Transportation Communications Newsletter
Thursday, January 13, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057
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:
3) Technology-Enabled Game-Changing Airline Business Models
Link to article in Airline Leader:
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:
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:
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:
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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