Transportation Communications Newsletter
Thursday, March 18, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057
Register Now for IBTTA’s Organization Management Workshop – April 18-20, 2010 in Austin, TX
The toll industry is evolving at an astonishing rate. Driven by financial realities, political change, and technological innovations the industry is facing a wide range of challenges and opportunities and is being forced to respond to them at lightning speed. Join the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association, April 18-20, 2010 in Austin, TX and keep your organization current on the latest industry trends to Enhance Mobility Through Innovation. Main topics will include: communications, winning with the news media, finance trends, reauthorization update, successful project implementation and more. This meeting is ideal for toll industry professionals focused in the areas of communications and marketing, human resources, finance, administration, management and advocacy. Click here for registration, hotel and travel information and to view the preliminary agenda. www.IBTTA.org
CAMERAS
1) Ticket Cameras Banned on New Mexico State Highways
Link to story on KRQE-TV:
CARTOGRAPHY
2) Bing Maps Adds a Telescopic Lens
Link to column on CNET News:
3) Google Completes UK Street View Coverage: What Next?
Link to article in GPS Business News:
OTHER
4) IBM Will No Longer Give Out US Headcount
Link to article in The Journal News:
5) New York City Cabs Being Equipped with New Fare-Setting Alert
Link to story and video on NY1 News:
6) US DOT’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration Launches Transportation Research Collaboration Pilot Web Site
Link to site:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
7) US DOT Group Reaches Out to Truckers with Health Information
Link to story in the News Sentinel:
RAILROADS
8) French Railway SNCF in Train ‘Explosion’ Blunder
Link to BBC News story:
ROADWAYS
9) New, Easier to Understand Weight Limit Signs to be Posted on Mississippi Bridges
Link to AP article:
SAFETY / SECURITY
10) US Public Safety Fee for Broadband Will be Less than $1 a Month
Link to article in Computerworld:
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
11) Maryland State Highway Administration to Keep Travel Time Signs Up, Will Review Them
Link to column in The Baltimore Sun:
VEHICLES
12) Creating Apps Just for Cars
Link to article in Technology Review:
13) Can Ford Solve the Internet’s ‘Last Inch’ Problem?
Link to blog on Seeking Alpha:
14) The Pandora App for Ford Sync in Action
Link to story and video on The Car Connection:
News Releases
Job Postings
- ITS Standards and IntelliDrive Program Candidates – Noblis – Various Locations
Upcoming Events
Maritime and Navigation Risk Conference 2010 – April 7-8 – Montreal
Today in Transportation History
1910 **100th anniversary** Four-wheel automobile brakes were patented by Henri Perrot and John Meredith Rubury of Argyll Motors.
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