Thursday, February 21, 2008

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, February 21, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) ID Card Plan: UK Airport Union Wants Answers
Link to story on silicon:
http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39170114,00.htm
Link to statement from Unite:
http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=226

2) Singapore’s Changi Airport to Deploy New Runway Surveillance System
Link to story in Travel Daily News:
http://www.traveldailynews.com/pages/show_page/24597
Link to additional information on iFerret from Stratech Systems:
http://www.stratechsystems.com/iv_iferret.asp

GPS / NAVIGATION

3) Thirty-Two GPS Satellites? Not Quite Yet…
Link to story in GPS World:
http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/Thirty-two-GPS-Satellites-Not-Quite-Yet-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/492980?contextCategoryId=33831

4) European Parliament Grasps Galileo Reins
Link to story in GPS World:
http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/European-Parliament-Grasps-Galileo-Reins/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/492981?contextCategoryId=33831

5) TomTom Customizes Sat-Nav for Toyota
Link to story on just-auto:
http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?ID=93949&lk=dm

OTHER

6) Cisco’s New Networks: Highway, Airports, and City Streets
Link to CNET News story:
http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9875591-54.html?tag=newsmap
Link to information from Cisco on the Connected Bus Project:
http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac79/docs/wp/cud/CUD_ConnectedBusPP_021508final.pdf

7) Incorporating ITS Into the Transportation Planning Process: An Integrated Planning Framework (ITS, M&O, Infrastructure)
Link to guidebooks from the Transportation Research Board:
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=8696 (Practioner’s Guidebook)
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=8695 (Executive Guidebook)

ROADWAYS

8) Pavement Marking Research on a National Scale
Link to article in Texas Transportation Researcher:
http://tti.tamu.edu/publications/researcher/newsletter.htm?vol=43&issue=4&article=7&year=2007

SAFETY / SECURITY

9) Firm Gets US Nod for Quick Passenger Data Checks
Link to Reuters story:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7323798

TELEMATICS

10) Revolutionary Telematics System for Moving Vehicles
Link to story in Arab News:
http://arabnews.com/?page=9&section=0&article=106848&d=21&m=2&y=2008&pix=community.jpg&category=Features%22

TRANSIT

11) South Africa: Single Ticketing for GP Metro Transport
Link to story from BuaNews:
http://allafrica.com/stories/200802190174.html

12) Wi-Fi Bus to Surf San Francisco Streets
Link to story in the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.examiner.com/a-1233195~Wi_Fi_bus_to_surf_S_F__streets.html

13) New York-New Jersey Trains to Test Contactless Cards in Pilot Plan Next Year
Link to AP story:
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--regionalfares0221feb21,0,127787.story
Link to news release from the Port Authority of NY & NJ:
http://panynj.gov/AboutthePortAuthority/PressCenter/PressReleases/PressRelease/index.php?id=1038

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

14) Wisconsin National Guard Report Rips State Patrol’s Response to Interstate Logjam
Link to story in The Capital Times:
http://www.madison.com/tct/mad/topstories/273612
Link to report from the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs:
http://dma.wi.gov/MediaPublicAffairs/news_doc_get.asp?onid=573

15) Stop-and-Go No More
Columbus, Ohio wants to improve traffic flow by synchronizing signals with neighboring towns.
Link to story in The Columbus Dispatch:
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/02/21/trafficlights.ART_ART_02-21-08_B1_169DQP1.html?sid=101


News Releases
1) New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission Releases Request for Information for the Taxi of Tomorrow
2) Berg Insight Says 2.2 Million Cars in Europe Have a Telematics Device


Upcoming Events
Africa Roads 2008 – May 12-15 – Johannesburg, South Africa
http://www.terrapinn.com/2008/roadsza/


Today in Transportation History
1948 **60th anniversary** - NASCAR is officially founded.
http://www.nascar.com/kyn/history/

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