Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, February 5, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) FAA Budget Request Slashes Airport Improvement Program
However, allocation triples for NextGen air traffic control modernization program.
Link to story in Aviation Week:
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=comm&id=news/FAA02048.xml&headline=FAA%20Budget%20Request%20Slashes%20AIP
Link to FY 2009 FAA Budget in Brief:
http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/aba/budgets_brief/media/bib2009.pdf

2) US Congress Wants Secret Air-Safety Data
Link to AP story:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-02-04-nasa_N.htm
Link to news release from the House Committee on Science and Technology:
http://science.house.gov/press/PRArticle.aspx?NewsID=2074

3) American Airlines Pilot Safety Program is Extended Until May by Federal Aviation Administration
Link to story in the Star-Telegram:
http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/453691.html

MARITIME

4) LORAN Rescued
Link to story in GPS World:
http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/LORAN-Rescued/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/489037?contextCategoryId=33831

5) Federal Judge Reinstates Rules on Sonar, Criticizing Bush’s Waiver for Navy
Link to story in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/us/05sonar.html?ex=1359867600&en=238811a29628c2e0&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all
Link to order from US District Court – Central District of California:
http://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/CACD/RecentPubOp.nsf/bb61c530eab0911c882567cf005ac6f9/cadea7e2e9aac8e0882573e5008217bd/$FILE/SA07CV00335-FMC.pdf

6) Maritime Institute’s Realistic Simulator Helps Commercial Sailors
Link to story in The Daily Record:
http://www.mddailyrecord.com/article.cfm?id=4237&type=UTTM
Link to additional information from The Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies:
http://www.mitags.org/t-about.aspx

PARKING

7) Traffic Scofflaws in for Rude Awakening
Technology to leave ticket collectors no place to hide.
Link to column in the Chicago Tribune:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-zorn_05feb05,1,7581666.column
Link to additional information on AutoVu:
http://www.autovu.com/index.cfm?&lang=EN_CA

RAILROADS

8) SNCF: e-Services Available for Freight Shippers
Link to story in the Transport Information Group:
http://www.matthieudesiderio.com/?p=105
Link to Clic Services Fret SNCF:
http://www.servicefret.sncf.com/Applications/pnp/login.php5 (in French)

9) Kansas City Southern to Deploy GPS Ballast Train, CWR Switches and Gen-Set Switchers
Link to story in Progressive Railroading:
http://www.progressiverailroading.com/news/article.asp?id=14976

TRANSIT

10) Moving the Bus Back into Traffic Safely - Signage and Lighting Configuration Phase I
Link to report from the National Center for Transit Research:
http://www.nctr.usf.edu/pdf/77610.pdf

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) Cell Phone Test to Monitor I-880 Traffic Flow
Link to story in the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/05/BAE8US0HJ.DTL

12) Hawaiian Bill Proposes 24-Hour Radio Traffic Updates
Link to story and video report on KHON-TV:
http://www.khon2.com/news/local/15294016.html
Link to bill: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2008/Bills/HB1972_.htm

13) Traffic Updates Available on New Surprise, Arizona Web Page
Link to story in The Arizona Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/community/westvalley/articles/0205gl-nwvtransportation0206.html
Link to Surprise Transportation: http://www.surpriseaz.com/index.asp?NID=1578


News Releases
1) US Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters Encourages States to Utilize Electronic Tolling to Relieve Congestion and Finance New Capacity
2) TomTom and SFR Sign Agreement to Bring the World’s Most Advanced Traffic Information Service to France
3) Innovative New Technology Sought to Improve Disaster Management and Ease Traffic Congestion in UK
4) HIMSS & COMCARE Announce Integrated Emergency Medical Response Initiative Advisory Board


Upcoming Events
Cooperative Vehicle Infrastructure Systems – March 31-April 1 - Amsterdam
http://www.h3bmedia.com/networx/cvis.cfm


Today in Transportation History
1971 – The Apollo 14 lunar module, Antares, lands on the Moon.
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo14info.html

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