Thursday, October 4, 2007

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, October 4, 2007 -- ISSN 1529-1057

1) US Transportation Security Administration to Test New Thermal Cameras in Rail Stations
Link to story in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2007-10-03-cameras_N.htm

2) US Lawmakers to Scrutinize Troubled Port Worker ID Program
Link to story from CongressDaily:
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=38218&dcn=todaysnews

3) Traffic Flow Application Helps After Minneapolis Bridge Disaster
Link to story in InformationWeek:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202200761
Link to detour route planner: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/traffic/routeplannerintro.asp

4) Device Lets Coast Guard Spend More Time on Rescue
New direction finder promises to revolutionize search-and-rescue missions.
Link to story in the Cape Cod Times:
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071004/NEWS/710040332

5) Massachusetts Senate President Nixes Plan to Require GPS Device in Residents’ Cars
System would have been used to charge five cents a mile to drive on interstates.
Link to story in the Boston Herald:
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/politics/view.bg?articleid=1035872

6) Google Transit Graduates from Google Labs
Link to story on TechCrunch:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/03/google-transit-graduates-from-google-labs/

7) Bill Would Ban Alcohol Ads on New York State Public Transit
Link to story in the Daily News:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/10/04/2007-10-04_bill_would_ban_alcohol_ads_on_buses_subw.html

8) Steer Clear of Accidents, Global Warming
The next tool in fighting global warming--and traffic accidents--is the car navigation system, according to Nissan.
Link to CNET News story:
http://www.news.com/Steer-clear-of-accidents%2C-global-warming/2100-11389_3-6211564.html?tag=nefd.top

9) Tennessee Transportation Commissioner Gerald Nicely: Battling Congestion the ‘SmartWay’
Link to commentary in The Chattanoogan:
http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_114640.asp

10) Waiting for a Bus Goes High-Tech in New York City
Link to AP story:
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--bussigns1004oct04,0,3109197.story

11) High-Tech Command Center
Press gets first look inside the Fairfax County, Virginia Public Safety/Transportation Operations Center.
Link to story in The Connection Newspapers:
http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=88263&paper=63&cat=104

12) Location, Location, Location
Where is the navigation industry heading?
Link to story in The Economist:
http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9916519

13) October Issue of Florida DOT’s SunGuide Disseminator Online
Link to newsletter:
http://www.dot.state.fl.us/TrafficOperations/Newsletters/2007/10_2007/10_2007.htm

14) FHWA Memorandum: Guidance on Off-Premise Changeable Message Signs
Link to memo:
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/realestate/offprmsgsnguid.htm


News Releases

1) ITS-EduNet Officially Launched
http://www.ertico.com/en/news_and_events/ertico_newsroom/project_news_its-edunet_officially_launched.htm


Upcoming Events
GEOINT 2007 Symposium – October 21-24 – San Antonio, Texas
http://www.geoint2007.com/


Today in Transportation History
1957 **50th anniversary** - The Soviet Union launches Sputnik.
http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/

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