Transportation Communications Newsletter: Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, May 17, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) NextGen Presents Challenges, Benefits for Airports

Link to article on Aviation News Today:

http://www.aviationnews.net/?do=headline&news_ID=191947

2) Thales Opens Global Air Traffic Management Research Center in Melbourne

Link to article in Australian Aviation:

http://australianaviation.com.au/2011/05/thales-opens-casia-global-atm-research-centre/

CAMERAS

3) Supporters of Speed Camera Locators Mobilize Against French Government

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/17/supporters-of-speed-camera-locators-mobilize-against-french-government/

4) New Washington State Law Allows Cameras on School Buses to Catch Drivers Passing Illegally

Link to article in The Herald:

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20110517/NEWS01/705179901/-1/headlines

OTHER

5) Transportation Libraries – Masters of Information

Link to article in Public Roads:

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/11mayjun/01.cfm

6) ITS Professional Capacity Building: Setting Strategic Direction 2010-2014

Link to report from US DOT:

http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/strat_direction_plan.asp

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

7) North Carolina Authorities Stage Train Wreck for Training Video

Link to article in the Rocky Mount Telegram:

http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/news/authorities-stage-train-wreck-training-video-493321

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) Facebook Page Posting Information on Drunk Driving Checkpoints and Speed Camera Locations in Perth, Australia

Link to article in The West Australian:

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/9461783/online-bid-to-beat-booze-buses/

Link to Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Perth-WA-Booze-Bus-Locations/169104409813453

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

9) India Minister for Home and Transport's Plan for Bengaluru Traffic: ITS

Link to article in the Deccan Chronicle:

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/bengaluru/ashok%E2%80%99s-plan-traffic-its-159

10) Traffic Management a Priority for Charlotte Motor Speedway

Link to article in the Independent Tribune:

http://www2.independenttribune.com/news/2011/may/17/traffic-management-priority-speedway-ar-1040712/

11) Travel Times Being Added to Interstate Signs in Indianapolis Area

Link to story and audio on WIBC Radio:

http://www.wibc.com/news/Story.aspx?ID=1419252

12) Canadian AM Stations Increasingly Being Salvaged with All-Traffic Radio News

Link to blog on Yahoo News Canada:

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/canadian-am-stations-increasingly-being-salvaged-traffic-radio-173020511.html

Link to CHMJ Radio: http://www.am730.ca/

VEHICLES

13) Do You Need a License to Drive a Driverless Car?

Link to blog on the Txchnologist:

http://www.txchnologist.com/volumes/electric-vehicles-3/do-you-need-a-license-to-drive-a-driverless-car

WEATHER

14) Winds of Reform Sweep Swiss Weather Service

Link to article on swissinfo:

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science_technology/Winds_of_reform_sweep_Swiss_weather_service.html?cid=30255794

News Releases

1) General Aviation Groups Ask Congress to Support Flight-Tracking Privacy

2) In-flight Connectivity Gains Popularity in European Business Aviation Market

3) NXP Demonstrates New Car-to-X Communication Platform

4) Trimble Acquires MyTopo to Provide Unique Outdoor Content on GPS Phones for Hunters, Hikers, Campers and Anglers

5) Ensequence Intros Local Traffic Widget for Yahoo Connected TVs

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Solicitation

- Comments Sought – Concept of Operations of the Core System of the US DOT's Next Generation Integrated Transportation System – ITS Joint Program Office

http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2011/conops_comments.htm

Upcoming Events

3^rd P3ITS Workshop – June 9 – Lyon, France

http://www.ertico.com/3rd-p3its-workshop-09-june-2011-lyon/

Today in Transportation History

1946 **65^th anniversary** US President Harry Truman seized control of the country's railroads in order to prevent a labor strike.

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=78019#axzz1MWqjpALa

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