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Rabu, 25 Juni 2008

[TCN] Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

Request for Qualifications for the Upgrade and Enhancement to the Tolling System for the Pocahontas Parkway

Transurban (895) LLC wishes to solicit qualifications from those interested in contracting for the design, roadside equipment and back office software and hardware supply, system installation and integration of the tolling system upgrade and enhancement for the Pocahontas Parkway in Henrico County, Virginia. Transurban intends to complete this work under a single contract. Interested parties should go to the Pocahontas Parkway website at www.Pocahontas895.com to download a complete copy of the Request for Qualifications, or call Rich Prezioso at (804) 822-3422 to obtain a copy. Qualifications submissions will be due on July 21, 2008.

AVIATION

1) EU: Air Fares Must Show All Taxes, Surcharges

Link to AP story:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2008-06-24-eu-fares_N.htm

2) Travelers Can Soon Book Reservations, Buy Tickets at Dayton, Ohio Airport Site

Link to story in the Dayton Daily News:

http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/06/25/ddn062508flightsweb.html

MARITIME

3) Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Launches Wireless Internet on Commuter Boats

Link to story in The Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/06/25/mbta_launches_wireless_internet_on_commuter_boats/

RAILROADS

4) How Amtrak Deployed Wi-Fi on Its Trains

Link to interview on SearchNetworking:

http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/news/interview/0,289202,sid7_gci1318622,00.html

ROADWAYS

5) 'Audible' Traffic Signals No Match for Din of Traffic

Link to story in the Toronto Star:

http://www.thestar.com/GTA/Fixer/article/448731

6) Ohio DOT Rejects Deal from Highway Sign Company

Firm offers to share revenues from blue highway exit sign program.

Link to story in The Columbus Dispatch:

http://dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/06/25/sign_side.ART_ART_06-25-08_B1_K8AJ0ME.html?sid=101

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) As the Roads Turn Gray, Ways to Make Driving Safer

Link to story in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/automobiles/22OLDER.html?_r=1&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin

8) US Transportation Security Administration Set to Examine TWIC Card Readers

Link to story in Federal Computer Week:

http://www.fcw.com/online/news/152953-1.html#

9) Feds: Drivers Don't Have to Hang Up Phones

Link to story from Automotive News:

http://www.rcrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080625/FREE/356344909/1005

10) More States Say Cell Phones and Driving Don't Mix

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/phones/2008-06-24-cellphone-car-driving-headset_N.htm

TELEMATICS

11) More Telematics Options Coming Soon

Link to story in Consumer Reports:

http://blogs.consumerreports.org/cars/2008/06/hugh-telematics.html?EXTKEY=I72RSC0

TRANSIT

12) Mass Transit Meets Mass Media

Increase in advertising on buses and light-rail cars is a trend that's paying off for Minnesota's Metro Transit.

Link to story in the Pioneer Press:

http://www.twincities.com/ci_9686409

13) Dutch Researchers Break Security of London's Oyster Transport Card

Link to story in ComputerWeekly:

http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/06/25/231206/dutch-researchers-break-security-of-londons-oyster-transport.htm

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

14) Cumulus Media, Hubbard Ally with Broadcaster Traffic Consortium

Link to story in Radio Ink:

http://www.radioink.com/HeadlineEntry.asp?hid=142676

Link to news release from the Broadcaster Traffic Consortium:

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/200806250951PR_NEWS_USPR_____CLW053.htm

15) New Pennsylvania DOT Web Site Provides Live Camera Views Along I-81 Corridor

Link to story on WNEP-TV:

http://www.wnep.com/Global/story.asp?S=8554480

Link to site: http://67.62.24.187/PAScranton/

16) RITA Administrator: San Francisco Poised to Revolutionize Future Transportation Systems

Link to blog entry from US Department of Transportation:

http://fastlane.dot.gov/secretarysblog/2008/06/rita-administra.html

Link to news release from US DOT:

http://www.dot.gov/affairs/rita0108.htm

VEHICLES

17) Chrysler Will Offer Wireless Internet Access in 2009 Models

Link to story in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-wificar25-2008jun25,0,1676276.story

18) Automotive Industry is Hostile to Innovation, Study Says

Link to story in EE Times Eastern Europe:

http://www.eetimes.eu/eastern_europe/208800700?cid=RSSfeed_eetimesEU_easternEurope

