Monday, January 23, 2012

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, January 23, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION

1) Airlines Fear New Disclosure Rule Will Give Passengers Wrong Impression
Link to article in the Las Vegas Sun:
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/jan/23/airlines-fear-new-disclosure-rule-will-give-passen/

2) Columbia’s Farc Rebels Destroy Radar Station
Link to BBC News story:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-16669488

3) After Six Years, No Park, No Jobs at NextGen Facility in New Jersey
Link to article in The Press of Atlantic City:
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/communities/eht/watchdog-report-after-six-years-no-park-no-jobs-at/article_5fcd0466-4478-11e1-b196-0019bb2963f4.html

BICYCLES

4) Lee County, Florida Promotes Bicycle Safety with Stickers on County Vehicles
Link to article in Government Fleet:
http://www.government-fleet.com/News/Story/2012/01/Lee-County-Promotes-Bicycle-Safety-with-Stickers-on-County-Vehicles.aspx
Link to article in Fleet Focus:
http://www.leegov.com/gov/dept/Fleet/Documents/FLEET%20FOCUS%2001-12.pdf (page 4)

CAMERAS

5) Houston Reaches Multi-Million Dollar Settlement with ATS Over Red-Light Cameras
Link to story on KHOU-TV:
http://www.khou.com/home/125M-settlement-proposed-over-Houston-red-light-camera-controversy-137823994.html

GPS / NAVIGATION

6) US Supreme Court: Warrants Needed in GPS Tracking
Link to article in The Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/supreme-court-warrants-needed-in-gps-tracking/2012/01/23/gIQAx7qGLQ_story.html

7) Largest Solar Storm in Seven Years Could Disrupt GPS Signals, Power Grid
Link to article in Government Computer News:
http://gcn.com/articles/2012/01/23/solar-storm-threatens-gps-power-grid.aspx

OTHER

8) Intelligent Transportation Systems and Vehicle-Highway Automation 2011
Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:
http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/166523.aspx

ROADWAYS

9) Virginia Governor Proposes Road and Bridge Naming Rights as a Source of Transportation Money
Link to article in The Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/virginia-politics/post/mcdonnell-proposes-naming-rights-as-a-source-of-transportation-money/2012/01/20/gIQALPxjEQ_blog.html

TRANSIT

10) Montreal Buses Switch Signs from ‘Out of Service’ to ‘In Transit’
Link to article in The Gazette:
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/buses+switch+Hors+service+transit/6029703/story.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) Virginia Governor Seeks Private Sector Input on Transportation Operations Centers
Link to article on Bacon’s Rebellion:
http://www.baconsrebellion.com/2012/01/mcdonnell-seeks-private-sector-input-on-operations-centers.html
Link to news release from the Virginia Governor’s Office:
http://www.governor.virginia.gov/news/viewRelease.cfm?id=1097

12) SigAlert: Celebrating the Messenger of Traffic Alerts
Link to story on KNTV-TV:
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/SigAlert-Celebrating-the-Messenger-of-Traffic-Alerts-137909403.html

13) Communicating Winter Weather and Transportation Misery
Link to Talking Transportation blog:
http://talkingtransportation.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/communicating-winter-weather-and-transportation-misery/


News Releases
1) AirSage Announces New Partners at TRB for Real-Time and Historic Traffic Data
2) Delcan Chooses TomTom for Traffic Data Analysis in New York City
3) TomTom Wins Exclusive Deal to Deliver Real-Time Traffic Information to British Automobile Association Website
4) Airlines and Airports Step a Little Closer to Near Field Communications
5) High-Tech Traffic Technology to Help Copenhagen Become CO2 Neutral
6) New York MTA Bus Time Set to Expand to the Bronx


Upcoming Events
National Evacuation Conference – February 7-9 – New Orleans
http://www.nationalevacuationconference.org/


Today in Transportation History
1962 **50th anniversary** Thomas Townsend Brown was granted a patent for an electrokinetic transducer. It used an electric field to allow an aircraft to overcome gravity.
http://www.google.com/patents/US3018394?printsec=abstract#v=onepage&q&f=false

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