Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday, December 27, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057
MARITIME
1) US Coast Guard Tests New Warning System in Florida
Link to article in Florida Today:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/12/26/1988754/coast-guard-tests-new-warning.html
OTHER
2) New Delhi Autorickshaws Fail to Meet Deadline for Installation of GPS
Link to Press Trust of India article:
http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4741060
PEDESTRIANS
3) Disney Tackles a Major Theme Park Problem: Lines
Link to article in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/business/media/28disney.html
ROADWAYS
4) Railroad Close Call Reporting System Wins Praise
Link to article in Occupational Health & Safety:
http://ohsonline.com/articles/2010/12/27/railroad-close-call-reporting-system-wins-praise.aspx
SAFETY / SECURITY
5) Technology Stepped Up to Curb Reckless Driving in South Africa
Link to story on Eyewitness News:
http://www.eyewitnessnews.co.za/articleprog.aspx?id=55763
6) TSA Status Site Tells Whether Your Airport Actually Uses Their Body Scanners
Link to article on Lifehacker:
7) AT&T Video Shows Texting and Driving Don't Mix
Link to article in The New York Times:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/27/video-shows-that-texting-and-driving-dont-mix/
Link to video: http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=2964
TELEMATICS
8) Nissan Leaf's Carwings Keeps You Up to Speed, Puts You in Efficiency Race
Link to blog on AutoblogGreen:
http://green.autoblog.com/2010/12/23/nissan-leaf-carwings-efficiency/
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
9) Pakistan Motorway Police Introduce Free SMS Information Service
Link to article in The News:
http://www.thenews.com.pk/NewsDetail.aspx?ID=8066
10) Bahrain Plans Intelligent Transportation System
Link to article on TradeArabia:
http://www.tradearabia.com/news/STN_191014.html
11) Inside Look at Arizona DOT's Traffic Operations Center
Link to story on KNXV-TV:
http://www.abc15.com/dpp/traffic/traffic_alerts/inside-adot's-traffic-operations-center
News Releases
1) Iteris to Acquire Meridian Environmental Technologies
Upcoming Events
Mobile and Transit Payments Summit – February 15-18 – Salt Lake City
http://www.smartcardalliance.org/pages/activities-next-conference
Today in Transportation History
1985 **25th anniversary** Terrorists killed 19 people at the Vienna and Rome airports.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/27/newsid_2545000/2545949.stm
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