuitive Physics May Help Everyone Drive Home Quicker
Study finds that knowing traffic conditions may do more harm than good.
Link to story on Physorg:
http://www.physorg.com/news142157939.html
VEHICLES
8) Robotic Car Which Avoids Collisions Unveiled
Link to story in the Telegraph:
Link to further information from Nissan:
http://www.nissan-global.com/EN/NEWS/2008/_STORY/080926-01-e.html
9) Freightliner Told to Change Ad Campaign
Link to story on Today's Trucking:
Link to news release from the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus:
http://www.nadreview.org/content/pressdoc/4905PR.pdf
News Releases
1) High-Tech Traffic Upgrades Deployed on Utah Roads
2) Embry-Riddle and Research Partners to Demo Weather Advisory Info Integration
4) Caltrans Installs Sensys Networks Wireless Vehicle Detection Systems Throughout California
Upcoming Events
Travel and Tourism Research Association Annual Conference – April 22-24 – Rotterdam and Breda, The Netherlands
http://www.ttra-europeconference.com/
Today in Transportation History
1926 – English travel writer, Jan Morris was born in Clevedon, Somerset, England.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/profile/profile_jan_morris.shtml
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