Thursday, March 24, 2011

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, March 24, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Tower at Reagan National Goes Silent as Planes Attempt to Land

Link to article and video in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/tower-at-reagan-national-goes-silent-as-planes-attempt-to-land/2011/03/23/AB9aslKB_story.html

Link to statement from the FAA administrator:

http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=12577

Link to news release from the NTSB:

http://www3.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2011/110324.html

OTHER

2) BlackBerry Backpedals on DUI Checkpoint Apps

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2011-03-24-scofflaws24_ST_N.htm

3) Florida Lawmakers on Board with Ads on School Buses

Link to article from The News Service of Florida:

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/state/lawmakers-on-board-with-ads-on-school-buses-1343208.html

RAILROADS

4) Positive Train Control on Track for 2015

Link to commentary in Mass Transit:

http://www.masstransitmag.com/interactive/2011/03/16/positive-train-control-on-track-for-2015/

ROADWAYS

5) Massachusetts Transportation Secretary Told Late of Tunnel Light Collapse

Link to article in The Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/03/24/official_told_late_of_light_collapse/

6) Delaware Bill Would Post Missing Person Alerts on Highway Signs

Link to article in the Dover Post:

http://www.doverpost.com/communities/camden-wyoming/x1777830296/Bill-would-post-missing-person-alerts-on-highway-signs

7) Pennsylvania Turnpike Toll Plazas Will Soon Offer Tickets with Fares Printed on Them Again

Link to article in The Patriot-News:

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/03/pennsylvania_turnpike_toll_pla.html

TELEMATICS

8) Taiwan Eyes Telematics Business Derived from EU Navigation Satellite Galileo

Link to article on DigiTimes:

http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20110324PD201.html

TRANSIT

9) Grand Jury Critical of San Diego Coaster Emergency System

Link to article in The San Diego Union-Tribune:

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/mar/23/county-grand-jury-critical-coaster-emergency-syste/

10) Simple Signs Make Riding BART Easier

Link to article in the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/03/22/MN081IENHF.DTL (Thursday)

11) Singapore Integrates Analytics in Land Transport

Link to article in FutureGov:

http://www.futuregov.asia/articles/2011/mar/24/singapore-integrates-analytics-land-transport/

12) Busting Fare Jumpers with Cellphones

Link to article in Mass Transit:

http://www.masstransitmag.com/publication/article.jsp?pubId=1&id=13934

13) Maryland Launches Interactive Voice Response Option for Paratransit Service

Link to article in Metro:

http://www.metro-magazine.com/News/Story/2011/03/Maryland-s-Mobility-Services-launch-IVR-telephone-option.aspx

14) Text Alerts Now Coming Quicker for Boston Commuter Rail Riders

Link to blog in the Boston Herald:

http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/news/on_the_t/index.php/2011/03/23/text-alerts-now-coming-quicker-for-commuter-rail-riders/

15) Tech Solutions for Transit Emerge at TransportationCamp West

Link to Streetsblog San Francisco:

http://sf.streetsblog.org/2011/03/23/tech-solutions-for-transit-emerge-at-transportationcamp-west/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

16) New Ohio DOT System Puts More Eyes on Roads

Link to story and video on WKYC-TV:

http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/182181/3/Northeast-Ohio-New-ODOT-system-puts-more-eyes-on-roads

17) Ho Chi Minh City to Build Vietnam's Biggest Traffic Control Center

Link to article in Thinking Highways:

http://thinkinghighways.com/Pages/News.aspx?.region=&id=e73b58c1-426a-4e67-9fe6-2106a2ef8173&Month=&source=Latest&Year=&campaign=wizemail&dm_i=IDJ,E8A5,2JG1LC,14U1Q,1

VEHICLES

18) Solution to California DMV Wait Times?

New phone app provides wait times and directions to DMV offices.

Link to story on WTKR-TV:

http://www.wtkr.com/news/wtvr-solution-to-dmv-wait-times-20110324,0,4135791.story

News Releases

1) Milan, Italy Transport Agency Employs Scala-Powered Digital Signage to Jump-Start Its Renewal Project

2) The #1 Fun Way to Pay for Parking – Introducing the CallToPark App for iPhone

3) Connecticut TV Station WTNH Launches 'W82TXT'

4) Wisconsin DOT Now Offering Twitter Updates on Traffic Incidents Statewide

Job Postings

- Bilingual (Mandarin) Software Engineer – Sensys Networks – Berkeley, California

http://www.sensysnetworks.com/software_engineer

- Systems Engineer – Sensys Networks – Berkeley, California

http://www.sensysnetworks.com/systemsengineer

Solicitation

- Call for Nominations – National Roadway Safety Awards – US DOT & Roadway Safety Foundation

http://www.roadwaysafety.org/wp-content/uploads/2011nomination-package.pdf

Upcoming Events

IEEE 73^rd Vehicular Technology Conference – May 15-18 – Budapest

http://www.ieeevtc.org/vtc2011spring/

Today in Transportation History

1911 **100^th anniversary** Roger Sommer carried 13 passengers, a new record, in a plane during a flight in Mouzon, France.

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F40F13F7385517738DDDAC0A94DB405B818DF1D3

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