Friday, February 11, 2011

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, February 11, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Air Traffic Control Error Numbers Double

Link to AP article:

http://online.wsj.com/article/AP0f121d6d474f4a77b8de6b66b33dd266.html

CAMERAS

2) Police Threaten to Arrest Speed Camera 'Artist'

Link to article in the Manningham Leader:

http://manningham-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/police-threaten-to-book-doncaster-speed-cam-wall-e/

Link to S-cam Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/S-cam-speed-cameras/194440947239867

GPS / NAVIGATION

3) FCC Cracks Down on Cell Phone and GPS Jamming Devices

Link to article in The Hill:

http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/143089-fcc-cracks-down-on-cell-phone-a-gps-jamming-devices

Link to news release from the Federal Communications Commission:

http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2011/db0209/DOC-304575A1.pdf

OTHER

4) New York City Taxi Commissioner Seeking Changes to TV Service in Cabs

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/nyregion/11taxi.html

RAILROADS

5) Surface Transportation Board to Determine if Class I Railroads Should Separately Report Positive Train Control Costs

Link to article in Progressive Railroading:

http://www.progressiverailroading.com/prdailynews/news.asp?id=25774

SAFETY / SECURITY

6) US Lawmaker Sees Tangled Credentialing Web

Link to article in The Journal of Commerce:

http://www.joc.com/government-regulation/lawmaker-sees-tangled-credentialing-web

TRANSIT

7) Irish National Transport Authority to Launch Live Displays for Bus Information

Link to article on TheJournal.ie:

http://www.thejournal.ie/transport-authority-to-launch-live-displays-for-bus-information-2011-02/

Link to news release from Transport for Ireland:

http://www.nationaltransport.ie/downloads/Electronic_Bus_Signs_Announcement.pdf

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

8) New Traffic Camera System Will Help Drivers on Florida's Suncoast Avoid Backups

Link to story and video on WWSB-TV:

http://www.mysuncoast.com/news/local/story/New-traffic-camera-system-will-help-drivers-avoid/lMHjK4MguEmD-BJeYtAJYw.cspx

Link to news release from Sarasota County:

http://www.scgov.net/NewsStories/news23.asp

News Releases

1) Cars that Avoid Crashes: Driving Toward Zero Fatalities with Connected Vehicle Technology

2) NTSB Moves Into Social Media with Twitter and YouTube

3) Travelnotifier Launches Real-Time Flight Information Service at Travel Technology Europe

Upcoming Events

International Workshop on Communications Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems – April 14 – Aquascalientes, Mexico

http://www.robotica-up.org/ciiecc2011/workshops.html

Friday Bonus

Why wait for the bus in a boring shelter? These designs are sure to attract attention.

http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/caribou-coffee-bus-shelters

http://walyou.com/innovative-bus-stop-concepts/

Today in Transportation History

1861 **150^th anniversary** President-elect Abraham Lincoln left Springfield, Illinois on a twelve-day train trip en route to Washington, DC for his inauguration.

http://www.nps.gov/liho/150th-lincolns-inaugural-journey.htm

1971 **40^th anniversary** The Seabed Treaty was signed in London, Moscow and Washington. The pact prohibits the placement of nuclear weapons on the ocean floor.

http://www.nti.org/e_research/official_docs/inventory/pdfs/aptseabd.pdf

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