News Releases

1) US DOT Partners with Caltrans to Move California Drivers One Step Closer to Instant Travel Information and Safety Technologies

2) Georgia 511 Reaches 1 Million Call Milestone

3) The European Commission Launches Single European Sky II for Safer, Greener and More Punctual Flying

4) Intelligent Transportation Society of America Releases RFP for Public Relations Services

Upcoming Events

Reducing Driver Distraction: Improving Safety Behind the Wheel Telephone/Webcast – August 14

http://www.sae.org/servlets/pdEvent?OBJECT_TYPE=PDEventInfo&PAGE=getPDEventInfo&EVT_NAME=C0816

Today in Transportation History

1938 **70^th anniversary** - Manchester Airport opened as Ringway Airport.

http://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/manweb.nsf/Content/celebrates70years

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Selasa, 24 Juni 2008

[TCN] Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, June 24, 2008 – ISSN 1529-1057

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 leaders, policy makers 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 over 200 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; see the VII TMC of the Future illustrating a transportation management system in the year 2020; attend a grand-scale exhibition hall with more than 250,000 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.

The 15^th World Congress promises to be the most dynamic ITS event of 2008 and will certainly set the standard for future ITS developments. For more information, including online registration, visit www.itsworldcongress.org.

AVIATION

1) Grand Rapids Airport First in US to Install Hearing Loop System

Will allow public address system announcements to be transmitted directly to hearing aids.

Link to story in The Grand Rapids Press:

http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/2008/06/airport_aids_travelers_dealing.html

Link to news release from Gerald R. Ford International Airport:

http://www.grr.org/PDFs/nrhearingloop.pdf

2) American Airlines Set to Test In-flight Web Access

Link to AP story:

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080624/airborne_internet_american.html?.v=4

3) Writing with a Plane, Not a Pen

Milwaukee airport's promotion is delivered from the sky.

Link to column in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/transportation/chi-getting-around-23-jun23,0,408517.column

4) FedEx Earns FAA Certification for MD-10 Cockpit System

Link to story on the Aero-News Network:

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=ea6424e8-9120-4b24-857a-e90f4527295e

5) For Safety's Sake, Light the Runway

Editorial favors adding centerline lighting at Saint John, New Brunswick airport.

Link to editorial in the Telegraph-Journal:

http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/article/334867

BUSES

6) Washington, DC Metrobus Forgoes Tracking System

Link to story and video report on WJLA-TV:

http://www.news8.net/news/stories/0608/530424.html

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

7) Radiofrequency ID Devices, Including Electronic Toll Tags, May Pose Hazards to Medical Equipment

Link to story in Renal Business Today:

http://www.renalbusiness.com/hotnews/radiofrequency-id-hazards-medical-equipment.html

GPS / NAVIGATION

8) GPS System Used to Slow Speeding Cars in Australia

Link to AAP story:

http://news.theage.com.au/national/gps-system-used-to-slow-speeding-cars-20080624-2vxj.html

9) Volvo Car India Launches 'Road Traffic Information' System

Link to story in The Financial Express:

http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Volvo-Car-launches---Road-Traffic-Information---system/326889/

10) Cell Phone: Preferred Navigation Device in China and Thailand

Link to story in GPS Business News:

http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/index.php?action=article&numero=912

MARITIME

11) US Supreme Court Justices to Debate Whether Navy Sonar Harms Whales

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/judicial/2008-06-23-court_N.htm

OTHER

12) North Carolina's Sample License Plate: What the …?

Link to story in The News & Observer:

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1118273.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

13) US Department of Homeland Security Seeks Way Ahead for US-VISIT

Link to story in Federal Computer Week:

http://www.fcw.com/online/news/152938-1.html

TELEMATICS

14) Strength in Numbers for Embedded Telematics in Cars, Embedded GPS in Phones

Link to story in Perspectives on LBS:

http://lbs.gpsworld.com/gpslbs/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=525741

TRANSIT

15) Tourism Ministers Agree on Regional Transport Card for China, Japan, South Korea

Link to Arirang News story:

http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200806/200806240007.html

16) Traffic Experts Aim to Make Transit Convenient

Link to CTV News story:

http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080623/transit_convenient_080623/20080623/?hub=TorontoNewHome

