Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday, July 28, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057
Registration Open for "Use of ITS in Airport Environments Workshop"
Registration is available for the upcoming "Use of ITS in Airport Environments Workshop," August 25-26, 2008, in Los Angeles, California. Hosted by ITS America and the American Association of Airport Executives, this two-day event will feature ITS industry leaders who are currently providing solutions for airport land side management and airport managers sharing real-world results, lessons learned, success stories and reasons why they have chosen ITS products and services as their airport land side management solution. Airport managers are turning to ITS to provide solutions to the challenges they face, such as managing parking, commercial vehicle movement, incident management, security and much more. The preliminary agenda, list of speakers, and registration information is available at http://www.itsa.org/itsconference.html.
AVIATION
1) Ottawa Asks Pearson Airport to Examine Kiosk Security
Link to story in the National Post:
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2008/07/27/ottawa-asks-pearson-airport-to-examine-kiosk-security.aspx
2) Demand Increases for Phone Translation Service at Seattle-Tacoma Airport
Link to story in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/travel/2008-07-27-airport-checkin_N.htm
3) ‘Fuel Pain to Boost In-Flight Live TV,’ Says Report
Link to story on Inflight Online:
http://www.shephard.co.uk/Inflight/Default.aspx?Action=-1000945703&ID=c774a5c4-b2ee-451d-9d77-6cfb24609d83
4) Are You Against In-Flight Mobile Phone Calls?
Link to story in the Telegraph:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=A1YourView&xml=/money/2008/07/28/bcnphone128.xml
BUSES
5) Buses in Delhi to Have GPS Facility
Link to Press Trust of India story:
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=e19db6a4-d94e-481e-b2e1-f3805b695268&&Headline=Buses+in+capital+to+have+GPS+facility&strParent=strParentID
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
6) Toll Roads Take Cashless Route
Link to story in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-07-27-cashless-toll-roads_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip
GPS / NAVIGATION
7) Bikers, Pedestrians Seeking Better Web Maps
Link to AP story:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jhKddOHBUGOHJ2HbzHiwXyjEDR8AD924UPVO0
8) Transit New Zealand Takes Virtual Road Trip
Link to story in The Dominion Post:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4633783a28.html
9) Quebec Company Builds GPS Device for the Visually Impaired
Link to CTV story and video report:
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080727/gps_visual_080727/20080727?hub=SciTech
OTHER
10) Rebuilding Trust at Minnesota DOT, One Year After the Bridge Collapse
Link to story in the Pioneer Press:
http://www.twincities.com/allheadlines/ci_10005181
11) Web Site for Minnesota Bridge Victims Goes Online
Link to AP story:
http://ap.brainerddispatch.com/pstories/state/mn/20080727/310306570.shtml
Link to site: http://www.bridgecollapseclaims.com/
12) Tracking Devices Cut New Jersey Car Insurance Costs
Link to story in The Star-Ledger:
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/topstories/index.ssf/2008/07/tracking_devices_to_cut_car_in.html
13) Beijing Taxis to Become IC Card Friendly Before Olympics
Link to Xinhua story:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/28/content_8828061.htm
ROADWAYS
14) Arizona DOT to Offer More Precise Drive-Time Estimates
Link to story in The Arizona Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2008/07/28/20080728adot0728.html
15) Maryland State Highway Administration Workers Push to Limit
Makers of Maryland’s road markers show no signs of slowing down.
Link to story in The Baltimore Sun:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.signs28jul28,0,7979306.story
16) Web Site Shows the Deadliest US Roads
Link to UPI story:
http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2008/07/28/researchers-map-americas-deadliest-roads.html
Link to Safe Road Maps: http://www.saferoadmaps.org/
17) Mobile Voice Messages May Keep Drivers Safe
Verizon Wireless product allows users to respond to e-mails through voice recordings.
Link to story in The Denver Post:
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_10015769
SAFETY / SECURITY
18) Passengers at British Airports to be Fingerprinted
Link to story in the Telegraph:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/2463357/Passengers-at-British-airports-to-be-fingerprinted.html
19) Maine’s ‘Distracted Driver’ Law May Get an Update
Link to Capitol News Service story:
http://bangornews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=167687&zoneid=500
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
20) Virginia DOT to Manage Traffic with Variable Speed Limit
Link to AP story:
http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-dc--high-techspeedlim0726jul26,0,2235388.story
21) UK Highways Agency Drives on with Traffic Tech
Link to story on Silicon:
http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39264810,00.htm
22) Israel National Roads Company Seeks Traffic Control System
Link to story on Globes:
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/DocView.asp?did=1000366015&fid=1725
23) Signs Designed to Improve Travel on Michigan Roads
Link to story in the Times Herald:
http://www.thetimesherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080728/NEWS01/807280306/1002
24) Traffic Control in Early Form
Link to story in The Ledger:
http://www.theledger.com/article/20080727/NEWS/807270344&title=Traffic_Control_In_Early_Form
News Releases
1) Quixote Corporation Announces the Sale of Its Intersection Control Segment to Signal Group, Inc.
2) FCC Announces Panelist for Public En Banc Hearing on Public Safety Interoperable Communications – The 700 MHz Band Proceeding
3) The Association of Toll and Traffic Systems Integrators of India (ATTSII) Recommends Guidelines for a Suitable Electronic Toll Collection Standardization for India
Upcoming Events
Vehicle Dynamics North America Expo 2008 – October 22-24 – Novi, Michigan
http://www.vehicledynamics-expousa.com/
Today in Transportation History
1972 – A weeklong national dock strike began in Britain.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/28/newsid_2496000/2496609.stm
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