Friday, August 5, 2011

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, August 5, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Air Canada Fined by US DOT Over Ad Violations
Link to article in The Gazette:
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Airline+fined+over+violations/5209509/story.html

2) New Simulators Improve Training for Air Traffic Controllers
Link to story and video on WLS-TV:
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=8289706

3) NextGen Air Traffic Control Avionics are Moving from Concept to Cockpit

Link to article in Military & Aerospace Electronics:

http://www.militaryaerospace.com/index/display/article-display/3240580347/articles/military-aerospace-electronics/exclusive-content/2011/8/nextgen-air_traffic.html

4) Heathrow's In-House Writer Revels in Romance of Flight
Link to AFP article:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gH55q8b3ccVab4Fo4UWrKzlaz8sQ?docId=CNG.d9771562f2fafd34e13e317b3814acb5.11

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

5) Pennsylvania Turnpike May Move to All-Electronic Tolling

Link to story on WGAL-TV:

http://www.wgal.com/r/28777677/detail.html

6) Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire Agree to Crack Down on E-ZPass Violators

Link to article in The Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2011/08/mass-maine-and-agree-crack-down-zpass-violators/JGw0kvDnrJiOjF69w5Z4hM/index.html

MARITIME

7) Maritime Drones Make Waves Among Navies Worldwide

Link to article in Stars and Stripes:

http://www.stripes.com/news/maritime-drones-make-waves-among-navies-worldwide-1.151087

OTHER

8) Dispute Threatens to Delay Expansion of National Transportation Research Center

Link to article in the Knoxville News Sentinel:

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/aug/03/dispute-threatens-to-delay-transportation-center/

9) Karl Bevins, Atlanta's First City Traffic Engineer, Dies at 96

Credited with innovations such as computerized signals and reversible lane control.

Link to article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

http://www.ajc.com/news/karl-a-bevins-96-1072276.html

10) GEWI Newsletter – July/August 2011

Link to newsletter:

http://gewi.com/index.htm?page=News/Newsletters/23

PARKING

11) Bangalore Police Introduce System to Get Parking Availability via Text Messages

Link to article on MyBangalore:

http://www.mybangalore.com/article/0811/text-send-and-get-message-on-parking-information-.html

12) Edinburgh Launches Website with Real-Time Parking Updates

Link to article in The Scotsman:

http://www.scotsman.com/news/Help-for-motorists-driven-to.6813410.jp

SAFETY / SECURITY

13) New University of Maryland App Allows Cellphones to Broadcast Live Audio and Video to Police

Link to story on WTOP Radio:

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=46&sid=2485692

14) Facebook Will Play Significant Role in Reducing Hyderabad's Road Accidents

Link to Bernama article:

http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsworld.php?id=606151

15) Safe Highway Matters - Summer 2011

Issue focused on outsourcing safety service patrols.

Link to newsletter:

http://www.safehighways.org/safe-highway-matters/summer-2011/

TRANSIT

16) New Software Aimed at Making Public Transit Easier

Link to story on CTV:

http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/SciTech/20110803/public-transit-software-ttc-110803/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

17) Montreal Traffic Task Force to Deliver Report by August 15

Link to article in The Gazette:

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Montreal+traffic+task+force+deliver+report/5213531/story.html

VEHICLES

18) Google Driver Crashes Autonomous Car

Link to article on CNET News:

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-20088732-48/google-driver-crashes-autonomous-car

19) General Motors Helping to Design City of the Future … in China

Link to story and video from Fox News:

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/08/05/general-motors-helping-to-design-city-futurein-china/

News Releases

1) New Haven, Connecticut Bus Information Now Available on Google Transit

2) Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Launches Groundbreaking Mobile Integration for Travelers Using Foursquare and Facebook Places

Upcoming Events

Congestion Pricing Webinar: Pay as You Drive Insurance – August 25

http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/news/news_detail.asp?ID=747

Friday Bonus

Here's a speed camera you want to be caught by.

http://consumerist.com/2010/12/traffic-camera-enters-speed-limit-abiding-drivers-into-lottery.html

Today in Transportation History

1981 **30^th anniversary** President Ronald Reagan fired over 11,000 striking air traffic controllers after they failed to return to work.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12292.html

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