Monday, August 17, 2009

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, August 17, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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GPS / NAVIGATION

1) NASA Launches New GPS to be Used for US Air Force

Link to AP story:

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1189533.html

2) iPhone Gets TomTom GPS App

Link to story in InformationWeek:

http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/gps/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=219400239

OTHER

3) Bay Area Commuters Turn to the Web To Find Car Pools

Link to story and audio report on KCBS Radio:

http://www.kcbs.com/Commuters-Turn-to-the-Web-To-Find-Car-Pools/5011490

RAILROADS

4) Interoperable Communications-Based Signaling as a Basis for Positive Train Control

Link to report from the Federal Railroad Administration:

http://www.fra.dot.gov/downloads/Research/rr0911.pdf

SAFETY / SECURITY

5) Drug-Driving Campaign is Launched in UK

Link to BBC News story and video:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8201407.stm

6) Saudi Religious Leaders Join Road Safety Campaign

Link to story in The National:

http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090818/FOREIGN/708179848/1135/OPINION

7) US Department of Homeland Security Plans Wiki for Agencies, Cybersecurity Center to Coordinate Efforts

Link to story in Government Security News:

http://gcn.com/articles/2009/08/17/web-cyber-ops-wiki.aspx

8) US Product Safety Agency Lacks Customs Data Access, GAO Report Finds

Link to AP story:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/16/AR2009081601508.html

Link to Government Accountability Office report:

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09803.pdf

TRANSIT

9) New York MTA Tells Blogger to Share Profits for iPhone App

Agency says train schedule information is its property.

Link to story and video on WTNH-TV:

http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/new_haven_cty/news_wtnh_mta_blogger_defends_iphone_app_200908131200

10) Riders Leaping Aboard High-Tech ‘Clever Commute’ Service

Link to story in The Star-Ledger:

http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-14/1250375707203660.xml&coll=1

11) Bus Times Displays in Singapore Will be Spot On

Land Transport Authority working with IBM to predict traffic flow.

Link to story from The Straits Times:

http://motoring.asiaone.com/Motoring/Motorworld/Story/A1Story20090816-161398.html

Upcoming Events

2009 Texas Ports & Waterways Conference – September 2-4 – Corpus Christi Texas

http://tti.tamu.edu/conferences/pw09/

Today in Transportation History

1969 **40^th anniversary** - Huge traffic jams mark the end of the Woodstock music festival in Bethel, New York.

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0817.html#article

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