Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) Media Companies Seek Revenue, Branding at Airports
Link to AP story:
http://www.wthitv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9013013

OTHER

2) ‘Smart Ears’ for Machines
A traffic camera, for example, would know where to zoom when it heard a crash.
Link to story in The Engineer:
http://www.theengineer.co.uk/Articles/307956/'Smart+ears'+for+machines.htm

RAILROADS

3) Vast Controls to Curb Rail Crashes May be Years Off
Link to story in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/us/16crash.html?partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

ROADWAYS

4) Cutting-Edge Technology Makes New I-35W Bridge a Model for Future
Link to story and audio report from Minnesota Public Radio:
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/09/11/35w_technology/

SAFETY / SECURITY

5) California Seeks Train Operator Cell Phone Ban
Link to AP story:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g-xsvlkTx_cLm6dJHngndxwYFgNAD937OAV00

6) Geocaching Creates Headache for Wyoming DOT
Link to story in the Casper Star-Tribune:
http://www.trib.com/articles/2008/09/15/news/casper/6e5bf20677727bdb872574c400211005.txt

7) US-VISIT May Miss Deadline
Link to story in Federal Computer Week:
http://www.fcw.com/online/news/153797-1.html

8) Presentation and Video of ‘Complying with the New FHWA Regulation on High Visibility Garments’ Webinar Now Available
Link to webinar and presentations:
http://www.workzonesafety.org/training/webinar/2008_wz_webinar_high_visibility_clothing

TRANSIT

9) NTSB: Train Crash Could Have Been Prevented
Link to story in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-09-15-train_N.htm

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

10) AT&T Shows Off Emerging Technology
One application matches a travel route to traffic cameras to check out a commute on a TV before leaving home.
Link to Cox News Service story:
http://www.dailyadvance.com/business/att-shows-off-emerging-technology-134088.html

VEHICLES

11) Australian Car Ads Urged to Include Emissions Info
Link to AAP story:
http://news.smh.com.au/national/car-ads-urged-to-include-emission-info-20080913-4fua.html


News Releases
1) Cross Country Automotive Services Acquires ATX Group
2) Deadline to Enter ITS America's Student Essay Competition Approaching September 30
3) Keeping Watch Over Sydney Ports
4) Speech Technologies, Multimedia and Traffic Information are Important Drivers for the US Navigation Market
5) Telvent Reaches Agreement to Acquire, for $445 Million, US-Based Business Information Services Provider DTN
6) TransCore Introduces the ‘Green Calculator’
7) ITT Achieves FAA Milestone on ADS-B Air Traffic Modernization Program


Job Postings
- Aerospace Engineer – Volpe National Transportation Systems Center – Cambridge, Massachusetts
http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/getjob.asp?JobId=75623773&AVSDM=9%2F16%2F2008+2%3A50%3A49+PM


Upcoming Events
Navigation India 2008 – November 20-21 – New Delhi
http://www.telematicsupdate.com/navindia/index.shtml


Today in Transportation History
1908 **100th anniversary** - General Motors is organized.
http://www.gm.com/corporate/about/history/

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