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[TCN] Thursday, January 22, 2009

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Thursday, January 22, 2009 -- ISSN 1529-1057


 

AVIATION

 

1) Mobile Boarding Passes Herald Cell Phone Self-Service for Travel

Link to story in Self Service World:

http://www.selfserviceworld.com/article.php?id=21472

 

BUSES

 

2) Taliban Demands End to Music, Video on Pakistan Buses

Link to AP story:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hcnYBjWNo6JF-oqczscBKXTAh2NQD95RJC882

 

3) Atheists Bus Ads 'Not Breaking Code'

Link to BBC News story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7842769.stm

Link to news release from the Advertising Standards Authority:

http://www.asa.org.uk/asa/news/news/2009/Atheist+bus+ad+campaign+not+in+breach+of+advertising+code.htm

 

CAMERAS

 

4) Arizona House Panel OKs Ban on Highway Speed Cameras

Link to story in The Arizona Republic:

http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/2009/01/22/20090122speed-cameras0122-ON.html

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

5) E-Tolls on Track in South Africa

Link to story on ITWeb:

http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/telecoms/2009/0901221038.asp?O=FPTOP&S=IT%20in%20Government&A=ITG

 

6) Drivers Get Fast Lane Devices for Free in Massachusetts, but Monthly Fee Applies

Link to story in The Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/01/22/drivers_get_fast_lane_devices_for_free_but_monthly_fee_applies/

 

OTHER

 

7) Oscar Nominations: How Did Airline and Travel Flicks Fare?

Link to column in The Wall Street Journal:

http://blogs.wsj.com/middleseat/2009/01/22/oscar-nominations-how-did-travel-and-airline-flicks-fare/

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

8) Kansas DOT Begins Online Forum

Link to story in the Wichita Business Journal:

http://wichita.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2009/01/19/daily37.html

Link to KTOC:  http://ktoc.net/

 

ROADWAYS

 

9) Dallas Replacing 300,000 Street Signs

Link to story and video on WFAA-TV:

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/tv/stories/wfaa090121_mo_signs.192973bd.html

 

10) Road Signs to Ease City Navigation in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Link to story in Capital:

http://www.capitalethiopia.com/archive/2009/January/week3/local_news.htm#6

 

TRANSIT

 

11) Better Strategy Could have Defused BART Furor, PR Experts Say

Link to story in the Contra Costa Times:
http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_11522704

 

12) There's No Sidetracking Persuasive Transit Chief

New director of California's North County Transit District sees technology as improving transit's value.

Link to column in The San Diego Union-Tribune:

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jan/22/1mc22jenkins065156-theres-no-sidetracking-persuasi/

 

 

News Releases

1) EU Transport Committee Discusses Pros and Cons of 'Intelligent Transport Systems'

2) Air Traffic Control Modernization No Longer on GAO High Risk List

3) AT&T Business Solutions and WebTech Wireless Help Largest US Ports Curb Air Pollution with Wireless Vehicle Tracking

4) Delphi to Provide Communications Link for Caterpillar

5) Roadway Safety Award Applicants Sought

 

 

Job Postings

 -  Safe Routes to School Project Coordinator and Instructor - Port Chester-Rye Union Free School District – Port Chester, New York

http://brwagenblast.googlepages.com/saferoutestoschoolpositions

 

 

Upcoming Events

ACI-NA Public Safety & Security Spring Conference – March 15-18 – San Diego

http://www.aci-na.org/conferences/detail?eventId=139

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1979 **30th anniversary** - Public sector workers in the UK, including airport staff, took part in a work stoppage.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/22/newsid_2506000/2506715.stm

 

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