Friday, July 6, 2007

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, July 6, 2007 -- ISSN 1529-1057

1) Connected Cars ‘Promise Safer Roads’
Link to BBC News story and video:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6274974.stm

2) Michigan City to Test Emergency Vehicle Warning System
Link to AP story:
http://www.onelocalnews.com/newhopecourier/stories/index.php?action=fullnews&id=130402
Link to further information from E-Light: http://e-lightllc.com/

3) Some Say FAA Move Could Hide Midair Collision Risk
Link to story in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-07-05-faa-collision-risk_N.htm

4) EU Experts Call for Unified Air Space
Link to AP story:
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/07/06/ap3889807.html
Link to news release from the EU:
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/1033&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

5) The Skies Get Unfriendly
Messages in airline in-flight magazines angers business aviation group.
Link to story in Forbes:
http://www.forbes.com/home/businessinthebeltway/2007/07/05/airlines-aviation-faa-biz-beltway-cx_bw_0706airlines.html

6) Oregon Highway Workers Role in Answer to Major Accidents
Link to story in The Oregonian:
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1183694122267780.xml&coll=7

7) Flight Delays: Worse than Reported?
Reporting changes may more accurately reflect time passengers are waiting.
Link to story in Time:
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1640183,00.html

8) Heathrow to Trial RFID Tags for Baggage
Link to story in The Register:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/06/heathrow_rfid/

9) Taipei’s E-Bus System Set for Big Expansion
Will provide real-time information for over 4,000 buses on 300 routes.
Link to story in the Taipei Times:
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/07/06/2003368276

10) Emergence of New Tier One Telematics Suppliers Could Accelerate Telematics Growth
Link to story in Telematics Journal:
http://www.telematicsjournal.com/content/blogdetails/357

11) Merger or Not, Carmakers are Attuned to Satellite Radio
One of four vehicles sold equipped with XM, Sirius.
Link to story in AutoWeek:
http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070629/FREE/70626010/1530/FREE

12) Anti-Terrorism Measure Would Require Changes to US Alert System
Link to story from National Journal’s Technology Daily:
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=37387&dcn=todaysnews
Link to Congressional Research Service report:
http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34061_20070626.pdf

13) Australia’s National Roads and Motorists’ Association Calls for Car Surveillance via GPS
Link to Australian Associated Press story:
http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/nrma-calls-for-car-surveillance-via-gps/20071907-mey.html

14) Emergency Responders Call for Network Solution
Link to story in WirelessWeek:
http://www.wirelessweek.com/article.aspx?id=150324

15) Oh, Behave! New Ads Aimed at Teens on Buses
Link to story and video in the Star Tribune:
http://www.startribune.com/462/story/1288557.html

16) Shared Platform Averts Crisis
European WIN project provides a shared platform that integrates data and manages workflow between risk and crisis management agencies and their service providers.
Link to story on ICT Results:
http://istresults.cordis.europa.eu/index.cfm/section/news/tpl/article/BrowsingType/Features/ID/89114

17) Leadership Talks – Eyes on the Road
An interview with Chet Huber, President of OnStar.
Link to interview in GPS World:
http://tl.gpsworld.com/gpstl/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=431500

18) Mechatronics Transforms Driving Experience
Link to story in EE Times:
http://www.eetimes.com/news/semi/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=200900659

19) Port Aransas, Texas Ferry Cams Now Available on Internet
Link to story in the Caller-Times:
http://caller.com/news/2007/jul/06/ferry-cams-now-available-internet/
Link to ferry cams: http://www.cityofportaransas.org/ferrycam.cfm

20) Idaho Scenic Byways Web Site Launched
Link to story in the Idaho Mountain Express and Guide:
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005115958
Link to site: http://www.idahobyways.gov/

21) Honolulu Web Site to Warn Motorists about Construction
Link to story on KITV-TV:
http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/news/13635163/detail.html
Link to DriveAkamai site: http://www.driveakamai.org/

22) June Issue of IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society Newsletter Online
Link to newsletter:
http://www.its.washington.edu/itsc/v9n2.pdf


Upcoming Events
The IASTED International Conference on Telematics – Telematics 2007 – August 29-31 - Würzburg, Germany
http://www.iasted.org/conferences/home-586.html


Friday Bonus
In a unique marketing ploy Target puts their signature red on a highway and cleverly poses one of their trucks.
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/04/lowell.jpg

Today in Transportation History
1952 – Trams complete their final runs in London.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/6/newsid_2963000/2963092.stm

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