Friday, May 4, 2007

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, May 4, 2007 -- ISSN 1529-1057

1) Phones Studied as Attack Detector
Link to story in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2007-05-03-cellphone-attack-detector_N.htm

2) Virginia Officials Look Back at Crash to Learn
Link to story in The Free Lance-Star:
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2007/052007/05042007/280557

3) Federal Communications Commission: No Trucker TV in 2 GHz BAS/ENG Band
Link to story in TV Technology:
http://www.tvtechnology.com/pages/s.0115/t.5869.html
Link to FCC order:
http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2007/db0503/DA-07-1946A1.pdf

4) New UK Web Site Measures Auto Manufacturers’ CO2 Performance
Link to story on just-auto:
http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?ID=91238&lk=dm
Link to Clean Green Cars: http://www.cleangreencars.co.uk/

5) Iowa DOT Cameras Show Traffic Patterns
Link to story and video report on KCRG-TV:
http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/7321181.html

6) Organizations Start Campaign Against Real ID
Link to story in Federal Computer Week:
http://www.fcw.com/article102618-05-02-07-Web&newsletter=yes

7) Beating Gridlock
Customized telephone road reports available in British Columbia.
Link to story in the South Delta Leader:
http://www.southdeltaleader.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=48&cat=23&id=977418&more
Link to additional information on Ekho Traffic: http://www.ekhoinfo.com/

8) US Automakers ‘Not Rushing to Commit’ to HD Radio
Link to story in Radio World:
http://www.rwonline.com/pages/s.0100/t.5804.html

9) How Smaller Transit Agencies Size Up Security System Needs
Link to story in Metro:
http://www.metro-magazine.com/t_featpick.cfm?id=90510612

10) New Standards Updates (May 2007) Available on ITS Standards Web Site
Link to updates from US DOT:
http://www.standards.its.dot.gov/news.asp#may07


News Releases

1) First Galileo Navigation Message Transmitted
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM0QSU681F_index_0.html

2) AASHTO Launches Transportation Vision Web Site
http://news.transportation.org/press_release.aspx?Action=ViewNews&NewsID=125

3) Pennsylvania DOT Launches New Web Site to Inform Public About Transportation Needs, Solutions
http://www.dot.state.pa.us/Internet/pdNews.nsf/772afb60d785515285256bf1004a1be6/b7546919c0ea276f852572d1006e193d?OpenDocument
Link to site: http://www.rideonpa.org

4) 511.org's Improved Park & Ride Lot Information Makes It Easier to Connect to BART
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-03-2007/0004580825&EDATE

5) CIUT-FM Traffic Reports Have ‘Intelligence’ – University of Toronto students team with civil engineering department for up-to-date information
http://www.news.utoronto.ca/bin6/070504-3120.asp


Upcoming Events
Connected Vehicle Conference – May 23 – Novi, Michigan
http://www.telematicsupdate.com/safetyDetroit2007/cvta07.htm


Friday Bonus
Highway engineer pranks.
http://xkcd.com/c253.html


Today in Transportation History
1989 – The Mount Macdonald Tunnel officially opens through Rogers Pass in British Columbia. It is the longest railway tunnel in the western hemisphere.
http://railfame.ca/sec_ind/technology/en_2003_MountMacdonaldTunnel.asp

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