Transportation Communications Newsletter
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057
Register Today for IBTTA’s Transportation Finance and Policy Summit ― July 17-19, Baltimore, MD
Hosted by the Maryland Transportation Authority, IBTTA’s Transportation Finance and Policy Summit will feature interactive sessions covering the full range of issues affecting transportation finance, policy and funding from the action of central banks and congressional reauthorization to regulations affecting TIFIA and other credit assistance programs. Meeting highlights include: featured lunch speaker Beverley Swaim-Staley, Secretary, Maryland DOT; technical tour of the new Intercounty Connector; ceremony recognizing Mary Turkington, Kansas Turnpike Authority Chairman, as an IBTTA Honorary Member; and evening event at Oriole Park at Camden Yards (Orioles vs. Red Sox). Visit www.IBTTA.org/BALTIMORE to view the brochure, register, and learn about sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities. To view IBTTA’s entire 2011 Education Series, click here.
AVIATION
1) Two More Air Traffic Controllers Caught Sleeping, FAA Says
Link to Bloomberg article:
2) FAA to Fliers: Put Down that Magazine!
Link to article on MSNBC:
http://overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/05/23/6701874-faa-to-fliers-put-down-that-magazine
3) How to Follow European Ash Cloud Travel Updates on Social Media
Link to article on Tnooz:
PEDESTRIANS
4) As Seniors Increase, a Push to Make Streets Safer
Link to story and audio on NPR's Morning Edition:
http://www.npr.org/2011/05/24/136585282/as-seniors-increase-a-push-to-make-streets-safer
SAFETY / SECURITY
5) Yellow Dot Car Program Speeds Help to Crash Victims
Link to article in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-05-23-yellow-dot-seniors-drivers-baby-boomers_n.htm
TRANSIT
6) From Here to There: Marketing and Branding Public Transport
Link to blog on TheCityFix:
http://thecityfix.com/blog/from-here-to-there-marketing-and-branding-public-transport-2/'
7) Mind the Map! The Impact of Transit Maps on Path Choice in Public Transit
Link to blog on The Transportationist:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/levin031/transportationist/2011/05/mind-the-map-the-impact-of-tra.html
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
8) Ofcom Re-Awards More Services Licenses to Integrated Transport Information Services
Link to Dow Jones Newswires article:
9) Eyes in the Sky to Tackle Traffic in Trinidad and Tobago
Link to article in the Daily Express:
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Eyes_in_the_sky_to_tackle_traffic-122483268.html
New Gadgets to Cut Road Deaths by Half
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/___New_gadgets_to_cut_road_deaths_by_half-122483263.html
10) Kentucky Transportation Center Opens New Traffic Operations Lab
Link to article in The Link:
http://www.kyt2.com/assets/files/uploads/link_newsletter_Spring_2011.pdf (page 11)
VEHICLES
11) Is Google Motors the New GM?
Link to article in Fortune:
http://money.cnn.com/2011/05/23/autos/google_driverless_cars.fortune/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote
12) Google Scientist: Robot Cars Could Address Nation's Transportation Infrastructure Crisis
Link to article on Talking Points Memo:
13) Louisiana House Panel Approves Bill for Split-Viewing Screens in Front Seat of Vehicles
Link to article in The Times-Picayune:
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/05/house_panel_approves_bill_for.html
14) Automotive Black Boxes, Minus the Gray Area
Link to article in Wired:
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/05/automotive-black-boxes/
News Releases
1) iFly.com to Help Travelers Find Their Way Through Airports with New GPS Terminal Maps
2) China and Other Developing Markets to Drive Commercial Telematics Systems to $12 Billion by 2016
3) SITA Partners with CDNetworks to Power Airline Online Performance
4) Green, Clean and ITS: Automotive M2M Comes of Age
5) TARTA to Provide Riders with Mobile Access to Bus Schedules
6) Ferry Times, NY Waterway's All-New Customer Newsletter Launches
7) Google Transit Adds Route and Schedule Information for Delhi and Ahmedabad Buses
8) New York MTA Relaunches Website to Streamline Access to Key Travel Info and Add New Features
Solicitation
- US DOT Seeks Comments on National ITS Architecture
http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2011/architecture_comments.htm
- Call for Speakers – Polis Annual General Assembly and Annual Conference
http://www.polisnetwork.eu/publicevents/68/61/Polis-Annual-General-Assembly-and-Annual-Conference/
Upcoming Events
AAAE General Aviation Issues and Security Conference – June 26-28 – St. Louis
http://events.aaae.org/sites/110602/
Today in Transportation History
1961 **50th anniversary** The Freedom Riders were arrested in Jackson, Mississippi after disembarking from their bus.
http://ms50thfreedomridersreunion.org
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