Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, May 29, 2007 -- ISSN 1529-1057

1) New Ticket to Ride: Smart Card
PATCO use starts soon. Not so for SEPTA, NJ Transit.
Link to story in The Philadelphia Inquirer:
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/7713077.html

2) Beijing Starts Installing Digital TVs in Subway Cars
Link to Xinhua story:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/2008/2007-05/28/content_881833.htm

3) NJ Transit Newsletter is Costly
Link to Gannett New Jersey story:
http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070529/NEWS01/705270365/1004/living

4) Lights, Cameras and Active Alerts on Virginia’s I-64
The final stages of a $130 million project should make traffic information clear to Peninsula motorists.
Link to story in the Daily Press:
http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/dp-43715sy0may29,0,7084594.story?coll=dp-news-local-final

5) BlackBerrys to Tame Bangalore Traffic
Link to CNN-IBN story and video report:
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/bangalore-traffic-cops-go-hitech/41460-3.html

6) Welcome to Heathrow, Your Robocab Awaits
Link to story in The Sunday Times:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1845242.ece

7) Lack of Road Safety Devices Render Lahore Commuters Deaf, Dumb and Blind
Link to story in the Daily Times:
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C05%5C26%5Cstory_26-5-2007_pg7_27

8) High-Tech Parking Meters Could Keep Track of Change
Link to story in the Los Angeles Times:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-localgovtqa28may28,1,4800445.story?coll=la-headlines-california

9) Delaware DOT Takes It to Streets
Agency head makes case across state for fee hikes.
Link to story in the Delaware State News:
http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/05/26/dm/central_delaware/dsn01.txt

10) From the 401 to Beijing
Delcan Corp. has signed on to help unsnarl traffic in the booming capital of Beijing.
Link to story in the Toronto Star:
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/218221

11) Customers Can See TV at the Gas Pump
Link to story in the Daily Bulletin:
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_5998802

12) Azerbaijan Prepares Contest Paperwork for Baku Intelligent Traffic Control System
Link to story on Today.Az:
http://www.today.az/news/business/41446.html

13) Annual Operating Costs for the Greater Yellowstone Regional Traveler and Weather Information Systems (GYRTWIS) 511 System in Montana
Link to further information from US DOT:
http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/0/6213F6029E3498A385256FBD0063A89A


News Releases

1) New Wireless Internet Technology, Protocol for Location-Based Services, Developed
http://www.wirelessnetworksonline.com/content/news/article.asp?DocID=%7BBD5641BA-278A-45A4-887E-F2A0E8FA409D%7D&Bucket=Current+Headlines&VNETCOOKIE=NO

2) Latest Mobile Local Search Index Shows Tech Savvy Consumers Want Wireless Internet
http://www.webitpr.com/release_detail.asp?ReleaseID=5901

3) New York, New York, in 3-D — Seeing Is Believing - Live Search Maps launches photo-realistic 3-D imagery of New York City, several other cities
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/may07/05-28NYC3DMA.mspx


Upcoming Events
Seminar: Passenger Information in Rail – June 21 – Aalborg, Denmark
http://www.ertico.com/en/news_and_events/ertico_newsroom/rail_seminar_21_june_2007_aalborg_denmark.htm


Today in Transportation History
1914 – The Empress of Ireland and the Storstad collide on Canada’s St. Lawrence River. The crash killed 1,073 people.
http://www.greatoceanliners.net/empressofireland.html

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