Friday, January 18, 2008

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, January 18, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) Airport Thermal Scanners to Protect Against Pandemics
Australian health department says special scanners used to detect fevers will be sent to all Australian international airports if a pandemic threat arises.
Link to story from Australian Broadcasting Corporation News:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/18/2141277.htm

2) Long Island’s MacArthur Airport to Lose Flight Departure System
Link to story in Newsday:
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/suffolk/ny-liair185542438jan18,0,1950054.story

GPS / NAVIGATION

3) China-Made Satellite Navigation System Monitors Dangerous Chemical Transport
Link to Xinhua story:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/17/content_7442124.htm

OTHER

4) Non-Stop Growth Helps Traffic Company Accelerate
American Traffic Solutions benefits from increased popularity of photo-enforcement.
Link to story in The Arizona Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/0118biz-sr-ats0119-ON.html

5) Driving Entertainment Systems
How suppression filters can block ambient noise at high frequencies.
Link to story in CIE:
http://www.cieonline.co.uk/cie2/articlen.asp?pid=1767&id=18799

ROADWAYS

6) Monitors Can Predict Black Ice
Link to story and video report on News 14 Carolina:
http://news14.com/content/headlines/591936/monitors-can-predict-black-ice/Default.aspx

7) Arizona Governments Partner on Intelligent Transportation System
Link to story in The Arizona Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/community/westvalley/articles/0118gl-nwvits0118.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) Police Testing Siren that Drivers Can’t Ignore
Link to video report on KTUL-TV:
http://cfc.ktul.com/videoondemand.cfm?id=7228&ref=home

9) US Department of Homeland Security to Replace 'Duplicative' Anti-Terrorism Data Network
Link to story in The Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/17/AR2008011703279.html (free registration required)

10) Signs Warn New York State Drivers of Sparse Cell Service
Link to story and video report on Capital News 9:
http://www.capitalnews9.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=229805

TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS

11) Newly Revised Operations Performance Measurement Program Web Site from Federal Highway Administration
Link to further information:
http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/news/news_detail.asp?ID=403


News Releases
1) SITA Announces Creation of SITA Lab - A World Class R&D Facility for Aviation Technology Research
2) New and Improved: ITS/Operations Resource Guide from US DOT
3) Is iPhone Wi-Fi Location Better than GPS? Yes or No


Upcoming Events
The Commercial Vehicle Show ’08 – April 15-17 – Birmingham, UK
http://www.cvshow.com/


Solicitation
- Call for Papers – ITS Canada 2008 Annual Conference and General Meeting
http://www.itscanada.ca/montreal2008/documents/CallForPapers2008_EN.pdf


Friday Bonus
Air traffic controllers say the latest FAA training is insufficient. Budget cuts lead to scaled-back program as revealed in this smuggled video.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gQWbuo5ffm4


Today in Transportation History
1778 **230th anniversary** - An expedition led by Captain James Cook, brings the first Europeans to the Hawaiian Islands.
http://www.captaincooksociety.com/ccsu8031.htm

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