Monday, December 3, 2007

Transportation Communications Newsletter

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

1) Road-Use Charge to Reduce Dutch Traffic Jams
Link to story on Radio Netherlands:
http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/071201-dutch-traffic-mc

2) Transport Sector Slams Dutch Road Pricing Plan
Link to story on DutchNews.nl:
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2007/12/transport_sector_slams_road_pr.php

3) Union Says NASA’s Criticism of Pilot Survey was Wrong
Link to AP story:
http://origin.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_7617113

4) Maryland Governor to Seek Highway Cameras to Catch Speeders
Link to AP story:
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2007/12_02-17/GOV

5) New South Wales Government to Decide Tcard’s Fate
Link to story in The Sydney Morning Herald:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/NSW-govt-to-decide-Tcards-fate/2007/12/03/1196530566047.html
Link to statement from the ERG Group:http://www.erggroup.com/include/displayFile.asp?nid=31&fid=24

6) Trucking Company Seeks to Test Driver Fatigue Management
Link to story on eTrucker:
http://www.etrucker.com/apps/news/article.asp?id=64913

7) Lawmakers to Study Texas Transportation Department’s Advertising
Link to AP story:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/5346823.html

8) Upstart to Vie for OnStar’s Territory
Link to story in the Detroit Free Press:
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071202/COL14/712020671/1014/BUSINESS01

9) Digital Billboards Get Green Light
Link to story on Stateline:
http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=260259

10) Qatar’s Traffic Rules Just a Click Away
Link to story in The Peninsula:
http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=Local_News&subsection=Qatar+News&month=December2007&file=Local_News2007120322316.xml
Link to Qatar Ministry of Interior Web site:
http://www.moi.gov.qa/english/

11) Tech at Your Feet
Intelligent transportation system to be installed in Bangalore.
Link to story in The Economic Times:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/LiveITUP/Tech_at_your_feet/articleshow/2590601.cms

12) Fog May be Made More Clear by Traffic Alert System
Link to story in The Fresno Bee:
http://www.fresnobee.com/263/story/237238.html

13) Rural Britain Wants to Put Itself Off the GPS Map
Link to story in the International Herald Tribune:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/03/europe/gps.php

14) ATX, Mercedes-Benz to End Decade-Long Partnership
Link to story on Aftermarket Business:
http://aftermarketbusiness.search-autoparts.com/aftermarketbusiness/Web+Exclusive/ATX-Mercedes-Benz-to-end-decade-long-partnership/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/476767?contextCategoryId=41829

15) Now, a Map to Ease Traffic
Mapunity's IT project to help Delhi tackle its traffic.
Link to story in the Business Standard:
http://www.business-standard.com/iceworld/storypage.php?leftnm=lmnu9&subLeft=5&autono=306185&tab=r

16) Online Cruise Check-In Beats Checking In On Line
Link to story from the Chicago Tribune:
http://www.kansas.com/195/story/243221.html

17) US Transportation Security Administration's Processes for Designating and Releasing Sensitive Security Information
Link to report from the US Government Accountability Office:
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08232r.pdf

18) Accountability at a Glance
California is harnessing the power of the Internet to provide transparency of management on a $3 billion program of transportation improvements.
Link to story in Public Roads:
http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/07sep/02.htm


News Releases

1) World Intelligent Transportation Systems Market to Exceed US$12.5 Billion by 2010, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
2) Traffic Diversions to be Uploaded to Dubai Roads & Transport Authority Web Site
3) TrafficTechnologyToday.com Site Goes Live – Real-Time News and Recruitment Portal
4) AT&T to Deliver Country's First Statewide Citizen-Evacuation Management System
5) North Carolina Trucking Association Teams with Government Agencies to Enhance Highway Safety


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http://www.stattimes.com/aci2008/


Today in Transportation History
1967 **40th anniversary** - The New York Central Railroad’s 20th Century Limited completes its final run.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,837599,00.html

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