Transportation Communications Newsletter

A 'Barnes Dance' allows pedestrians to cross an intersection in all directions at the same time. This group in Washington, DC apparently missed the memo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr-c4deLTzU

Today in Transportation History

1910 **100^th anniversary** The Brazilian Navy cruiser, Bahia, was commissioned.

http://sixtant.net/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=111&Itemid=2

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Thursday, May 20, 2010

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, May 20, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

Countdown to The Future of Tolling: Going Mainstream Through ORT and Interoperability

Make plans to attend IBTTA’s Upcoming Summit, The Future of Tolling – Going Mainstream Through ORT and Interoperability, May 23-25, 2010 in Boston, MA. This Summit will bring together more than 300 transportation experts who will focus on lessons learned, case studies, business rules and future decision-making about all-electronic toll collection, interoperability, violation enforcement, and implications for vehicle miles traveled charging. Download the final program and register today! www.ibtta.org.

AVIATION

1) FAA Moves to Establish Research Center of Excellence for Airport Safety Technology

Link to article in Avionics Intelligence:

http://www.militaryaerospace.com/index/display/avi-article-display/7582280702/articles/avionics-intelligence/news/2010/5/faa-moves_to_establish.html

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

2) I-85 Tolling Project Draws Fire in Georgia

Transponders to charge solo drivers are incompatible with units used on another state highway.

Link to article in the Atlanta Business Chronicle:

http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2010/05/17/daily47.html

OTHER

3) New Alert in Use in Maryland When Officers Wounded or Murdered

Link to story on WJZ-TV:

http://wjz.com/local/blue.alert.police.2.1705963.html

4) Using a Smartphone to Organize Your Travels

Link to article in The Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704691304575254401593900796.html

RAILROADS

5) 'Railroad Girls' Proving Irresistible as Marketing Ploy in Japan

Link to article from The Yomiuri Shimbun:

http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20100520-217426.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

6) UN Urges Ban on Phone Use While Driving

Link to CBC News story:

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/05/20/cell-phone-united-nations-ban.html

TRANSIT

7) Transit, Payment Apps Could be Added to Government IDs

Link to article in DigitialIDNews:

http://www.digitalidnews.com/2010/05/20/transit-payment-apps-could-be-added-to-government-ids

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

8) New Web Site Aims to Aid Tayside Commuters

New 'travel information gateway' will provide a 'one stop shop' for motorists and users of public transport in the region.

Link to STV News story:

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/178596-new-website-aims-to-aid-tayside-commuters/

VEHICLES

9) Ward's Conference in Michigan Looks at Future of Car Interiors

Link to article in The Detroit News:

http://www.detnews.com/article/20100520/AUTO01/5200349/1148/Ward-s-conference-in-Dearborn-looks-at-future-of-car-interiors

Link to story on WWJ Radio:
http://www.wwj.com/Auto-Interiors-Event-Talks-Up-The-High-Tech-Auto-C/7107406

10) US Congressman Seeks 'Black Boxes' for Cars

Link to article in The Daily Journal:

http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=131796&title=Speier%20seeks%20‘black%20boxes’%20for%20cars

11) Audi: 'The Future is Apps'

Link to article on Autocar.co.uk:

http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/Audi-A8/249758/

News Releases

1) Clear Channel Airports Unveils Innovative Network of National Displays

Upcoming Events

IntelliDrive Deployment Scenarios Workshop – June 22-23 – Dulles, Virginia

http://www.itsa.org/itsa/files/pdf/Scenario%20Agenda-Rev1.pdf

Today in Transportation History

1570 **440^th anniversary** Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, what many consider the first 'modern' atlas, was issued.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gnrlort.html

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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

Join the International Road Federations and world-renowned global experts in Austin, Texas September 8-10, 2010 for the IRF Executive Workshop on Performance Based Contracts & Evaluating Asset Condition. Top public & private sector experts from the United States, Canada and Europe will present case studies, lessons learned and new approaches to this type of Public Private Partnership. This workshop is designed to help road operators and agencies world-wide find ways to lower operating costs and better cope with financial pressures. For more information Click Here

**Please see bottom of newsletter for a note about multiple copies of TCN being sent.**

AVIATION

1) NextGen Air Control System Will Help Small and Midsize Airports, FAA Chief Says

Link to article in the Star-Telegram:

http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/05/18/2199379/next-gen-air-control-system-will.html

2) NextGen Isn't Just About Satellite Navigation …

Link to blog in Airport Business:

http://www.airportbusiness.com/interactive/2010/05/19/nextgen-isnt-just-about-satellite-navigation/

3) Sea-Tac Airport Helps Pioneer Bird Radar

Link to article in Airport Improvement:

http://www.airportimprovement.com/content/story.php?article=00177

OTHER

4) Google Street View Faces Investigation in France and Italy

Link to IDG News article:

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/196667/google_street_view_faces_investigation_in_france_and_italy.html

5) Technology Behind the Scenes to Grow in Trucking Industry

Link to article in Heavy Duty Trucking:

http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/news-detail.asp?news_id=70367

6) ITS America Transportation Technology News

Link to newsletter:

http://www.multibriefs.com/briefs/itsa/itsa051910.php

ROADWAYS

7) Hurricane First Responders: Not What You Might Think

Florida DOT will use cameras along I-75 for the first time this hurricane season.

