Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday, July 1, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) FAA, Controllers Agree on Rules to Combat Fatigue
Link to article in USA Today:
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:
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:
OTHER
5) UK Center for Excellence in ITS Opens
Link to article on TRL:
6) News from ERTICO
- Report on the 8th 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:
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:
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:
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
6th International Visualization in Transportation Symposium – August 20-23 – Chicago
Friday Bonus
With the 55th anniversary of the US interstate highway system noted this week, here's what Fortune had to write about the new network in 1958.
Today in Transportation History
1961 **50th 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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