Transportation Communications Newsletter
Tuesday, September 28, 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. View the preliminary agenda, make your hotel reservations at the Raleigh Marriott City Center and register today! www.ibtta.org
AVIATION
1) Edmonton Airport 'Facts' Up in Air
Is authority's info campaign a partisan pitch?
Link to article in the Edmonton Journal:
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Airport+facts/3589405/story.html
BICYCLES
2) Bike Science: Making Sense Out of Traffic Signal Sensors
Link to blog on BikePortland.org:
http://bikeportland.org/2010/09/27/bike-science-making-sense-out-of-signal-sensors-39517
CAMERAS
3) Maryland Judge Says Man Within Rights to Record Police Traffic Stop
Link to article in The Baltimore Sun:
4) Traffic Violations Caught on Camera Aired on TV by Abu Dhabi Police
Link to article and video in Gulf News:
GPS / NAVIGATION
5) New Satellites Seen Invigorating Satnav Industry
Link to Reuters article:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE68R27Y20100928
OTHER
6) ITS-JPO Selects Eight Firms to Develop and Produce V2V and V2I Communications Devices
Link to further information from US DOT:
http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2010/hia_device_award.htm
7) Beyond Cute
New QZSS satellite has been anthropomorphized as a means to build a solid, sustained client core for location-based services.
Link to column in GPS World:
http://www.gpsworld.com/gnss-system/augmentation-assistance/out-front-beyond-cute-10445
RAILROADS
8) Caltrain Installs New Suicide Prevention Signs Along Tracks
Link to story on KTVU-TV:
http://www.ktvu.com/news/25187458/detail.html
9) Restrictions on Railroad Operating Employees' Use of Cellular Telephones and Other Electronic Devices
Link to notice in the Federal Register:
SAFETY / SECURITY
10) Texting Bans May Add Risk to Roads
Link to article in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/2010-09-28-1Atextingbans28_ST_N.htm
Link to news release from US DOT:
http://www.dot.gov/affairs/2010/dot18110.html
TELEMATICS
11) Chrysler Adds New Tracking System
Link to article in The Detroit News:
http://www.detnews.com/article/20100928/AUTO01/9280324/1148/Chrysler-adds-new-tracking-system
TRANSIT
12) UK Transport Mapped: Every Bus Stop, Train Station, Ferry Port and Taxi Rank in Britain
Link to blog in The Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/sep/27/uk-transport-national-public-data-repository
13) Pilot Program to Bring Emergency Intercoms to New York Subway
Link to story and video on NY1:
14) New Software Tool Links Travelers to Real-Time Transit Info
Link to article in the Berkeley Transportation Letter:
http://its.berkeley.edu/btl/2010/fall/networked-traveler
VEHICLES
15) A Dash of the Future
We design the dashboards of the future with a little help from Jaguar.
Link to story and video on Edmunds Inside Line:
http://www.insideline.com:80/jaguar/a-dash-of-the-future.html
News Releases
1) Missouri DOT Traveler Information Map Offers More Information than Ever
2) US Department of Transportation Signs Global Safety Information Exchange Agreement
3) RMG Networks and Taxi Magic Partner to Extend Advertiser Opportunities to Taxis
4) Understanding the Automotive Infotainment and Telematics Market Dynamics in China
Upcoming Events
Airport Consultants Council 32nd Annual Conference & Exposition – November 8-10 – Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
http://www.acconline.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ACCEvents/ACCAnnualConference/default.htm
Today in Transportation History
1910 **100th anniversary** Fort Walla Walla in Washington State closed.
http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8483
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