Friday, July 1, 2011

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, July 1, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) FAA, Controllers Agree on Rules to Combat Fatigue

Link to article in USA Today:

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/07/faa-controllers-agree-on-rules-to-combat-fatigue/1

Link to news release from the Federal Aviation Administration:

http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=12883

2) Google and Virgin America Get Cozier with Airline App Development

Link to article on Tnooz:

http://www.tnooz.com/2011/06/30/news/google-and-virgin-america-get-cozier-with-airline-app-development

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

3) Rival Lawsuits Over Louisiana's Crescent City Connection, Leeville Bridge Toll Tag Monitoring Systems Settled

Link to article in The Times-Picayune:

http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2011/07/rival_lawsuits_over_ccc_leevil.html

MARITIME

4) Expanded Surveillance Shields Great Barrier Reef

Link to AAP article:

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/expanded-surveillance-shields-barrier-reef-20110701-1gu7m.html

OTHER

5) UK Center for Excellence in ITS Opens

Link to article on TRL:

http://www.trl.co.uk/trl-news-hub/transport-news/latest-transport-news/new-innovative-transport-facility-opens-in-uk_800603306.htm

6) News from ERTICO

- Report on the 8^th European ITS Congress

http://www.ertico.com/report-on-the-8th-european-its-congress-6-9-june-2011-lyon-france/

- Interview with European Commission Vice President Siim Kallas on 'Smart Mobility Challenge 2011'

http://www.ertico.com/the-ertico-june-2011-special-interview/

7) Replay of Oracle Transportation Webinar – Integrating Project and Content Management for Transportation and Construction Works

Link to video:

https://oracleevents.webex.com/oracleevents/ldr.php?AT=pb&SP=MC&rID=62728442&rKey=86b4c9e0fe18cd84

8) iMobility Newsletter – June 2011

Link to newsletter from ERTICO:

http://tools.emailgarage.com/pub/Ce7ZIQAAAAA~/IPLtTS13P0OoOFZkCpWuBA~~/kNWN_YELyUathH5DZ74iVg~~/ViewEmail.ashx

PARKING

9) Parking Tech Helping Big Cities Ease Congestion

Link to article and video in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/technology/Cutting-Congestion-in-SF.html

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

10) PR Firm in Charge of Selling California's $43 Billion High-Speed Rail Project Resigns

Link to article in the San Jose Mercury News:

http://www.mercurynews.com/california-high-speed-rail/ci_18385013

ROADWAYS

11) A Look Behind the Scenes of Colorado's I-70 Signs

Link to article in the Summit Daily:

http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20110701/NEWS/110639992/1078

SAFETY / SECURITY

12) University of Michigan Working Toward Safer Drivers

Link to story on WXYZ-TV:

http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/u-of-m-working-toward-safer-drivers

13) iOnRoad Wants You to Check Your Cellphone While Driving

Link to article in Fast Company:

http://www.fastcompany.com/1764121/ionroad-wants-you-to-watch-your-cell-phone-while-driving

TRANSIT

14) America's One and Only Personal Rapid Transit System

Link to article in Governing:

http://www.governing.com/topics/transportation-infrastructure/personal-rapid-transit-system-morgantown-west-virginia.html

15) Increasing Public Transport Use with Smart Campaigns

Link to blog from the American Society of Landscape Architects:

http://dirt.asla.org/2011/06/30/increasing-public-transport-use-with-smart-campaigns/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

16) Minnesota's 511 System, Traffic Cameras Turned Off for Government Shutdown

Link to article in the Chanhassen Villager:

http://www.chanvillager.com/view/full_story/14544614/article-Many-state-websites-down-during-shutdown

17) Washington, DC's All-News WTOP Radio Designates Two Fulltime Traffic Tweeters

Link to story on Radio-Info.com:

http://www.radio-info.com/news/washingtons-all-news-wtop-designates-two-fulltime-traffic-tweeters

Job Postings

- Management Analyst – Antelope Valley Transit Authority – Lancaster, California

http://www.transittalent.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=21656

- Supervisor of Vehicle Schedules – Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority – Boston, Massachusetts

http://www.transittalent.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=21671

Upcoming Events

6^th International Visualization in Transportation Symposium – August 20-23 – Chicago

http://www.cvent.com/events/6th-international-visualization-in-transportation-symposium/event-summary-0b645c0892d74fe8938db875c37e7c52.aspx

Friday Bonus

With the 55^th anniversary of the US interstate highway system noted this week, here's what Fortune had to write about the new network in 1958.

http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2011/06/26/how-the-interstate-highway-was-born-fortune-1958-archive/

Today in Transportation History

1961 **50^th anniversary** Kalpana Chawla, an Indian-American astronaut, who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, was born in Karnal, India.

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/sts-107/memorial/chawla.html

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