Transportation Communications Newsletter
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) American Airlines Pulls Fares from Orbitz
Link to AP article:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/American-Airlines-pulls-fares-apf-2096015711.html?x=0&.v=9
2) Airline Gate Agents Face Constant Countdown
Link to article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
http://www.ajc.com/business/airline-gate-agents-face-783630.html
3) High-Tech Ways to Pass the Time at the Airport
Link to BBC video:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/fast_track/9300606.stm
CAMERAS
4) Redflex Suing Tempe, Arizona to Get Bigger Cut of Traffic Tickets
Link to story and video on KTVK-TV:
http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/Redflex-suing-Tempe-to-get-bigger-cut-of--112227104.html
5) In-Car Cameras to be Legal in California in 2011
Car owners will be allowed to install cameras to record accidents and aggressive driving along with other data.
Link to article on California Watch:
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/car-cameras-record-state-roadways-7623
GPS / NAVIGATION
6) Portable GPS Devices Head in Wrong Direction as Sales Slip
Link to article in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2010-12-21-gps21_ST_N.htm
OTHER
7) Texas Aid Network Connects Aid Groups with Transportation Providers
Link to article in the Commercial Carrier Journal:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
8) Anti-Drunk Driving Ad in South Africa Too Shocking for Some
Link to article in the Cape Times:
http://www.capetimes.co.za/rape-in-jail-ad-too-shocking-for-some-1.1003729
ROADWAYS
9) States Prepare New Ways to Tackle Wintry Roads
Link to article in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-12-21-plowingroads21_ST_N.htm
10) Asheville Highway Mural Cited in New North Carolina DOT Public Art Policy
Link to article in the Asheville Citizen-Times:
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20101221/NEWS/312210001
11) Azerbaijani Parliament Approves Convention on Road Signs and Signals to Match International Standards
Link to Trend News Agency article:
http://en.trend.az/news/politics/1801296.html
SAFETY / SECURITY
12) Auditors Question TSA's Use of and Spending on Technology
Link to article in The Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/20/AR2010122005947.html
TRANSIT
13) First Transit TV Makes Debut in Washington, DC
Link to article in The Washington Post:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dr-gridlock/2010/12/klein_to_demo_transit_tv_today.html
14) Seattle Metro's Acceptance of 'Israeli War Crimes' Bus Ad Draws Complaints
Link to article in The Seattle Times:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013725651_israelad21m.html
15) Innovative Ads Bring in Revenue for Caltrain
Link to article in Metro:
http://www.metro-magazine.com/News/Story/2010/12/Innovative-ads-bring-in-revenue-for-Caltrain.aspx
16) In the New York City Subway, Literary Placards Will Soon be Mere Echoes in the Memory
Link to article in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/21/nyregion/21poetry.html
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
17) Gulf Cooperation Council Banks on ITS
Link to article in The Gulf Today:
http://gulftoday.ae/portal/f461eddb-97d2-45a1-b38c-f035d586b8eb.aspx
18) Intelligent Transportation System Plan for Abu Dhabi
Link to article in the Gulf News:
19) 'Invaluable' New Zealand Traffic Service Launched
Link to story on 3 News:
Link to AA Traffic Roadwatch: http://maps.aa.co.nz/traffic/roadwatch
VEHICLES
20) Toyota to Pay Record Fines for Disclosure Delay
Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/20/business/la-fi-toyota-fine-20101221
Link to news release from US DOT:
http://www.dot.gov/affairs/2010/dot21610.html
21) China Unicom, Geely Join Hands on 3G Intelligent Vehicles
Link to article on China Knowledge:
http://www.chinaknowledge.com/Newswires/News_Detail.aspx?type=1&cat=RND&NewsID=%2039715
News Releases
1) FCC Takes First Step to Help Revolutionize 911 Services Through Sharing of Videos, Photos and Data
2) Intelligent Transport System to Improve Safety Over the Cardwell Range in Queensland
3) New York MTA Installs Countdown Clocks and Next Train Announcements in 100 Stations
Solicitation
- Call for Papers – 2011 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium
http://www.mrt.uni-karlsruhe.de/iv2011/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=56
Upcoming Events
Webinar: The Emergence of Open Electronic Payment Systems in Public Transit – January 18
http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s110118_openepay.asp
Today in Transportation History
1620 **390th anniversary** A landing party from the Mayflower went ashore in present day Plymouth, Massachusetts.
http://www.pilgrimhall.org/arrival.htm
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