Friday, May 20, 2011

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, May 20, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) US Government Investing Companies that Distribute Airline Flight and Fare Information

Link to AP article:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Government-examining-airline-apf-3289725040.html?x=0&.v=8

2) Airlines Uneasy Over Costly Bid to Replace Radar

Link to article on Marketwatch:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/airlines-uneasy-over-costly-bid-to-replace-radar-2011-05-19

3) Behold the High-Tech Aircraft Seat, Built for Gamers, Not for Wimps

Link to blog on Tnooz:

http://www.tnooz.com/2011/05/19/news/behold-the-hi-tech-aircraft-seat-built-for-gamers-not-for-wimps

GPS / NAVIGATION

4) Driving Reality Home

Wikitude Drive blends smartphone video with driving directions.

Link to article in GPS World:

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/questex/gps0511/index.php#/54

OTHER

5) Pack These Apps Before Your Next Summer Vacation

Link to story and video on Fox News:

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/05/20/pack-apps-head-summer-vacation/

6) University of Minnesota CTS Report – May 2011

- Online Matrix Helps Users Determine Accessibility

http://www.cts.umn.edu/Publications/CTSReport/2011/05/matrix.html

- New Video Outlines ITS-Related Careers

http://www.cts.umn.edu/Publications/CTSReport/2011/05/video.html

ROADWAYS

7) Senator Menendez to Announce Legislation to Create Standards for Highway Marker Beads
Link to article in The Star-Ledger:
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/05/us_sen_menendez_to_announce_le.html

Link to news release from Senator Robert Menendez:

http://menendez.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/?id=eb4da8ae-57fc-4855-8ea3-1aece410ff9e

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) TSA Reviews Policies After Minnesota Airport Security Drill Miscommunication

Link to story and video on KAAL-TV:

http://kaaltv.com/article/stories/S2120268.shtml

TAXIS

9) Smartphones Will Revolutionize Taxi Industry

Link to commentary in the Calgary Herald:

http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/science/Seymour+Smartphones+will+revolutionize+taxi+industry/4794902/story.html

TRANSIT

10) Seattle's Sound Transit to Invest $2.1 Million in Rail, Bus Ridership Research

Link to article in The Seattle Times:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015100696_soundtransit20m1.html

11) Hacker Blamed for Strange Metro Vancouver Transit Police Posts

Link to article in The Vancouver Sun:

http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Hacker+blamed+strange+Metro+Vancouver+Transit+Police+posts/4813311/story.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

12) Springfield, Missouri Prepares New Traffic Management System

Link to story and video on KOLR-TV:

http://ozarksfirst.com/fulltext?nxd_id=458607

13) Lagos Gets Approval for Traffic Radio Station

Link to article in the Daily Vanguard:

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/05/lagos-gets-approval-for-traffic-radio-station/

News Releases

1) Transport Certification Australia Shares Experience in Telematics/ITS with Global Community

2) US DOT Secretary Ray LaHood and Women's Transportation Seminar Kick Off National Education Initiative for Girls

3) MobileNOW and Liberty PlugIns Announce First US Pay by Cell EV Charging Service

4) Ctrack Introduces Intelligent Insurance to the UK

5) Michigan DOT Introduces Mobile Mi Drive Traffic Data Website

Solicitation

- Call for Participation – ITS Video Competition 'Bringing Intelligence Into Mobility' - ERTICO

http://www.i-mobilitynetwork.com/videocompetition/

Upcoming Events

Towards Better ITS Decision-Making and Impacts Assessment for Public Authorities – June 22 – Brussels

http://goo.gl/zgWwg

Friday Bonus

If that pothole on Capitol Hill isn't filled yet, it might have to wait awhile.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05/19/dc-department-transportation-tweets-rapture/

Today in Transportation History

1911 **100^th anniversary** Seattle's Union Station opened.

http://www.soundtransit.org/About-Sound-Transit/News-and-events/Calendar/Union-Station-Centennial.xml

1986 **25^th anniversary** Sharon Wood, a Canadian, becomes the first North American woman to scale Mount Everest.

http://www.everesthistory.com/climbers/wood.htm

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