Thursday, March 19, 2009

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, March 19, 2009 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) FAA to Block Public Access to Raw Bird Strike Data
Link to story in Air Transport Intelligence:
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/03/18/324033/faa-to-block-public-access-to-raw-bird-strike-data.html

2) ‘High Risk’ NextGen’s Planning, Leadership Questioned
Link to story on ATW Daily News:
http://atwonline.com/news/story.html?storyID=15972

OTHER

3) Mystery Solved: Arizona DOT Returns Lost Slides to California Family
Link to story in The Daily Courier:
http://www.dcourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=65759

RAILROADS

4) New Australian Rail Tunnel Shows Cracks – Electronic Monitoring Being Conducted
Link to story in The Sydney Morning Herald:
http://www.smh.com.au/national/new-23b-rail-line-shows-a-few-cracks-20090318-925t.html

ROADWAYS

5) Seattle DOT Botched Snow Response
Link to story in The Seattle Times:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008885019_sdot19m.html

6) Governor Wants Minnesota to Test Mileage Tax
Link to story on Minnesota Public Radio:http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/03/18/mileage_tax/

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) US Transportation Security Administration Lacks Technology to Meet Air Cargo Screening Goal
Link to story in Government Executive:
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=42298

TRANSIT

8) Hong Kong Underground Railway Gets Mobile Phone Coverage
Link to story on cellular-news:
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/36571.php

9) Leaked Web Test Leaves Toronto Transit Riders Mis-Tweeted
Link to story in the Toronto Star:
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/604008

10) Twitter on Transit: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Link to story on TransitTalent:
http://www.transittalent.com/articles/index.cfm?story=Twitter

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) Tennessee DOT Smart Way System: Phase Two
Link to story on WTVC-TV:
http://www.newschannel9.com/news/project_976653___article.html/tdot_says.html

VEHICLES

12) Cadillac Finds Its Hot Spot
Link to story in The New York Times:
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/cadillac-finds-its-hot-spot/

13) Can Your Car Know Too Much About You?
Link to story in the San Bernardino County Sun:
http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_11948467


News Releases
1) Trip Calculator Helps Broward County, Florida Motorists Find Best Time to Travel
2) Cubic to Expand Bank Card Acceptance in Public Transit Through Exclusive Licensing Agreement with ViVOtech
3) ARTBA Foundation Announces 2009 "Work Zone Safety Awareness Award" Winners
4) Upgrade for Australia’s National Air Traffic Control Towers


Upcoming Events
Webinar: A New Approach to Traffic Signal Timing Education and Training: Mobile Signal Timing Training (MOST) – April 15
http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s090415_most.asp


Today in Transportation History
2004 **5th anniversary** - Twenty-three people, most of them youths, died when a bus and truck collided near Äänekoski, Finland.
http://www.onnettomuustutkinta.fi/uploads/2u600ppcm9j9l0.pdf

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