Monday, May 28, 2007

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, May 28, 2007 -- ISSN 1529-1057

1) Cell Marks the Spot
Wireless phone navigation technology is latest guide for the road.
Link to Newhouse News Service story:
http://www.nj.com/business/times/index.ssf?/base/business-2/1179981030107250.xml&coll=5

2) NASA Opens World Wind Viewer as a Mapping ToolOutside developers can embed NASA images and functions in their own geomapping applications.
Link to story in Government Computer News:
http://www.gcn.com/print/26_11/44296-1.html

3) Rochester Institute of Technology Tests Monitoring System on Buses
Link to story in Metro:
http://www.metro-magazine.com/t_newspick.cfm?id=9066035

4) Sales of Portable Navigation Devices Rising
Link to story in the San Jose Mercury News:
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_5984124

5) Putting Batmobile to Shame
Link to Indiatimes News Network story:
http://auto.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2074302.cms

6) Lecturer Sheds Light on Traffic Safety Principles
Overuse of safety improvements can create danger.
Link to story in the Hillsboro Argus:
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/argus/index.ssf?/base/news/1180117286132800.xml&coll=6

7) Intelligent Roads in the Service of Road Safety
Link to article in Nordic:
http://www.vti.se/nordic/1-07/Nordic_Road_1_2007.pdf (page 28)


Upcoming Events
Possibilities of Using Electronic Systems to Improve Road Safety – June 5-6 – Berlin
http://www.bmvbs.de/en/EU-Council-Presidency/Events-,2655.987752/Possibilities-of-using-electro.htm


Today in Transportation History
1937 **70th anniversary** - The Golden Gate Bridge opens to vehicular traffic.
http://goldengatebridge.org/photos/history.php

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