Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday, February 20, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057
Attend IBTTA Symposium on Mileage-Based User Fees and Transportation Finance Summit, April 29-May 1, 2012 in Jersey City, New Jersey
This conference combines the best features of IBTTA's Transportation Finance Summit with the depth of content from the Symposium on Mileage-Based User Fees organized by the Texas Department of Transportation Institute and the University of Minnesota in 2009-2011. Sessions will explore the latest studies and pilot programs in mileage-based user fees and the diverse range of financing tools available to toll agencies, state DOTs and local governments. Conference Partners: Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota; Texas Transportation Institute and TRB. Co-Sponsors: I-95 Corridor Coalition, Mileage-Based User Fee Alliance and the Reason Foundation. View the preliminary agenda, make your hotel and travel reservations, and register today! www.ibtta.org/jerseycity
GPS / NAVIGATION
1) Rocket Sent Into Northern Lights for GPS Research
Link to AP article:
http://online.wsj.com/article/AP2063efe42732411a99947fee64763405.html
OTHER
2) During Stop at Virginia Tech, US Transportation Secretary Focuses on Unfocused Drivers
Link to article in The Roanoke Times:
http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/305072
3) Intelligent Transport Solutions Can Transform Cities
Link to column in Daily News & Analysis:
http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_intelligent-transport-solutions-can-transform-cities_1652262
SAFETY / SECURITY
4) Britannia Bridge 'Urban Explorer' Photographers Given Warning
Link to BBC News story:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-17095194
TELEMATICS
5) What US DOT's New Distraction Guidelines Mean for Telematics
Link to article on Telematics Update:
TRANSIT
6) Wi-Fi Coming to GO Transit
Link to article in the Toronto Star:
http://www.thestar.com/news/transportation/article/1132745--wi-fi-coming-to-go-transit
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
7) California DOT to Rewrite Emergency Plan in Wake of Massive I-10 Traffic Jam
Link to article in The Desert Sun:
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20120217/NEWS01/202170306/Signs-alert-10-drivers-traffic-delays
8) Palm Springs, California Area Tourism Group Eyes I-10 Traffic Alert Plan
Link to article in The Desert Sun:
9) Northern Virginia Traffic Center's Eyes are on I-95
Link to article in The Free-Lance Star:
http://blogs.fredericksburg.com/newsdesk/2012/02/19/traffic-centers-eyes-are-on-i-95/
10) Ohio DOT Installing ITS to Help Drivers Beat the Traffic
Link to story on WEWS-TV:
http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/traffic/traffic_news/odots-intelligent-transportation-system
11) Computers May Control Intersections for Self-Driving Cars
Link to IDG News article:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/250265/computers_may_control_intersections_for_selfdriving_cars.html
12) Gurgaon, India Traffic Police SMS Service Fails; to Be Revived Soon
Link to article in the Hindustan Times:
13) Disgust at £116,000 'Toy' Warning Signs in Shipley, UK
Link to article in the Bradford Telegraph and Argus:
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/9538885.Disgust_at___116k____toy____warning_sign/
14) Seoul City Government Develops Traffic App
Link to article in The Korea Times:
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2012/02/113_105230.html
15) New Mexico DOT Adds Drive Times to Message Boards
Link to story on KRQE-TV:
http://www.krqe.com/dpp/traffic/freeway-message-boards-ad-drive-times
16) Urban and Traffic Data Systems: 2011
Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:
http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/166696.aspx
VEHICLES
17) Self-Driving Tech Veers into Mid-Range Cars
Link to article in Technology Review:
www.technologyreview.com/communications/39747
18) Car Radios: Touch Screen or Knobs?
Link to audio from WOR Radio Network's The Car Doctor:
http://www.wor710.com/topic/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=5686695
News Releases
1) Colorado DOT Upgrading Traveler Information Signs Along Some Highways
2) RITA Launches US DOT Research Hub Website
3) Canadian Air Traffic Controllers Name Aviation Markers After Montreal Canadiens' Legends
4) Union Pacific Railroad Museum Makes Push to Get Specialty License Plate
5) US Customs and Border Protection Launches Radio Pilot to Inform Land Border Crossers
Upcoming Events
Parkex 2012 – April 17-18 – London
Today in Transportation History
1792 **220th anniversary** The United States Postal Service was established.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8592.html
1942 **70th anniversary** Edward O'Hare became the US Navy's first flying ace and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II. Chicago's Orchard Depot Airport was named for him in 1949.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/people_butch_ohare.html
1962 **50th anniversary** John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth aboard Friendship 7.
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/mercury/ma-6/ma-6.htm
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