Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, June 13, 2007 -- ISSN 1529-1057

1) Los Angeles Police Department Plans to Accept 911 Text Messages, Pictures
Link to story in the Los Angeles Times:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-text13jun13,1,296583.story

2) The Airlines’ Eyes on the Skies
Meteorologists are key to carriers’ operations.
Link to story in The Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/12/AR2007061201802.html?hpid=sec-business

3) Washington State Transit Service Pushes for Teen Ridership
MySpace page, YouTube video will be used to attract younger riders.
Link to story in The Seattle Times:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/snohomishcountynews/2003744820_transit13n.html
Link to news release from Community Transit:
http://www.commtrans.org/?mc=Newsandevents&subcat=1&record=1199
Link to MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/communitytransit

4) Electronic Map Will Help Shanghai’s Disabled
Link to story in the China Daily:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-06/13/content_892856.htm

5) TransGuide to Expand from San Antonio to Austin
Link to story and video report on WOAI-TV:
http://www.woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=150d2c6a-e564-47f1-8637-9db0bfba4a03

6) GPS to Put Brakes to Truck Speeding in Australia
Link to transcript and audio report from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s The World Today:
http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2007/s1950224.htm

7) Shanghai, Savannah Ports to Test New Tracking Program
Link to story in the Savannah Morning News:
http://www.savannahnow.com/node/303181

8) Middle East Conflict Spawns Ad Battle in Washington Subways
Link to AP story:
http://www.examiner.com/a-754689~Middle_East_conflict_spawns_ad_battle_in_Washington_subways.html

9) Eyes in Sky Will Focus on Safety
Tampa Bay area traffic cameras now can be viewed in emergency operations center.
Link to story in The Tampa Tribune:
http://www.tbo.com/news/metro/MGB3NUD7V2F.html

10) Mobile Phone Navigation Trends in Europe
Link to story on GPS Business News:
http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/index.php?action=article&numero=216

11) June Issue of TRN Road Pricing Newsletter Now Online
Link to newsletter:
http://www.trnuk.com/images/news.pdf


News Releases

1) Innovative Parking Management Piloted by a Finnish Technology Concept
http://www.vtt.fi/whatsnew/2007/20070613.jsp?lang=en


Upcoming Events
Webinar: "State" of the States - Measuring the "Pulse" of Work Zone ITS – June 27
http://www.atssa.com/cs/roadway-traffic-safety-webinars (scroll down)


Today in Transportation History
1983 – Pioneer 10 left the solar system.
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/tmp/1972-012A.html

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