Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday, September 8, 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. Clickhere for registration and additional information. Online registration deadline is October 15.
GPS / NAVIGATION
1) Japan's First Navigation Satellite Good for GPS
Link to article from the Yomiuri Shimbun:
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/science/T100908001888.htm
OTHER
2) Real-Time Data: A Recipe for Happier Citizens
Link to article in Next American City:
http://americancity.org/columns/entry/2586/
3) 'Every Day Counts' Web Site Launched by FHWA
Link to site:
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/everydaycounts/
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
4) Exploring the Effectiveness of Transit Security Awareness Campaigns in the San Francisco Bay Area
Link to report from the Mineta Transportation Institute:
http://transweb.sjsu.edu/mtiportal/research/publications/documents/2914_09-19.pdf
SAFETY / SECURITY
5) Airport 'Naked Image' Scanners in US May Get Avatars to Increase Privacy
Link to Bloomberg article:
6) Drunk? There's an App for That: 'You the Man' Campaign Helps Keep Boozy Drivers Off the Road
Link to article in the Daily News:
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/09/08/2010-09-08_too_drunk_to_drive_app_knows.html
7) TSA Sows Fear of Photographers
Link to commentary in Reason:
http://reason.com/blog/2010/09/07/tsa-sows-fear-of-photographers
TELEMATICS
8) GM's OnStar to Allow Access to Facebook and Texts in Car
Link to article the Detroit Free Press:
9) Ford Adds Fuel-Efficient Routing to Sync
Link to article in Automotive Engineering International:
http://www.sae.org/mags/AEI/8772
TRANSIT
10) First Look at Metro-North's New Operations Control Center
Link to article in the New York Post:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/metro_north_safe_from_lirr_disaster_LJ3p3NL8NoGqsGXqj1B7gP
11) NJ Transit Introduces 'Quiet Train Cars' on Northeast Corridor Express Trains
Link to article in The Star-Ledger:
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/09/nj_transit_introduces_quiet_tr.html
12) Animation Experiment to Begin on Seattle Rail Construction Wall
Link to article on CHS Capitol Hill Seattle:
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
13) Saudi Arabia's Saher System Expanded to Cover More Expressways
Link to article in the Saudi Gazette:
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2010090783026
VEHICLES
14) Family Car Tech that Matters
Link to article on Family Car Guide:
http://www.familycarguide.com/blog/1049095_family-car-tech-that-matters-part-one (Part 1)
http://www.familycarguide.com/blog/1049096_family-car-tech-that-matters-part-two (Part 2)
News Releases
2) CEA-Leti Demonstrates New Contactless Communication Technology for RFID Smartcards
3) TBD.com Helps Washington, DC Drivers Using Beat the Traffic's API
Upcoming Events
The Second International Summit on the State of the Connected Vehicle - September 29-30 - Troy Michigan
http://www.sae.org/events/scv/
Today in Transportation History
1810 **200th anniversary** The Tonquin left New York en route to the Pacific Northwest to establish a fur-trading outpost.
http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8673
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