Monday, April 13, 2009

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, April 13, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) FAA Needs Transparency
Newspaper calls on agency to release bird-strike information.
Link to editorial in the Chattanooga Times Free Press:
http://timesfreepress.com/news/2009/apr/13/faa-needs-transparency/?opiniontimes

2) Crash Survivor: Release Data
Link to story in the Argus Leader:
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20090413/NEWS/904130302/1001/news

3) Western Pennsylvania Airport’s Radar System Idle After Years
Link to AP story:
http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/pennsylvania/20090411_ap_wpaairportsradarsystemidleafteryears.html

4) Long Beach, California Officials Slam Blogger for Exposing JetBlue Rift
Link to story in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/item.aspx?type=blog&ak=65310409.blog
Link to The Cranky Flier blog: http://crankyflier.com/2009/03/30/across-the-aisle-from-jetblue-ceo-dave-barger-part-1-keeping-the-product-fresh-and-long-beach-troubles/

CAMERAS

5) Red Light Warnings Far from Cameras in Ohio
Link to story in The Columbus Dispatch:
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/04/13/signlaw.ART_ART_04-13-09_B1_SGDHNTO.html

6) More Inspectors, Not Cameras, Needed at Louisiana Railroad Crossings
Link to editorial in The Times:
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20090413/OPINION03/904110303/1058

GPS / NAVIGATION

7) GPS Can Lead a Criminal to Your Home
Link to story on ABC's Good Morning America:
http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=7293049&page=1

RAILROADS

8) NTSB Officials Suggest Using Amtrak Collision for Training
Link to STNG Wire story:
http://www.wbbm780.com/NTSB-Officials-Suggest-Using-Amtrak-Collision-For-/4181456

SAFETY / SECURITY

9) Signs Around Los Angeles Beaches Warn of Looming Tsunami Threat
Link to AP story:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,514706,00.html

TRANSIT

10) Kansas Transit Systems Aim to Enhance Bus Service, Rider Amenities
Link to story and video in the Lawrence Journal-World & News:
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/apr/13/transit-systems-aim-enhance-bus-service-rider-amen/?city_local

11) Washington State’s Jefferson Transit to Consider Policy on Signs Advising Bus Riders About Border Issues
Link to story in the Peninsula Daily News:
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090412/news/304129984

12) Paris Does Public Transit Right
Parisian buses provide real-time information to passengers.
Link to editorial in The Gazette:
http://www2.canada.com/montrealgazette/features/viewpoints/story.html?id=3d43f9a3-b3c4-4824-adce-2d9520ea23e1

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

13) New York 511 Service Helps People Move Smoothly
Link to story in The Journal News:
http://www.lohud.com/article/2009904130338
Link to 511NY: http://www.511ny.org/

14) Big Brother's Watching You Drive in Lower Manhattan
ITS will be used to calculate drive times.
Link to story in the New York Post:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/04112009/news/regionalnews/big_bros_watching_you_drivedowntown_163949.htm

VEHICLES

15) Mercedes-Benz Flagships Take Aboard High-Tech 'Trailblazers'
Link to story in Motoring:
http://www.motoring.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=4930632&fSectionId=751&fSetId=381


News Releases
1) Hertz Acquires Eileo, Car Sharing Technology Leader
2) Research and Markets: Electronic Toll Collection Systems - Global Strategic Business Report - Available Now


Upcoming Events
2009 TRB Joint Summer Conference – July 19-22 – Seattle, Washington
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9900


Today in Transportation History
1969 **40th anniversary** - The trams in Brisbane made their final runs.
http://www.brisbanetramwaymuseum.org/

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