Friday, July 31, 2009

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, July 31, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057
2009 National Rural ITS Conference

Less than 4 weeks remain before the 2009 National Rural ITS Conference (August 23-26th). Tell your clients, colleagues and associates to take advantage of this great learning opportunity by registering now. Over 30 sessions, four workshops, 3 professional tours and specialized Safety and Transit Tracks (PDH certificates available) await attendees in sunny Seaside, Oregon. Add in a great vendor show with over 30 exhibitors and ample networking opportunities and you’ll quickly see why the National Rural ITS Conference is a can’t miss event. Logon to www.nritsconference.org to learn more and register!


AVIATION

1) Inside the World’s Busiest Air Traffic Control Tower
Link to story in Wired:
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/07/airventure-control-tower

2) US Navy Unveils Maritime Patrol Aircraft
Link to story on Military.com:
http://www.military.com/news/article/navy-news/navy-unveils-maritime-patrol-aircraft.html?col=1186032311124

GPS / NAVIGATION

3) New Life-Saving GPS Technology Causes Rescue Dilemna
Link to story from the Nanaimo Daily News:
http://www.canada.com/life+saving+technology+causes+rescue+dilemma/1849392/story.html

MARITIME

4) Florida Seaports to Share Worker Information
Link to story in The Journal of Commerce:
http://www.joc.com/node/412647

ROADWAYS

5) Lessons Learned from the 35W Bridge Collapse
Link to Minnesota Public Radio story:
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/07/30/bridge-lessonslearned/

TRANSIT

6) DC Metro Chief Fears for Other Rail Systems
Link to story in The Washington Times:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/31/metro-chief-fears-for-other-rail-systems/?feat=home_headlines

7) Google Offers Tool to Help Boston’s T Riders
Link to story in The Boston Globe:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/07/google_offers_t.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

8) Transit 511 Combines Public Transportation Systems in the Bay Area
Link to story in Government Computer News:
http://gcn.com/articles/2009/07/27/great-gov-web-sites-03-transit511.aspx

9) August Issue of Florida DOT’s SunGuide Disseminator
Link to newsletter:
http://www.dot.state.fl.us/TrafficOperations/Newsletters/2009/2009-008-Aug.pdf


Upcoming Events
Fourth Annual International Airport Geographic Information Systems Conference – October 6-8 – Manchester, England
http://events.aaae.org/sites/091102/


Friday Bonus
At least they spelled ‘exit’ correctly.
http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20090725/WDH0101/907250623/1981


Today in Transportation History
1955 **55th anniversary** - The first ascent to the summit of K2, the world’s second highest mountain, was made by an Italian team led by Ardito Desio.
http://www.k2climb.net/

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