Transportation Communications Newsletter
Tuesday, September 7, 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) Airports, Air Traffic Control Highlighted in Obama Spending Plan
Link to article in Aviation Week:
OTHER
2) Risky Reporting? Florida DOT Official's Warning Prompts Debate
Link to article in the Orlando Sentinel:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-road-reporting-20100907,0,4411782.story
3) Florida DOT to Media: We Want to Work with You
Link to column in the Orlando Sentinel:
4) Volpe Highlights – September 2010
Link to newsletter:
http://www.volpe.dot.gov/infosrc/highlts/10/sept/index.html
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
5) Union Ads to Target Deficient Bridges in Pennsylvania
Link to article in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/state/s_698247.html
SAFETY / SECURITY
6) Nine Years After 9/11, Public Safety Radio Not Ready
Link to article in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/business/07rescue.html
7) Are Beach Traffic Caution Signs Working?
Link to story and video on News 13:
http://www.cfnews13.com/article/news/2010/september/147646/Are-beach-traffic-caution-signs-working
8) TSA Plans Outreach Visits to General Aviation Airports
Link to article in Aviation Week:
TOURISM
9) Travel Industry Uses Facebook and Twitter to Reach Customers
Link to article in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/travel/2010-09-07-travelsocialmedia07_CV_N.htm
TRANSIT
10) 'Your Bus Will Arrive in X Minutes'
Mysore soon to have real-time bus information.
Link to article in The New Indian Express:
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
11) Doha, Qatar Trial for Smart Transport Strategy
Link to article in the Gulf Times:
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=384546&version=1&template_id=57&parent_id=56
12) The Field Operations Guide for Safety/Service Patrols is Now Available
Link to further information from the Federal Highway Administration:
http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/news/news_detail.asp?ID=672
13) Florida DOT's SunGuide Disseminator – September 2010
Link to newsletter:
http://www.dot.state.fl.us/TrafficOperations/Newsletters/2010/2010-009-Sep.pdf
VEHICLES
14) US DOT Envisions Human-Free Car Operation
An interview with Dr. Robert Bertini, Acting Director, Intelligent Transportation Systems, US DOT.
Link to story and audio report on WFED Radio:
http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?sid=2046578&nid=15
News Releases
1) New Georgia Tech-Panama Logistics Innovation & Research Center Launched
2) Handheld Announces the New Nautiz eTicket Pro
3) FCC Unlocks Government Data with New Online Tools
4) Travelers Embraces Fleet Vehicle Telematics to Improve Roadway Safety
5) Dutch Professor Says It Would be Better if Cars Just Drove Themselves
Upcoming Events
Clean Diesel 10 – October 19-20 – Washington, DC
Today in Transportation History
1860 **150th anniversary** The sidewheel steamship Lady Elgin sank in Lake Michigan with the loss of approximately 300 lives.
http://www.ship-wrecks.net/shipwreck/projects/elgin/
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