Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) Looking for a Wi-Fi Hotspot? Try 10,000 Feet Up
Link to story on CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/business.travel/05/04/airplane.wifi/index.html

2) Airlines Boost Self-Service with Mobile Check-in
Link to story and audio report on NPR’s All Things Considered:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103781402

OTHER

3) Bush-Era Secrecy Still Hiding Government Data
Information removed includes FAA enforcement actions and pipeline mapping data.
Link to ABC News story:
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=7496067&page=1

4) Latest Edition of Transport Business Online
Link to magazine:
http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/Launch.aspx?referral=mypagesuite&refresh=J0r72B1i1qH3&PBID=8a22ef1c-9187-4d60-a8da-96ecddd9260a&skip

ROADWAYS

5) Honk if You’re Going to Report This on the Internet
Web sites where you can complain about bad parkers, slow mergers, and that jerk who cut you off.
Link to story in Slate:
http://www.slate.com/id/2217429/?gt1=38002

TELEMATICS

6) Telematics and GPS Go In the Right Direction
Navigation assistance gets more user-friendly with help of technology.
Link to story on MSNBC:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30526005/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

7) Radio Road-Travel News is a Valuable Service in UK
Link to story on PublicTechnology:
http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=19887

8) Traffic Lights Covered Up by Ealing Council to Test Congestion ‘Cure’
Link to story in The Times:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6207518.ece


News Releases
1) Best Western First Hotel Chain to Offer New GPS and Online Mapping Service for North America/Caribbean
2) Traffic Sign Recognition Offers Additional Driver Safety


Upcoming Events
2009 Incident Management, Safety and Security – July 19-21 – Denver
http://www.ibtta.org/Events/eventdetail.cfm?ItemNumber=3857


Today in Transportation History
1494 **515th anniversary** - Christopher Columbus landed on Jamaica and claimed it for Spain.
http://www.columbusnavigation.com/v2.shtml

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