Transportation Communications Newsletter
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) Navigation Upgrade Uneven at US Airlines
Link to Reuters article:
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousivMolt/idUSTRE5945HS20091005
2) Airports Spread Out Check-In Kiosks to Cut Down on Lines
Link to article in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/travel/2009-10-05-airport-kiosks_N.htm
3) Airports Get Aid for Device to See Debris
Link to article in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/business/06debris.html
Link to advisory from the Federal Aviation Administration:
4) French Pilots Blast Inaction on Sensors
Link to UPI article:
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/10/05/French-pilots-blast-inaction-on-sensors/UPI-55231254757787/
Link to article in Journal du Dimanche:
http://www.lejdd.fr/Societe/Justice/Actualite/AF447-Le-crash-du-Rio-Paris-etait-evitable-139236/ (in French)
Link to news release from Syndicat des Pilotes d’Air France:
http://www.spaf.aero/index.php?ac=view&i=58&b=actualite (in French)
5) FAA Committed to NextGen Recommendations
Link to article in Aviation Week:
6) Lost Bag at Indian Airport? Log On
Link to Indo-Asian News Service article:
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Lost-bag-at-airport-Log-on/H1-Article1-461658.aspx
Link to CISF site: http://www.cisf.gov.in/airports.htm
7) Qantas Has Called for ‘Smarter Skies’
Link to article in The Australian:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,26175113-643,00.html
CAMERAS
8) What if Google Earth Had a Live View of Traffic and Pedestrians?
Link to blog and video in Government Video:
http://www.governmentvideo.com/Blogs.aspx?id=87892&blogid=524
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
9) EU Sets Rules for Electronic Payment of Road Tolls Across EU
Link to Dow Jones Newswires article:
http://english.capital.gr/News.asp?id=826878
Link to news release from the EU:
http://thegovmonitor.com/world_news/europe/europe-to-launch-electronic-toll-service-8575.html
10) National Highways Authority of India to Install Electronic Toll Collection System
Link to article on Zee News:
http://www.zeenews.com/news568791.html
MARITIME
11) Bahrain Joins Global Tracking System
Link to UPI article:
12) Transportation Policy Blog has Focus on Marine Transportation System
Link to MTS Matters:
OTHER
13) ITS Research Strategic Plan Update #2
Link to update from the director of the US DOT ITS Joint Program Office:
http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2009/row_stakeholders.htm
RAILROADS
14) Rail’s 150-Year Wait for Safety
Positive Train Control is still years away from full implementation in the US.
Link to article in Miller-McCune:
http://miller-mccune.com/business_economics/rail-s-150-year-wait-for-safety-1513
ROADWAYS
15) ‘Smart’ Speed Bumps Being Developed in Mexico
Link to article in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-10-05-speedbumps_N.htm
SAFETY / SECURITY
16) EU Parliament Set to ‘Re-open’ Visa Deal with US
Would include allowing the transfer of data on transatlantic airline passengers.
Link to article on EurActiv:
http://www.euractiv.com/en/justice/eu-parliament-set-open-visa-deal-us/article-186093
TRANSIT
17) Columbus, Ohio Transit Chief Joins Riders for Bus Service Apology
Link to article in The Columbus Dispatch:
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/10/05/COTA.html
18) Riding Seattle’s Rails, Ferries, Buses, ORCA Style
Link to article on ContactlessNews:
http://www.contactlessnews.com/2009/10/06/riding-seattles-rails-ferries-buses-orca-style
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
19) TrafficTalk Unveils Voice-Based Traffic Information Service
Link to article on TMCnet:
News Releases
1) Sensis Innovates Aircraft Departure Sequencing Tool
2) G-Map Launches First Real-Time Traffic iPhone GPS App
3) Ford Using Virtual Reality to Fine-Tune Sound Quality Inside Vehicles
Upcoming Events
US-India Aviation Partnership Summit – December 7-9 – Washington, DC
http://events.aaae.org/sites/091001/
Today in Transportation History
1884 **125th anniversary** - The first class of the US Naval War College met in Newport, Rhode Island.
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