Friday, January 2, 2009

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, January 2, 2009 -- ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) Honolulu Airport Communications Glitch Delays Flights
Link to story in The Honolulu Advertiser:
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20081231/BREAKING01/81231060/-1/localnewsfront

2) Federal Aviation Administration Constructing New ‘Nerve Center’
Link to story in Aviation International News:
http://www.ainonline.com/news/single-news-page/article/faa-constructing-new-nerve-center/
Link to additional information from the FAA:
http://www.faa.gov/ats/potomac/Tier1_home.htm

3) LAX on the Web
Upgrading lawa.org has been in progress for a year, incorporating many Web 2.0 techniques.
Link to video report from Government Technology TV:
http://erepublic.feedroom.com?fr_story=73de8a08ccdd7885c9072a5ea50f16997a4b42ee
Link to Los Angeles World Airports Web site: http://www.lawa.org

CAMERAS

4) Was Houston Red-Light Camera Study Flawed?
Link to story in the Houston Chronicle:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6189708.html
Link to report: http://www.houstontx.gov/mayor/press/documents/redlightcameras20081229.pdf

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) GLONASS Grows Back
Link to story on Strategy Page:
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htspace/articles/20090102.aspx
Link to additional information on GLONASS from the Russian Space Agency:
http://www.glonass-ianc.rsa.ru/pls/htmldb/f?p=202:20:16827457493506720876::NO

6) Hopes for 1 Million Sat-Nav Users in Istanbul
Link to story in Hürriyet:
http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/10682770.asp?scr=1
Link to additional information on CepTrafik: http://tkm.ibb.gov.tr/ceptrafik/index.aspx (in Turkish)

7) GPS Goes Green
Link to story in Consumer Reports:
http://blogs.consumerreports.org/cars/2009/01/gps-goes-green.html

OTHER

8) Snap, Map, Chat and Hyperlink?
Europe’s MOBVIS project has developed a system that can attach hyperlinks to real-world urban features.
Link to story on ICT Results:
http://cordis.europa.eu/ictresults/index.cfm/section/news/tpl/article/BrowsingType/Features/ID/90344
Link to additional information on MOBVIS: http://www.mobvis.org/

ROADWAYS

9) Foreigners Lukewarm to New South Korea Road Signboards
Link to story in The Korea Times:
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/01/117_37195.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

10) After Six Months, Washington State Drivers Ignoring Cell Phone Ban
Link to story in The Seattle Times:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008579418_cellphones01m0.html

TELEMATICS

11) Hughes Telematics to Create a la Carte Car Tech Features, Standardize Connections
Link to blog on Edmunds:
http://blogs.edmunds.com/strategies/2009/01/hughes-telematics-to-create-a-la-carte-car-tech-features-standardize-connections.html


News Releases
1) China TransInfo Technology Signs Taxi Media Placement Agreement in Dalian


Upcoming Events
The Work Truck Show – March 4-6 – Chicago
http://www.ntea.com/worktruckshow/index.aspx?id=938


Friday Bonus
Maybe hitchhiking would be a better choice.
http://www.forbestraveler.com/luxury/worst-taxi-rides-story.html


Today in Transportation History
1959 **50th anniversary** - Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the Moon, was launched by the Soviet Union.
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1959-012A

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