Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, October 17, 2007 -- ISSN 1529-1057

1) US Transportation Secretary Praises Bay Area Congestion-Relief Plan
Link to story in the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/17/BABMSQTKT.DTL

2) Sensors Suggested Before Minnesota Bridge Fell
Link to AP story:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-10-16-bridge-collapse_N.htm

3) New FAA En Route System Achieves Acceptance Milestone
Link to story in Aviation Week:
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/ERAM10167.xml&headline=New%20FAA%20En%20Route%20System%20Achieves%20Acceptance%20Milestone&channel=busav

4) Goal is to Push FasTrak Use to 70% in Bay Area
Link to story in the San Francisco Chronicle:http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/17/BACNSR67V.DTL

5) American Airlines Focused on Broadband Success
Link to story on Inflight Online:
http://www.shephard.co.uk/Inflight/Default.aspx?Action=-1000945703&ID=6445d1f4-80b0-4e98-82a2-a77b5a53e51c

6) TriMet Launches TriMet TV
Link to story in the Willamette Weekly:
http://www.wweek.com/wwire/?p=9695
Link to news release from the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon:
http://www.trimet.org/news/releases/oct15trimettv.htm
Link to TriMet TV: http://www.trimet.org/tv/index.htm

7) Web Site Will Track Work on US 67 in Illinois
Link to Gatehouse News Service story:
http://www.sj-r.com/News/stories/18272.asp
Link to site: http://www.dot.state.il.us/us67/index.html

8) Robin Chase: “The Web 2.0 of Transportation Technologies”
Link to interview on Streetsblog:
http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/10/15/robin-chase-the-web-20-of-transportation-technologies/

9) 2007 GCN Award Winners
- NOAA: Mapping the Laws - Coastal mapping system puts vague legislation into sharp relief.
http://www.gcn.com/print/26_26/45185-1.html
- Coast Guard and DHS: A Touch of a Finger Stems the Tide - Coast Guard links biometric handhelds with US-VISIT database to slow the flow of illegal immigrants.
http://www.gcn.com/print/26_26/45187-1.html

10) New Blog Covers Transportation in Los Angeles Area
Link to Street Heat:
http://streetheatla.blogspot.com/

11) Fall 2007 Edition of FHWA’s Pedestrian Forum Newsletter Online
Link to newsletter:
http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ped_bike/ped/pedforum/pedforum_fall07.htm


News Releases

1) European Electronic Toll System: European Commission Refers Denmark to Court of Justice
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/1535&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

2) Road Charging – Discounts on Motorway Tolls: European Commission Refers Spain to Court of Justice
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/1536&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

3) Digital Tachograph for Road Transport: European Commission Takes Greece to the Court of Justice
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/1538&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

4) Beijing ITS World Congress Closes a Success
http://www.itsa.org/industry_member_news_content/c219_d1760/News/Industry_amp_Member_News.html


Upcoming Events
2007 Fall Meeting ITS Midwest – November 2 – Covington, Kentucky
http://www.itsmidwest.org/events/2007/itsmwfall07.html


Today in Transportation History
1960 – The Erie and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroads merge to form the Erie-Lackawanna.
http://erielackhs.org/

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