Monday, September 3, 2007

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, September 3, 2007 -- ISSN 1529-1057

1) Log On to Find Out Why You’re in a Jam
New system from Oregon DOT provides traffic information via Web through cell phones.
Link to story in The Oregonian:
http://www.oregonlive.com/oregonian/stories/index.ssf?/base/news/1188608128223950.xml&coll=7
Link to news release from the Oregon Department of Transportation:
http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/COMM/nr07083001.shtml

2) Texas Shelves Testing Cameras to Catch Speeders
Link to AP story:
http://www.star-telegram.com/448/story/220870.html

3) US Officials Come Up with ID Plan to Restrict Volunteers at Disasters
Link to AP story:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gUzzXsr470T0y1AHCqKW7fD06RsA

4) Georgia DOT Says Traffic Data Sufficient, Useful
Link to letter to the editor in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/printedition/2007/09/03/lettsed0903.html

5) Philadelphia Cabbies Say Technology is Too Taxing
Link to story in The Philadelphia Inquirer:
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20070902_City_cabbies_say_technology_is_too_taxing.html

6) Soon, Dial 1095 to End Traffic Woes
Ahmedabad to be first Indian city to institute ‘uniform traffic helpline number.’
Link to story in The Times of India:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Ahmedabad/Soon_dial_1095_to_end_traffic_woes/articleshow/2332164.cms

7) US Government Enforcing Rule that Mexican Truckers Speak English
Link to AP story:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/5100263.html

8) Travel Tech to Beat Traffic
UK’s National Traffic Control Centre to use automatic number plate recognition to warn drivers on the M25 of traffic delays.
Link to story in ITPro:
http://www.itpro.co.uk/internet/news/123839/travel-tech-to-beat-traffic.html
Link to news release from the Highways Agency:
http://www.highways.gov.uk/news/newsroom.aspx?newsid=18262377

9) Inrix Looks for Express Lane
Link to story in Red Herring:
http://www.redherring.com/Home/22703

10) Washington, DC Traffic Alerts Coming Soon
Link to column in The Frederick News-Post:
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/reporters_notebooks_display.htm?StoryID=64546

11) Train Tickets Now Available at Petrol Pumps in India
Link to story in The Times of India:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Train_tickets_now_at_petrol_pumps/rssarticleshow/2330391.cms

12) High-Tech Traffic Control Praised
Caltrans partners with Corona, California to adjust signals based on vehicle flow.
Link to story in The Press-Enterprise:
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_ctraffic02.354706f.html

13) Robot Boats in Ocean Race Trials
Link to BBC News story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/mid_/6976230.stm

14) Flying with the Best Pilot
Communication is not always high-tech. A United Airlines pilot shows how an extra effort to communicate with passengers can make a difference.
Link to story and video report from ABC News:
http://video.aol.com/video/flying-with-the-best-pilot/1966330

15) Information Assets to Support Transportation Decision Making: Report of a Peer Exchange of State Transportation Organizations
Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=8078

16) Latest Issue of Texas Transportation Researcher Online
Link to newsletter:
http://tti.tamu.edu/publications/researcher/newsletter.htm?vol=43&issue=2&article=0


News Releases

1) Multiple MODIBEC Workshops Make the Most of Cooperation
http://www.ertico.com/en/news_and_events/ertico_newsroom/project_news_multiple_modibec_workshops_make_the_most_of_cooperation.htm


Upcoming Events
Mid-Atlantic Section ITE Annual Meeting – October 5 – Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
http://www.masite.org/Events/Cover.pdf (side note: keynote speaker, TCN Editor, Bernie Wagenblast)


Today in Transportation History
1900 – The first car built in Flint, Michigan was presented to the public by its builder, Charles Wisner.
http://www.flint.lib.mi.us/timeline/autohistory_0798/wisner-car.html

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