Thursday, February 16, 2012

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, February 16, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Frankfurt Air Traffic Controllers Strike Extended

Link to AFP article:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hsK7beZ5kxHuDK842xAPgjJ1c_Ew?docId=CNG.f19fcba53253918a3c897d1888e0e473.5c1

2) Bengaluru International Airport to Up Security with Over 700 CCTVs

Link to article in The Hindu:

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/article2899176.ece

3) Texas Airports Banding Together in New Group

Link to blog in The Dallas Morning News:

http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2012/02/texas-airports-are-banding-tog.html

Link to news release:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/texas-commercial-airports-to-collaborate-on-statewide-association-2012-02-15

4) Management Challenges Associated with Program Costs and Schedules Could Hinder NextGen Implementation

Link to report from the US Government Accountability Office:

http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-223

CAMERAS

5) In San Francisco, Buses Become the Police

The entire fleet will be equipped with cameras to ticket cars that block bus lanes.

Link to article on The Atlantic Cities:

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2012/02/san-francisco-buses-become-police/1251/

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

6) Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Adding Toll Evader 'Hall of Shame' to Its Website

Link to article in the New York Post:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/pa_tries_hame_game_pA4Q6SR5OdbyhuqzHOnc6M

GPS / NAVIGATION

7) India Will Benefit from GLONASS

Link to article on Russia & India Report:

http://indrus.in/articles/2012/02/16/india_will_benefit_of_glonass_14861.html

OTHER

8) Smartphone App Helps People with Disabilities Get Around London

Link to BBC News story:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16799242

Link to London Access: http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/ldn-access/id496845113

9) Massachusetts Warning Signs Rejected by New Hampshire House

Link to AP article:

http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120216/NEWS0201/120219670/-1/FOSNEWS0409

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

10) Tampa Driver's Ed Students Get Real Life Perspective

Link to story on Bay News 9:

http://www.baynews9.com/article/news/2012/february/382879/Tampa-drivers-ed-students-get-real-life-perspective.html

RAILROADS

11) Amtrak Rolls Into the Information Age

Link to blog on Smart Planet:

http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/pure-genius/amtrak-rolls-into-the-information-age/7409

ROADWAYS

12) Street Bump: An App That Automatically Tells the City When You Drive Over Potholes

Link to article on Co.Exist:

http://www.fastcoexist.com/1679322/street-bump-a-smartphone-app-automatically-tells-the-city-when-you-drive-over-potholes

Link to more information from the City of Boston: http://www.newurbanmechanics.org/bump/

SAFETY / SECURITY

13) US Congress Set to Approve National Radio Network for Police, Firefighters and Other First Responders

Link to article in the Daily News:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/congress-set-approve-national-radio-network-police-firefighters-responders-article-1.1023862

TRANSIT

14) Portland, Maine Metro Board Approves Budget, Tech Upgrades

Link to article in The Portland Daily Sun:

http://portlanddailysun.me/news/story/metro-board-approves-budget-tech-upgrades

15) Sometimes, Less is More from Trip-Planning Tools

Link to blog on Greater Greater Washington:

http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/13726/sometimes-less-is-more-from-trip-planning-tools/

16) Researchers Seek Feedback on Accessible Transit Communications

Link to further information on TheTransitWire:

http://www.thetransitwire.com/2012/02/15/reminder-researchers-seek-feedback-on-accessible-transit-communications/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

17) Rhode Island DOT Tries to Make Commute Go Smoothly

Link to story on WJAR-TV:

http://www2.turnto10.com/news/2012/feb/15/dot-tries-make-commute-go-smoothly-ar-934222/

18) $35 Million Massachusetts Highway Cameras: Cost vs. Benefit

Link to story on WWLP-TV:

http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/news/i_team/35M-highway-cameras-cost-vs-benefit

19) For DC Area Commuters, Websites Attempt to Curb Awful Commutes When Nature Strikes

Link to article in the Gazette:

http://www.gazette.net/article/20120216/NEWS/702169800/1007/for-montgomery-commuters-websites-attempt-to-curb-awful-commutes

Link to Capital Region Updates: http://www.capitalregionupdates.gov

Link to Metropolitan Area Transportation Operations Coordination: http://www.matoc.org

VEHICLES

20) Curb the Car Dashboard Technology, US DOT Asks

Link to AP article:

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/02/16/1996507/dot-to-carmakers-disable-dashboard.html

Link to news release from US DOT:

http://www.dot.gov/affairs/2012/nhtsa0212.html

Link to blog from Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood:

http://fastlane.dot.gov/2012/02/distracted-driving-guidelines.html

News Releases

1) Tennessee Safety Partners Sign Plan to Avoid Long-Term Highway Closures

2) Boingo to Manage and Operate Wi-Fi at 10 Airports in Portugal

3) Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Airport to Open Cellphone Lot

4) University of Wyoming Professors' Research Helps Keep Wyoming Roads Safer

Upcoming Events

AASHTO GIS for Transportation Symposium – April 16-18 – Loveland, Colorado

http://www.gis-t.org/

Today in Transportation History

1862 **150^th anniversary** Fort Donelson was captured by Union forces during the US Civil War. The fort was built to control the Cumberland River.

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/fort-donelson.html

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