Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday, August 27, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057
IBTTA 78th Annual Meeting & Exhibition — Register Today! Early Bird Discount Ends August 22, 2010
Join your colleagues in San Diego, September 12-15, 2010, for IBTTA’s 78th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, the year’s most highly-anticipated learning and networking event -- attracting more than 700 toll industry experts and decision makers from across the globe. Under the theme, Sustainable Transportation, the technicalprogram offers tracks focused on innovation, policy, the economy, and the California tolling experience. Hosted by the California Toll Operators Committee (CTOC), this event features interactive seminars, influential speakers, technical tours and special events, informative exhibits and more! Breaking News! The Hilton San Diego Bayfront has reduced the contracted room rate from $241/night to $219/night. The new rate applies to all existing confirmed reservations and any new reservations. Customized sponsorship and exhibitor packages are available. Visit IBTTA’s website for details.
AVIATION
1) US DOT Fines Non-profit Mercy Flights $30,000 Over Personal Pronoun
Link to article in the Mail Tribune:
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100826/BIZ/8260315/-1/NEWS
GPS / NAVIGATION
2) The Government's New Right to Track Your Every Move with GPS
Link to article in Time:
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2013150,00.html
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
3) Antitexting Campaign is Getting the Star Treatment
Link to article and video in The Boston Globe:
RAILROADS
4) Judge Orders EPA Not to Destroy Records Union Pacific Wants
Link to AP article:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5izQLsYoanTsZoZZ6oQUZuzPGn7wAD9HRF6F80
5) Kentucky Puts Locations of Coal Infrastructure, Including Railroads and River Terminals, Online
Link to AP article:
http://www.kentucky.com/2010/08/27/1409200/ky-puts-locations-of-power-plants.html
Link to map:
http://kgs.uky.edu/kgsmap/KYCoal/viewer.asp
ROADWAYS
6) Visit FHWA's Online Work Zone Training Compendium
Link to article in Focus:
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/focus/10aug/04.cfm
Link to site:
http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/wz/outreach/wz_training/index.htm
SAFETY / SECURITY
7) US DOT to Unveil Database Standards to Improve Highway Safety
Link to article on Nextgov:
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100827_3266.php
8) Do Some Traffic Hazards Get Too Much Attention?
Link to article in The Wall Street Journal:
http://blogs.wsj.com/drivers-seat/2010/08/27/do-some-traffic-hazards-get-too-much-attention/
TRANSIT
9) Long Island Rail Road Information Screens Have Been Virtually Useless in Wake of Fire
Link to article in The Wall Street Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704913704575454110763083290.html
10) In Long Island Rail Road Mess, Local TV Had a Chance to be Relevant, but Failed Even to be Useful
Link to article in the Daily News:
11) New Cameras to Catch DC Metrobus Drivers' Mistakes
Link to article in The Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/26/AR2010082603710.html
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
12) New Traffic Center Opens in Cobb County, Georgia
Link to story and video on WXIA-TV:
http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=151672&catid=3
13) Adelaide on a Road to Nowhere
Adelaide Traffic Management Centre helps manage traffic in South Australia.
Link to article in The Advertiser:
14) Driving IT Right
Traffic is a web of connections and solutions will look at those relationships.
Link to commentary in Express Computer:
http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20100830/techviews01.shtml
News Releases
1) Global Number of Consumer Telematics Users Will Reach 211 Million by 2015, Says ABI Research
Upcoming Events
Talking Freight Seminar on Freight and Carbon Footprint: Efforts to Enhance Supply Chain Sustainability – September 15
http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/news/news_detail.asp?ID=667
Friday Bonus
Catch the humorous end to the call of this horse race at Monmouth Park.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpSmprqptSk
Today in Transportation History
1910 **100th anniversary** What is recognized as the first official radio transmission from an airplane took place at Sheepshead Bay in New York City.
http://earlyradiohistory.us/1910enn2.htm
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