Monday, June 11, 2007

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, June 11, 2007 -- ISSN 1529-1057

1) Carpool Lanes for Airplanes?
Aviation experts say a $40-billion GPS system is needed to handle the huge volume of traffic in the skies by 2025.
Link to story in the Los Angeles Times:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-airtraffic11jun11,0,4523247.story?coll=la-home-center

2) Friendlier Skies for Airlines, Airports
New, more precise navigation systems will help pilots save time, fuel and may calm runway abutters.
Link to story in The Boston Globe:
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/06/11/friendlier_skies_for_airlines_airports/

3) BART Offering Free Wi-Fi Service
Link to story and video report on KGO-TV:
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=local&id=5385333

4) Programs Rat Out Reckless Drivers
Bad driver tip lines growing in popularity.
Link to story in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-06-10-reckless-drivers_N.htm

5) All Eyes are on Watchung, New Jersey Surveillance Program
If you've driven by the Watchung Police Department in the past year, chances are your license plate has been captured by a video camera.
Link to story in the Courier News:
http://www.c-n.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070610/NEWS/706100339

6) Traffic Hazard Alert ‘Ignored’
Victoria government is said to have ignored an alert system which could have prevented deadly rail crash.
Link to story in The Age:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/traffic-hazard-alert-ignored/2007/06/09/1181089398523.html

7) New Jersey Needs More Traffic Surveillance to Save Lives
Link to column in The Record:
http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkyNjcmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTcxNDk4ODcmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk5

8) Cameras Disrupt Flights at Beijing Airport
Link to BBC News story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6736661.stm

9) Off the Map: Vanity Addresses Foil Online Directions, GPS
Link to story in The Advocate:
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/scn-sa-nor.addresses2jun10,0,1140877.story?coll=stam-news-local-headlines

10) Utah Transit Authority Plan Will Let Riders Surf Web While They Ride
Link to story in The Salt Lake Tribune:
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_6108450

11) Time to Slow Down
Magazine promotes use of sign-recognition technology as a way to reduce unintentional speeding.
Link to commentary from Gizmag:
http://www.businessweek.com/autos/content/jun2007/bw20070606_707375.htm

12) Articles from Latest Issue of ITS Institute Sensor
- Minnesota Researchers Add Their Expertise to Federal Intersection Safety Initiative (page 1)
- “Tags” in the Road Hold Promise for Smarter Vehicle Location Systems (page 2)
http://www.its.umn.edu/Publications/Sensor/2007/01/index.html


News Releases

1) TANN Adds Hartford, Connecticut Traffic Cameras to Real-Time Travel Congestion Map
http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?storyid=17306&ret=Default.aspx


Job Posting
- Community Planner – US DOT Volpe Center – Cambridge, Massachusetts
http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/getjob.asp?JobId=58181952&AVSDM=6%2F11%2F2007+3%3A27%3A41+PM


Upcoming Events
Webcast: High Occupancy/Toll Lanes – June 13
http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freewaymgmt/webcast/6_13_07.htm


Today in Transportation History
1940 – Manhattan’s 9th Avenue and 2nd Avenue “El” lines make their last runs.
http://www.nycsubway.org/lines/9thave-el.html

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