Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Lufthansa to Launch In-flight Web, Phone System

Link to AP article:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2009-10-12-lufthansa-in-flight-phone-interenet_N.htm

CARTOGRAPHY

2) Google Uses Own Database for Google Maps in the US

Link to article on TheWhereBusiness:

http://social.thewherebusiness.com/content/google-uses-own-database-google-maps-us

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

3) Slovakia’s Electronic Toll Collection Devices to be Compatible with New EU System

Link to article in The Slovak Spectator:

http://www.spectator.sk/articles/view/36800/10/slovakias_electronic_toll_collection_devices_to_be_compatible_with_new_eu_system.html

4) Another Upside to E-ZPass: Healthier Babies

Link to article in The Wall Street Journal:

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2009/10/13/another-upside-to-e-zpass-healthier-babies/

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) Red Light GPS Device Lacks GPS Navigation

Link to review in Mobile Magazine:

http://www.mobilemag.com/2009/10/13/red-light-gps-device-lacks-gps-navigation/

RAILROADS

6) Saving the Union (Pacific)

Communication upgrades will improve safety and fuel efficiency.

Link to article in Forbes:

http://www.forbes.com/2009/10/11/union-pacific-railroad-business-logistics-union-pacific.html

ROADWAYS

7) Wider London Road-User Charges Denied

Link to article in the Financial Times:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/32c956f8-b763-11de-9812-00144feab49a.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) Are Wii Balance Boards the Future of Airport Security?

Link article in Popular Science:

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2009-10/do-wii-balance-boards-represent-future-airport-security

9) Tickets Might be Helping DC Cell Phone Law Sink In

Link to article in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/12/AR2009101202965.html

TELEMATICS

10) Ford Seeks High-Tech Solutions from University Partnership

Link to article in The Detroit News:

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009910130327

Link to news release from Ford:

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS165766+13-Oct-2009+PRN20091013

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) Seattle Looks to Technology to Serve Its Citizens

Link to article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/411090_citytech13.html

12) Cities Turn to High-Tech for Curbing Traffic, Crime

Link to article on EurActiv:

http://www.euractiv.com/en/infosociety/cities-turn-high-tech-curbing-traffic-crime/article-186296

13) Not so Up-to-the-Minute Traffic Updates

Highway advisory radio station in Las Vegas area broadcasts information several months out-of-date.

Link to story and video report on KVBC-TV:

http://www.kvbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=11304060

14) Company to Provide Statewide Traffic Data to South Carolina Department of Transportation

Contract with Inrix part of I-95 Corridor Coalition’s Vehicle Probe Project.

Link to article in the Charleston Regional Business Journal:

http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/news/29844-company-to-provide-statewide-traffic-data-to-s-c-department-of-transportation

Link to news release from Inrix:

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS90610+13-Oct-2009+PRN20091013

15) West Virginia Firm Helps Build Mobile Weather-Data System

Vehicle would collect weather data near critical transportation infrastructure.

Link to AP article:

http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=11304599

VEHICLES

16) Who Needs a Key? IPhone App Unlocks and Starts Car

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2009-10-12-iphone-app-unlocks-car_N.htm

17) E-Car R&D Drives Chip Sales, Infineon's CEO Says

Link to article in EE Times Deutschland:

http://eetimes.eu/germany/220600567

News Releases

1) FlightView Advances Airport Web Sites

2) ERTICO and ITS Russia at Stockholm

Upcoming Events

3^rd Annual Future of Business Jets Conference – November 4-5 – London

http://www.quaynote.com/ankiti/www/?code=Jets09&f=home&conf=9c9211372d9410be07402a4be8db0302

Today in Transportation History

1884 **125^th anniversary** - During an international conference, Greenwich, England was chosen as the Prime Meridian.

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/10/dayintech_1013

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Monday, October 12, 2009

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, October 12, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Non-Radar Air-Traffic System Debuts

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2009-10-12-air-traffic_N.htm

2) Low-Cost Airlines All a-Twitter with Customers

Link to AP article:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Lowcost-airlines-all-aTwitter-apf-629994216.html?x=0&.v=2

3) EU-US Air Traffic Management Talks

Hope to ensure interoperability between the European air traffic management program SESAR and its American equivalent NextGen.

