Thursday, October 11, 2007

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, October 11, 2007 -- ISSN 1529-1057

1) Texas Transportation Study Criticized for Violating Privacy
Cameras used to videotape license plates.
Link to AP story:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/101107dntextrafficvideo.34c6a8a.html (may require free registration)

2) Air Traffic Control Failure is Examined
Link to AP story:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hqJicnuPbWMuY1aTkA03g8jwXyfwD8S76JEG1

3) Rhode Island Airport Testing Runway-Debris Detection System
Link to story in The Providence Journal:
http://www.projo.com/business/content/BZ_TFGREEN11_10-11-07_DJ7EK6E.2668c28.html (may require free registration)

4) Airlines OK Standard for Cell Phone Check-In
Link to AP story:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21249856/

5) Advanced Radar System Getting First Civilian Use
Link to story in The Norman Transcript:
http://www.normantranscript.com/localnews/local_story_284000041.html

6) Beijing Upgrades Metro for Passengers’ Convenience
Underground cell service, Braille signs among planned improvements.
Link to Xinhua story:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/11/content_6863871.htm

7) RFID: A Technology to Help Bring Your Luggage Home
Link to story in the Los Angeles Times:
http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-tr-insider14oct14

8) Car Insurers’ Devices Track Teen Drivers
Link to AP story:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/INSURERS_TEEN_MONITORING?SITE=AZPHG&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

9) Temporary Cell Towers Studied for New York’s Adirondack Northway
Link to AP story:
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=629129&category=STATE&newsdate=10/11/2007

10) Some Kiosks Now Serve Multiple Airlines
Link to story in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/travel/2007-10-10-kiosks_N.htm

11) YouTube Lets Users Map Videos onto Google Earth
Link to Reuters story:
http://news.scotsman.com/latest_technology.cfm?id=1627802007

12) TransLink Prepares New Web Site
Link to story in The Province:
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=66fb45ee-be81-4441-add5-99812ce48ec1


News Releases

1) Pilots and Air Traffic Controllers Can Swap Roles with New Technology
http://idw-online.de/pages/de/news229760

2) Global Telematics Sales on the Rise: Annual Telematics Sales to Reach 30 Million by 2015
http://www.telematicsresearch.com/PDFs/TRG_Press_Oct_09_07.pdf

3) SBD Shines Spotlight on Telematics and Navigation in China
http://www.sbd.co.uk/assets/China_telematics_&_navigation_PRESS_release.doc


Upcoming Events
Webinar: Broadband Wireless Networks & Emergency Response Crisis - Lessons Learned from the Minneapolis Bridge Collapse – October 25
http://w2i.com/events/schedule/event_overview/p/eventId_40/id_145


Today in Transportation History
1982 **25th anniversary** - After 437 years at the bottom of the Solent, the Mary Rose, flagship of King Henry VIII, was raised to the surface.
http://www.solarnavigator.net/history/mary_rose.htm

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