Friday, June 22, 2007

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, June 22, 2007 -- ISSN 1529-1057

1) Red-Light Special: Traffic Cameras Blossom in Texas
Link to story in the Austin American-Statesman:
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/06/22/22cameras.html

2) Cell, Texting While Driving Ban OK’d in New Jersey
Link to AP story:
http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070621/NEWS01/70621036/1004/living

3) US Air Force General Decries Google Earth Capability
Link to story in Computerworld:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9025498&intsrc=news_ts_head

4) Airline Security ‘E-ZPass’ Earning Rave Reviews
JFK Airport’s 6-month-old program the best-kept secret in travel.
Link to story and video report on WCBS-TV:
http://wcbstv.com/seenat11/local_story_172220609.html

5) Paying for VIP Treatment in a Traffic Jam
Link to story in The Wall Street Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118237343090442433.html?mod=todays_us_personal_journal

6) Quebec Makes U-Turn on Global Positioning Systems
Province bans navigation units from non-emergency vehicles.
Link to story in The Gazette:
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=3dc32656-0159-40be-8e7f-1deab54d73ee

7) Test Satellite Officially Joins GPS Constellation
Link to story in GPS World:
http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=436882

8) Trucker TV, Take Two
Link to story in TV Technology:
http://www.tvtechnology.com/pages/s.0115/t.6856.html

9) Zipcar Stays in Driver’s Seat on IT Issues
Vehicle rental service sticks with proprietary approach.
Link to story in IT Business:
http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=44023

10) Azerbaijan to Complete Documentation for Baku Intelligent Traffic Control System by September
Link to Azeri-Press Agency story:
http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=29215


News Releases

1) South Carolina DOT Introduces New Signs for SC Highways
http://www.scdot.org/ArtMan/publish/article_587.shtml

2) Lose Something at Sea-Tac Airport? Report It Online
http://www.portseattle.org/news/press/2007/06_21_2007_47.shtml

3) Virginia Transportation Research Council 2006 Annual Report Available Online
http://vtrc.virginiadot.org/doc/VTRCAnnualReport06.pdf


Job Posting
- Business Development Manager – Inrix – Kirkland, Washington
http://www.inrix.com/careers.asp#bizdevmgr


Upcoming Events
Transit 511: International Best Practices Symposium – August 20-21 – Philadelphia
http://www.apta.com/conferences_calendar/itsbest/


Friday Bonus
Amtrak and Six Flags partner on new project.
http://www.break.com/index/norweigian-kids-mess-with-train.html


Today in Transportation History
1962 – An Air France Boeing 707 crashes on Guadeloupe.
http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/view_details.cgi?date=06221962®=F-BHST&airline=Air+France

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