Link to a story and video on WINK-TV:

http://www.winknews.com/Local-Florida/2010-05-18/Hurricane-first-responders-Not-what-you-might-think

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) US, Russia Urge Drivers to Put Down Their Phones

Link to AP article:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/19/AR2010051902453.html

9) Collaboration Yields Gate-to-Air Ground Surveillance at JFK Airport

Link to article in Airport Improvement:

http://www.airportimprovement.com/content/story.php?article=00176

TRANSIT

10) Dutch Transit Site Coughs Up Private Info for 168,000 Passengers

Link to article in The Register:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/18/transit_site_privacy_breach/

Link to article in Webwereld:

http://webwereld.nl/nieuws/66012/ov-site-lekt-persoonlijke-data-168-000-reizigers.html (in Dutch)

11) Houston Metro Transit Authority's New Policy Preserves E-mails

Link to article in the Houston Chronicle:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/7011328.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

12) From Probes to Crowd to Community to Ads – Traffic Data Evolving Rapidly

Link to article in GPS Business News:

http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/From-Probes-to-Crowd-to-Community-to-Ads-Traffic-Data-Evolving-Rapidly_a2249.html

VEHICLES

13) 'Quiet Cars' to Get Alert Sounds

Link to article in The Detroit News:

http://www.detnews.com/article/20100519/AUTO01/5190401/1361/-Quiet-cars--to-get-alert-sounds

14) Super Chip for Smarter Cars

Link to article on Canadianmanufacturing.com

http://www.canadianmanufacturing.com/cmo/features/featuredarticle/article.jsp?content=20100519_111636_9252

News Releases

1) Ford Recruits Virtual Soldier to Boost Quality; Santos Feels the Same Strains that Humans Do

2) UN and International Officials Launch Global Effort to End Distracted Driving

3) Alamo, Enterprise, National to Offer Innovative Video TollPass Program

Upcoming Events

Posidonia 2010 – June 7-11 – Athens

http://www.posidonia-events.com/online/content.asp?pid=51&mid=89

Today in Transportation History

1535 **475^th anniversary** Jacques Cartier departed France on his second voyage to North America.

http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/amerbegin/exploration/text2/cartier.pdf

Bernie's Notes

Both Monday and Tuesday many of you received multiple copies of the TCN. Although I only sent the newsletter once, it seems there's a glitch with Google Groups which is causing multiple copies to be sent. Other Google Groups are experiencing the same problem but Google doesn't say what they are doing to fix it. My apologies.

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

The Future of Tolling = ORT + Interoperability + YOU

Register Now for IBTTA’s Upcoming Summit, The Future of Tolling – Going Mainstream Through ORT and Interoperability, May 23-25, 2010 in Boston, MA. This Summit will bring together transportation experts who will focus on lessons learned, case studies, business rules and future decision-making about all-electronic toll collection, interoperability, violation enforcement, and implications for vehicle miles traveled charging. Download the agenda and register today -- May 17th is the final day to pre-register and have your name included in the final registration list. For meeting details, visit www.ibtta.org.

AVIATION

1) Air-Safety Watchdogs to Dissect Pilot Error

Link to article in The Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704314904575250823108695894.html

2) As Attention Wanders, Rethinking the Autopilot

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/business/18pilots.html

3) FAA Determines Cape Cod Wind Farm is 'No Hazard'

Link to article in The Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/05/18/faa_determines_cape_wind_farm_is_no_hazard/

4) FAA Uses Open Source ESB to Handle Flight Data

Link to article on SearchSOA.com:

http://searchsoa.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid26_gci1512564,00.html

5) Jetera Betting on In-Flight Receipts as an Ad Medium

Link to article in Advertising Age:

http://adage.com/article?article_id=143770 (free registration required)

MARITIME

6) Ship-Tracking System to Help Haitian Port Operations

Link to article on TMCnet:

http://communication-solutions.tmcnet.com/topics/communication-solutions/articles/85481-ship-tracking-system-help-haitian-port-operations.htm

OTHER

7) US DOT's ITS/JPO Evaluation Office Makes 2010 Request for Information on ITS Costs

Link to further information:

http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/byLink/Announcement?OpenDocument&Cost%5e

8) US House to Consider Bill to Put Stimulus Money Details Online

Link to article in Federal Computer Week:

http://fcw.com/articles/2010/05/17/more-money-details-go-online.aspx

9) Branding IT: Logos, Slogans Sell the IT Message

Oregon DOT among those marketing its IT organizations.

