Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, January 20, 2009 -- ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) Backup System Helped Pilot Control Jet
Link to story in The Wall Street Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123241485664396363.html

2) Pushing for US Airspace Modernization
Link to story in Flight International:
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/01/20/321193/pushing-for-us-airspace-modernisation.html

3) The Most and Least Wired Airlines and Airports
Link to story from PC World:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=networking_and_internet&articleId=9069258&taxonomyId=16&intsrc=kc_feat

CAMERAS

4) Photo-Radar Firm Quits Bid to Replace Rival in Arizona
Link to Capitol Media Services story:
http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/276636
Link to news release from Redflex Traffic Systems:
http://www.redflex.com/public_documents/asx_announcements/2009-01-19%20DPS%20Appeal%20Withdrawal.pdf

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

5) Blog Aims to Inform Rhode Island E-ZPass Users
Link to story on WPRI-TV:
http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/local_news/local_wpri_newport_ez_pass_blog_launched_20090120
Link to blog from the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority: http://riezpass.blogspot.com/

GPS / NAVIGATION

6) China to Launch Global Satellite Navigation System
Link to story on telecoms:
http://www.telecoms.com/itmgcontent/tcoms/news/articles/20017609843.html

OTHER

7) Changing Travel, One Tweet at a Time
Microblogging travelers break news well ahead of mainstream media.
Link to column on MSNBC:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28623823/

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) Nokia Offers Location-Based Security Service
The service will allow GPS-enabled S60 handsets to identify where friends and family are located, and track when people leave a predefined area.
Link to story in InformationWeek:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/gps/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212901484&subSection=All+Stories

TRANSIT

9) Austria Tests New NFC-Based Mobile Ticketing Service
Link to story on cellular-news:
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/35584.php

10) BART Police Will Work to Repair the Partnership with the Community
Link to commentaries in the San Francisco Chronicle:http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/19/EDEU15C3TT.DTL
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/19/EDEU15C29F.DTL

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) Standardized Traffic Information Offered on Taiwan’s GPS
Link to story in the Taipai Times:
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2009/01/21/2003434279

12) Program Uses Cell Phone Signals to Help Canadian Drivers Avoid Congestion
Link to CBC News story:
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/20/io-program.html
Link to news release from Intellione:
http://www.intellione.com/press/20JAN09_Rogers_news_release.pdf

13) Get Instant Traffic Information Online from Ohio DOT
Link to story in The Repository:
http://www.cantonrep.com/lifestyle/x1898853652/Get-instant-traffic-information-online
Link to Buckeye Traffic: http://www.buckeyetraffic.org/

14) North America’s ‘Largest Transportation Command Center’ Opens Its Doors
Link to story in Security Director News:
http://www.securitydirectornews.com/?p=article&id=sd200901aCLRSO

VEHICLES

15) Confederate PL8 for Florida? Descendents to Sue State
Link to story in the Orlando Sentinel:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-plate1709jan17,0,5990348.story

16) Fewer Journalists at Detroit Auto Show
Link to story in The New York Times:
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/16/fewer-journalists-at-auto-show/

17) Your Car – the Ultimate ‘Mobile Computer’
Hate Vista, laugh at Zune, dismiss Windows Mobile? You just might love Microsoft's Windows for cars.
Link to story in Computerworld:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=networking_and_internet&articleId=9084538&taxonomyId=16&intsrc=kc_feat


News Releases
1) Rapid ITS Deployment Makes Roads Safer
2) Cross-Country Web Site Assists Travelers on Interstates 90 and 94
3) Digital Tachograph for Road Transport: New Measures to Prevent Fraud and Equip Light Vehicles in EU


Upcoming Events
ACI-NA Air Cargo Conference – March 10-12 – Memphis, Tennessee
http://www.aci-na.org/conferences/detail?eventId=137


Today in Transportation History
1944 **65th anniversary** - The Royal Air Forced dropped 2,500 tons of bombs on Berlin.

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