Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday, October 11, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) New Runway Lights Seen as Safety Boost at Boston's Logan Airport
Link to article in The Boston Globe:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/10/new_runway_ligh.html
2) What You'll Pay for In-Flight Wi-Fi
Link to article in PCWorld:
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/207193/what_youll_pay_for_inflight_wifi.html
3) 'Pushing Tin' Puts South African Air Traffic Controller on Cloud Nine
Link to article in the Weekend Post:
http://www.weekendpost.co.za/article.aspx?id=613810
GPS / NAVIGATION
4) Finding Your Way Through the Mall or the Airport, with a Cellphone Map
Link to article in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/technology/11interior.html?src=busln
OTHER
5) Kentucky Group Sues Over Nixed 'In God We Trust' License Plate
Link to story on Fox News:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/10/07/kentucky-group-sues-rejection-god-trust-license-plate/
RAILROADS
6) LTE for Railways
Link to blog in Mass Transit:
http://www.masstransitmag.com/interactive/2010/10/07/lte-for-railways/
SAFETY / SECURITY
7) Ears Provide New Way of Identifying People in Airports
Link to article in The Telegraph:
TRANSIT
8) Clipper Transit Fare Card to Gain Chinese Name
Link to article in the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/08/BALL1FQDOG.DTL
9) Service, Smiles
Boston T customer service agent always has the right answer.
Link to article in the Boston Globe:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/10/10/service_smiles/?p1=Upbox_links
10) DC Metro Prepping Map for Makeover
Link to story on WTOP Radio:
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=2070606
11) The App Trap
DC is awash in real-time transit information and it's driving us nuts.
Link to commentary and video in the Washington City Paper:
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/39865/the-app-trap/
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
12) MapMyIndia Pilots Traffic Updates in India; Starts with Delhi
Link to article on MediaNama:
http://www.medianama.com/2010/10/223-mapmyindia-pilots-traffic-updates-in-india-starts-with-delhi/
13) Closed Circuit TV Cameras, Message Boards Being Installed Along West Virginia Turnpike
Link to story on MetroNews:
http://www.wvmetronews.com/index.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=40060
14) Smart Lights Speed Traffic in Brevard County, Florida
Link to article in Florida Today:
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20101010/NEWS01/10100318/1006/Smart+lights+speed+traffic
VEHICLES
15) Google Cars Drive Themselves, in Traffic
Link to article in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/science/10google.html
16) States Test Wireless Emissions Data Systems
Link to article in Light & Medium Truck:
http://www.lmtruck.com/articles/petemplate.aspx?storyid=1043
News Releases
1) Median Man Radio PSA Wins National Award
2) Tennessee 511 Receives Three Millionth Call
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Today in Transportation History
1910 **100th anniversary** Former US president Theodore Roosevelt, became the first American president to fly in an airplane.
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