Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, October 5, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Airlines Increase Fight Against Online Ticket Fraud

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/travel/2010-10-05-businesstravel05_ST_N.htm

GPS / NAVIGATION

2) Monitoring for Fatigue by GPS is 'Dangerously Misguided'

Link to article in Supply Chain Review:

http://www.supplychainreview.com.au/news/articleid/70075.aspx

3) North Korea GPS Jamming Device 'a New Security Threat'

Link to AFP article:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i068Bklyhb5SnQoiX_exXNpzDXmQ?docId=CNG.b4f78a36c7b572cde0d946ad2a4390fc.21

MARITIME

4) An Intelligent System for Maritime Surveillance has Been Created

Link to article from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid:

http://www.uc3m.es/portal/page/portal/actualidad_cientifica/noticias/maritime_surveillance

OTHER

5) Volpe Highlights – October 2010

Link to newsletter:

http://www.volpe.dot.gov/infosrc/highlts/10/oct/index.html

6) Latest Edition of Texas Transportation Researcher Online

Link to magazine:

http://tti.tamu.edu/publications/researcher/newsletter.htm?vol=46&issue=3&article=0

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

7) Taiwan Transport Ministry Launches Traffic Safety Quiz on Facebook

Link to CNA article:

http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?ID=201010050021&Type=aSOC

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) Devices Claim They'll Help You Drive Safely While Texting, on the Phone

Link to article in the Detroit Free Press:

http://www.freep.com/article/20101005/NEWS09/10050370/1319/Devices-claim-theyll-help-you-drive-safely-while-texting-on-the-phone

TELEMATICS

9) CarTel Personalizes Commutes by Using Wi-Fi to Network Cars

Link to article from MIT:

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/car-sensors-tt1008.html

TRANSIT

10) New York MTA Plans Digital Displays for Trains, Buses and Stops

Link to article in the New York Post:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/mta_screen_play_14wb5SzpPjqSbZRHrhUwzM

11) Riders Like Wi-Fi on New Bay Area Light Rail Express Trains

Link to column in the San Jose Mercury News:

http://www.mercurynews.com/mr-roadshow/ci_16249129

VEHICLES

12) Toyota Shows Smart-Grid Technology for Its Plug-In

Link to AP article:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Toyota-shows-smartgrid-apf-3654683085.html?x=0&.v=2

13) Corporate Vanity Plates Under Study in Virginia

Link to article in the Richmond Times-Dispatch:

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/news/2010/oct/05/mcdo05-ar-542425/

14) Road to the Future

New automotive technologies, including photonics, are about to change how and what we drive.

Link to article from SPIE:

http://spie.org/x42365.xml?highlight=x2422&ArticleID=x42365

15) Auto Dealers Facing Facebook: Is It Worth the Trouble?

Link to blog in Automotive News:

http://www.autonews.com/article/20101005/BLOG06/101009937/-1

News Releases

1) Singapore Airlines to Launch In-flight Connectivity

Upcoming Events

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http://webservices.camsys.com/RWMP/page.html

Today in Transportation History

1930 **80^th anniversary** The British airship R 101 crashed in France during its maiden voyage.

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1930/untitled0%20-%201171.html

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