Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, June 19, 2007 -- ISSN 1529-1057

1) Canada Introduces No-Fly List
Link to Reuters story:
http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1182209090.html

2) Wireless Broadband Valuable for Emergency Agencies
Link to story in Washington Technology:
http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/30848-1.html
Link to report from the National Telecommunications & Information Administration:
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/reports/2007/NTIAWARNReport.htm

3) Traffic Cam Meets Its Match
GPS device steers drivers clear of tickets.
Link to story in the Chicago Sun-Times:
http://www.suntimes.com/business/433300,CST-FIN-cobra19.article

4) Report: Apple Making In-Car Entertainment/GPS for Mercedes
Link to story on iTWire:
http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/13003/1103/
Link to original report in Focus:
http://www.focus.de/digital/computer/bordcomputer_aid_63624.html (in German)

5) Online Carpool Plan Ready for Fall Launch in Nebraska
Link to story in the Omaha World-Herald:
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10054988

6) Can Technology Help Traffic?
Cameras, sensors will direct traffic in Northeast Florida.Link to story in The Times-Union:
http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/061907/met_178480513.shtml

7) No Highway Advertising for Ohio Truck Wash
Link to story in Professional Carwashing & Detailing:
http://www.carwash.com/news.asp?N_ID=67267

8) New Web Site Warns US Drivers of Traffic Woes in Sonora, Mexico
Link to story in the Yuma Sun:
http://www.yumasun.com/news/information_34748___article.html/arizona_site.html
Link to site: http://www.az511.gov/hcrsweb/sonora.jsp

9) On Canadian Docks, Workers to Carry New IDs
Link to story in Washington Technology:
http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/30881-1.html


News Releases

1) New Technology Advances Will Drive Automotive Head-Up Displays to $400 Million by 2012
http://www.abiresearch.com/abiprdisplay.jsp?pressid=870

2) New Technology Gains Upper Hand on Bridge Safety
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,124476.shtml

3) American Airlines Launches AAdvantage Milestones e-Magazine
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070619/latu086.html?.v=101


Upcoming Events
2007 F. Russell Hoyt National Airports Conference – September 9-11 – Tucson, Arizona
http://www.aaae.org/products/_777_NAC_2007/


Today in Transportation History
1864 – The CSS Alabama sank off the coast of France following a battle with the USS Kearsarge.
http://www.lib.ua.edu/libraries/hoole/digital/cssala/main.htm

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