Thursday, January 13, 2011

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, January 13, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Airline Call Centers Handled Latest Storm Better

Link to AP article:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Airline-call-centers-handled-apf-3089913423.html?x=0&.v=5

2) Ash Cloud Studies Yield Suggestions

Better communication among aviation stakeholders among recommendations.

Link to article in Aviation Week:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=comm&id=news/avd/2011/01/12/10.xml&headline=Ash%20Cloud%20Studies%20Yield%20Suggestions

3) Technology-Enabled Game-Changing Airline Business Models

Link to article in Airline Leader:

http://www.airlineleader.com/_webapp_1098704/Technology-enabled_game-changing_airline_business_models

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

4) Latest Issue of Tolltrans Online

Link to magazine:

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/43b6a86c#/43b6a86c/1

MARITIME

5) Vessel Traffic Management Information System Installed in Gibraltar

Link to article in Panorama:

http://www.panorama.gi/localnews/headlines.php?action=view_article&article=6923&offset=0

OTHER

6) Pilot Program Uses App to Help Students Commute to College

Link to article in Cork Student News:

http://www.corkstudentnews.com/news/kinsale-hi-tech-company-to-pilot-iphone-app-in-ucc-20261

Link to additional information from Avego:

http://www.avego.com/st/ucc.php

ROADWAYS

7) Senator Franken to Feds: Want New Road Signs? Help Pay for 'em

Link to article on MinnPost:

http://www.minnpost.com/derekwallbank/2011/01/13/24817/franken_to_feds_want_new_road_signs_help_pay_for_em

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) Judge Says US Government Need Not Disclose Air Traveler Security Images

Link to story on CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/01/12/airport.scanner.images/

9) Auto Execs Predict Fed Guidelines on Distraction

Link to article in The Detroit News:

http://www.detnews.com/article/20110112/AUTO04/101120412/1148/auto01/Auto-execs-predict-fed-guidelines-on-distraction

10) A Guide to Emergency Response Planning at State Transportation Agencies

Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/A_Guide_to_Emergency_Response_Planning_at_State_Tr_164691.aspx

TRANSIT

11) Statewide Rural Transit ITS Procurements: Establishing a Foundation for Success

Link to article in Community Transportation:

http://web1.ctaa.org/webmodules/webarticles/articlefiles/DigitalCT_Winter_11_Implementing_Coordinated_Options.pdf (scroll down for article)

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

12) Dancing Traffic Enforcers to be Deployed in General Santos City, Philippines

Enforcers to receiving weekly dance instruction.

Link to Philippine Information Agency article:

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=11261

Video of dancing traffic enforcer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyraw2QfLGQ

13) More to be Done on Cutting-Edge Traffic Management Tech in India

Link to article on Livemint:

http://www.livemint.com/2011/01/13103447/More-to-be-done-on-cuttingedg.html

VEHICLES

14) Ford Tries to Relieve Range Anxiety for Electric Car Owners

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/ford-attempts-to-relieve-range-anxiety-for-electric-car-owners

15) Ford Vows to be Auto Industry's In-Car Tech Leader

Link to article in The Detroit News:

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011101120434

News Releases

1) Esri's Transportation GIS Trends Fall 2010 Newsletter Online

2) King County Metro Web Site Now Features Transit Performance Reporting

3) American Airlines Selects ITA Software for Next Generation Availability Engine

Upcoming Events

Routes Americas 2011 – February 13-15 – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

http://www.routesonline.com/events/127/routes-americas-2011/

Today in Transportation History

1840 The steamboat Lexington caught fire while sailing on Long Island Sound. All but four of those onboard died.

http://www.pcgs.com/articles/article101.chtml

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