Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday, April 20, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057
CAMERAS
1) Chattanooga: Cashing in on Car Cameras
Link to story in the Chattanooga Times Free Press:
http://timesfreepress.com/news/2009/apr/20/chattanooga-cashing-car-cameras/
2) Maryland Speed Camera Law Could Go to Voters
Link to story in The Washington Times:
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/19/speed-camera-law-could-go-to-voters/
3) Bangkok to Install 10,000 CCTV Cameras for Added Security and to Monitor Traffic
Link to Thai News Agency story:
http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=9579
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
4) Six South Florida Expressways to Collect All Tolls Electronically
Link to story in The Miami Herald:
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/1007893.html
5) E-ZPass Records Offer Key Evidence
Nearly half of subpoenas to New York Thruway are rejected.
Link to story in the Times Herald-Record:
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090419/NEWS/904190316/-1/NEWS
6) Warning Letters Decrease Speeding at New Hampshire Tolls
Link to story in Foster's Daily Democrat:
http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090418/GJNEWS_01/704189917
MARITIME
7) Virginia DOT Limiting On-Ferry Activities
Memo prohibits passenger distribution of flyers following information on possible service cuts.
Link to story in the Smithfield Times:
http://www.smithfieldtimes.com/index.php/news/25-top-stories/80-vdot-limiting-on-ferry-activities
OTHER
8) New York City Taxis May Get Internet Access on Back-Seat TVs
Link to story in the Business Mirror:
9) April Issue of IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society Newsletter Online
Link to newsletter:
http://www.ieeeitss.org/v11n2.pdf
RAILROADS
10) Follow Historic Train Trip on Twitter
Link to AP story:
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2009-04-20-twitter-train-tour_N.htm
ROADWAYS
11) Virginia DOT Tries Paint to Promote Road Safety
Zigzag pattern used on approach to trail crossing.
Link to column in The Washington Post:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/getthere/2009/04/vdot_tries_paint_to_promote_sa.html
12) Safety Behind New Mile Marker Signs on Massachusetts Highways
Link to story from The Standard-Times:
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090418/NEWS/904180350
SAFETY / SECURITY
13) Legislator Says Virginia DOT Wasting Money on Police Radios
Says units, which allow highway crews to communicate directly with state police, are unnecessary.
Link to story in The Northern Virginia Daily:
http://www.nvdaily.com/news/2009/04/gilbert-vdot-wasting-funds-on-police-rad.html
14) University of Michigan Launches Field Testing of Safety System for Passenger Cars
Link to story on WWJ Radio:
http://www.wwj.com/UM-Launches-Field-Testing-Of-Safety-System-For-Pas/4235192
TRANSIT
15) Seattle-Area Transit Agencies Unveil All-Purpose Pass
Link to story in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
http://www.seattlepi.com/transportation/405269_ORCA18.html
16) Fredericton Transit Bus Fleet May Go High-Tech
Internet, webcams, wireless access down the road?
Link to story in The Daily Gleaner:
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/front/article/640542
17) (Fake) Signs of Bad Times for the New York MTA
Web site allows riders to print notices that look like the real thing.
Link to story in the Daily News:
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/04/18/2009-04-18_fake_signs_of_bad_times_for_the_mta.html
Link to site: http://www.whereandy.com/
18) Economy, Standards Stand in the Way of Near Field Communications
Link to story in ContactlessNews:
http://www.contactlessnews.com/2009/04/20/economy-standards-stand-in-the-way-of-nfc
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
19) Traffic Monitoring Center Set Up in Malaysia
Link to story in The Star:
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/4/18/nation/3723588&sec=nation
20) LG Telecom to Launch Free Traffic Information to Mobile Phone Subscribers in Korea
Link to story in The Chosun Ilbo:
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/04/20/2009042000788.html
21) Hands On with Ford Sirius Travel Link
Link to review on autoinsane:
http://www.autoinsane.com/2009/04/20/news/tech/hands-on-with-ford-sirius-travel-link/
News Releases
Upcoming Events
The History of Sleeping Cars 150th Anniversary Symposium – April 23-26 – Chicago
http://www.trainweb.org/pths/symposium.html
Today in Transportation History
1534 **475th anniversary** - Jacques Cartier began a journey which brought him to present day Labrador and Prince Edward Island.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/goweezer/canada/z00cartier1.htm
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