Monday, December 26, 2011

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, December 26, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Eye-Catching Signboards Explaining Customs Rules to Welcome Passengers at Mumbai Airport

Link to Times News Network article:

http://goo.gl/OmkAp

GPS / NAVIGATION

2) GPS in School Buses Ordered in Northwest China

Link to Xinhua article:

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-12/24/content_14322518.htm

MARITIME

3) Group Lobbies for Waterway Improvements

Link to article in The Courier:

http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20111224/ARTICLES/111229805

Link to The American Waterways Operators: http://www.americanwaterways.com/

OTHER

4) Upgraded Phones to Track Traffic Violations in Bangalore

Link to Express News Service article:

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/upgraded-phones-to-track-traffic-violations/215118-60-119.html

ROADWAYS

5) Roadside Memorials Urged for Animals Killed in Crashes

Link to column in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/traffic/ct-met-getting-around-1226-20111226,0,7193674.column

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

6) City of Beijing to Test Using GPS to Alert Drivers to Real-Time Congestion Information

Link to article in China Daily:

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-12/24/content_14319882.htm

7) Combination of Winter Storm and Holiday Travel Overloads New Mexico 511 and Website

Link to story on KRQE-TV:

http://www.krqe.com/dpp/weather/traffic-crashes-nmdot-hotline-website

8) New Cullman County, Alabama Website Aims to Inform Public of Road Conditions

Link to article in The Cullman Times:

http://www.cullmantimes.com/local/x191078857/New-county-website-aims-to-inform-public-of-road-conditions

Link to site: http://www.cullmancoroaddept.com/#!road-information

Upcoming Events

Fully Networked Car 2012 Workshop – March 7-8 – Geneva

http://www.worldstandardscooperation.org/fully_networked_car2012.html

Today in Transportation History

1961 **50^th anniversary** The South African Grand Prix was won by the UK's Jim Clark.

http://www.formula2.net/F161_28.htm

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