Friday, July 22, 2011

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, July 22, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Federal Aviation Administration Faces Partial Shutdown

Link to article in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/faa-faces-partial-shutdown/2011/07/22/gIQA64o3TI_story.html

2) Feds Delay Rules on Airline Pricing, Advertising

Link to article in the Las Vegas Review-Journal:

http://www.lvrj.com/business/feds-delay-rules-on-airline-pricing-advertising-126002423.html

CAMERAS

3) Hospitals Get Shafted on Houston Red-Light Camera Money

Link to story and video on KRIV-TV:

http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/local/110720-hospitals-get-shafted-on-red-light-camera-money

4) Travelers Checks: Automatic License Plate Readers Track Your Every Move

Link to blog in The Boston Globe:

http://boston.com/community/blogs/on_liberty/2011/07/travelers_checks_automatic_lic.html

MARITIME

5) Interview with Rick Pearson, General Manager of Sea Tel

Pearson shares his thoughts on maintaining contact between ship and shore.

Link to interview in Maritime Reporter:

http://www.digitalwavepublishing.com/pubs/nwm/maritimereporter/201107/ (page 10)

OTHER

6) ITS Australia's Dr. Norm Pidgeon Looks Ahead to the Gold Coast ITS Summit

Link to article on Traffic Techology Today.com:

http://traffictechnologytoday.com/news.php?NewsID=31606

7) FH St. Polten University of Applied Sciences Offering New Traffic and Transport Information Design Masters Degree Course

Link to article on Dexigner:

http://www.dexigner.com/news/23500

8) Life-Changing Apps: Transportation

Link to blog on Quixey:

http://blog.quixey.com/

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

9) Indiana DOT Reworks I-69 Website with Environmental Studies, Construction Updates

Link to AP article:

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/5171f93a1d814feeb9689c188cc88215/IN--Interstate-69-Website/

Link to site: http://www.i69indyevn.org

SAFETY / SECURITY

10) Debt Package May be Public Safety Vehicle, Too

Democratic senators may use debt-limit package as way to pass bill creating public safety communications network.

Link to article in the National Journal:

http://www.nationaljournal.com/daily/debt-package-may-be-public-safety-vehicle-too-20110720

11) Drivers Hot for Medical-Alert Yellow Dot Kits

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-07-21-yellow-dot-sticker-drivers_n.htm

12) Florida Coalition, Including Justin Bieber, Works to Combat Texting and Driving

Link to column and video in the Sun-Sentinel:

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-anti-texting-law-vasquez-20110722,0,2982599.column

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

13) Control Center Makes Gwinnett County, Georgia Traffic Flow

Link to story and video on WXIA-TV:

http://www.11alive.com/news/article/198557/3/Control-center-makes-Gwinnett-traffic-flow

14) European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to Fund Modernization of Key Areas of Sofia's Urban Transport

Link to article on Balkans.com:

http://www.balkans.com/open-news.php?uniquenumber=113124

VEHICLES

15) Toyota's New In-Car Technology: A Steering-Wheel Heart Monitor

Link to article in The Wall Street Journal:

http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2011/07/22/toyotas-new-in-car-technology-a-steering-wheel-heart-monitor

News Releases

1) Connected Navigation More Popular than Social Media and Radio Streaming, According to ABI Research’s Connected Car Survey

2) Sensys Announces Industry-First Standard Five-Year Warranty for Advanced Traffic Detection Products

3) The Future Shape of Multimedia from Mercedes-Benz: Holistic Experience and Natural Interaction

4) Inrix Debuts Windows Phone 7 and BlackBerry Apps – Now Available on All Major Mobile Phone Platforms

5) Air-Traffic Management Leaders to Gather for the Global Performance-Based Navigation Summit in September

Upcoming Events

Webinar: Leveraging Social Media Resources in Public Safety – August 4

https://www118.livemeeting.com/lrs/1100002190/Registration.aspx?pageName=r1xw0hr6lf2qhfv1

Friday Bonus

'Big Brown' turns blue, red, green and yellow.

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-04/ink-spill-ups-truck-paints-highway-rainbow

But the results are no better when it's plain vanilla.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1336779/Family-overcome-emulsion-Car-crash-covers-white-paint.html

Today in Transportation History

1906 **105^th anniversary** Chicago's last cable-car line made its final run.

http://www.cable-car-guy.com/html/ccmiscnpart.html#chiccr19060723

1931 **80^th anniversary** Vancouver International Airport opened.

http://www.yvr.ca/en/about/history.aspx

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