Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, September 14, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

---

Register Now for IBTTA's Operating and Maintaining Your Toll Facility Meeting -- October 3-5, 2010 in Raleigh, NC

Join IBTTA Delegates for the final meeting of IBTTA's 2010 Education Series: “Operating and Maintaining Your Toll Facility – Where the Rubber Meets the Road," October 3-5 in Raleigh, North Carolina. We’ll explore how engineering, design, maintenance, operations, and security roles have come together to address the challenges of operating modern, sustainable, technologically advanced and economically viable toll facilities. Hotel cut-off is September 10, 2010. View the preliminary agenda, make your hotel reservations at the Raleigh Marriott City Center and register today! www.ibtta.org

AVIATION

1) Taiwan to Advertise for Support to Join International Aviation Group

Link to CNA article:

http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?ID=201009140023&Type=aIPL

2) Inflight – Autumn 2010 Edition

Includes articles on in-flight infotainment and communications.

Link to magazine:

http://www.hmgaerospace.com/hmgmags/INFL_AUT2010/pageflip.html?ntp=10659@46141@11553566

ROADWAYS

3) Electronic Warnings Plan for Roadkill Hotspots in New South Wales

Link to article in The Manly Daily:

http://manly-daily.whereilive.com.au/news/story/electronic-warnings-plan-for-roadkill-hotspots/

4) Shipper Groups Merge to Push Heavier Trucks in US

Link to article in The Journal of Commerce:

http://www.joc.com/trucking/shipper-groups-merge-push-heavier-trucks

SAFETY / SECURITY

5) Kansas DOT Posting Guest Blog Entries to Promote Transportation Safety

Link to AP article:

http://www.fox4kc.com/news/sns-ap-ks--kdot-safetyblog,0,583066.story

TRANSIT

6) Riders Welcome Boston T's Real-Time Arrival Services

Link to article in The Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/09/riders_welcome.html?p1=Local_Links

7) Syracuse Bus Stops to Install Electronic, Up-to-Date Arrival Times

Link to article in The Daily Orange:

http://www.dailyorange.com/news/bus-stops-to-install-electronic-up-to-date-arrival-times-1.1596568

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

8) Traffic Reports Key to Strategy of Three Chicago Radio Stations

Link to article in the Chicago Sun-Times:

http://www.suntimes.com/business/lazare/2705882,CST-NWS-lew14.article

VEHICLES

9) Toyota Says It Found, Fixed Bug in Crash Recorders

Link to Reuters article:

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68D03U20100914

10) A Bear Hug? Nissan Ad Raises Eyebrows

Link to blog and video in The New York Times:

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/10/a-bear-hug-nissan-ad-raises-eyebrows/

News Releases

1) Lyon to Host the 8^th European Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems June 6-9

2) Trimble Launches Global Safety Initiative to Help Fleets Become Safer, More Efficient and Greener

3) Reportlinker Adds The Great Wall - Overcoming Legislative Obstacles to Telematics in China

Upcoming Events

Webinar: Building Support for Building Big – September 15

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/421510488

Today in Transportation History

1960 **50^th anniversary** The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was founded in Baghdad.

http://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/22.htm

======================================================================

The Transportation Communications Newsletter is published electronically Monday through Friday.

To subscribe (for free) or unsubscribe, please contact me at bernie@bwcommunications.net.

TCN archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/transport-communications

Questions, comments about the TCN? Please write the editor, Bernie Wagenblast atbernie@bwcommunications.net.

© 2010 Bernie Wagenblast www.bwcommunications.net