[TCN] Wednesday, July 9, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Wednesday, July 9, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Broadband Hopefuls Inch Towards the Runway

Link to story on Inflight Online:

http://www.shephard.co.uk/Inflight/Default.aspx?Action=-1000945703&ID=8edc3725-a29c-4c72-8723-4f1f81fd3196

 

2) Airports Address Fear of Flying

Link to column in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/columnist/baskas/2008-07-08-fear-of-flying-classes_N.htm

 

3) No Movies for Domestic US Airways Flights

Link to AP story:

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080709/us_airways_movies.html?.v=1

 

4) Milwaukee Airport Draws Smiles with 'Recombobulation Area'

Link to story in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=770270

 

OTHER

 

5) Dutch Drivers Lobby Furious About Kilometer Tax

Link to story on DutchNews.nl:

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2008/07/drivers_lobby_furious_about_ki.php

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

6) Utah, Salt Lake Plan PR Blitz to Get Drivers Out of Cars

Link to story in the Salt Lake Tribune:

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_9823844

 

ROADWAYS

 

7) South Carolina Governor Signs Bill Allowing Bikes and Motorcycles to Run Red Lights

Signal control sensors don't always detect smaller vehicles.

Link to AP story:

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080709/NEWS01/80709010

 

8) Tennessee to Inspect Highway Signs in Wake of Fall

Link to AP story:

http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080709/NEWS01/80709005

 

9) Price Hike Hurts Blue Highway Signs in Kansas

Link to story and video report on KWCH-TV:

http://www.kwch.com/Global/story.asp?S=8644516&nav=menu486_2_1

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

10) Five US Cities Test High-Tech 911 System

Call centers using US Department of Transportation's Next Generation 9-1-1 system.

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-07-08-new-911_N.htm

 

11) DMV Puts Coloradoans at Risk of ID Theft

Lawmakers told of flaws in the way driver license information is handled.

Link to story in The Denver Post:

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_9822063

 

TELEMATICS

 

12) Hughes Finds Partner for Rival to GM's OnStar

Link to Reuters story:

http://uk.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUKN0830509920080708

 

TRANSIT

 

13) Chicago Transit Authority to Use High-Tech Approach to Age-Old Problem of Bus Bunching

Link to story in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-city-cta-daley-both-09jul09,0,6244588.story

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

14) Public Company Launched to Fix Traffic at Rotterdam Harbor

Link to Deutsche Presse-Agentur story:

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/business/news/article_1415835.php/Public_company_launched_to_fix_traffic_at_Rotterdam_harbour

 

 

News Releases

1) The Real-Time Traffic Information Ecosystem is Becoming Increasingly Competitive

2) Iteris Awarded $2.7 Million Bus Rapid Transit Project for the Orange County Transportation Authority

3) 3rd Dimension Launches Mobileyes Traffic Advisory Network With WNBC-TV in New York City

4) Two of US's Busiest Interstates Will Get $11 Million for Truck Parking Innovations

5) Automatic Sign to Warn of Slow-Moving Vehicles in Tasmania

6) New AASHTO Video Advances Life-Saving Study

 

 

Upcoming Events

ITS Georgia Annual Meeting – October 19-21 – Savannah, Georgia

http://www.itsga.org/2008annmtg.htm

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1918 **90^th anniversary** - Two trains collided head-on near Nashville, Tennessee in one of the worst rail accidents in US history.

http://www.nashvillepost.com/news/1997/7/9/because_somebody_blundered_news_of_the_dutchmans_curve_disaster

 

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[TCN] Tuesday, July 8, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Tuesday, July 8, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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Registration for IBTTA's 76^th Annual Meeting and Exhibition Now Open – Baltimore, MD USA, September 21-24, 2008

 

Join IBTTA for the most significant gathering of toll industry professionals and business partners in the world. More than 1,000 delegates from 25 countries on six continents will converge on Baltimore's Waterfront to examine best practices and critical innovations in toll industry finance, marketing, technology, customer service, environmental stewardship, operations, maintenance, and related issues. This meeting is hosted by the Maryland Transportation Authority. Registration cut-off for this meeting is September 5, 2008. For more information, visit IBTTA's website and register online today! www.IBTTA.org.

