Friday, December 10, 2010

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, December 10, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Missing Aircraft Ownership Info Could Pose Security Threat

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-12-10-misplaced-planes-faa_N.htm

2) Spain to Seek Prison Time for Striking Air Controllers

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/10/world/europe/10iht-spain.html

3) New Developments in Do-It-Yourself Travel

Link to story on MSNBC:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40571318/ns/travel-business_travel/

OTHER

4) Greyhound Removed Cell Phone from Bus Accident Scene

Link to story and video on KFSN-TV:

http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=7835125

5) ITS Technology Adoption and Observed Market Trends from ITS Deployment Tracking

Link to report from FHWA:

http://ntlsearch.bts.gov/repository/record/ntl/34991.html

ROADWAYS

6) Superstructures

Adding sensors and other devices to bridges, tunnels and buildings can turn them into 'smart structures.'

Link to article in The Economist:

http://www.economist.com/node/17647603?story_id=17647603

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) Czech Towns Deploy Cardboard Police in Miniskirts

Link to AP article:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=131936994

TELEMATICS

8) Telematics Giving Farmers Increasing Equipment, Internet Options

Link to article in the Western Farm Press:

http://westernfarmpress.com/equipment/telematics-giving-farmers-increasing-equipment-internet-options

News Releases

1) North Dakota DOT Launches Teen Traffic Safety Contest

2) US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and BMW of North America President Jim O'Donnell Share Concerns About Distracted Driving

Solicitation

- Request for Proposals – Integrating Community Emergency Response Teams at Airports – Transportation Research Board

http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=3045

Upcoming Events

Talking Operations Webcast: Real-Time System Management Info Program Final Rule – December 14

http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/news/news_detail.asp?ID=697

Friday Bonus

Messages that most likely are not (but maybe should be) part of your VMS message library.

http://hamptonroads.com/2010/11/vdot-signs-you-cant-get-there-here

Today in Transportation History

1985 **25^th anniversary** Steve MacLean was named Canada's second astronaut.

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/maclean.html

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