Friday, April 25, 2008

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, April 25, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) FAA Admits It Mishandled Air Traffic Control Cover-Up
Link to story in The Dallas Morning News:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-controllers_25bus.ART.State.Edition2.28095ea.html

2) Pilot's Missing Laptop Causes Airport Security Scare
Link to story and video on WJLA-TV:
http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0408/514346.html

3) When It Comes to Air Traffic Control Maintenance, the Devil’s In the Details
Link to story on Aero-News.Net:
http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=c81d40bb-d587-4e0c-9d75-1dd531ce8993

CARTOGRAPHY

4) Agencies Adapt Commercial Mapping Tolls to Suit Missions
Link to story in Federal Times:
http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=3493588

OTHER

5) Transportation Agencies Are Acting to Involve Others in Planning and Environmental Decisions
Link to US Government Accountability Office letter:
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-512R

6) Spring Issue of HNTB’s Transportation Point Online
Articles include:
- Texas’ Super Innovation Highway (page 10)
- In Pursuit of Mobility – Atlanta’s gridlocked Northwest Corridor could be home to one of the nation’s next managed lane systems (page 14)
Link to publication:
http://www.hntb.com/documents/pdf/HNTB-TP-5-2008.pdf

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

7) More US Agencies Turn to Podcasts to Get Message Out
Link to story in Federal Times:
http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=3492381

8) Traffic Safety: Improved Reporting and Performance Measures Would Enhance Evaluation of High-Visibility Campaigns
Link to report from the US Government Accountability Office:http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-477

SAFETY / SECURITY

9) Face Scans to Trial at UK Airports this Summer
Link to story in the Telegraph:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/25/nface125.xml

TRANSIT

10) What’s Life Without a Car? Google, HopStop are Helping Figure It Out
Link to story on VentureBeat:
http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/22/whats-life-without-a-car-google-hopstop-are-helping-figure-it-out/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) Keeping Up with Traffic – The Minnesota Traffic Observatory Focuses on Twin Cities Traffic
Link to story in Civil Engineer:
http://www.ce.umn.edu/news/stories/minnesota_traffic_observatory.html


News Releases
1) MY 511 Allows Users to Personalize 511 Access, Saving Time Online and by Phone
2) US Secretary of Transportation Announces $213 Million Grant to Cut Traffic, Improve Transit and Clean the Air in Los Angeles


Upcoming Events
NEXTRANS Center Inaugural Summit – May 5 – West Lafayette, Indiana
http://www.purdue.edu/dp/nextrans/summit08_main.php


Friday Bonus
What if IKEA redesigned a subway? Nah, something like that would never happen.
http://gizmodo.com/377665/comfy-ikea-train-makes-me-want-to-move-to-the-subway


Today in Transportation History
1901 – New York becomes the first US state to require automobile license plates.
http://www.alpca.org/

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