Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday, September 27, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) Airports See Funding Source in Naming Rights
Link to article in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/travel/2010-09-27-airportcheckin27_ST_N.htm
2) Wi-Fi Taking Off for Some Airlines
Link to article in The Denver Post:
http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_16169974
3) Cloud-Based IT Failure Halts Virgin Flights
Link to column on ZDNet:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/projectfailures/cloud-based-it-failure-halts-virgin-flights/11061
CAMERAS
4) High-Tech Traffic Cameras Slash Saudi Traffic Deaths
Link to AFP article:
GPS / NAVIGATION
5) High-Tech Runners Train Smarter with GPS
Link to story and audio report on NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129940734
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
6) TSA Uses Lady Gaga to Explain Rules
Link to article in Government Security News:
http://www.gsnmagazine.com/node/21519?c=airport_aviation_security
SAFETY / SECURITY
7) Traveling Dangerously in America
A 23-part investigative series looks at transportation safety in the US.
Link to series from Carnegie-Knight News21/Center for Public Integrity:
http://national.news21.com/?page_id=156
8) Governors Group Won't Back Ban on Drivers' Cell Phone Use
Link to article in The Detroit News:
SPACE
9) Satellite Revolutionizes Way Objects Tracked in Space
Link to article in the Santa Maria Times:
TELEMATICS
10) Emerging Markets, Safety Push to Boost Telematics Penetration, ITS Japan Official Says
Link to article in Ward's Automotive:
http://wardsauto.com/ar/emerging_markets_telematics_100927/
TRANSIT
11) Video Ads on Public Trains Could be Sign of Financial Times
Link to article in Government Technology:
http://www.govtech.com/budget-finance/Video-Ads-on-Public-Trains.html
12) Illinois RTA Board Member Profits Off Transit Agencies with Newspaper Ads, Conferences
Link to article in the Chicago Sun-Times:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/watchdogs/2747602,CST-NWS-watchdogs27.article
13) 'People of Public Transit' Web Site Resists Efforts to Remove Clandestine Photo
Link to column in the Chicago Tribune:
14) Developing and Implementing a Transit Advertising Policy
Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:
http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/Developing_and_Implementing_a_Transit_Advertising_164093.aspx
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
15) Traffic Coordination System Reducing Headaches for BYU Fans
Link to story and video on KSL-TV:
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=294&sid=12561520
16) Online Application to Make Travel Easier During Commonwealth Games
Link to article in the Indian Express:
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Online-application-to-make-travel-easier-during-Games/687519/
17) Electronic Signs to Ease Sydney Traffic Woes
Link to story and video on Sky News:
http://www.skynews.com.au/tech/article.aspx?id=518826&articleID=1796720
18) Intelligent System to Help Motorists
Link to article in Gulf News:
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/traffic-transport/intelligent-sytem-to-help-motorists-1.688444
News Releases
1) FAA Gives Green Light to ADS-B Rollout
2) Radio Still Dominates In-Car Listening, but Drivers Want Online Options Too
3) Let Your Fingers do the Driving – If You Don't Hear Directions, You Can Feel Them
4) North Carolina DOT Launches New Web Site for Phase One of I-85 Corridor Improvement Project
6) Texas Leading the Way on Tackling Game Day Drinking and Driving
Upcoming Events
SNAME Annual Meeting & Expo – November 3-5 – Bellevue, Washington
http://www.sname.org/SNAME/AM/
Today in Transportation History
1985 **25th anniversary** Cosmos 1686 was launched en route to a docking with Salyut 7.
http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/StationsDOS/Salyut7Ex1.php
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