Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) Incident Highlights Outdated Air-Traffic Control System
Link to article in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2009-10-27-outdated-air-traffic-system_N.htm
2) Extensive Failures Found in Maryland Medevac Crash
NTSB faults air-traffic controllers and Maryland State Police efforts to track and search for chopper.
Link to article in The Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/27/AR2009102702111.html
Link to news release from the National Transportation Safety Board:
http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/091027.html
3) Next Generation Air Transportation System: FAA Faces Challenges in Responding to Task Force Recommendations
Link to testimony from the Government Accountability Office:
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10188t.pdf
CARTOGRAPHY
4) Bill to Expand Geospatial Imagery Passes US House
Link to article in Federal Computer Week:
http://fcw.com/articles/2009/10/28/web-geospatial-mapping-bill.aspx
GPS / NAVIGATION
5) Google Maps Navigation Takes a Mobile Turn
Link to CNET News article:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10384544-265.html
MARITIME
6) Traffic Control Faulted in Ship Crash
Link to article in The Japan Times:
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20091029a1.html
7) Malacca, Singapore Straits Can Handle Rise in Vessel Traffic
Link to article in The Business Times:
http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/sub/shippingtimes/story/0,4574,356796,00.html
OTHER
8) Australian Communications and Media Authority Prepares for Intelligent Transport Systems
Link to article on iTWire:
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/28885/127/
SAFETY / SECURITY
9) Maryland Company Develops ‘Whisper’ Technology for TSA
Radios can send pre-programmed text messages to discreetly share information.
Link to article in The Capital:
10) Stop Texting-Drivers – Or Lose Highway Funds
Link to debate in BusinessWeek:
http://www.businessweek.com/debateroom/archives/2009/09/stop_texting-dr.html
TRANSIT
11) Take Notes, MTA: NY Waterways to Give Real-Time Bus Arrival Info on Web Site
Link to article in the Daily News:
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
12) Traffic Reports to be Boosted on Ho Chi Minh City Radio Station
Link to Viet Nam News Agency article:
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=05SOC281009
News Releases
1) Navteq Traffic Patterns Saves Drivers Up to 22 Hours per Year in North America
2) Navteq Traffic Patterns Saves Drivers Up to 42 Hours per Year in Europe
3) Follow the US DOT’s ITS Joint Program Office on Twitter
4) New Technology Enables Traffic Management Improvements in Boston Neighborhood
5) The Internet of the Future to Make Europe's Systems Smart and Efficient
6) New Travel Conditions Map Available on Wyoming DOT 511 Web Site
Upcoming Events
ITS-CT Annual Meeting – November 2 – Cromwell, Connecticut
http://www.its-ct.org/annual.htm
Today in Transportation History
1949 **60th anniversary** - Dr. Wernher von Braun, and other German rocket scientists, were transferred to the Redstone Arsenal in Alabama.
http://www.redstone.army.mil/history/orghist/welcome.html
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