Friday, October 9, 2009

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, October 9, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Getting Air Traffic Under Control

Link to article in Time:

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1929071_1929070_1929069,00.html

2) Consensus Emerges for NextGen Priorities

Link to article in Aviation Week:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=awst&id=news/NextGen101209.xml&headline=Consensus%20Emerges%20For%20NextGen%20Priorities

3) Controllers Were Joking, Giggling Before New York City Air Crash

Link to AP article and audio:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-10-08-air-controllers-audio_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip

4) Helicopter in South Carolina Crash Lacked Some Safety Features, NTSB Says

Link to article in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/08/AR2009100802919.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

5) Oklahoma DOT Twitter Plans Follow Text Talk

Link to AP article:

http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=11289397

Link to news release from Oklahoma DOT:

http://www.okladot.state.ok.us/newsmedia/press/2009/09-071_odot_joins_twitter_come_along_for_the_ride.pdf

6) Traffic Monitoring with a Self-Sensing Concrete Nanotechnology Road Surface

Link to article on Nanowerk:

http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=13009.php

News Releases

1) FAA.gov Ranked Among Best Federal Web Sites

Upcoming Events

ITS California Annual Meeting – November 16-17 – Anaheim, California

http://www.itscalifornia.org/

Friday Bonus

Here’s a way to prevent global warming that you might not have considered.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-world/2009/10/08/wee-ll-slash-jet-fuel-use-115875-21731248/

Today in Transportation History

1799 **210^th anniversary** - The HMS Lutine, a British frigate, was lost off the Dutch coast during a storm. Only one of the 270 people aboard the ship survived.

http://www.scribeweekly.com/de%20lutine.htm

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