Thursday, April 5, 2007

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, April 5, 2007 -- ISSN 1529-1057

1) FCC Seeks to Reform 911 Call Tracking
Link to AP story:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-6535716,00.html

2) US, EU Making Progress on Passenger Data Deal
Link to AP story:
http://www.airportbusiness.com/online/article.jsp?siteSection=1&id=11305

3) Disaster Strikes the Washington State Bridge -- in Video Simulation
State uses YouTube to show catastrophic result of quake, winds.
Link to story in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/transportation/310385_520youtube05.html
Link to news release from Washington State DOT:
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2007/04/sr520simulations.htm
Link to videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIiuDUgvZpY (earthquake)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qchD9ltCPG8 (windstorm)

4) Company Uses Radar to Report on Traffic
Link to AP story:
http://www.columbian.com/business/APStories/AP04052007news122869.cfm
Link to news release from SpeedInfo:
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070405005255&newsLang=en

5) The Subway Tunnel as Video Billboard
Link to story on CNET News:
http://news.com.com/The+subway+tunnel+as+video+billboard/2100-1024_3-6173720.html?tag=nefd.lede


News Releases

1) Arlington, Texas Opens New Traffic Management Center
http://www.ci.arlington.tx.us/news/2007/archive_0407_03.html

2) Imtech: Acquires Peek Traffic
http://www.epicos.com/epicos/portal/media-type/html/user/anon/page/default.psml/js_panename/News+Information+Article+View;jsessionid=E174E39085671B51E79641D81A5BF839.tomcat3?articleid=75384&showfull=false

3) CoreStreet's PIVMAN System Plays Critical Role in Nationwide Homeland Security Demonstration
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=220196


Upcoming Events
7th International Conference on ITS Telecommunications – June 6-8 – Sophia Antipolis, France
http://www.itst2007.eurecom.fr/


Today in Transportation History
1621 – The Mayflower departs Plymouth for a return voyage to England.
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/4107/4107-h/4107-h.htm

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