Friday, June 12, 2009

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, June 12, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) Free Wi-Fi Coming to Salt Lake City Airport in July
Link to story in the Deseret News:
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705310049/Free-Wi-Fi-coming-to-SL-airport-in-July.html

2) Europe Signs Air Traffic Deals Worth 1.9 Billion Euros
Link to Reuters story:
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSLC7397220090612

BICYCLES

3) Better Bike Lane Signage is Low-Cost, High-Impact Solution for Urban Cyclists
Link to story in Fast Company:
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/alissa-walker/designerati/better-bikeway-signage-low-cost-high-impact-solution-urban-cyclists

CAMERAS

4) Red Light District for Southernmost City?
Key West, Florida mayor floats cameras as way to raise money.
Link to story in the Key West Keynoter:
http://www.keysnet.com/news/story/110452.html

RAILROADS

5) IBM Opens Railway Innovation Center in China
Link to AFP story:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g7D95fzJkkINXKa5JTaS_rIv6yHg
Link to news release from IBM:
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/27686.wss#release

6) Lithuanian Railways Completes First GSM-R Call
Link to story on cellular-news:
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/37957.php

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) Ban on Whole Body Imaging Would Hurt TSA, Chief Says
Link to story in Homeland Security Today:
http://www.hstoday.us/content/view/8895/128/

8) Minneapolis/St. Paul, US DOT Test Next-Generation 911 Systems
Link to story in Government Computer News:
http://gcn.com/articles/2009/06/11/minneapolis-dot-test-next-generation-911-systems.aspx

TRANSIT

9) San Francisco Bay Area Universal Transit Card Stalls
Link to article in the Contra Costa Times:
http://www.contracostatimes.com/traffic/ci_12571572

10) New York City Transit Says It Erred in Disbanding Subway Emergency Team
Link to story in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/12/nyregion/12emergency.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

11) Air Miles Could be Your Ticket for Edmonton Transit Ride
Link to story in the Edmonton Sun:
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/edmonton/2009/06/12/9773046-sun.html

12) Metra Rolls Out Its First Train Cars Wrapped in Paid Advertising
Link to story in the Chicago Tribune:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-talk-metra-rolling-adsjun11,0,6685116.story

13) AT&T Will Become Fourth Wireless Service in Chicago Subways
Link to story in the Chicago Tribune:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-cta-11-jun11,0,33216.story

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

14) Traffic Lessons Learned Keep Cars Moving Into Tennessee Concert Site
Link to story and video in the Chattanooga Times Free Press:
http://timesfreepress.com/news/2009/jun/12/traffic-lessons-learned-keep-cars-moving-concert-s/

VEHICLES

15) What Service Providers and Auto Makers Can Learn From Each Other
Link to column on TMCnet:
http://asterisk.tmcnet.com/topics/ip-pbx/articles/57898-what-service-providers-auto-makers-learn-from-each.htm

16) Higher Gas Mileage Standards at Expense of Safety Advances
Link to commentary in The Detroit News:
http://www.detnews.com/article/20090612/OPINION01/906120337/1008/Higher-gas-mileage-standards-at-expense-of-safety-advances


News Releases
1) Trimble Acquires Accutest for Vehicle Diagnostics and Telematics to Expand its Fleet Management Solutions


Upcoming Events
North American Freight Flows Conference: Understanding Changes and Improving Data Sources – September 16-17 – Irvine, California
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9836


Friday Bonus
I guess Angelina Jolie wasn’t available.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h-EHqq2i7JakPoNai-odLpVTM2rQD98NSUQ82


Today in Transportation History
1889 **120th anniversary** - The Armagh rail disaster took place in Ireland. Seventy-eight people, many children, died.
http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/BoT_Armagh1889.pdf

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