Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday, July 20, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) House Panel Reviews FAA’s Proposed NWS Av Weather Reorganization
Link to story on Aero-News:
http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=9953efce-469b-4062-b951-2595e3687253
2) St. Louis Airport Eyes Sponsors
Link to story in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2009-07-19-terminals-flights-airports_N.htm
BICYCLING
3) Twitter Take the Tour de France on New Course
Link to story on CNET News:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10289028-93.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0
CAMERAS
4) St. Louis Ignored Own Law Warning Motorists About Red-Light Cameras
Link to story in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
MARITIME
5) US Coast Guard Urges Boaters to Check Beacon Numbers
Link to AP story:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gwt1OWpWWFPmV7392jV096PGnC8QD99FL7SO2
6) New Tacoma Narrows Foghorns Have Lost Their Appeal for Many
Link to story in The News Tribune:
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/815850.html
OTHER
7) Site Maps Stimulus Spending
Link to story in Federal Computer Week:
http://fcw.com/Articles/2009/07/17/Recovery-Web-site-debuts-new-maps.aspx
Link to maps: http://www.recovery.gov/?q=content/maps
8) Two Wisconsin Agencies Won’t Give Out Names
Wisconsin DOT one agency that won’t release names of those on opt-out list.
Link to AP story:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-wi-privateinformatio,0,2321674.story
PARKING
9) Parking Dispo Ranked 35 in the Top 50 iPhone Apps
Program provides 1,400 car park addresses around France and real-time information on parking in Paris.
Link to story on Navx:
http://blog.navx.com/navx/2009/07/parking-dispo-ranked-35-in-the-top-50-iphone-apps.html
ROADWAYS
10) Signs Could Tell UK Drivers to Take the Train
Link to story in the Telegraph:
11) Texas Litterbugs Beware: Other Drivers Watching You
Link to story in the Houston Chronicle:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6537168.html
12) Signs of Change: How a New Font Called ‘Clearview’ is Changing America’s Highways
Link to story and video on The Hardest Year:
13) Newfoundland Tourism Operators Criticize New Highway Sign Law
Link to story in The Western Star:
http://www.thewesternstar.com/index.cfm?sid=270799&sc=26
SAFETY / SECURITY
14) On Virtual Roads, Crashes are Educational
Link to story in The National:
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090719/NATIONAL/707189850/1042/PAGETHREE
15) Drivers and Legislators Dismiss Cell Phone Risks
Link to story in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/technology/19distracted.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
16) Dallas Cowboys Stadium Passes Traffic Test
Link to story in The Dallas Morning News:
17) Futuristic Lamp-posts to Manage UK Traffic Jams
Link to story on TechRadar UK:
http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/futuristic-lampposts-to-manage-uk-traffic-jams-618091
18) A World Without Traffic
Can GPS startup company Waze map the perfect commute?
Link to story in The Big Money:
http://www.thebigmoney.com/articles/0s-1s-and-s/2009/07/20/world-without-traffic
News Releases
1) New FAA Safety Culture Reflected in Operational Error Reporting
2) Newark Liberty Airport Uses New Runway Safety System
Upcoming Events
Transportation Association of Canada Annual Conference and Exhibition – October 18-21 – Vancouver, British Columbia
http://www.tac-atc.ca/english/annualconference/exhibition/
Today in Transportation History
1969 **40th anniversary** - Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first people to land and walk on the Moon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwaA-hbvYF8
(This link was selected not only because it showcases the lunar landing, but because it highlights Walter Cronkite. Cronkite, who died this past Friday, and was the person many followed during these momentous events.)
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