Thursday, January 29, 2009

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, January 29, 2009 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) JetBlue CEO Says Airlines Battle-Tested
Pushes for increased spending on air traffic control modernization in meeting with Obama.
Link to Reuters story:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/tnBasicIndustries-SP/idUKN2854049520090128?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true
Link to news release from JetBlue Airways:
http://sev.prnewswire.com/airlines-aviation/20090128/NY6386228012009-1.html

2) Southwest In-Flight Internet Trial Pushed to February
Link to story on Wi-Fi Net News:
http://wifinetnews.com/archives/008569.html

3) Spirit Flight Attendants Spitting Mad at Aprons Touting Beer
Link to story from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sfl-spirit0128,0,5148228.story
Link to news release from the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA:
http://www.afanet.org/default.asp?id=1159

4) Will Free Airport Wi-Fi Take Flight?
Link to column on ABC News:
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/CEOProfiles/story?id=6744280&page=1

CARTOGRAPHY

5) Australian Publisher Maps the Way to Save Fuel
Map publisher UBD has begun selling what it calls Australia's first green street directory.
Link to story in The Canberra Times:
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/national/national/general/publisher-maps-the-ways-to-save-fuel/1420144.aspx

MARITIME

6) Florida’s Maritime Industry Organizes to Lobby
Link to story in the Jacksonville Business Journal:
http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2009/01/26/daily31.html
Link to news release from the Florida Maritime Leadership Coalition:
http://www.floridamaritimeleaders.com/updates/viewupdate.php?szID=23

OTHER

7) Electronic Freight Management
Link to story in Public Roads:
http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/09janfeb/06.htm

8) TV Show: Traffic Cops Live for Moving Violations
Link to McClatchy Newspapers story:
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2009/01/29/tvspeeders0129.html
Link to further information on Speeders from truTV:
http://www.trutv.com/shows/speeders/index.html

ROADWAYS

9) West NEXCO, Nissan Begin Research on IT-Assisted Road Information System
Link to story in the Automotive Business Review:
http://www.automotive-business-review.com/article_news.asp?guid=90694821-0EB4-4D7D-A638-C87C02C740EC

10) Traffic Signal Systems
Link to papers from the Transportation Research Board:
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9920

11) The Sound of Safety
Arizona's findings point to centerline rumble strips for reducing lane departure crashes.
Link to story in Public Roads:
http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/09janfeb/02.htm

SAFETY / SECURITY

12) North Dakota House Rejects Text Messaging Ban for Drivers
Link to story in The Bismarck Tribune:
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2009/01/29/news/update/doc49820e558bf88537648582.txt

TELEMATICS

13) Can Paying for a Telematics System Save You Money?
Link to story on Edmunds:
http://www.edmunds.com/ownership/audio/articles/140686/article.html

TRANSIT

14) Transit TV and Its Importance to Marketing Books
Can out-of-home markets be the secret to stimulating books sales?
Link to story on TransWorldNews:
http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=74387&cat=1

VEHICLES

15) Audi Introduces New Third-Generation Advanced Multimedia Interface on Q5 SUV
Link to story in Motor Trend:
http://wot.motortrend.com/6416000/technology/audi-introduces-new-third-generation-advanced-multi-media-interface-on-q5-suv/index.html


News Releases
1) Delaware DOT Saves Money by Going ‘Virtual’ - New Project Communication Process More Efficient, Effective
2) ‘SnowMan’ Software Developed at the University of Buffalo Helps Keep Snow Drifts Off the Road


Solicitation
- Request for Information – Video Aggregation System – Florida Department of Transportation
http://vbs.dms.state.fl.us/vbs/ad.view_ad?advertisement_key_num=76741


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Today in Transportation History
1944 **65th anniversary** - The USS Missouri was launched as the last US battleship.
http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/uss_missouri_bb63.htm

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