Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday, August 20, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057
IVBSS Program Public Meeting October 20, 2010 in Ypsilanti, MI
U.S. DOT will host a one-day public meeting on October 20, 2010 to provide a report on results from the Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety Systems (IVBSS) field operational test to members of the vehicle safety research community and other interested parties.
The IVBSS program is a five-year cooperative research agreement to combine several crash warning subsystems -- including forward collision, lane departure, lane change, and curve speed warning -- into a single, integrated concept to enhance the safety of both passenger vehicles and heavy trucks. Field tests using a fleet of light vehicles and heavy trucks were recently completed and the resulting reports are being finalized. The Key Findings report for the Heavy Truck field test will be available by the end of August. Click here for registration and additional information. Online registration deadline is October 15.
AVIATION
1) FAA Intros Airport Safety Technology Program
Link to article in Aviation International News:
2) Dayton Airport Revamps Web Site to Encourage Land Development
Link to article in the Dayton Daily News:
Link to site: http://flydayton.com/
CAMERAS
3) £100,000 Newtown, UK Traffic Cameras Never Switched On
Link to article in the County Times:
http://www.countytimes.co.uk/news/92266/-100k-newtown-traffic-cameras-never-switched-on.aspx
GPS / NAVIGATION
4) Key Step for Lockheed's Next Generation GPS Satellites
Link to article in the Philadelphia Business Journal:
MARITIME
5) Providence, Rhode Island Builds on Port Security with Chemical Sensors
Link to article in Government Technology:
http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/768557
RAILROADS
6) Trains in India to Use GPS to Avoid Accidents
Link to article in The Times of India:
7) High-Speed Rail Foes, Backers in Wisconsin Set Up Rival Web Sites
Link to article in the Journal Sentinel:
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/101001359.html
Link to NoTrain.com: http://www.notrain.com/
Link to Midwest High Speed Rail Association: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2228/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=4168
ROADWAYS
8) New Site Gives Citizens Chance to Lobby North Carolina DOT for Major Roadwork
Link to article in the Triangle Business Journal:
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2010/08/16/daily49.html
9) Paved and Confused
What Krugman, Maddow, and the press corps don't understand about gravel roads.
Link to commentary in Slate:
http://www.slate.com/id/2264109/pagenum/all/
SAFETY / SECURITY
10) Scientists Simulate Terror Attack on Boston Subway
Link to AP article:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gyqk5dgh9wctp5uWkfGhbCFq64SQD9HN8EC83
11) Pentagon to Deploy Experimental Gunfire Alert System for Helicopters
Link to article on Nextgov:
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100819_3678.php
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
12) Transport: Signal Maneuver
A toolkit of technologies and procedures to manage motorway traffic flow.
Link to analysis in the Financial Times:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1d1e53e4-abb9-11df-9f02-00144feabdc0.html
13) Traffic Review
App offers real-time traffic data that can be frustratingly incomplete.
Link to review in Macworld:
http://www.macworld.com/appguide/app.html?id=85485
VEHICLES
14) General Motors, Sandia Labs Look at Future of Personal Transportation
Link to Bay Area News Group article:
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_15830812
15) Event Data Recorders Used in NHTSA Study of Toyotas Have History of Problems
Link to article in The Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/19/AR2010081906562.html
News Releases
1) National Transit Institute to Offer Course and Webinars on Narrowbanding
2) JOC Sailings Launches Redesign of Global Sailing Schedules and Maritime News Web Site
Upcoming Events
2010 ITS Minnesota Fall Industry Forum – October 19 – St. Paul, Minnesota
http://www.itsmn.org/news.php?item.13.2
Friday Bonus
Maybe you're like me and haven't had a day of formal traffic engineering training. Like most drivers, though, you probably think you can do better than the pros when it comes to traffic management and adjusting traffic signal timing. Okay, here's your chance to show if you've got what it takes.
http://www.its.umn.edu/GridlockBuster/game/index.html
Today in Transportation History
1910 **100th anniversary** Eero Saarinen, the architect who designed several transportation-related landmarks, including the TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport, the main terminal at Dulles Airport, and the General Motors Technical Center, was born in Kirkkonummi, Finland.
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