Monday, October 12, 2009

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, October 12, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Non-Radar Air-Traffic System Debuts

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2009-10-12-air-traffic_N.htm

2) Low-Cost Airlines All a-Twitter with Customers

Link to AP article:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Lowcost-airlines-all-aTwitter-apf-629994216.html?x=0&.v=2

3) EU-US Air Traffic Management Talks

Hope to ensure interoperability between the European air traffic management program SESAR and its American equivalent NextGen.

Link to article on Europolitics:

http://www.europolitics.info/external-policies/eu-us-air-traffic-managment-talks-art250850-44.html

ROADWAYS

4) Shanghai Roads Renamed as Part of Nationwide Initiative to Create a Unified Naming System for Highways

Link to article in the Shanghai Daily:

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200910/20091012/article_416026.htm

SAFETY / SECURITY

5) In the Lab, Cooking Up Bomb Detectors

Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-bomb-lab12-2009oct12,0,1662647.story

6) Seeking Criminals, FBI Scanning Driver-License Photos

Link to AP article:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iCDKSGZjGw3GMFUml4LQLlWzNOuQD9B9O5B80

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

7) Colorado DOT: Technology Key to Managing I-70 Traffic

Link to article in the Summit Daily News:

http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20091012/NEWS/910119988/1078&ParentProfile=1055

News Releases

1) Smart Phone Apps Battle Spreads to Car Market

2) Norfolk Southern E-commerce Offers ‘Railcar Event - Text Message Alerts’ and Live Chat Support

3) All New Toyota Genuine FollowMe Makes In-Car Navigation Portable

4) Berg Insight Says 3.5 Million Cars in Europe have a Telematics Device

5) Know Before You Go with ‘Traffic Text’ from O2 and iTraffic

6) Study to Examine Vehicle Safety Warnings Aimed at Detecting Distracted Drivers

Upcoming Events

Telematics @ China 2009 – December 8-9 – Shanghai

http://www.telematics-china.com.cn/

Today in Transportation History

1964 **45^th anniversary** - Voskhod 1, the first spacecraft to carry more than one person, was launched.

http://www.astronautix.com/flights/voskhod1.htm

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