Thursday, February 28, 2008

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, February 28, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Machines to Man Indian Airports
Will be used to check authenticity of passports.
Link to Indo-Asian News Service story:
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080042526

2) Next Generation Air Traffic System Aimed at Cutting Cost, Pollution
Link to story in Government Executive:
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0208/022808n2.htm

MARITIME

3) Ports Report Urges Better Evaluation of Nuke Detectors
Link to AP story:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-02-27-nuclear-detectors_N.htm

ROADWAYS

4) Speed Cameras to be Installed in Washington State Work Zones
Link to story and video report on KING-TV:
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_022708WAB_speed_cameras_KS.2b1634a.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

5) Arizona Texting-While-Driving Ban Meets Resistance
Link to story in The Arizona Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0228text0228.html

6) From High-Tech to Low, New Seattle Emergency Center has It AllLink to story in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/352897_emergency28.html
Link to news release from the City of Seattle:
http://www.cityofseattle.net/news/detail.asp?ID=8201&Dept=40

7) Statistics Show Hands-Free Doesn’t Mean Accident Free
Link to story in The Star-Ledger:
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-13/1204177085113690.xml&coll=1

8) Hopes Fading for Public Safety Broadband Network in US
Link to story in Government Computer News:
http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/45904-1.html

9) License Plate Scanning Systems Make Robocop a Reality in Some Cities
Link to story in Computerworld:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9065278&intsrc=hm_list

TELEMATICS

10) Embrace Consumer Electronics, Auto Industry Urged
Link to story in the Oakland Business Review:
http://www.mlive.com/business/index.ssf/2008/02/embrace_consumer_electronics_a.html

TRANSIT

11) Bulgarians to Get on Public Transport with E-Tickets
Link to Sofia News Agency story:
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=90805


News Releases
1) Win-Win Partnerships are the Key to Enhanced Traffic Data for Navigation Systems
2) Volvo: Tests with Tired Drivers Increase Traffic Safety


Upcoming Events
Texas Transportation Forum – April 20-22 – Austin, Texas
http://www.dot.state.tx.us/ttf/


Job Posting
- Electronics Engineers – Volpe National Transportation Center – Cambridge, Massachusetts and Washington, DC
http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/ftva.asp?seeker=1&JobID=68200595


Today in Transportation History
1958 **50th anniversary** - A school bus and a wrecker collide in Kentucky. The bus plunged into a rain-swollen river killing the driver and 26 children.
http://www.wkyt.com/wymtinvestigates/headlines/15957112.html

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