Friday, December 25, 2009

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, December 25, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Merry Christmas

AVIATION

1) AMR Jet Had to Use Jamaica Runway Lacking Some Approach Lights

Link to Bloomberg article:

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2009-12-25/amr-jet-had-to-use-jamaica-runway-lacking-some-approach-lights.html

2) Clear Skies Ahead: Job with FAA Latest Comeback Step Since Losing Sight in Plane Crash

Link to article in the Salisbury Post:

http://www.salisburypost.com/News/122509-barry-hyde-feature-blind-pilot

3) Dulles Chaplin Walks Miles Helping Travelers, Airport Workers on Christmas Eve

Link to column in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/24/AR2009122403092.html

Link to Washington Dulles International Airport Chapel:

http://www.airportchapels.com/wst_page4.html

4) ‘Up in the Air’: Making an Airport Ready for Its Close-Up

Link to Los Angeles Times Service article:

http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/just-in-travel-news/story/1394695.html

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

5) Latest Issue of Tolltrans

Link to magazine:

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/59040127#/59040127/1

GPS / NAVIGATION

6) Blackbox Feature Will be Added to Korean Navigation Devices in 2010

Link to blog on CNET Asia:

http://asia.cnet.com/blogs/digihunter/post.htm?id=63015590

MARITIME

7) Pierce County Ferry Adds Web Capability

Link to article in The News Tribune:

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/1006682.html

Link to Ferry Current Location site: http://matterhorn11.co.pierce.wa.us/Ferry/ferryOpenLayer.html

TELEMATICS

8) Device Tracks Teens’ Driving

Link to video report on KNBC-TV:

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/tech/Device_Tracks_Teens__Driving_Los_Angeles.html

Link to tiwi Web site: http://www.tiwi.com/

TRANSIT

9) New York City Subway Countdown Clocks Pass the Test

Link to video report on WCBS-TV:

http://wcbstv.com/video/?id=136436

(Note: The voice you hear on the announcements is the editor of the TCN)

10) Ticket Misprint Turns Male Metra Riders Female

Link to article on Chicago Breaking News:

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/12/metra-wageworks-monthly-passes-male-female-misprint.html

Upcoming Events

APWA Sustainability in Public Works Conference – June 8-10 – Minneapolis, Minnesota

http://sites.apwa.net/sustainability/2010/home.aspx

Friday Bonus

Transportation technology comes through again.

http://images.chron.com/apps/comics/images/2009/12/25/The_Other_Coast.471.g.gif

Today in Transportation History

1959 **50^th anniversary** - Michael P. Anderson, an astronaut who died during re-entry of the Space Shuttle Columbia, was born in Plattsburgh, New York.

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/anderson.html

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