Link to article on Europolitics:

http://www.europolitics.info/external-policies/eu-us-air-traffic-managment-talks-art250850-44.html

ROADWAYS

4) Shanghai Roads Renamed as Part of Nationwide Initiative to Create a Unified Naming System for Highways

Link to article in the Shanghai Daily:

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200910/20091012/article_416026.htm

SAFETY / SECURITY

5) In the Lab, Cooking Up Bomb Detectors

Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-bomb-lab12-2009oct12,0,1662647.story

6) Seeking Criminals, FBI Scanning Driver-License Photos

Link to AP article:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iCDKSGZjGw3GMFUml4LQLlWzNOuQD9B9O5B80

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

7) Colorado DOT: Technology Key to Managing I-70 Traffic

Link to article in the Summit Daily News:

http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20091012/NEWS/910119988/1078&ParentProfile=1055

News Releases

1) Smart Phone Apps Battle Spreads to Car Market

2) Norfolk Southern E-commerce Offers ‘Railcar Event - Text Message Alerts’ and Live Chat Support

3) All New Toyota Genuine FollowMe Makes In-Car Navigation Portable

4) Berg Insight Says 3.5 Million Cars in Europe have a Telematics Device

5) Know Before You Go with ‘Traffic Text’ from O2 and iTraffic

6) Study to Examine Vehicle Safety Warnings Aimed at Detecting Distracted Drivers

Upcoming Events

Telematics @ China 2009 – December 8-9 – Shanghai

http://www.telematics-china.com.cn/

Today in Transportation History

1964 **45^th anniversary** - Voskhod 1, the first spacecraft to carry more than one person, was launched.

http://www.astronautix.com/flights/voskhod1.htm

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Friday, October 9, 2009

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, October 9, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Getting Air Traffic Under Control

Link to article in Time:

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1929071_1929070_1929069,00.html

2) Consensus Emerges for NextGen Priorities

Link to article in Aviation Week:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=awst&id=news/NextGen101209.xml&headline=Consensus%20Emerges%20For%20NextGen%20Priorities

3) Controllers Were Joking, Giggling Before New York City Air Crash

Link to AP article and audio:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-10-08-air-controllers-audio_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip

4) Helicopter in South Carolina Crash Lacked Some Safety Features, NTSB Says

Link to article in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/08/AR2009100802919.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

5) Oklahoma DOT Twitter Plans Follow Text Talk

Link to AP article:

http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=11289397

Link to news release from Oklahoma DOT:

http://www.okladot.state.ok.us/newsmedia/press/2009/09-071_odot_joins_twitter_come_along_for_the_ride.pdf

6) Traffic Monitoring with a Self-Sensing Concrete Nanotechnology Road Surface

Link to article on Nanowerk:

http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=13009.php

News Releases

1) FAA.gov Ranked Among Best Federal Web Sites

Upcoming Events

ITS California Annual Meeting – November 16-17 – Anaheim, California

http://www.itscalifornia.org/

Friday Bonus

Here’s a way to prevent global warming that you might not have considered.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-world/2009/10/08/wee-ll-slash-jet-fuel-use-115875-21731248/

Today in Transportation History

1799 **210^th anniversary** - The HMS Lutine, a British frigate, was lost off the Dutch coast during a storm. Only one of the 270 people aboard the ship survived.

http://www.scribeweekly.com/de%20lutine.htm

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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, October 8, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Controllers: FAA’s Computers Prone to Problems

Link to AP article:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gEH8D_Erb_xPAm1zh411j6XfUI6AD9B6GTOG2

CARTOGRAPHY

2) Google Street View Arrives in 11 Canadian Cities

Link to CNET News article:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10370067-2.html

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

3) FHWA Publishes Final Rule on Interoperability Requirements for Automated Toll Collection

Link to notice in the Federal Register:

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2009_register&docid=fr08oc09-5

MARITIME

4) Washington State Ferries May Get Corporate Names

Link to article in The Whidbey Examiner:

http://www.whidbeyexaminer.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=3045

SAFETY / SECURITY

5) eCall Implementation Platform Meeting Held

Link to article from ERTICO-ITS Europe:

http://www.ertico.com/en/news/ertico_newsroom/eu_news_ecall_implementation_platform.htm

TRANSIT

6) New York MTA Station Agent Cuts Leave Some Riders Lost

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/nyregion/09subway.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

7) Bangalore Police Team with Private Company to Supply Free Traffic Alerts

Link to article in the Bangalore Mirror:

http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=10&contentid=200910062009100601250162544315643

VEHICLES

8) From Cars to TVs, Apps are Spreading to the Real World

Link to CNN story:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/08/apps.realworld/

