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[TCN] Friday, January 29, 2009

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Friday, January 29, 2009 -- ISSN 1529-1057


 

AVIATION

 

1) Check-In by Cell Phone is Gaining Steam at US Airports

Link to story in the Austin American-Statesman:

http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/other/01/30/0130ticket.html

 

BUSES

 

2) New York MTA Pulls the Plug on Bus Tracking, Again

Link to story and video report on NY1 News:

http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/93085/mta-pulls-the-plug-on-bus-tracking--again/Default.aspx

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

3) Transport 2.0: Meeting Grand Challenges with GIScience

Link to story in ArcNews:

http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/winter0809articles/transport-20.html

 

OTHER

 

4) Interview with Zita Gurmai MEP

Link to interview by ERTICO:

http://www.ertico.com/en/news_and_events/ertico_newsroom/ertico_news_interview_with_zita_gurmai_mep.htm

 

5) Journal of Commerce Consolidates Transport Magazines

Link to story in NJBIZ:

http://www.njbiz.com/article.asp?aID=77154

 

6) New Web Site Aids Transit Coordination in Minnesota

Link to story in the Center for Transportation Studies Report:

http://www.cts.umn.edu/Publications/CTSReport/2009/01/NewWeb.html

Link to CoordinateMNTransit:  http://www.coordinatemntransit.org/

 

7) January Issue of IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society Newsletter

Link to newsletter:

http://ieeeitss.org/v11n1.pdf

 

RAILROADS

 

8) Railroad Opposes Quiet Rail Bill

Railroads in North Dakota would no longer be required to sound horn at private crossings.

Link to story in The Bismarck Tribune:

http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2009/01/29/news/update/doc498206bfc4d90051218495.txt

 

9) Canadian Trains Get Internet Service

Link to story in TV Technology:

http://www.tvtechnology.com/article/73902

 

ROADWAYS

 

10) Illinois Tollway Could Bring Customer Call Center Home

Link to story in the Daily Herald:

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=268165&src=109

 

11) Judge Rules Rhode Island Law Restricting Billboards Unconstitutional

Link to story in The Providence Journal:

http://www.projo.com/news/content/BZ_BILLBOARD_RULING_01-30-09_7TD4C5I_v16.2e87102.html

 

12) Probe Looms Over Metro Manila's Pink Traffic Signs

Link to GMA News story:

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/146746/Probe-looms-over-MMDAs-pink-traffic-signs

 

TRANSIT

 

13) Sound Transit Event Sponsorships Illegal, Says Audit

Link to story in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/397983_transitaudit30.html

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

14) Traffic Incident Management Quick Clearance Laws: A National Review of Best Practices

Link to publication from the Federal Highway Administration:

http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop09005/index.htm

 

15) Service Patrol Handbook

Link to publication from the Federal Highway Administration:

http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop08031/index.htm

 

 

News Releases

1) Green Light for NavigateHollywood.com – Interactive Way-Finding Web Site for Hollywood Launches

2) RITA Signs ITS Research Cooperation Agreement with European Commission

3) Wisconsin's 511 Traveler Information System Now Available Online

 

 

Upcoming Events

34th Annual FAA Aviation Forecast Conference – March 31-April 1 – Washington, DC

http://www.faa.gov/news/conferences_events/aviation_forecast_2009/

 

 

Friday Bonus

Thank goodness it wasn't a Tyrannosaurus rex.

http://www.news14.com/content/local_news/coastal/604125/road-work-sign-warns-about-dinosaur-danger/Default.aspx

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1964 **45th anniversary** - Ranger 6, a spaceship designed to take photos of the lunar surface, was launched.

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/ranger.html

 

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