Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, January 30, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) Iridium Sets Sights on Broadband
Link to story in Inflight:
http://www.shephard.co.uk/Inflight/Default.aspx?Action=-1000945703&ID=71d5c176-5577-4bfa-91e2-cf8e1101aad6

OTHER

2) Audit Initiated of US DOT’s Transportation Technology Innovation and Demonstration Program (TTID)
Link to memorandum from US Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General:
http://www.oig.dot.gov/StreamFile?file=/data/pdfdocs/TTID.pdf

ROADWAYS

3) MSNBC Creates Bridge Tracker Web Site as Part of Series on Inspection of Spans
Site provides inspection dates and conditions of bridges between user-defined start and end points.
Link to site:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21840954

4) Portion of US 183A in Texas Could be Video-Tolled
Link to story in the Austin Business Journal:
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2008/01/28/daily25.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

5) Logan Airport Looks for New Ways to Catch Terrorists
Massachusetts Port Authority uses Center of Excellence to evaluate various technologies.
Link to story in the Boston Herald:
http://news.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1069914&srvc=home&position=also

6) Federal Communications Commission has Only One Bid on Spectrum Block Reserved for First Responders
Link to story in Washington Technology:
http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/32167-1.html

TRANSIT

7) Tcard Woes Worsen for New South Wales Government
Link to story in The Age:
http://news.theage.com.au/tcard-woes-worsen-for-nsw-government/20080130-1oyf.html
Link to news release from ERG:
http://www.erggroup.com/news/details.asp?newsid=35

8) Could Washington State ‘Smart Card’ Plan be in Jeopardy?
Link to story and video report on KIRO-TV:
http://www.kirotv.com/news/15166700/detail.html
Link to further information from King County: http://transit.metrokc.gov/prog/smartcard/smartcard.html

9) South Africa Electronic Fare Collection System to be Formalized Before End-March
Link to story in Engineering News:
http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article.php?a_id=125711

10) Film Encourages Better Behavior on Transport for London Network
Link to BBC News story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7214816.stm
Link to film:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/projectsandschemes/communityandeducation/asb/default.aspx

11) Marin Transit Weighs Transit Swipe System Not Linked to Region’s Plan
Link to story in the Marin Independent Journal:
http://www.marinij.com/marin/ci_8114844

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

12) Suna Traffic Channel Spreading to Sydney, Brisbane
Link to story on iTWire:
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/16369/532/
Link to more information from Intelematics: http://www.intelematics.com.au/traffic.jsp

13) Traffic Channel Coming Soon to the Tube in Manila?
Link to story from BusinessWorld:
http://www.hoovers.com/free/co/news/detail.xhtml?ID=54128&ArticleID=20080130670.2_db95000855d85b1f&source_type%5B%5D=n

14) At Massachusetts Transportation Summit, Leaders Urge Innovation
Link to State House News Service story:
http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/x1059369379

15) Traffic Cameras in City of Danbury, Connecticut Now Available Online
Link to story in The News-Times:
http://www.newstimes.com/ci_8118132?source=most_viewed

16) Can Technology Decongest Nigerian Traffic?
Link to commentary in The Tide:
http://www.thetidenews.com/article.aspx?qrDate=01/30/2008&qrTitle=Can%20technology%20decongest%20traffic?&qrColumn=ISSUES

VEHICLES

17) Radio has a Special Place in the Car
Link to story in Radio World:
http://www.rwonline.com/pages/s.0053/t.10995.html


News Releases
1) Veteran Research Pilot to Head NOAA’s Aviation Weather Center
2) Laser Atlanta Rolls Out the Latest Weapon in the War on Speeders
3) Getting the Green Light: Global Traffic Technologies is Moving Forward New Corporate Headquarters, Web Site and Identity Announced
4) Global Traffic Technologies Awarded Default Judgment in US Patent Suit


Upcoming Events
Intermodal South America 2008 – April 15-17 - São Paulo, Brazil
http://www.intermodal.com.br/eng/


Today in Transportation History
1920 – The Toyo Kogyo Company is founded. The company would go on to make Mazda automobiles.
http://www.mazda.co.jp

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