Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday, April 29, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057
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AVIATION
1) FAA Orders Air Traffic Control Management Shake-Up
Link to AP article
http://www.kwqc.com/Global/story.asp?S=14542572
Link to news release from the Federal Aviation Administration:
http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=12682
2) Pilot's Fatal Crash Leads to Safety Recommendations
Link to article in the Star Tribune:
http://www.startribune.com/local/120881259.html
GPS / NAVIGATION
3) Passenger Fined for Using GPS on Flight to Canada
Link to article in the Winnipeg Free Press:
MARITIME
4) Do Cruise Lines Lack the Online Gene?
Link to article on Tnooz:
http://www.tnooz.com/2011/04/28/news/do-cruise-lines-lack-the-online-gene/
OTHER
5) Recovery.org Releases Mobile Apps, but the Accountability Factor May Backfire
Link to article in Fast Company:
http://www.fastcompany.com/1750445/recoveryorg-releases-mobile-apps-for-iphone-ipad
PARKING
6) A Silver Bullet for Urban Traffic Problems
Streetline monitors parking spaces.
Link to article on CNNMoney.com:
http://money.cnn.com/2011/04/29/technology/streetline/
SAFETY / SECURITY
7) Statewide DUI Tracking System to be Funded in Kansas
Link to article in The Wichita Eagle:
http://www.kansas.com/2011/04/29/1827438/statewide-dui-tracking-system.html
TRANSIT
8) NTSB Cites Texting Trolley Driver in Boston Crash
Link to AP article:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2014902920_apustrolleycrash.html
Link to report from the National Transportation Safety Board:
http://www.ntsb.gov/Publictn/2011/RAB1106.pdf
9) Piedmont Integrated Ticket to Promote Collective Public Transport Systems
Link to article from ERTICO:
http://www.ertico.com/piedmont-integrated-ticket-to-promote-collective-public-transport-systems/
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
10) Highway Video Upgrade: Fiber Optic Project Seeks to Improve Communication Between California DOT, Cars
Link to article in The Record Searchlight:
http://www.redding.com/news/2011/apr/28/highway-videoupgrade/
11) 'Bangalore-Style Traffic Management System Still Far Away' in Mumbai
Link to article in The Times of India:
12) Westwood One Sells Metro Traffic to Clear Channel
Link to article on All Access:
Link to news release from Westwood One:
VEHICLES
13) With Chevy, Pandora Runs Deep
Link to article from Radio World:
http://www.televisionbroadcast.com/article/119706
News Releases
1) Dangerous Risks of Rolling Stops Highlighted in New Video
2) 500 Million People Worldwide to Use Their Mobile as Metro and Bus Tickets by 2015
3) FCC to Hold Forum on Earthquake Effects on Communications
4) Los Angeles Airports Acquire State-of-the-Art Noise Monitoring System
5) Stevens Institute of Technology Students Design Pedestrian Traffic Signal System
6) SMC³ Releases Final Conference Agenda for Connections 2011
7) New KLM Campaign Connects Facebook to a Real Plane
Upcoming Events
Navigation Strategies Europe 2011 – June 15-16 – Berlin
http://www.thewherebusiness.com/navigationstrategieseurope/index.shtml
Friday Bonus
A traffic jam causes a traffic jam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sedbvNktQmE
Today in Transportation History
711 **1,300th anniversary** Moorish troops land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/conqspain.html
April 30
1921 **90th anniversary** The Port of New York Authority was created though an interstate compact with New Jersey and New York.
http://www.panynj.gov/about/history-port-authority.html
May 1
1971 **40th anniversary** Amtrak began operations.
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