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) EASA and FAA Extend Safety Regulatory Harmonization

Link to story in Flight International:

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/07/08/225037/easa-and-faa-extend-safety-regulatory-harmonisation.html

 

2) FAA: Radar Contradicts Claim Over JFK Near-Collision

Link to AP story:

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/transportation/ny-nyjfk085756259jul08,0,2031790.story

Link to news release from the NTSB:

http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2008/080708.html

 

BUSES

 

3) Rhode Island Public Transportation Authority Gets $1.34 Million Federal Aid for ITS Expansion

Link to story in Providence Business News:

http://www.pbn.com/stories/33605.html

 

4) BusRadio Gains Industry Ratings, Criticism for Pushing Ads on Kids

Link to story in the Boston Herald:

http://news.bostonherald.com/business/media/view/2008_07_08_BusRadio_gains_industry_ratings__criticism_for_pushing_ads_on_kids/srvc=home&position=recent

 

5) Washington, DC Metro Posts Alerts for Bus Riders

Link to story in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/07/AR2008070701394.html

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

6) GPS Devices Become a Vital Tool for Business Travelers

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/2008-07-07-gps-phone-services-business-travel_N.htm

 

OTHER

 

7) Oregon DOT Receives 32 Innovative Transportation Operation Proposals

Link to further information:

http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/ITS/its_news_events.shtml

 

8) Leveraging ITS Data for Transit Market Research: A Practitioner's Guidebook

Link to publication from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9211

 

RAILROADS

 

9) July Issue of Signal – Newsletter of the European Rail Traffic Management System

Link to newsletter:

http://ec.europa.eu/transport/rail/ertms/newsletter/doc/2008/007_signal_2008_07_en.pdf

 

ROADWAYS

 

10) US National Transportation Safety Board: Signs Factor in Atlanta Bus Crash

Link to AP story:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i13yKNFJX7HE3YeuazZ5Tung67kQD91PS6LG0

Link to news release from the NTSB:

http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2008/080708a.html

 

11) Israel Transport Ministry Opposes Bid to Allow Highway Billboards

Link to story in Haaretz:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/999745.html

 

TRANSIT

 

12) Magnetic Transit Tickets Quietly Pulled Out of Circulation in Montreal

Link to story in The Gazette:

http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=5c58fc36-fe54-4cdd-b817-9116520b08ae

 

13) Would Wi-Fi Push You to Public Transport?

Link to story in PC World:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/148044/would_wifi_push_you_to_public_transport.html

 

VEHICLES

 

14) More Cars Sing with Digital Radio

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2008-07-07-hd-radio-hyundai_N.htm

 

 

News Releases

1) SITA Enters Partnership with Stratech to Make World's First Intelligent Vision-Based Airfield/Runway Real-Time Surveillance System

2) Travel Times on I-595 Available to Broward County, Florida Motorists

3) Outdoor GPS Popularity Driven by User-Friendly Devices and Converged Solutions

4) Online Functions Enhance Delaware DMV's Customer Service

5) Hughes Telematics and Intrado Partner to Set New Safety Benchmark Behind the Wheel

 

 

Upcoming Events

FHWA Maintenance Decision Support System Showcase – August 27– King of Prussia, Pennsylvania

http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/weather/mitigating_impacts/mdss/showcase/index.htm

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1838 **170^th anniversary** - Ferdinand von Zeppelin, founder of the Zeppelin Airship Company, was born in Konstanz, Prussia.

http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Dictionary/Zeppelin/DI48.htm

 

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[TCN] Monday, July 7, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Monday, July 7, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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ITS Connections: Saving Time.  Saving Lives

 