Link to Bloomberg article:

http://www.businessweek.com/idg/2010-05-17/branding-it-logos-slogans-sell-the-it-message.html

RAILROADS

10) Information Technology: At Freight Railroads, IT Execs Help Lead the Change Charge

Link to article in Progressive Railroading:

http://www.progressiverailroading.com/pr/article.asp?id=23273

ROADWAYS

11) Latest Editions of Thinking Highways

- Europe/RoW edition

http://thinkinghighways.com/Pages/View-issue.aspx?id=8d775348-9938-42b0-ac20-aae7928d57ac

- North America edition

http://thinkinghighways.com/Pages/View-issue.aspx?id=81e64fb9-95a0-4ba4-bb77-badbc1d3d298

12) Spring Issue of Safe Highway Matters

Link to newsletter:

http://www.safehighways.org/SafeHighwayMatters.Spring2010.pdf

SAFETY / SECURITY

13) Michigan Bans Texting While Driving; but When Will Technology Take Over to Keep Us Safe?

Link to article in The Grand Rapids Press:

http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/05/michigan_bans_texting_while_dr.html

14) US Transportation Secretary Takes Cell Phone Fight Global

Link to article in The Washington Post:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/getthere/2010/05/lahood_takes_cellphone_fight_g.html

15) The Future is Now

Real-life police technology catches up with science fiction.

Link to article in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/gt/755804?topic=117680

TRANSIT

16) Redesigning the Bus Stop: Teague's Traffic 2.0 Makes Transit More Friendly

Link to article in Fast Company:

http://www.fastcompany.com/1648672/redesigning-the-bus-stop-teagues-traffic-20-makes-transit-more-friendly

17) Boston Youths Eye Better MBTA Relations

Link to article in The Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/05/18/youths_eye_better_mbta_relations/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

18) Rapid Traffic Camera Deployment in Indiana, Thanks to WiMAX

Link to article in Government Video:

http://www.governmentvideo.com/article/94854

19) Social Networking Sites to Provide Traffic Updates in Dehli

Link to article on Fresh News:

http://www.freshnews.in/social-networking-sites-to-provide-traffic-updates-in-delhi-184305

VEHICLES

20) Taiwan Set to Join Revolutionary California Vehicle Laboratory

Link to article in the Taipei Times:

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2010/05/19/2003473337

21) Pedestrian-Detection and Automated Platooning

Link to article on Car Advice:

http://www.caradvice.com.au/67890/2011-brakes-camera-action-pedestrian-detection-automated-platooning/

News Releases

1) OnStar Leverages Google Technology to Connect Customers to the Chevrolet Volt

2) I.D. Systems and Garmin Team to Provide New Airport Safety Solution: SafeNav Airport Vehicle Navigation System

3) Consumer Navigation Market to Reach 267 Million Shipments by 2015

4) just-auto Completes Revamp of Web Site

5) Pennsylvania DOT News Readily Available Through Online Twitter Feed

6) 'Better Informed Travellers = Better Use of Transport Systems' -- New LinkedIn Discussion Forum

7) Harman and Nokia Pave the Way for Standardized Interface Between Smartphones and Car Infotainment

Upcoming Events

Transforming Transportation: Customer Value and Integration - May 26 - Boston

Join Pioneer and Northeastern's Institute for Strategic Transportation Studies as state and national transportation experts look at the lessons learned as Massachusetts has reformed its transportation bureaucracy and what other states can learn from Massachusetts' experience. Joining Jeffrey Mullan, Secretary of MassDoT will be the heads of the NJ and NH DOTs, as well as top executives from the MBTA, the San Francisco Bay Area MTC and the North Texas Tollway Authority. The session will be from 8 am-10 am at the Suffolk Law School. To attend, or for more information, please contact Shannon Garber at sgarber@pioneerinstitute.org or 617-723-2277 ext 217.

Today in Transportation History

1980 **30^th anniversary** Mount St. Helens in Washington State erupted. The resulting ash cloud caused the first documented case of jet power loss from a volcanic eruption.

http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/234

Bernie's Notes

Many of you received multiple copies of yesterday's TCN. It appears this was due to a glitch on the part of Google Groups since I only sent the newsletter once. I apologize for the inconvenience.

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