Transportation Communications Newsletter
Thursday, December 24, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057
Merry Christmas
AVIATION
1) EC, FAA Move on SESAR, NextGen Cooperation
Link to article in Aviation Week:
Link to additional information on SESAR:
Link to additional information on NextGen:
http://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/nextgen/
2) Instrument Approach Lets Santa Land in Bad Weather
Link to article in Wired:
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/12/thanks-to-instrument-approach-santa-can-land-in-bad-weather/
MARITIME
3) Bridge Clearance Technology Expected to Enhance Safety on Mississippi River
Link to article in The Times-Picayune:
http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2009/12/bridge_clearance_technology_ex.html
Link to Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System Web site:
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/ports.html
OTHER
4) South Africa’s Road Traffic Management Corp. Won’t Bid for Web Site
Link to SAPA article:
Link to Aarto site: http://www.aartoSA.co.za
RAILROADS
5) Eleven Calls Told of Glitches at North Carolina Train Crossing Where Fatal Crash Occurred
Link to article in The News & Observer:
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local_state/story/255027.html
ROADWAYS
6) Cheap Colorado DOT Device Clears Snow-Clogged Traffic Signals
Link to story on KMGH-TV:
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/22049107/detail.html
SAFETY / SECURITY
7) Another TSA Security Goof? Details of Air Marshal Guns
Link to ABC News story:
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/tsa-security-cops-blast-release-handgun-information/story?id=9403793
Link to additional information from Sig Sauer:
http://www.sigsauer.com/Products/ShowCatalogProductDetails.aspx?categoryid=54&productid=183
8) Alberta Premier Says Law Prohibiting Texting and Cell Phone Use While Driving Not a Priority
Link to article in the Calgary Herald:
http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Alberta+urged+cells+roads/2365440/story.html
TELEMATICS
9) Push the Blue Button to Follow Santa Via OnStar
Link to blog and video on Edmunds CarPool:
http://blogs.edmunds.com/karl/2009/12/push-the-blue-button-to-follow-santa-via-onstar.html
TRANSIT
10) Riders Wait - & ‘See’
Text and audio information to be provided in New York subway stations.
Link to article in the New York Post:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/riders_wait_see_OGWrti7HSshM8SiZ9bv9LM
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
11) Israeli Firm Behind World’s Most Advanced Traffic Information System
Link to article on The Media Line:
http://www.themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=27498
Link to Waze Web site: http://www.waze.com/
12) St. Louis Traffic Personality Don Miller Dead at 84
Link to story and video on KTVI-TV:
http://www.fox2now.com/news/ktvi-don-miller-obit-122309,0,4892030.story
Link to additional information from KMOX Radio:
http://www.kmox.com/pages/5954567.php
13) ITS International November/December Issue Online
Link to magazine:
http://www.itsinternational-digital.com/
News Releases
1) OnStar Welcomes Its First Subscriber in China
Upcoming Events
Third International Conference on Innovations in Travel Modeling – May 9-12 – Tempe, Arizona
http://itm2010.fulton.asu.edu/ocs/index.php/itm/itm2010/index
Today in Transportation History
1979 **30th anniversary** - The first European Ariane rocket was launched.
http://www.esa.int/esaMI/Launchers_Home/SEMN2E67ESD_0.html
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