Thursday, June 28, 2007

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, June 28, 2007 -- ISSN 1529-1057

1) EU, US Reach Deal on Passenger Data
Link to AP story:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-06-27-passenger-data_N.htm

2) Port of Seattle to Vote on Recording Its Closed SessionsLink to story in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/321619_executive28.html

3) A Better Way from A to B
Link to commentary in IT Week:
http://lembingley.itweek.co.uk/2007/06/a-better-way-fr.html

4) A Car with a Mind of Its Own
University of Florida team hopes to advance in competition to develop a self-driving automobile.
Link to story and video in The Gainesville Sun:
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20070628/LOCAL/706280325/-1/news

5) US Border Security Program Under Scrutiny
Lawmakers, investigators doubt timeline for fingerprint collection program at airports.
Link to AP story:
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070628/border_security_exit_system.html?.v=1
Link to report from the Government Accountability Office:
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d071044t.pdf


News Releases

1) Nissan Incorporates Message Alert Against Drunk-Driving on Carwings Navi System
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,131092.shtml

2) 3M Completes Sale of Priority Control and Traffic Detection Businesses to TorQuest Partners Inc.
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/3m/index.jsp?epi-content=NEWS_VIEW_POPUP_TYPE&newsId=20070628005981&ndmHsc=v2*A1167656400000*B1183087770000*C4102491599000*DgroupByDate*J2*N1000940&newsLang=en&beanID=75290669&viewID=news_view_popup


Upcoming Events
Talking Technology and Transportation (T3) Webinar: “Developing a Regional Concept for Transportation Operations” – July 25
http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s070725_reg_concept.asp


Today in Transportation History
1983 – The I-95 Mianus River Bridge collapsed in Cos Cob, Connecticut. Three people were killed.
http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/1984/HAR8403.htm

=============================================================================================

The Transportation Communications Newsletter is published electronically Monday through Friday.

To subscribe send an e-mail to: TCNL-subscribe@googlegroups.com
To unsubscribe send an e-mail to: TCNL-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com
TCN archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/transport-communications

Questions, comments about the TCN? Please write the editor, Bernie Wagenblast at i95berniew@aol.com.
© 2007 Bernie Wagenblast