Transportation Communications Newsletter
Thursday, March 17, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057
**Happy St. Patrick's Day!**
Business Intelligence for 21st Century Airports – March 22 Webinar
Find out how AST Corporation’s complete ASTRA Airport BI solution, within Oracle’s Business Intelligence can quickly enable recommended performance-measurement best practices for your airport, providing robust dashboards and analytics.
You are invited to attend a free Webinar on a ready-to-deploy Business Analytics solution for Airports. ASTRA is a business intelligence application that provides timely, fact-based insight for airports of all sizes. Developed using industry-leading Oracle BI technology, ASTRA incorporates the recommendations of the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP). It provides the actionable information to managers and executives in a user-friendly and visual manner.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
10:00 am PDT / 1:00 pm EDT Click here to register for this event.
Audio Information for the Day of the Event:
Dial in Numbers:U.S / Canada:877-698-7943 (toll free)
International: 706-679-4876 (chargeable)
Passcode: nas3
AVIATION
1) Southwest Airlines Fined for Not Posting On-Time Performance
Link to article in the Chicago Sun-Times:
CAMERAS
2) Red Light Cameras Fall from Favor with New Florida Lawmakers
Link to article in The Palm Beach Post:
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/state/red-light-cameras-fall-from-favor-with-new-1329047.html
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
3) Washington State’s New Toll Sticker Unreadable on Tacoma Bridge
Link to AP article:
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_electronic_tolls.html
GPS / NAVIGATION
4) LightSquared Reports on GPS Testing Process
Link to article in PCWorld:
OTHER
5) FHWA Issues Directive on Social Media/Web 2.0 Management
Link to order from the Federal Highway Administration:
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/legsregs/directives/orders/137014.htm
RAILROADS
6) Deadline Extension Sought for System to Avoid Train Crashes
Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-rail-safety-20110317,0,2952499.story
7) Positive Train Control on Track for 2015
Link to article in Mass Transit:
http://www.masstransitmag.com/interactive/2011/03/16/positive-train-control-on-track-for-2015/
ROADWAYS
8) Boston Big Dig Light Mishap a Dark Secret for Five Weeks
Link to article in the Boston Herald:
http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1323950
TRANSIT
9) Open Source Software Helps Oregon’s TriMet for GIS Web Site Development
Link to article in Government Technology:
http://www.govtech.com/e-government/Open-Source-Software-Oregon-Transportation.html
VEHICLES
10) When Cars Talk to One Another
Link to article in Engineering News:
http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/when-cars-talk-to-one-another-2011-03-18
News Releases
1) Sydney Buses Offer Real-Time Information via SMS
2) Sydney Ferries Extend Wi-Fi Zones
Job Posting
- I-95 Management & System Performance Manager – I-95 Corridor Coalition
https://jobs.umd.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=53873
Upcoming Events
Smart Mobility for Better Cities Conference – May 12-13 – La Rochelle, France
http://www.citymobil-project.eu/site/en/Conference.php
Today in Transportation History
1936 **75th anniversary** Ken Mattingly, a NASA astronaut who flew on Apollo 16 and two Space Shuttle missions, was born in Chicago.
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mattingly-tk.html
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