Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, May 8, 2007 -- ISSN 1529-1057

Final Program Available for ITS America’s 2007 Annual Meeting & Exposition

With expanded networking opportunities, a focused educational program and a grand-scale exhibition, ITS America’s 2007 Annual Meeting & Exposition, June 4-6, 2007 promises to be one of our best events ever! The Final Program is now available at http://www.itsa.org/annualmeeting.html. If you haven’t yet registered there is still time to do so with pre-registration rates available through May 31. For information on available sponsorship and exhibit opportunities, contact Edgar Martinez at emartinez@itsa.org.


1) Real-Time Traffic Data Keeps Route 78 Drivers Moving
Link to story in The Star-Ledger:
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-11/1178512180131440.xml&coll=1

2) Runway Technology
Federal Aviation Administration administrator highlights satellite-based navigation technology that airlines are using to make runway approaches safer and use less fuel.
Link to AP story:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4784391.html

3) US Federal Railroad Administration Needs to Step Up Crossing Safety Oversight, Office of Inspector General Says
Link to story in Progressive Railroading:
http://www.progressiverailroading.com/freightnews/article.asp?id=10663
Link to statement from OIG:
http://www.oig.dot.gov/StreamFile?file=/data/pdfdocs/cc2007052.pdf

4) For Printed Maps, End of the Road is a Click Away
Link to story in The Virginian-Pilot:
http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=124217&ran=242123

5) US Coast Guard Establishes Mariner Web Site
Site provides real-time information on the status of pending mariner credential applications.
Link to story on EmeraldCoast.com:
http://community.emeraldcoast.com/onset?id=15342&template=article.html


News Releases

1) Federal Communications Commission Seeks Comments on Designation of 211 and 511 as Abbreviated Dialing Codes
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-2017A1.doc

2) Operation Lifesaver Outlines Steps to Increase Rail Safety
http://www.oli.org/news/press_release_detail.php?press_release_ID=154

3) TrafficLand.com Adds Australian Traffic Cameras to Live Video Web Site
http://corporate.trafficland.com/library/Queensland_australia_050407.pdf


Upcoming Events
HOT Lanes Peer Exchange Roundtable Workshop – May 23 – Houston
http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freewaymgmt/workshop/hotlanes.htm


Today in Transportation History
1933 – The first radios connecting police cars to headquarters were installed in Eastchester, New York.
http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=7415

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