Friday, May 25, 2007
Friday, May 25, 2007
Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday, May 25, 2007 -- ISSN 1529-1057
1) EU-US Airline Passenger Data Pact May Elude Deadline
US claiming that abiding by certain protections "isn't negotiable."
Link to IDG News Service story:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9021439&intsrc=news_ts_head
2) UK Traffic Wardens Test Cap-Mounted Cameras
Link to Reuters story:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKMOL36746120070523
3) Airline Owners and Pilots Association: Many GPS Receivers Out of Compliance After FAA Rules Update
Link to story on The Aero-News Network:
http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=e1f4d621-25c1-44a9-ac5f-9ed5dd150f9a
4) Changes Being Made to Assist Drivers Navigating the Roads
Link to story in the Pantagraph:
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/05/25/life/doc465707f844ab6915189756.txt
5) Emergence of New Tier One Telematics Suppliers Could Accelerate Telematics Growth
Link to story in the Telematics Journal:
http://www.telematicsjournal.com/content/topstories/1986.html
6) Billboards Aim to Get Seattle Drivers to Slow Down
Link to story in The Seattle Times:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003721513_billboards25m.html
7) University of Calgary Researcher Studies Ways to Avoid Traffic
Link to story in the Gauntlet:
http://gauntlet.ucalgary.ca/story/11375
8) 2-Way GPS: Psst! Here I Am, 2 Miles West of Your Position
Link to story in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/technology/24gps.html?ex=1337659200&en=da8e9975bc6c909d&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
9) Presentation/Q&A Discussion from “Technical Deployment Review of the ITS Cabinet Standard” T3 Webinar
Link to presentation and discussion from US DOT:
http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/res_t3_archive.asp?Archive=True
10) New Additions to US DOT’s Electronic Documents Library
- 2007 ITS/Operations Resource Guide
http://www.itsdocs.fhwa.dot.gov//JPODOCS/REPT_MIS//14353.htm
- Five-Year ITS Program Plan
http://www.itsdocs.fhwa.dot.gov//JPODOCS/REPTS_TE//14289.htm
News Releases
1) State-of-the-Art Ambulance Design Unveiled During EMS Week Celebration
http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/cwp/view.asp?Q=247803&A=190
2) Made-in-New Brunswick Project Sets Sights on Global Market – TAMWORTH asset management project will help improve highways, bridges
http://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/tran/2007e0636tr.htm
Upcoming Events
2nd Ibero-American ITS Congress in Conjunction with the 7th ITS Argentina Congress – June 12-14, Buenos Aires, Argentina
http://www.congresoits.com.ar/ingles.html
Friday Bonus
Getting a convertible the hard way.
http://www.micom.net/oops/LostMyJobToday4.jpg
Today in Transportation History
1961 – President John F. Kennedy calls for the US to land a man on the moon before the end of the decade.
http://www.hbci.com/~tgort/moon.htm
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