Friday, March 23, 2007

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, March 23, 2007 -- ISSN 1529-1057

1) BART Aims to Sharpen Garbled Announcements
Link to story in The Oakland Tribune: http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_5503239

2) Nevada Lawmakers Review High-Tech Entry Port Plan
Link to AP story:
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2007/mar/22/032210123.html

3) Federal Aviation Administration Promotes Runway Navigation System
Link to AP story:
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8O23K600.htm

4) Federal Communications Commission to Drop Airplane-Cellular Initiative
Link to story in Wireless Week:
http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/CA6427317.html

5) Public Safety Officials Warn Against Qualcomm Cell Phone Ban
Link to Reuters story:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9014120&intsrc=news_ts_head

6) Interoperability Fund Allocation Will be Adaptable, Department of Homeland Security Vows
Link to story in Government Computer News:
http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/43365-1.html

7) South Africa’s Traffic Authorities Turn to Technology in Bid to Ease Bottlenecks
Link to story in Engineering News:
http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article.php?a_id=106240

8) Minnesota City Called on to Post “Autistic Child” Signs
Link to story in the Southwest Journal:
http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2007/03/23/news/news06.txt

9) Debate Over a Web Site About Parking
Site displays pictures of vehicles which allegedly abuse official parking permits.
Link to story in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/22/nyregion/22parking.html?ex=1332216000&en=0d105c2ae3ba9491&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
Link to Uncivil Servants: http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/

10) News from ERTICO
- RCI Architecture for European Tolling Endorsed by European Commission
http://www.ertico.com/en/news_and_events/ertico_newsroom/rci_architecture_for_european_tolling_endorsed_by_ec.htm
- Host Cities Sought for European and World ITS Congresses
http://www.ertico.com/en/news_and_events/ertico_newsroom/host_cities_sought_for_european_and_world_its_congresses.htm

11) Recording and Presentations from NTOC Webinar on Work Zone Rule Implementation
Link to material:
http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/wz/resources/final_rule/presentations.htm


Upcoming Events
World Air Transport Summit – June 3-5 – Vancouver, British Columbia
http://www.iata.org/events/agm/2007/


Friday Bonus
The following is recommended for all traveler information systems just in case someone decides the information is less than 100% accurate.
http://spiritual-happiness.com/disclaimer.html


Today in Transportation History
1857 **150th anniversary** - The first Otis elevator was installed. The location was 488 Broadway in New York City.
http://katodrytis.com/main/118/highrise-publication-part-2

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