Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, December 4, 2007 -- ISSN 1529-1057

1) Bill Would Boost Coast Guard Traffic Control on San Francisco Bay
Link to story in the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/04/PL1ITNIFF.DTL

2) Many Turkish Airports Still Lack Critical Safety System
Link to story in Today’s Zaman:
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=128620&bolum=101

3) Possible Signal Confusion Probed in Amtrak Crash
Link to story in the Chicago Tribune:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-traincrash_04dec04,1,4919968.story (may require free registration)

4) Montreal Transit Revolutionizes Vehicle Management with RFID
Link to story in IT Business:
http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=46199

5) US Government Accountability Office Praises Transportation Security Administration for Its Handling of Sensitive Info
Link to story in Federal Computer Week:
http://www.fcw.com/online/news/150982-1.html
Link to GAO report:
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08232r.pdf

6) Idaho Transportation Department Introduces Improved 511 Web Site
Link to story from The Upper County News-Reporter:
https://itd.idaho.gov/apps/MediaManagerViewer/NewsClipping/Story.aspx?Id=28245&Type=NewsClipping

7) KwaZulu-Natal Sets High-Tech Traps for Speeding Motorists in South Africa
Link to story in the Mail & Guardian:
http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national/&articleid=326780

8) Deadliest Orlando Intersections Lack Traffic Cameras
Link to story and video report on WESH-TV:
http://www.wesh.com/news/14764176/detail.html?rss=orl&psp=news

9) Web Site Helps New Yorkers Identify Dangerous Intersections
Link to story in Newsday:
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--unsafestreets1203dec03,0,3578232.story
Link to CrashStat 2.0: http://www.crashstat.org/

10) TomTom Shareholders Approve Tele Atlas Buy
Link to AP story:
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/04/business/EU-FIN-COM-Netherlands-TomTom.php

11) Calgary Drivers Say Message Boards Light on Details
Link to story in the Calgary Sun:
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2007/12/04/4706583-sun.html

12) Bay Bridge Bustle
Improving a vital California gateway in one busy weekend was a communications challenge as well as an engineering one.
Link to story in Government Technology:
http://www.govtech.com/gt/150828


News Releases

1) IntelliOne Delivers a Market First: Live!Traffic Mashup on Google Maps
2) Traveller Information Services Association Gets On Track with First General Assembly in Berlin
3) New York City Mayor Launches Notify NYC
4) TSA and Continental Airlines Initiate Paperless Boarding Pass - Continental First US Carrier in Pilot Program


Upcoming Events
Second National Emergency Management Summit – February 3-5 – Washington, DC
http://www.emergencymanagementsummit.com/


Today in Transportation History
1957 **50th anniversary** - In Lewisham, UK, 90 people died when two rush-hour trains collided in thick fog.
http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=113

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