9) Ford Taps Web-Savvy Hipsters To Hype Fiesta

Link to article in Forbes:

http://www.forbes.com/2009/10/07/ford-fiesta-movement-cmo-network-ford.html

News Releases

1) ITS World Forum Launched

2) Transportation Safety Advancement Group Elects 2010 Leadership

3) FAA Announces Serious Runway Incursions Down by 50 Percent

4) Row 44 to Deliver First Ad-Supported In-flight Wi-Fi

5) Ford, Auburn Explore How GPS Satellites Could Help Prevent Auto Accidents

Job Posting

- Deputy Associate Administrator for Research, Innovation and Technology – Volpe National Transportation Systems Center – Cambridge, Massachusetts

http://jobview.usajobs.gov/getjob.aspx?jobid=83773185

Upcoming Events

ITS California Annual Meeting – November 16-17 – Anaheim, California

http://www.itscalifornia.org/

Today in Transportation History

1829 **180^th anniversary** - In the Rainhill Trials, a contest involving various locomotives, the Rocket was declared the winner.

http://www.resco.co.uk/rainhill/

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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

) FAA Administrator Addresses Agency Communications with General Aviation Community

Link to article on The Aero-News Network:

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=b67454a4-d18c-4633-82eb-30c72b522fa2

CAMERAS

) UK Conservatives Declare War on Speed Cameras

Link to Reuters article:

http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE59545X20091006

OTHER

) Self-Service Kiosks Boom

Link to article from The Dallas Morning News:

http://www.philly.com/philly/business/technology/100609_kiosk_boom.html

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

) Chattanooga Proposes New Driver Ed Program Funded with Revenue from Traffic Cameras

Link to story and video on WRCB-TV:

http://www.wrcbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11269611

ROADWAYS

) Kentucky to Post Number of Road Deaths on Electronic Highway Signs

Link to article in The Courier-Journal:

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20091007/NEWS01/910070435/Signs+to+cite+road+deaths

) Nearly Half of Lahore’s Road Signs are Hidden by Ads

Link to article in The Nation:

http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Regional/Lahore/07-Oct-2009/Hidden-road-signs-blind-motorists

) No Need to Change Road Sign Colors in Adirondacks

Link to editorial in The Post-Star:

http://www.poststar.com/articles/2009/10/07/opinion/today/15340129.txt

SAFETY / SECURITY

) Will Airports Screen for Body Signals? Researchers Hope So

Link to story and video on CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/06/security.screening/

Link to further information on Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST) Project from the US Department of Homeland Security:

http://www.dhs.gov/files/programs/gc_1218480185439.shtm#9

) Three Companies Bid to Revive Clear Airport Service

Link to article in the Orlando Sentinel:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-bizclear-airport-service-100709100709oct07,0,6999616.story

TELEMATICS

) Onboard Trucking Systems are Safe, Providers Say

Link to article in Transport Topics:

http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=22901

TRANSIT

) Near-Collision? Long Island Rail Road Doesn’t Have to Tell Authorities

Link to article in Newsday:

http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/near-miss-lirr-doesn-t-have-to-tell-authorities-1.1505814

) IBM Makes Deal with 3 Transit Agencies to Use Software to Manage Repairs

Link to AP article:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hkIjnV0iOKFx68pBPFNIKv4-G1PwD9B67BD80

) New York City Transit Wait Times to Go Digital

Link to article in the New York Post:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/transit_wait_times_to_go_digital_3Fh47K8O4RSCrCqEXHhe6K

News Releases

) BART Offering Real-Time Information by Phone

) Clemson Researchers Study Energy Savings with Electric Cars and IntelliDrive Technology

) Federal Transit Administration Launches Bus Safety and Security Web Site for Small Urban and Rural Transit Agencies

) US Transportation Secretary Announces Driver Pre-Employment Screening Program

) Navteq Introduces First of Its Kind Animated 3D Visual Content for North America Map

) The World's First Commercial ITS Verification Test Carried Out in Changchun City, China

Job Postings

- Community & Government Affairs Specialist – North County Transit District – Oceanside, California

http://www.transittalent.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=10105

- Program Development Specialist – National Transit Institute – New Brunswick, New Jersey

http://www.transittalent.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=10061

- Information Technology Specialist – Volpe Center – Cambridge, Massachusetts

http://jobview.usajobs.gov/getjob.aspx?jobid=83787233

- Senior Researcher-Funding and Finance – Texas Transportation Institute - Texas

http://apps.system.tamus.edu/jobsearch/JobDetails.aspx?JobID=7621

Upcoming Events

T3 Webinar: National ITS Architecture Update: New Features of the Latest Version of the National ITS Architecture (Version 6.1) – October 27

http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s091027_arch.asp

Today in Transportation History

1959 **50^th anniversary** - Luna 3 became the first spacecraft to take photos of the far side of the Moon.

http://www.svengrahn.pp.se/trackind/luna3/Luna3story.html

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