Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) Boeing, IBM Create Real-Time Aviation Analysis System
Link to blog on ZDNet:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/boeing-ibm-create-real-time-aviation-analysis-system/42241
2) Integration of Current Implementation Efforts with Long-Term Planning for the Next Generation Air Transportation System
Link to report from the US Government Accountability Office:
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-132R
GPS / NAVIGATION
3) Canadian Man Ends Up Behind Bars Following GPS Directions
Link to article in the Sun Journal:
http://www.sunjournal.com/franklin/story/949903
4) South African Transport Ministry Roots for Installation of GPS Gadgets on All Cars
Link to article in Business Daily:
OTHER
5) Latest Issue of Intellimotion Online
Includes articles on transit traveler information tool, BRT assessment, and automated platoon testing.
Link to newsletter:
http://www.path.berkeley.edu/Publications/Intellimotion/IM_16-1_high.pdf
PARKING
6) ExpressPark Aims to Give Smarts to Downtown Los Angeles' Parking Spots
Link to article on blogdowntown.com:
http://blogdowntown.com/2010/12/5907-expresspark-aims-to-give-smarts-to-downtowns
RAILROADS
7) Russian Railway to Test Ticket Payments by NFC-Enabled Mobile Phones
Link to article on cellular-news:
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/46707.php
ROADWAYS
8) US Transportation Secretary Backs Away from Street Sign Regulation
Link to AP article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/30/AR2010113006438.html
SAFETY / SECURITY
9) Survey: Texting While Driving Getting Worse in Texas
Link to AP article:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/7318564.html
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
10) Delhi has to Wait for Smart Traffic System
Link to article in the Hindustan Times:
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Delhi-has-to-wait-for-smart-traffic-system/Article1-633271.aspx
VEHICLES
11) 'Don't Tread on Me' License Plates Become a Growing Trend in the US
Link to story on Fox News:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/11/30/dont-tread-license-plates-growing-trend/
12) Europe vs. America: Which Will Win the Battle for In-Car Wi-Fi?
Link to article on Social Car News:
News Releases
1) Clear Channel Airports Escalates Brand Awareness with Escalator Handrail Ads at Chicago O'Hare
2) Rail Safety and Awareness Campaign Launches in North Carolina
3) Kapsch TrafficCom Acquires Mark IV IVHS Creating Leadership in ITS
5) GPS Not Working? A Shoe Radar May Help You Find Your Way
6) SK Telecom Rolls Out World's First Commercial Mobile in Vehicle in China
7) Beat the Traffic Introduces Android Application
8) University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Professor Honored for Traffic Safety Work
Upcoming Events
Passenger Terminal Expo 2011 – March 29-31 – Copenhagen
http://www.passengerterminal-expo.com/
Today in Transportation History
1955 **55th anniversary** Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus to a white male passenger triggering a bus boycott.
http://montgomery.troy.edu/rosaparks/museum/boycott.html
1960 **50th anniversary** Korabl-Sputnik 3 (aka Sputnik 6) was launched by the USSR. The spacecraft carried two dogs which died on re-entry.
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1960-017A
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