Monday, February 21, 2011

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, February 21, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Hawaiian-Language Greetings Begin at Honolulu Airport

Link to article in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser:

http://www.staradvertiser.com/business/businessnews/20110219_hawaiian_language_greetings_begin_at_honolulu_airport.html

2) Clumsy Software Holds Up Chennai Airport Cargo

Link to article in The Times of India:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Clumsy-software-holds-up-airport-cargo/articleshow/7530606.cms

3) New US Air Force Deployable Air Traffic Control System Program Taking Shape

Link to article in Avionics Intelligence:

http://www.militaryaerospace.com/index/display/avi-article-display/9447796702/articles/avionics-intelligence/news/2011/2/new-air_force_deployable.html

GPS / NAVIGATION

4) GPS Device Sorts Out Metro Manila Highway Mess

Link to article in the Philippine Daily Inquirer:

http://technology.inquirer.net/infotech/infotech/view/20110220-321359/GPS-device-sorts-out-Metro-highway-mess

MARITIME

5) Automated Life Jacket Detection Enhances Search and Rescue Operations

Link to article in Military & Aerospace Electronics:

http://www.militaryaerospace.com/index/display/article-display/4085473561/articles/military-aerospace-electronics/industry-news-flash-2/2011/2/automated-life_jacket.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

6) Wrong-Way Drivers Have Researchers Scrambling for Prevention Measures

Link to story and video on WOAI-TV:

http://www.woai.com/content/troubleshooters/story/Wrong-way-drivers-have-researchers-scrambling-for/1tsSmAu-50mtPK9vPo3njw.cspx

TRANSIT

7) Manhattan Subway Station First in City to Get Wi-Fi Cell Service

Link to article on DNAinfo.com:

http://www.dnainfo.com/20110217/chelsea-hells-kitchen/chelsea-subway-platforms-will-be-first-get-wifi-cell-service

8) China in London Tube Phone Network Bid

Link to Press Association article:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hxZM97FN7oZT64aqOe1dHeLqLI2A?docId=B37165891298161932A00

9) Whatcom Transportation Authority Plans to Launch Online Trip-Planning Software this Spring

Link to article in The Bellingham Herald:

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011/02/21/1874719/wta-plans-to-launch-online-trip.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

10) Wisconsin Road Conditions Web Site Hampered by Heavy Traffic

Link to article in The Capital Times:

http://host.madison.com/ct/weather/article_5ce6b4c0-3dcd-11e0-b322-001cc4c03286.html

Wisconsin 511 site: http://www.511wi.gov/

11) TrafficTalk Service Drives into Local DC-Area Commutes

Link to column in The Frederick News-Post:

http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/reporters_notebooks_display.htm?StoryID=117038

VEHICLES

12) BMW Names New Sub-Brand to Market Its Battery-Powered Cars

Cars will have computers on board that can be loaded with applications.

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/business/global/22iht-bmw22.html

Link to video from BMW announcing BMW i:

http://www.thomson-webcast.net/de/dispatching/?event_id=1fbd8bc729b290953608fade830a4ae0&portal_id=f43ae87c2b9299d9d751b0e6738b6677&language=en

News Releases

1) West Penn Allegheny Health System Creates First-of-Its-Kind Smart Phone App for Emergency Medical Services Professionals

2) Metro-North Railroad is Going CooCoo – Train Schedules Available Via Text Message

3) Search Airport Parking Launches Mobile Web Site

Upcoming Events

6^th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications – March 5-7 – Algarve, Portugal

http://visigrapp.org/

Today in Transportation History

1911 **100^th anniversary** The US and Japan signed the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation. The treaty remained in effect until 1939.

http://www.jstor.org/pss/2212526

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