Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, December 31, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

AVIATION

1) Safety Program Stalled at Three Airlines
Link to story in The Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/30/AR2008123003056.html
Link to additional information on the Aviation Safety Action Program:
http://www.faa.gov/safety/programs_initiatives/aircraft_aviation/asap/

2) The Future of In-Flight Internet
Link to column in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2008-12-29-qa-row44-guidon_N.htm
Link to additional information on Row 44: http://www.row44.com/

MARITIME

3) Who Needs GPS? Barnegat Lighthouse to Shine Again After 82 Years
Link to story in The Press of Atlantic City:
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/183/story/359415.html

PEDESTRIANS

4) Pedestrians 2008
Paper topics include accessible pedestrian signals for blind pedestrians at complex intersections and detectable warnings for visually impaired pedestrians.
Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9860

ROADWAYS

5) Toll Express Lanes Ease Traffic on Urban Highways
Link to AP story:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i7aLHU_eLiGSSHngQctXlwLDuycwD95D2CQO0

TELEMATICS

6) San Francisco’s Autonet Sells In-Vehicle Internet Access as a Subscription
Link to story in the San Francisco Business Journal:
http://eastbay.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2008/12/29/smallb1.html?b=1230526800%5E1752129
Link to Autonet’s site: http://www.autonetmobile.com/

TRANSIT

7) Ditching Car OK with Net Transit Planners
Link to Associated Press review:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gDLAaon3EH1saS8FI8g2JHs0_MJAD95D7P9O1

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

8) Smart-Road Plans to Go Forward in 2009 in Houma, Louisiana
Link to story in the Daily Comet:
http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20081231/ARTICLES/812300219/1212?Title=Smart_road_plans_to_go_forward_in_2009

9) New Total Traffic Network Web Site Debuts
Link to story in Radio Ink:
http://www.radioink.com/HeadlineEntry.asp?hid=144482&pt=todaysnews
Link to Total Traffic Network: http://www.totaltraffic.com/


News Releases
1) Rand McNally Enhances Commercial Transportation Industry's Most Comprehensive Routing and Mileage Software


Upcoming Events
Railway Security Forum & Expo – January 27-28 – Arlington, Virginia
http://www.railwayage.com/conference1.html


Today in Transportation History
1983 **25th anniversary** - AT&T’s Bell System was dissolved.
http://www.bell.com/

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