Thursday, January 8, 2009

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, January 8, 2009 -- ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) Pilots Slow to Buy New Digital Emergency Beacons
Link to story in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-01-07-beacon_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip
Link to additional information on SARSAT: http://www.sarsat.noaa.gov/

OTHER

2) VII is Now IntelliDrive
Links to additional information from US DOT:
http://www.its.dot.gov/intellidrive/intellidrive_announcement.htm (letter from RITA Administrator)
http://www.its.dot.gov/intellidrive/intellidrive_faq.htm (FAQ sheet)
http://www.its.dot.gov/intellidrive/index.htm (IntelliDrive Web site)

SAFETY / SECURITY

3) Port Authority of NY & NJ to Post Inspections of Airports, Bus and Train Terminals, Bridges, Tunnels and Port Facilities
Agency will make internal inspection reports public to show facilities are safe.
Link to AP story:
http://www.silive.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/news-40/123139645960840.xml&storylist=simetro
Link to news release from the Port Authority:
http://www.panynj.gov/AboutthePortAuthority/PressCenter/PressReleases/PressRelease/index.php?id=1178

4) ‘Homeland Security’ Show an Incomplete Picture
New television reality show provides an inside look at homeland security employees.
Link to column in The Washington Post:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2009/01/the_eye_and_almost_mrs.html?hpid=news-col-blog
Link to additional information on Homeland Security U.S.A.:
http://abc.go.com/primetime/homelandsecurity/

TELEMATICS

5) Ford’s Sync Adds Interactive Features
Link to story in The Wall Street Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123138157410963209.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

6) Say What? Wisconsin’s New Road Info Line Struggles to Understand Callers
Link to AP story:
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20090108/GPG0101/90108031/1207/GPG01

VEHICLES

7) Local TV Stations Go Mobile in Phones, Cars
Link to story in PC Magazine:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2338415,00.asp
Link to additional information from the Open Mobile Video Coalition:
http://www.openmobilevideo.com/media-relations/press-releases/


News Releases
1) Ford Truck Owners Take the Office on the Road with LogMeIn
2) GE Expands Award-Winning Telematics Solution to Canada
3) Navigon Expands Pool of Downloadable Content for Its GPS Navigators, Including Red-Light Camera Warnings and a European Map
4) ATX Forms Strategic Partnership with Toyota to Launch US Telematics Program


Upcoming Events
ITE 2009 Technical Conference – March 22-25 – Phoenix
http://www.ite.org/Conference/default.asp


Today in Transportation History
1979 **30th anniversary** - The tanker Betelgeuse exploded off the Irish coast.
http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2004/01/08/story159788705.asp

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