Registration is open for the 15^th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems featuring ITS America's 2008 Annual Meeting.  This combined event is expected to attract 10,000 transportation, technology, and other business professionals from more than 40 countries. Held from November 16-20 at New York's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center the World Congress on ITS is this year's best chance to have access to a program featuring nearly 300 sessions featuring more than 700 industry experts covering a broad range of ITS issues that are important to you; take unprecedented technical tours to ITS facilities in and around New York City; participate in live demonstrations of active VII-based safety systems and other dynamic ITS applications along the streets and highways of New York; attend a grand-scale exhibition hall with almost 300,000 square feet of exhibits featuring the latest technologies, products and services; and connect with an international audience in a world-class city of beauty, culture and fun. For more information, including online registration, visit www.itsworldcongress.org.

 

AVIATION

 

1) FAA Says It Wants to Update Radar, Air Travel

Link to story in The Press of Atlantic City:

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/179/story/199832.html

 

2) Five Questions for Mary E. Peters, US Secretary of Transportation

Link to interview from Congressional Quarterly Weekly:

http://www.airportbusiness.com/online/article.jsp?siteSection=1&id=21021

 

3) A Plane? More Like a Flying Magazine

Link to column in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/travel/06pracads.html?partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

 

4) Plane Spotters Try to Thwart Changes on Flight Paths

Link to story in The Advocate:

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/localnews/ci_9805182

 

5) Fly SUX: Sioux City, Iowa Embraces Its Snicker-Inducing Airport ID Code

Link to story in the Los Angeles Times:

http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-tr-airportcodes-2008jul06

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

6) My Topsy-Turvy Tangle with Texas Toll Roads

Link to commentary in The Dallas Morning News:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/points/stories/DN-westhoff_06edi.ART.State.Edition1.4dff9a5.html

 

MARITIME

 

7) In Search of Safe Harbor

The complexities of port facilities make maritime domain awareness one of the biggest challenges in homeland security.

Link to story in Federal Computer Week:

http://www.fcw.com/print/22_20/features/153039-1.html

 

ROADWAYS

 

8) Eco-Ads Offer Cash for Public Space

Governments see money from messages, but some worry about road clutter.

Link to story in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune:

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080705/NEWS/807040598/-1/newssitemap

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

9) Illinois State Police's Video Surveillance Cutting Down on Traffic Deaths

Link to story in The Pantagraph:

http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/07/05/news/doc48700c9173e64658957661.txt

 

TELEMATICS

 

10) The Coming of the Car-Bot

In the near future, autonomous driving will lead to safer roads and great fuel-efficiency.

Link to story in BusinessWeek:

http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/jul2008/bw2008073_910062.htm

 

TRANSIT

 

11) Wi-Fi Provider Bids for BART

Link to audio report on NPR's Morning Edition:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92278862&ft=1&f=1001

 

12) A Primer on Smart Cards

Link to column in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/03/technology/personaltech/03pogue-email.html

 

13) Berkeley, California Rapid Bus Plan Faces Uphill Battle
Link to story in the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/07/BAGR11JS8U.DTL

 

14) BART Riders Get Onboard with Near Field Communication

Link to story in ContactlessNews:

http://www.contactlessnews.com/library/2008/07/07/bart-riders-get-on-board-with-nfc/

 

15) Subway Sketchers Create an Online Community

Link to story in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-na-subwaysketcher4-2008jul04%2C0%2C3609362.story

 

 

News Releases

1) Old Dominion Unveils New Web-based Service to Track Shipments

2) Asia-Pacific Will Overtake Europe and North America as Largest Personal Navigation Market in 2012, Says ABI Research

3) Parks Canada Tests GPS Technology in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia

4) AirIQ Provides Update on Patent Infringement Claim

 

 

Upcoming Events

AASHTO Annual Meeting – October 16-20 – Hartford, Connecticut

http://www.transportation.org/meetings/93.aspx

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1946 – The XF-11, a prototype reconnaissance plane flown by Howard Hughes, crashed in Beverly Hills, California.

http://www.theaviatorhh.com/xf-11.htm

 

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