Transportation Communications Newsletter: Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, August 2, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) FAA Funding Bill Stalls Until After Recess

Link to Bloomberg article:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-02/reid-may-ask-senate-to-accept-house-faa-extension-bill.html

2) Virgin Atlantic Researches Language of Lighting for A330

Link to article in Aircraft Interiors International:

http://www.aircraftinteriorsinternational.com/news.php?NewsID=31940

CAMERAS

3) Texas Study: Red-Light Cameras Reduce Crashes

Link to story and audio on KUFH Radio:

http://app1.kuhf.org/articles/1312233027-Study-Red-Light-Cameras-Reduce-Crashes.html

Link to news release from the Texas Transportation Institute:

http://tti.tamu.edu/2011/08/01/safety-benefits-of-red-light-cameras/

4) North Carolina DOT Employees Bring Rush-Hour Chase Live to TV

Link to story and video on WRAL-TV:

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/9943566/

5) Wyoming DOT Installs Web Camera to Monitor WYO 130 Washout Repairs

Link to story on KOWB Radio:

http://kowb1290.com/wydot-installs-web-camera-to-monitor-washout-repairs/

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

6) Chinese Newspapers Defy Ban on Negative Coverage of Train Crash

Link to article in The Irish Times:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2011/0802/1224301719198.html

Link to coverage in the Economic Observer:

http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/2011/0801/207710.shtml

7) Vendor Shuts Tallahassee, Florida Out of Information Related to Red-Light Cameras

Link to article in Florida Today:

http://www.floridatoday.com/article/CD/20110731/NEWS/110729017/Vendor-shuts-city-out-information-related-red-light-cameras

TRANSIT

8) Dutch Journalist Faces Charges Over Transit Card Flaw Reports

Link to CNET News column:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20086613-245/journalist-faces-charges-over-transit-card-flaw-reports/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

9) Technology Helps Traffic Move Smoothly in Lincoln, Nebraska

Link to article in the Lincoln Journal Star:

http://journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_2851e022-ffe0-5e37-ba9e-84efaad89d08.html

10) Real-Time Virtual World Modeling for Transportation Systems

Link to Terranautix blog:

http://terranautix.com/2011/07/30/real-time-virtual-world-modeling-for-transportation-systems/

VEHICLES

11) The Traffic Problems that Will Disappear When Vehicles Can Talk to Each Other

Link to article in Fast Company:

http://www.fastcompany.com/1770893/the-traffic-problems-that-will-disappear-when-vehicles-can-talk-to-each-other

12) Electronic Watchdog Nabs Parking Lot Door-Dingers

Link to blog in Wired:

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/08/electronic-watchdog-nabs-parking-lot-door-dingers/

13) Recording of ITS America Webinar: Connected Vehicle Technology Scan: Computer Vision

Link to presentation:

http://itsa.adobeconnect.com/p4balohl14f/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal

News Releases

1) iQIOS and GEWI Pioneer Traffic Service System for Indonesia

2) Nextraq Provides Industry's First Skype Integration to GPS Fleet Tracking Solution

3) Iteris Completes Sales of Vehicle Sensor Business

4) I-35 ITS Installation Begins in Minnesota

Job Postings

- Transportation Supervisor – LYNX – Orlando, Florida

http://www.transittalent.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=22209

- Field Supervisor – Orange County Transportation Authority – Orange, California

http://www.transittalent.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=22273

Solicitation

- Request for Comments – Revisions to MUTCD – Federal Highway Administration

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-02/html/2011-19511.htm

Upcoming Events

TRB Webinar: Railroad-DOT Institutional Mitigation Strategies – August 31

http://www.trb.org/ElectronicSessions/Blurbs/TRB_Webinar_Railroad_DOT_Institutional_Mitigation_165714.aspx

Today in Transportation History

1936 **75^th anniversary** Louis Blériot, a French aviator, inventor and the first person to fly an airplane across the English Channel, died in Paris.

http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/bleriot.html

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