[TCN] Wednesday, December 31, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Wednesday, December 31, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 

AVIATION

 

1) Safety Program Stalled at Three Airlines

Link to story in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/30/AR2008123003056.html

Link to additional information on the Aviation Safety Action Program:

http://www.faa.gov/safety/programs_initiatives/aircraft_aviation/asap/

 

2) The Future of In-Flight Internet

Link to column in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2008-12-29-qa-row44-guidon_N.htm

Link to additional information on Row 44:  http://www.row44.com/

 

MARITIME

 

3) Who Needs GPS? Barnegat Lighthouse to Shine Again After 82 Years

Link to story in The Press of Atlantic City:

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/183/story/359415.html

 

PEDESTRIANS

 

4) Pedestrians 2008

Paper topics include accessible pedestrian signals for blind pedestrians at complex intersections and detectable warnings for visually impaired pedestrians.

Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9860

 

ROADWAYS

 

5) Toll Express Lanes Ease Traffic on Urban Highways

Link to AP story:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i7aLHU_eLiGSSHngQctXlwLDuycwD95D2CQO0

 

TELEMATICS

 

6) San Francisco's Autonet Sells In-Vehicle Internet Access as a Subscription

Link to story in the San Francisco Business Journal:

http://eastbay.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2008/12/29/smallb1.html?b=1230526800%5E1752129

Link to Autonet's site:  http://www.autonetmobile.com/

 

TRANSIT

 

7) Ditching Car OK with Net Transit Planners

Link to Associated Press review:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gDLAaon3EH1saS8FI8g2JHs0_MJAD95D7P9O1

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

8) Smart-Road Plans to Go Forward in 2009 in Houma, Louisiana

Link to story in the Daily Comet:

http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20081231/ARTICLES/812300219/1212?Title=Smart_road_plans_to_go_forward_in_2009

 

9) New Total Traffic Network Web Site Debuts

Link to story in Radio Ink:

http://www.radioink.com/HeadlineEntry.asp?hid=144482&pt=todaysnews

Link to Total Traffic Network:  http://www.totaltraffic.com/

 

 

News Releases

1) Rand McNally Enhances Commercial Transportation Industry's Most Comprehensive Routing and Mileage Software

 

 

Upcoming Events

Railway Security Forum & Expo – January 27-28 – Arlington, Virginia

http://www.railwayage.com/conference1.html

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1983 **25^th anniversary** - AT&T's Bell System was dissolved.

http://www.bell.com/

 

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