Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, January 13, 2009 -- ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) Flight Delay Information Lost in a Fog
Link to story in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/business/13delays.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

2) Eurocontrol: 2030 Congestion Threat Demands ‘Agile’ System
Link to story in Flight International:
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/01/13/321003/eurocontrol-2030-congestion-threat-demands-agile.html
Link to report from Eurocontrol:
http://www.eurocontrol.int/corporate/gallery/content/public/docs/pdf/pressreleases/2008/ACI_Eurocontrol_press%20factsheets2.pdf

BUSES

3) School Buses Now Come with Free Wi-Fi
Link to story in Mobile Industry Review:
http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2009/01/school_buses_now_come_with_free_wifi.html
Link to news release from Icomera:
http://www.icomera.com/pr.php?id=5&p=2

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

4) Drivers Abandon Cashless Sydney Harbour Bridge
Link to story in The Daily Telegraph:
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,27574,24910605-5006009,00.html

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) Dash Selects Navteq Traffic, No Big Loss for Inrix
Link to story in GPS Business News:
http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/Dash-selects-NAVTEQ-Traffic,-no-big-loss-for-INRIX_a1265.html
Link to news release from Navteq:
http://www.navteq.com/webapps/NewsUserServlet?action=NewsDetail&newsId=690&lang=en&englishonly=false

6) CES: More Options for Real-Time Services on Navigation Systems
Link to story in GPS Business News:
http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/CES-more-options-for-real-time-services-on-navigation-systems_a1266.html

OTHER

7) Obama’s Tech Adviser to be Tapped for Federal Communications Commission
Link to story in The Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/12/AR2009011203610.html

8) Boston Cabs Will Get Backseat Credit-Card Readers and Media Touch Screens
Link to story in The Boston Globe:
http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/01/cabs_will_get_b.html
Link to news release from Creative Mobile Technologies:
http://sev.prnewswire.com/auto/20090112/NY5797012012009-1.html

ROADWAYS

9) Council in Ireland Calls a Halt to ‘Stad’ Signs
Irish language stop signs are not approved.
Link to story on Independent.ie:
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/council-calls-a-halt-to-stad-signs-1599668.html

10) New Publications from US DOT
- Value Pricing Pilot Program: Lessons Learned
http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop08023/index.htm
- Lessons Learned from International Experience in Congestion Pricing
http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop08047/index.htm

SAFETY / SECURITY

11) New York State Public Safety Network May be Canceled
Link to story in InformationWeek:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/mobility/muni/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212800223&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

12) Winter Weather Puts New Iowa DOT Operations Center to Test
Link story on WHO-TV:
http://www.whotv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9664124
Link to Iowa 511 Traveler Information: http://www.511ia.org/

13) Real-Time Traffic Information to be Pooled, Analyzed and Sold in Thailand
New system aims to inform drivers through many electronic channels.
Link to story in The Nation:
http://nationmultimedia.com/2009/01/13/technology/technology_30093085.php

14) Chicago Transit Authority Bus Tracker a Favorite of Norwegians
Link to column in the Chicago Tribune:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-cta-bus-tracker-box-13-jan13,0,6537731.story
Link to CTA Bus Tracker: http://www.ctabustracker.com/

VEHICLES

15) Let Your Fingers Do the Driving
Interior designers say touch-screens will replace switches, buttons and keys in vehicles.
Link to story in The New York Times:
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/12/let-your-fingers-do-the-driving/


News Releases
1) National Exercise Simulation Center Opens at FEMA
2) TransCore Debuts Toll System Design Advancement, Introduces In-Lane Replenishment


Upcoming Events
ITS Georgia Monthly Meeting – January 29 – Atlanta
http://www.itsga.org/activities.htm


Today in Transportation History
1949 **60th anniversary** - Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian to travel in space, was born in Patiala, Punjab.
http://www.geocities.com/siafdu/ac2.html

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