Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday, May 13, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) Virgin Atlantic Tries In-flight Entertainment Social Network for Vtravelled
Link to article on Tnooz:
2) FAA: Controller Errors are Up Because TARP is Working
Link to blog in The Dallas Morning News:
http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/05/faa-controller-errors-are-up-b.html
OTHER
3) 'Snow Supremo' Needed in UK to Avert Winter Transport Chaos
Link to BBC News story and video:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13363738
PEDESTRIANS
4) Honolulu City Council Considers Gadget Bill
Proposal would ban using or holding mobile devices while crossing the street.
Link to article in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser:
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/hawaiinews/20110512__Gadget_ban_clears_Council.html
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
5) Reagan, Clinton Star in Push for US Transportation Bill
Link to article in The Hill:
ROADWAYS
6) Massachusetts Spending $22 Million on New Highway Signs
Link to story and video on WFXT-TV:
http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/undercover/state-spending-22m-on-signs-20110512
7) Road Repair Via Crowdsourcing
Link to article in Technology Review:
http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/37571/?nlid=4471&a=f
8) Traffic Technology International – April/May 2011
Link to magazine:
http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/90aeec6e#/90aeec6e/1
SAFETY / SECURITY
9) Experts: Early Warnings Mitigated Japan Disaster
Alerts allowed trains to be slowed or stopped.
Link to AP article:
TRANSIT
10) New York City Transit Riders Can Now Find Bus Arrival Times in Shop Windows
Link to story and video on NY1 News:
11) Boston: Upwards of 1/3 of Riders Use Transit App Tools
Link to blog on Transportation Nation:
http://transportationnation.org/2011/05/13/boston-upwards-of-13-of-riders-use-transit-app-tools/
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
12) Edmond, Oklahoma Approves ITS for City
Link to article in The Edmond Sun:
http://www.edmondsun.com/local/x364975078/City-traffic-system-moves-forward
VEHICLES
13) Technology May Allow Drivers to Skip DMV Lines in Tennessee
Pilot project uses remote sensing to measure vehicle emissions.
Link to story on WSMV-TV:
http://www.wsmv.com/technology/27884732/detail.html
**CORRECTION**
The link was wrong for the first release in yesterday's TCN. Here is the corrected link:
US DOT to Test Connected Vehicle Technologies in Six Cities
Solicitation
- Call for Applications – European ITS Advisory Group – European Commission
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/its/road/action_plan/call_application_eiag_en.htm
Upcoming Events
Traffic Management and Work Zone Power Workshop – June 7-8 – Pittsburgh
http://www.workzonesafety.org/node/10974
Friday Bonus
If you thought airbags wouldn't help motorcyclists, you'd be wrong.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX_YIr5CkDM
Today in Transportation History
1861 **150th anniversary** The first railway line in Pakistan was opened between Karachi and Kotri.
http://www.pakrail.com/page.php?pid=2
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