Monday, September 10, 2007

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, September 10, 2007 -- ISSN 1529-1057

1) Bills, Laws Target Teen Drivers’ Cell Phones
Link to AP story:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-09-09-teen-drivers-phones_N.htm

2) Santa Ana, California Installing Video Alert System
The city is believed to be the first in the US to try the system of linked flat-screen panels.
Link to story in The Orange County Register:
http://www.ocregister.com/news/monitors-city-santa-1842292-armendariz-system

3) Now Get Informed Via SMS on Pending Traffic Fines in Delhi
Link to story in The Economic Times:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Now_get_informed_via_SMS_on_pending_traffic_fines/articleshow/2348418.cms

4) German Town Ditches Traffic Lights to Cut Accidents
Link to Reuters story:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUKL1083278820070910

5) How Things Work: Air Traffic Control
Link to story in The Tartan:
http://www.thetartan.org/2007/9/10/scitech/work

6) GPS Technology Get to the ‘Route’ of the Problem
Link to story in The Examiner:
http://www.examiner.com/a-926024~GPS_technology_gets_to_the__route__of_the_problem.html

7) Crash-Test Videos Provide Wake-Up Call
Link to story in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/sfl-flzaccidents0909nbsep09,0,4999428.story
Link to Consumer Reports crash-test videos:
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/cars/safety-recalls/carcrashtest/crashtestvideo.htm

8) Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Says Loran May Take On New Life in Age of GPS
Link to story on the Aero-News Network:
http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=fe20b920-2c09-4d63-a8a2-f01fa6017335

9) Highway Maintenance
Florida field system combines an asset database with GPS data to reduce the toll of turnpike management.
Link to story in Government Computer News:
http://www.gcn.com/print/26_23/44979-1.html


News Releases

1) US Department of Transportation Names Six Interstate Routes as ‘Corridors of the Future’ to Help Fight Traffic Congestion
http://www.dot.gov/affairs/dot9507.htm

2) ‘Wiki City Rome’ to Draw a Map Like No Other
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/wikicity-0830.html

3) Scott F. Belcher Named President and CEO of Intelligent Transportation Society of America
http://www.itsa.org/press_release_content/c217_d1657/News/Newsroom/Press_Releases_.html


Upcoming Events
FIFA Soccer World Cup 2010: Transport Solutions for Municipalities Workshop – October 4 – Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.itssa.org/files/downloads/ITSSA%20FIFA%20SWC%20Workshop%20Invitation.pdf


Today in Transportation History
1995 – The Broadway Limited makes its last run.
http://prr.railfan.net/documents/BroadwayLtd.html

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