Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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CAMERAS

1) Taxi Cameras to be Compulsory in New Zealand

Link to article on Stuff:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/3533679/Taxi-cameras-to-be-compulsory

2) University of New Mexico Gets Green-Light to Study Traffic Cameras

Link to story and video on KOB-TV:

http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S1491721.shtml

OTHER

3) Hail a New York City Cab with Your Apple iPhone and Android Device Via Location Analytics

Link to article on SmartPlanet:

http://www.smartplanet.com/business/blog/smart-takes/hail-a-nyc-cab-with-your-apple-iphone-or-android-device-via-location-analytics/5571/

4) ERTICO’s i-Mobility Newsletter – March 2010

Link to newsletter:

http://webhouse.ipapercms.dk/ERTICO/Newsletter/NewsletterMarch2010/

ROADWAYS

5) What Happens When You Remove All Traffic Signs? A German Town Finds Out

Link to article in The Christian Science Monitor:

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2010/0331/What-happens-when-you-remove-all-traffic-signs-A-German-town-finds-out

6) New Jersey Toll Takers to Get Customer Service Training

Link to story on WCBS-TV:

http://wcbstv.com/topstories/rude.toll.collectors.2.1600194.html

7) A Portable Weigh Station for Rural Roads

Link to article in Sensor:

http://www.its.umn.edu/Publications/Sensor/2009/03/portableweigh.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) US Government Set to Ban Texting by Truck, Bus Drivers

Link to AP article:

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=10250915

Link to news release from US DOT:

http://www.dot.gov/affairs/2010/dot5510.htm

9) Banning Texting in Trucks Raises Other Questions

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/banning-texting-in-truck-raises-other-questions/

10) National Work Zone Awareness Week 2010: Work Zones Need Your Undivided Attention

Link to article in Focus:

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/focus/10mar/01.cfm

TRANSIT

11) New York MTA Rejects Subway Ads

Say acronyms used in ads imply obscene language.

Link to article in the Daily News:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2010/03/31/2010-03-31_mta_bigs_derail_texty_ads_targeting_bloomy.html

12) Eight Essential Transit Agency Blogs

Link to article in the Los Angeles MTA’s The Source:

http://thesource.metro.net/2010/03/30/8-essential-transit-agency-blogs/

13) Shenzhen Tong Card and Hong Kong Octopus Card to Reach Interoperability

Link to article in the Shenzhen Post:

http://www.szcpost.com/2010/03/shenzhen-tong-card-and-hong-kong-octopus-card-to-reach-interoperability.html

14) Walt Disney World Uses Their Monorail for Advertising for the First Time

Link to article on Jaunted:

http://www.jaunted.com/story/2010/3/31/8415/94345/travel/Walt+Disney+World+Uses+Their+Monorail+For+More+Than+Just+Transportation

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

15) I-81 Corridor Coalition Hosts Traffic Incident Management and Clearance Workshop

Link to article in The Sentinel:

http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2010/03/31/news/local/doc4bb33e1bac62c764669740.txt

16) Meet ‘Cal North,’ the Imaginary Direction-Giver of 511

Link to column in SF Weekly:

http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2010/03/511_voice_cal_north.php

17) Voice of Bay Area 511 Often Calls Himself

Link to column in SF Weekly:

http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2010/03/voice_of_511_often_calls_himse.php

VEHICLES

18) How Ford’s Sync Technology Will Turn It Into America’s Most Surprising Consumer Electronics Company

Link to article in Fast Company:

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/144/fords-big-reveal.html

19) Ford, Microsoft to Work on Electric-Car Charging

Link to article in The Seattle Times:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011487820_apusfordelectricity.html

News Releases

1) US Cites Celebrate Transportation Innovation in Film Series

2) ITS Georgia Chapter Reviews Plans to Upgrade NaviGAtor ITS System

3) i95travelinfo.net Spells Relief for Holiday Travelers on the East Coast

4) Cellport Marks 15^th Anniversary of Its Invention of Internet-Connected Vehicle

Upcoming Events

LaGuardia Airport Kiwanis Club Charity Ball Honoring ‘Miracle on the Hudson’ First Officer – May 21 – Great Neck, New York

http://laguardiakiwanis.com/2010HONOREEGALA.aspx

Today in Transportation History    

1980 **30^th anniversary** The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad operated its last train.

http://www.rits.org/www/histories/RIHistory.html

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