Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) Israel Exempts EU Pilots from Security Program
Link to article in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/17/world/middleeast/17israel.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
2) Airport Screening Angst Prompts Launch of Consumer Site
Link to article in Travel Weekly:
http://www.travelweekly.com/article3_ektid224510.aspx
Link to site: http://www.yourtravelvoice.org
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
3) More Maryland E-ZPass Customers Frustrated Over Violations
Customers: No notice received.
Link to story and video on WBAL-TV:
http://www.wbaltv.com/r/25820239/detail.html
GPS / NAVIGATION
4) Google Maps Improves Directions Interface and Adds Navigation to Australia
Link to article on Search Engine Land:
SAFETY / SECURITY
5) Earlier Receipt of Air Cargo Data Key to Security After Yemen Scare
Link to article in Homeland Security Today:
http://www.hstoday.us/content/view/15453/149/
6) Analysis of Informal Networking in Emergency Management
Link to article abstract in the Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management:
http://www.bepress.com/jhsem/vol7/iss1/62/?sending=11228
TELEMATICS
7) Telematics Technology Grows Up
Link to article on FleetNews:
http://www.fleetnews.co.uk/feature/telematics-technology-grows-up/38110/
TRANSIT
8) Federal Transit Administrator Tries to Mend Fences Over Maine's Grant Application Snafu
Most of application lost in cyberspace but rules prevent FTA from telling applicant.
Link to story and audio on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network:
http://www.mpbn.net/Home/tabid/36/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3478/ItemId/14219/Default.aspx
9) Philadelphia's SEPTA Loses $30 Million Bid for Electronic Fare System
Link to blog on SmartPlanet:
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
10) Kansas DOT Offers New Phone Apps
Link to article in The Topeka Capital-Journal:
http://cjonline.com/news/legislature/2010-11-17/kdot_offers_new_phone_apps
11) Murrieta, California Debuts System to Improve Traffic Flow
Link to article in The Press-Enterprise:
http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_straffic17.48925e0.html
WEATHER
12) Weather Central: 'Mobile Weather Apps Will be Big'
Link to interview in Telematics Update:
News Releases
1) NJ Transit Unveils State's First 'My Bus' Sign in Atlantic City
2) 4.3 Million Cars in Europe Have a Telematics Device
Upcoming Events
Mobitraffic – April 5-7 – Lille, France
http://www.mobitrafic.com/english/
Today in Transportation History
1910 **100th anniversary** Ralph Johnstone died in a plane crash in Denver. He was the first member of the Wright Brothers team to die in an airplane accident.
http://www.earlyaviators.com/ejohnral.htm
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