Transportation Communications Newsletter
Thursday, February 18, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057
Intelligent Transportation Society of America’s 20th Annual Meeting & Exposition (May 3-5, 2010, Houston, Texas)
- Be sure to register by March 1 and save money! Public sector and first-time attendees qualify for special discounts. Save time and register through our website. And remember to make your hotel reservations here.
- Exhibit space is still available. Be a sponsor!
- Take a walk on the virtual side. Check out more than 100 exhibitors. Click on their names; see what’s in store for you in May!
- Listen, look, stop. For the first time ever, ITS America Forums feature exhibit hall theater briefings on safety, sustainability, personal mobility, commercial operations and cross-cutting issues, followed by topic-specific, guided tours of the exhibit hall.
AVIATION
1) Salt Lake City Airport, Federal Agencies Settle Trademark Suit
Link to article in The Salt Lake Tribune:
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_14421023
2) Airlines Making Big Push to Offer In-Flight Wi-Fi Service
Link to article in The Record:
http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/business_news/84432557_Airlines_in_big_push_for_Wi-Fi.html
OTHER
3) Lag in Intelligent Transportation Could Hurt Economy
Link to article in Wired:
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/02/us-lags-asia-in-its/
4) Report on ‘Intelligence into Urban Mobility’ Breakfast Workshop on February 4
Link to article and video from ERTICO – ITS Europe:
http://www.ertico.com/en/events/past_events/intelligence_into_urban_mobility_breakfast_workshop.htm
5) Latest Edition of Transport Business International Online
Link to magazine:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
6) Motorcycle Awareness Message on Signs Across California
Link to article in Motor Cycle News:
RAILROADS
7) Railroads Have Until April 16 to Submit Positive Train Control Roll-Out Plans
Link to article in Progressive Railroading:
http://www.progressiverailroading.com/pr/article.asp?id=22582
SAFETY / SECURITY
8) Man Charged Over ‘Airport Bomb Hoax’ Tweet
Link to article in The Independent:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/man-charged-over-airport-bomb-hoax-tweet-1903349.html
TRANSIT
9) Simplifying the Open Transit Data Debate: A Comprehensive Guide to Providing Real-Time Information to Your Passengers
Link to article on The Fleet Beat:
News Releases
1) TrafficLand Serves 500 Million Frames of Live Traffic Video During Major Snow Storms
Solicitation
- 1st Annual National Rural ITS Student Paper Competition
http://www.nritsconference.org/downloads/10documents/2010NRITSStudentAward.pdf
Upcoming Events
Webcast: Positive Train Control – Strategies for a Smooth Deployment – March 10
http://www.progressiverailroading.com/webinar/ptc/
Today in Transportation History
1930 **80th anniversary** - Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto.
http://www.discoveryofpluto.com/pluto05.html
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