Thursday, June 7, 2007

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, June 7, 2007 -- ISSN 1529-1057

1) UK Cars Will Have Black Boxes to Send Crash SOS by 2010
Link to story in the Daily Mail:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=460422&in_page_id=1770

2) EC to Spend £1.36 Billion on Intelligent Transport over Next Seven Years
Link to story on Auto Industry:
http://www.autoindustry.co.uk/news/07-06-07_4

3) This is Your Elite Flier Speaking
To help track customer complaints, airlines are putting an increasing importance on monitoring travel chat rooms.
Link to story in The Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/06/AR2007060602529.html

4) London Traffic Cameras Set for Switch to Digital
Link to story in Computing:
http://www.vnunet.com/computing/news/2191557/london-traffic-cameras-set

5) Solar-Powered Parking Meters Break Down
Link to story in the Examiner:http://www.examiner.com/a-768102~Solar_powered_parking_meters_break_down.html

6) Online Travel Industry Grows but Changes Loom Down the Road
Link to story on MarketWatch:
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/online-travel-industry-grows-changes/story.aspx?guid=%7BA8C8CFE3%2DCBB5%2D4867%2D9BD2%2D3D7F55591630%7D


News Releases

1) Ford's SYNC: A Line in the Sand for Portable Device Interfaces
http://www.abiresearch.com/abiprdisplay.jsp?pressid=865

2) European Air Traffic Management: Further Steps Towards the Single European Sky
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/777&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

3) Summer the Most Dangerous Time of Year for Unattended Kids In and Around Cars – Safety Tips Offered in Spanish and English
http://www.cathygillen.com/clientnews.php

4) OnStar by GM and American Red Cross Partner to Provide Information to Those in Crisis Situations
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070607/clth007.html?.v=91


Upcoming Events
2007 ITE Annual Meeting & Exhibit – August 5-8 – Pittsburgh
http://www.ite.org/annualmeeting/


Today in Transportation History
1954 – A styling team was formed by Ford to create a new car which would be called the Edsel.
http://www.edsel.com/

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