Monday, August 13, 2007

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, August 13, 2007 -- ISSN 1529-1057

1) US Doles out Millions for Street Cameras
Link to story in The Boston Globe:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/08/12/us_doles_out_millions_for_street_cameras/

2) Massive Los Angeles Airport Glitch Called ‘Unprecedented’
Hardware problem causes communications failure for US Customs, strands thousands.
Link to story in the Daily Breeze:
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/9121116.html

3) Honolulu Expands Emergency Operations and Traffic Management Center Plans
Link to story in The Honolulu Advertiser:
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070811/NEWS01/708110347/1001/NEWS01
Traffic Flow Will be Main Concern
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070811/NEWS01/708110348/1001/NEWS01

4) Washington State Sets Up Operations Center to Assist Commuters During I-5 Project
Link to story in The News Tribune:
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/updates/story/130433.html

5) Cell Phone Crash Role Low in South Dakota
Link to AP story:
http://www.grandforksherald.com/articles/index.cfm?id=46871§ion=news

6) Real-Time Traffic Cams on Your Phone, Washington State DOT Mashups
Link to story in The Seattle Times:
http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/theclog/2007/08/post.html

7) Pennsylvania Crash Data are a State Secret
Link to column in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/columnists/bumsted/s_521639.html

8) Like Other First Responders, Media Stepped Up Following Bridge Collapse
Link to story in the Star Tribune:
http://www.startribune.com/535/story/1354080.html

9) OnStar Helps to Boost Vehicle Quality
Link to story in the Detroit Free Press:
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070812/BUSINESS01/708120596/1014

10) US Regulators Clear Carlyle-ARINC Deal
Link to AP story:
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070813/carlyle_antitrust.html?.v=1

11) Billboards Pit Beauty vs. Business
A free-speech ruling and Measure 37 opened the floodgates for highway ads; soon Oregon voters will choose between property rights and open vistas.
Link to story in The Oregonian:
http://www.oregonlive.com/oregonian/stories/index.ssf?/base/news/118671991861640.xml&coll=7

12) High-Tech Updates to Aid New York State Fair Traffic
Link to story in The Post-Standard:
http://blog.syracuse.com/news/2007/08/state_news_8.html
Link to fair traffic page: http://www.nysfair.org/traffic

13) The Road to Clarity
Article discusses how Clearview font was developed for highway signs.
Link to story in The New York Times Magazine:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/magazine/12fonts-t.html?ex=1344571200&en=5486b683e4ea62d4&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

14) Electronic Logs Touted as Safety Solution
Rule needed to stop truck drivers from cheating, some say.
Link to story in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=645425

15) Intelligent Bus Station in Chennai
Link to story on ChennaiOnline:
http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID=%7B5B9F902E-C1EF-4BB4-8BDC-A5EA94CDC9BC%7D&CATEGORYNAME=CHN

16) New ‘Sharrows’ a Friendly Reminder to Seattle Motorists
Road markings urge safe sharing of roads.
Link to story in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/327282_sharrows10.html

17) Making Connecticut Highways Friendlier
ConnDOT will hold hearings on ways to improve traveler services on Connecticut highways
Link to story in the Hartford Courant:
http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-reststops0812.artaug12,0,4811932.story

18) Body of a Car, Brains of a PC
Software is becoming the new competitive weapon in the auto industry, and IBM is working to build a "network on wheels."
Link to CNET News story:
http://news.com.com/2100-11389-6201752.html

19) City Sign Crew Quietly Saves Lives
Link to story in The Jackson Sun:
http://www.jacksonsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070813/NEWS01/708130304/1002

20) Delta Employees Star in ‘Travelcasts’
Link to AP story:
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070813/delta_travelcasts.html?.v=1
Link to Delta Siteseer: http://www.delta.com/marketing/siteseertravelcasts/index.jsp


News Releases

1) Intelligent Transportation Systems – Clearing Roadblocks to Better and Safer Traffic Management
http://www.frost.com/prod/servlet/press-release.pag?docid=103583251&ctxixpLink=FcmCtx1&ctxixpLabel=FcmCtx2


Job Postings
- Manager of ITS System Development – MTA Bridges & Tunnels – New York, NY
http://transportcommunications.googlepages.com/mtamanagerofitssystemsdevelopment


Upcoming Events
I-95 Corridor Coalition 2007 Electronic Payment Systems and Services Summit – September 18-19 – Boston
http://www.i95coalition.org/PDF/Meetings/EPS/Summit07EPS_AnnouncementFINAL.pdf


Today in Transportation History
1972 **35th anniversary** - Mars 3, the USSR’s Mars orbiter and soft lander, stopped reporting data back to Earth.
http://www.strykfoto.org/mars3.htm

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