[TCN] Thursday, December 11, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Thursday, December 11, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Pilots: Cockpit Recordings from Crashes Should Not be Public Entertainment

Link to AP story:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2008-12-10-cockpit-voice-recordings_N.htm

Link to news release from the International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations:

http://www.ifalpa.org/Press%20Release/2008/09PRL07_CVR_Publication.pdf

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

2) Google Doubles Street View Coverage in US

Link to CNET News story:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10120351-2.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0

Link to blog notice from Google:

http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2008/12/double-coverage-double-fun.html

 

MARITIME

 

3) New Signs to Protect Port of Charleston

Link to story and video report on WCSC-TV:

http://www.live5news.com/Global/story.asp?S=9499880

 

OTHER

 

4) Montgomery County, Maryland Schools Discontinue BusRadio Service

Link to story in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/11/AR2008121101904.html

 

5) Columbus Electronic Freight Management Evaluation Final Report

Link to report from US DOT:

http://www.itsdocs.fhwa.dot.gov/JPODOCS//REPTS_TE/14442_files/cover.htm

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

6) Get a Queue: Beijing Riders Reminded to Wait Their Turn on Transport

Link to Xinhua story:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/11/content_10490543.htm

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

7) Technology May Help Police Halt Hot Pursuits

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2008-12-10-policechase_N.htm

 

8) Laptop Searches at US Border Might Get Restricted

Link to AP story:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gzzZI1Nvr3Dr0pjynRBuCfzqk5QAD94UGUFO5

 

TRANSIT

 

9) Crash Thrusts Metrolink Chief Into the Unwelcome Limelight

Link to story in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-solow11-2008dec11,0,5351118.story

 

10) More English Services for South Korea Transportation System

Link to story in The Korea Times:

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/12/116_35968.html

 

11) San Francisco Muni Steps Up Tests of Regional Fare Card

Link to story in the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/11/BAID14LO8M.DTL

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

12) Managing Haj Traffic is a Challenge, Say Top Saudi Officials

Link to story in the Saudi Gazette:

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2008121124068

 

 

News Releases

1) Washington State DOT Offers New Tools for Road and Pass Condition Reports

2) Car Key Jams Teen Drivers' Cell Phones

3) Iteris Selected to Provide Transportation Design and Operations Training for the National Highway Institute

4) Mercedes-Benz Introduces New Splitview Command Display for the S-Class

5) Constance Sorrell and Michael Huerta to Serve as Co-Chairs of ITS America's 2009 Annual Meeting and Exposition

6) GM is Recognized for Leading Technology Innovation

7) US Transportation Secretary Announces Los Angeles Can Start Spending $210 Million to Cut Traffic, Improve Transit and Protect the Environment

 

 

Job Postings

 -  Light Rail Signal Construction Program Manager – Booz Allen Hamilton – Los Angeles, California

http://cli.gs/neqW6p 

 -  Vanpool Coordinator – Intercity Transit – Olympia, Washington

http://cli.gs/VsPXdR

 

 

Upcoming Events

Webinar: The Canadian Walkability Roadshow – February 3

http://webinars.cullbridge.com/course/info.php?id=28

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1998 **10^th anniversary** - A Thai Airways Airbus A310-200 crashed approaching an airport in Surat Thani, Thailand.

http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/7915/9901/TG_261-01.html

 

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