Friday, October 12, 2007

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, October 12, 2007 -- ISSN 1529-1057

1) Boston T Debuts T-Radio
Experiment mixes music, news, weather and entertainment tips in subway stations.
Link to story in The Boston Globe:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/10/11/t_gives_music_a_test_run/ (may require free registration)
Link to news release from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority:
http://www.mbta.com/about_the_mbta/news_events/?id=13647&month=&year

2) San Francisco Plans Market Rates for Prized Parking Spaces
Pilot program will marry high-tech gadgetry and a free-market philosophy to better manage traffic congestion and to increase collections from meters.
Link to story in the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/12/MNA4SOHJO.DTL&tsp=1

3) The Pros and Cons of Underground Cell Phone Technology
Link to story in The New York Times:
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/11/the-pros-and-cons-of-underground-cellphone-technology/

4) Nissan Technology Makes Parking a Cinch
Link to AP story:
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071012/japan_nissan_easy_parking.html?.v=2

5) 14th World Congress on ITS Opens in Beijing
Link to story and video report on China Central Television:
http://www.cctv.com/program/bizchina/20071012/103363.shtml

6) Lessons from FAA’s Troubled Outsourcing of Flight Service Centers
Link to story in the Federal Times:
http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=3102320

7) El Paso Drivers Tune Into Live Traffic Reports
Synchronized radio system said to be largest in nation according to Texas DOT.
Link to story in the El Paso Times:
http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_7150870

8) Google Maps Taiwan Offers Free Ad Listings, Traffic Info
Link to story in The China Post:
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/2007/10/12/126328/Google-Maps.htm
Link to Google Maps Taiwan: http://www.google.com.tw/maps

9) Paper Maps Crumpling in Face of Electronic Onslaught
Link to story in the San Francisco Chronicle:http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/12/BA5ISMA3D.DTL

10) Broadcasters, FCC Discuss Clarity Media’s 2 GHz Trucker TV
Link to story in TV Technology:
http://www.tvtechnology.com/pages/s.0115/t.9095.html

11) Police Cameras Catch More Than Toll Violators
Link to story and video report on WJZ-TV:
http://wjz.com/local/local_story_282171440.html

12) OnStar Stays Factory-Installed Only
Link to story in Edmunds Inside Line:
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=123003

13) Gentle Voice of Authority
Santa Rose, California changes to a female voice at downtown intersection.
Link to story in The Press Democrat:
http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/article/20071012/NEWS/710120311/1033/NEWS01

14) Cooperation Can Solve Gridlock
Link to commentary in the Mountain View Telegraph:
http://www.mvtelegraph.com/mountain/opinion/601675mtnoped10-11-07.htm

15) Transit: Management, Technology, and Planning
Link to publication from the Transportation Research Board:
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=8213


News Releases

1) AirSage Leverages Cell Phone Data to Help the Georgia DOT Improve Traffic Management
http://airsage.com/pdf/GDOT_Release.pdf


Upcoming Events
2007 SEMA Show – October 30-November 2 – Las Vegas
http://www.semashow.com


Friday Bonus
And the hits just keep on coming.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV2rdGX4JYc


Today in Transportation History
2000 – The USS Cole is bombed while in the Yemeni port of Aden.
http://www.cole.navy.mil/

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