Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday, April 11, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057
GEWI News: AGORA-C, Build vs. Buy, and more – Are you subscribed?
Six times annually, GEWI issues a FREE newsletter for North America, Europe, Asia, and Worldwide. These newsletters provide updates on market and product technologies, customer projects and ideas being used by traffic professionals worldwide. In the edition being released next week you can read about AGORA-C, an exciting location referencing method being used in next generation of navigation devices. “Build vs. Buy” is a decision that is faced by companies all over the world. This edition of GEWI’s newsletter will take a look at key components in this decision. It will also profile a new traffic service in Indonesia, and more.
To subscribe, just visit www.GEWI.com and click on “Newsletter Subscription” in the menu bar. For more information how TIC is used for DOT Traveler Information Services, Work Zones and Road Conditions, Navigation and Connected Services, Radio and TV…and more, click on “Products” or contact jim.oneill@GEWI.com
AVIATION
1) FAA Opens New Air Traffic Control System Command Center
Link to article in Airport Magazine:
http://www.aviationnews.net/?do=headline&news_ID=190558
Link to news release from the FAA:
http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=12661
CAMERAS
2) Video Surveillance by Karachi Police Likely to Begin Soon
Link to article in Dawn:
http://www.dawn.com/2011/04/11/citys-video-surveillance-by-police-likely-to-begin-soon.html
GPS / NAVIGATION
3) Swedish Firm First Known Foreign Company to Use GLONASS
Link to Reuters article:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/11/us-russia-sweden-glonass-idUSTRE73A1S320110411
4) Reporters' Roundtable: Where is Navigation Going?
Link to story and video on CNET:
http://www.cnet.com/8301-30976_1-20052271-10348864.html
MARITIME
5) Singapore to Launch New Port Operations Control Center at Changi
Link to Bernama article:
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsworld.php?id=578166
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
6) Minnesota's Metropolitan Council's $1 Million PR Budget Called Bloated
Link to article in the Star Tribune:
http://www.startribune.com/local/119576299.html
ROADWAYS
7) Multiple Events Cause Gridlock in Sydney
Minister says more should have been done to warn motorists.
Link to AAP article:
SAFETY / SECURITY
8) EU's Plan to Force Airlines to Release Passenger Data Criticized
Link to Bloomberg article:
9) Proof of Identity Will be Required to Enter Patna Airport
Link to article in The Times of India:
TRANSIT
10) Wellington, New Zealand Area Bus Tracking Service 'Disappointing'
Link to article in The Dominion Post:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/4870783/Bus-tracking-service-disappointing
11) How Smartphones Can Improve Public Transit
Link to column in Wired:
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/04/how-smartphones-can-improve-public-transit/
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
12) Traffic Cameras, Message Boards Coming to Pittsburgh Area Interstates
Link to article in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/westmoreland/s_731658.html
13) Monitoring Canada's Most Traveled Roads
Link to article in Government Video:
http://www.governmentvideo.com/article/104794
VEHICLES
14) Connected Cars Fill Frequency Bands and Swamp Address Schemes
Link to article in EE Times Europe:
http://eetimes.eu/en/magazine/eete-2010.html (page 22) (free registration required)
News Releases
1) Study Shows Reduced Levels of Driver Distraction Through ATX Group's In-Vehicle Voice-Based Texting
2) Why the Personal Navigation Device Market Faces a 50% Decline, and What Needs to Change
4) TomTom Makes Driving Safer with Active Driver Feedback
5) ITS United Kingdom Looks Back at a Successful Traffex
Upcoming Events
World ITS Summit-China 2011 – May 26-27 – Shanghai
Today in Transportation History
2001 **10th anniversary** The 24 crew members of a US Navy EP-3E ARIES II aircraft were repatriated to the United States after being held by Chinese authorities on Hainan Island.
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