Thursday, July 2, 2009

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, July 2, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Why Pilots Oppose New Black Box Technology

Link to story and video report on WFAA-TV:

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa090701_mo_airfrance.27cba025.html

2) FAA Releases Training Video for Fighting In-Flight Fires

Link to story on the Aero-News Network:

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=d99a306c-f251-4378-8ffa-bb5618e8c181

CARTOGRAPHY

3) Nokia Updates Ovi Maps

Link to story in InformationWeek:

http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/gps/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=218400228

ROADWAYS

4) University of Minnesota Web Site Highlights Dangerous Traffic Zones

Link to story in The Minnesota Daily:

http://www.mndaily.com/blogs/newsstand/2009/07/01/u-web-site-highlights-dangerous-traffic-zones

Link to SafeRoadMaps: http://www.saferoadmaps.org

5) Wildlife Early Warning System a New Way of Thinking

Link to story in the Durango Herald News:

http://durangoherald.com/sections/News/Earth/2009/07/02/Early_warning_system_a_new_way_of_thinking/

6) July Issue of Florida DOT's SunGuide Disseminator Online

Link to newsletter:

http://www.dot.state.fl.us/TrafficOperations/ITS/Projects_Deploy/Disseminator.shtm

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

7) California's Really Got Intelligent Transport Goin' On

Link to story in The Examiner:

http://www.examiner.com/x-11410-Fresno-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m7d1-Californias-really-got-IT-goin-on

8) Vodafone Germany Unveils HD Traffic Navigation Service

Link to story in Telecompaper:

http://www.telecompaper.com/news/SendArticle.aspx?u=False

9) Tennessee DOT Commissioner: TDOT Works to Keeo Motorists Informed

Link to commentary in The Chattanoogan:

http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_154196.asp

News Releases

1) Global Handset Navigation Subscriber Base to Grow to 26 Million by 2010, Says ABI Research

2) Idaho Transportation Department Now Using Twitter, In Motion to Share Information with the Public

3) Nationwide Traffic System Deployed in Australia Using TrafficScience Cellular Floating Vehicle Data Technology

Job Posting

- Transportation Training Specialist, GS-1701-12 EG – Volpe National Transportation Systems Center – Cambridge, Massachusetts

http://jobview.usajobs.gov/getjob.aspx?jobid=81788888

- Transportation Training Specialist, GS-1701-13 EG – Volpe National Transportation Systems Center – Cambridge, Massachusetts

http://jobview.usajobs.gov/getjob.aspx?jobid=81789867

Upcoming Events

IBTTA Incident Management, Safety and Security Workshop - July 19-21 - Denver

http://www.ibtta.org/Events/eventdetail.cfm?ItemNumber=3857

Today in Transportation History

1959 **50^th anniversary** - The Soviet Union sent dogs, Otvazhnaya and Snezhinka, as well as a rabbit, into space. They were safely recovered.

http://www.experiencefestival.com/russian_space_dogs_-_otvazhnaya_and_snezhinka

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