Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday, March 8, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057
Join us at ITS America's 20th Annual Meeting & Exposition (May 3-5, 2010, Houston, Texas).
Take a fresh look at emerging projects, products and services that demonstrate how technology innovations are connecting communities and transforming transportation, while fostering job creation and economic growth.
· Early registration rates extended through March 15! Click here for hotel reservations.
· One more week -- through March 15 -- to enter the Student Essay Competition for cash prizes and recognition at the May 3 awards ceremony in Houston!
· National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator David Strickland will join RITA Administrator Peter Appel on the dais for the May 4 USDOT Plenary.
· Take a walk on the virtual side. Check out more than 100 exhibitors. Click on their names; see what's in store for you in May! Exhibit space is still available.
· Listen, look, stop. For the first time ever, ITS America Forums feature exhibit hall theater briefings on safety, sustainability, personal mobility, commercial operations and cross-cutting issues, followed by topic-specific, guided tours of the exhibit hall.
· Sponsorship opportunities are available.
AVIATION
1) Piedmont Denies 'Deal' to Uncover Whistle-Blowers
Link to article in The Buffalo News:
http://www.buffalonews.com/2010/03/07/979524/piedmont-denies-deal-to-uncover.html
2) American Airlines Expands Help for Fliers
Link to article in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/travel/2010-03-08-airportcheckin08_ST_N.htm
3) Marketing Guidebook for Small Airports
Link to further information from the Transportation Research Board:
http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/Marketing_Guidebook_for_Small_Airports_163059.aspx
CAMERAS
4) Salisbury, North Carolina Officials Tout Fiber as Public Safety Tool
Link to article in the Salisbury Post:
http://www.salisburypost.com/News/030710-Fiber
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
5) Union Organizing in the 21st Century
A look at an organizing drive at the E-ZPass customer service center in Staten Island, New York.
Link to story and audio on WNYC Radio:
http://www.wnyc.org/news/articles/151335
GPS / NAVIGATION
6) GPS Guiding Blind Man on Appalachian Trail
Link to Scripps Howard News Service article:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/2087391,CST-NWS-hike07.article
7) GPS Eyed in Drive to Nail Meter-Cheater New York City Cabbies
Link to article in the New York Post:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/gps_eyed_in_drive_to_nail_meter_qo7ERzVdXcybmlE74mtKGO
8) Strategy Analytics: 'We do Still Think There is a Role for PNDs… if They Get Connected'
Link to article and video on GPS Business News:
OTHER
9) London Cabbies May Receive Quiet Training
Link to UPI article:
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/03/06/London-cabbies-may-receive-quiet-training/UPI-41061267896968/
10) More Information Key to Overhaul of District Department of Transportation's Web Site
Link to article in The Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/06/AR2010030602151.html
11) Where Ya Headed? Chicago Cab Smart Screens Know
Link to column in Chicago Now:
http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/redeye/2010/03/by-christina-salterredeyeif-youve-noticed.html
12) Movies to be Screened on School Buses in North Wales to Combat Anti-social Behavior
Link to article on Coach Broker News:
13) New ITS Strategic Plan Envisions Unprecedented Mobility and Safety
Link to commentary by RITA Administrator Peter Appel:
RAILROADS
14) Amtrak Wi-Fi Going National
RFQ posted for wireless Internet on all its trains.
Link to article on dailywireless.org:
http://www.dailywireless.org/2010/03/05/amtrak-wifi-going-national/
SAFETY / SECURITY
15) California Highway Patrol Improves on 911 Call Responses
Link to article in The Sacramento Bee:
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/07/2588217/chp-improves-on-911-call-responses.html
16) Word to Youth: Texting, Driving Don't Mix
Link to article in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/2010-03-07-teendriving_N.htm
TELEMATICS
17) Ford Adds Security and Other Features to Sync System
Link to article in The New York Times:
http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/ford-adds-security-and-other-features-to-sync-system
Link to news release from Ford:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Ford-Offers-Security-Features-prnews-3715998945.html?x=0&.v=1
TRANSIT
18) For Massachusetts Commuter Rail Passengers, Bad Communications Derail Confidence
Link to article in The Boston Globe:
19) Experimental Clocks Tell New York Straphangers if the Wait May Soon be Over
Link to article in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/nyregion/08clocks.html
20) DC Metrorail Highlights Car Numbers
Link to column in The Washington Post:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/getthere/2010/03/metrorail_highlights_car_numbe.html
VEHICLES
21) Florida License Plates May Become Profitable Ad Space
Link to AP article:
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9E8KKBO1.htm
22) Could Ultra-Smart Cars Leave Light Rail in the Dust?
Link to commentary in The Denver Post:
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_14515504
WEATHER
23) Software, Blind Spot Cited in Botched Nova Scotia Storm Forecast
Link to CP article:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iO4UyNy2RX_fJdHIsvRPBsWE76eA
News Releases
2) US DOT Fines US Airways for Violation of Price Advertising Rules
Upcoming Events
National Association of County Engineers 2010 Conference – April 25-29 – Fort Worth, Texas
Today in Transportation History
1910 **100th anniversary** Raymonde de Laroche became the first woman to obtain a pilot's license.
http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero/women_aviators/raymonde_delaroche.htm
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