17) Transit Camp – a Better Way to an Awesome Toronto Transit Commission Web Site

Link to story in IT Business:

http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/news.asp?id=48913

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

18) New Jersey Launches '511' Travel Hotline

Link to AP story:

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/06/nj_launches_511_travel_hotline.html

Link to news release from the New Jersey Department of Transportation:

http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/about/press/2008/062408.shtm

News Releases

1) Cape May-Lewes Ferry Launches a New Era with New Reservation and Departure Control System

2) Podcasts Now Available for FHWA's Taking Freight Seminars

3) Nokia to Acquire Social-Activity Service Provider Plazes

4) KNBC-TV Launches NBC Los Angeles Traffic Cam

5) AirIQ Provides Update on Strategic Review Process

6) South Africa: Gauteng Roads Get R70 Billion Injection – Will provide opportunity to use ITS technology

Upcoming Events

Webinar Series - Integrated Corridor Management Initiative: Showcasing the ICM Pioneer Sites – July 17, 22 & 24

http://www.its.dot.gov/icms/icms_webinar.htm

Today in Transportation History

1497 – John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) lands in Newfoundland.

http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=34223

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Senin, 23 Juni 2008

[TCN] Monday, June 23, 2008

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, June 23, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) Federal Officials to Audit Staffing Levels of Air Traffic Controllers at 3 California Facilities

Link to story in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-audit21-2008jun21,0,903878.story

2) EU Seeks to Overhaul Air Traffic Control

Link to story in the International Herald Tribune:

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/22/business/air.php

3) Mobile Phones Promise Paperless Air Travel

Link to story on ZDNet:

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39437711,00.htm

4) US Air Force Test New Broadband IT

Link to story in Government Computer News:

http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/46529-1.html

BUSES

5) New GPS-Savvy, Solar Signs Help Bus Riders Connect in Real-Time

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/environment/2008-06-22-Bussigns_N.htm

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

6) For Whom the Toll Bills? For Thee

Illinois malfunction fines only drivers from Wisconsin.

Link to story in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=764542

GPS / NAVIGATION

7) Bermuda Taxis Must Switch On Their GPS

Link to story in The Royal Gazette:

http://www.royalgazette.com/siftology.royalgazette/Article/article.jsp?articleId=7d86aa73003000c&sectionId=60

8) Car Navigation Systems Get Smarter

Link to story in Australian IT:

http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23909782-5013037,00.html

MARITIME

9) Ship-Tracking Satellite Launched

Link to UPI story:

http://www.upi.com/Emerging_Threats/2008/06/21/Ship-tracking_satellite_launched/UPI-17501214032415/

Link to news release from the US Coast Guard:

http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/786/212499/

10) New Observation System Comes to the Port of Gulfport, Mississippi

Link to story on WLOX-TV:

http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=8536673&nav=menu40_3

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

11) US DOT Tries Out Wikis, Blogs and More

Link to commentary in the Federal Times:

http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=3592436

SAFETY / SECURITY

12) Plan to Fingerprint Foreigners Leaving US is Opposed

Link to story in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/21/AR2008062101466.html

13) Distracting Miss Daisy

Why stop signs and speed limits endanger Americans.

Link to story in The Atlantic:

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/traffic

14) Top Brands Leverage Hands-Free Cell Phone Laws

Link to story on Online Media Daily:

http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=85175

TELEMATICS

15) Gone, but Not Forgotten

Norwich Union has pulled the plug on its telematics-based car insurance scheme, which charged drivers according to when and where they used their vehicle.

Link to commentary in Traffic Technology International:

http://www.traffictechnologytoday.com/industry-blogs.php?BlogID=91

16) Chrysler Brings 'Infobahn' to Autobahn

Link to story in Wired:

http://www.wired.com/cars/coolwheels/news/2008/06/car_internet

TRANSIT

17) Maryland Transit Authority Trip Planner Doesn't Click, Yet

Link to column in The Baltimore Sun:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.dresser23jun23,0,3883958.column

18) SEPTA: New Fare Tech by Spring 2009

Link to story in Metro Philadelphia:

http://philly.metro.us/metro/local/article/SEPTA_New_fare_tech_by_spring/12704.html