[TCN] Wednesday, October 1, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) New Central Air Traffic System to Ease Congestion at Indian Airports

Link to story on domain-b:

http://www.domain-b.com/aero/airports/20081001_aai.html

 

2) Southwest Airlines Will Save Fuel with New Navigational System

Link to column in the Austin American-Statesman:

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/andersmeanders/entries/2008/10/01/southwest_will_save_fuel_with.html

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

3) Galileo Satellite Knocked Offline

Link to BBC News story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7646234.stm

 

RAILROADS

 

4) How IT is Helping the Railroad Industry Improve Efficiency and Service

Link to story from CIO:

http://www.cio.com/article/448916/How_IT_is_Helping_the_Railroad_Industry_Improve_Efficiency_and_Service_?source=home_ts

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

5) US Transportation Security Administration Extends Bin Advertising Program

Link to story on AviationNews.net:

http://www.aviationnews.net/?do=headline&news_ID=159823

 

6) New York MTA May Change Hotline After Second Crash

Link to story in The Journal News:

http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008810010367

 

7) Fairfax County, Virginia Emergency Center Ready for Action

Virginia DOT's Traffic Operations Center will be among those housed in center.

Link to story in The Fairfax County Times:

http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/news/2008/oct/01/emergency-center-ready-action/

 

8) Software Lets Users Manipulate Passport Data

Link to column in The Washington Post:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/09/tool_lets_users_change_their_p.html

 

9) Video Exercises Aid Driving Skills

Allstate targeting those over 50 with 'brain fitness' tool.

Link to story in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-wed-notebook-allstate-video-oct01,0,4364860.story

 

TELEMATICS

 

10) China's 2008 NaviForum Postponed; "Telematics@China" Takes Its Place

Link to story in Inside GNSS:

http://www.insidegnss.com/node/832

 

TRANSIT

 

11) Ads on Transit Buses Spark Questions About Taking Sides in Washington State Vote

Link to story in the Peninsula Daily News:

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081001/NEWS/810010302

 

 

News Releases

1) Online I-5 Flow Map Stretches South to Olympia, Washington

2) Focus on the World Commercial Vehicle Telematics Market

3) China TransInfo Technology Corp. Signs Agreement to Acquire Shanghai Yootu Information Technology Co., Ltd.

4) GPS Taxis as Information Source for Traffic Information System from Siemens - New concept for traffic management in the Chinese city of Guangzhou

 

 

Solicitation

 -  Systems Tender for National Traffic Management System – Israel National Roads Company

http://www.iroads.co.il/MazInternet/ContentPage/Pages/frmContent.aspx?ContentCode=628&ContentSubTypeCode=1007

 

 

Upcoming Events

Sensor Technology Workshop – October 23 – Pretoria, South Africa

http://www.itssa.org/index.php?pid=1816&ct=1

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1908 **100^th anniversary** - Ford puts the Model T on the market.

http://www.ford.com/about-ford/news-announcements/featured-stories/featured-stories-detail/ford-modelt

 

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