Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, December 27, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) Airports Fiji Limited Can Now Automatically Track Aircraft Within Country

Link to Fiji Broadcasting Corporation story:

http://www.radiofiji.com.fj/fullstory.php?id=42437

CAMERAS

2) High-Tech System to Watch Over Noida, India

Link to Times News Network article:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/11262255.cms

3) Gwinnett County, Georgia Police Have Success with License Plate Readers

Link to story on WSB-TV:

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/gwinnett-police-have-success-license-plate-readers/nF9PG/

GPS / NAVIGATION

4) China's GPS Rival Beidou Starts Offering Navigation Data

Link to BBC News story:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16337648

OTHER

5) Florida May Sell Ad Space on School Buses

Link to article in the Herald-Tribune:

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20111224/ARTICLE/111229713

6) Georgia Bill Adds 'In God We Trust' to Car Tags

Link to story on Georgia Public Broadcasting:

http://www.gpb.org/news/2011/12/26/bill-adds-in-god-we-trust-to-car-tags

7) New Rideshare Sites Around Bay Area Rely on Facebook

Link to article in the Contra Costa Times:

http://www.contracostatimes.com/bay-area-news/ci_19602990

8) Did Wi-Fi Cause a Rise in Bus Ridership?

Link to blog on Reuters:

http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/12/26/did-wifi-cause-a-rise-in-bus-ridership/

ROADWAYS

9) Wisconsin Counties Turn to High-Tech Road Gear to Battle Snowstorms

Link to article in the Journal Sentinel:

http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/wisconsin-counties-turn-to-hightech-road-gear-to-battle-snowstorms-5e3ghvh-136240868.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

10) Alaska Texting Law Challenged in Court

Link to AP article:

http://www.adn.com/2011/12/25/2233718/driver-texting-law-challenged.html

11) Georgia Governor's Office of Highway Safety Offers App to Help Revelers Find a Free, Safe Ride Home

Link to story on WSAV-TV:

http://www2.wsav.com/news/2011/dec/26/new-app-help-revelers-find-free-safe-ride-home-ar-2934984/

TRANSIT

12) MBTA Worker Faces Possible Discipline for Displaying 'Deck the Halls' on Subway Station Sign

Link to article in The Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2011/12/mbta-prank-delights-riders-gets-dispatcher-hot-water/YVxBd9RTslE1l7SbunOdnO/index.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

13) New Poles Along New Hampshire Highways Provide Real-Time Solutions to Host of Problems

Link to article in Foster's Daily Democrat:

http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20111227/GJNEWS_01/712279930

News Releases

1) Orga Systems Expects 1.4 Billion Connections in Automotive M2M Market by End of 2020

Solicitation

- Request for Applications – Highways for LIFE Technology Partnerships Program – 2012 Announcement – Federal Highway Administration

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/hfl/tech.cfm

Upcoming Events

2012 International CES – January 10-13 – Las Vegas

http://www.cesweb.org/

Today in Transportation History

1831 **180^th anniversary** The HMS Beagle, carrying Charles Darwin on his scientific journey, departed Plymouth Sound in England.

http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConFactFile.64/HMS-Beagle.html

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