Friday, June 15, 2007

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, June 15, 2007 -- ISSN 1529-1057

1) Spectrum Public Safety Plan Meets Resistance
A plan for private investors to build a national wireless network for emergency responders has sparked debate on who should own the spectrum and the network.
Link to IDG News Service story:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/06/14/Spectrum-public-safety-plan-meets-resistance_1.html

2) Mercedes-Benz Reveals the Brave New World of Safety Features
Link to story on Edmunds Inside Line:
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=121276
Link to further information from Mercedes-Benz:
http://media.daimlerchrysler.com/dcmedia/0-921-614216-1-878006-1-0-0-0-0-1-11700-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0.html?TS=1181939867546&REF=921%2Fen%2FNewsroom%20%28Home%29%2F.Newsroom%20%28Home%29%2F%23XCID%3D614228%20%7C%20XPID%3D0%20%7C%20XCTY%3D3897%20%7C%20XAID%3D

3) Stanford Robot Passes Driving Test
Link to CNET News story:
http://news.com.com/Stanford+robot+passes+driving+test/2100-11394_3-6191180.html?tag=nefd.top

4) Auto-Nav Sales to Triple by 2012
Link to story in GPS World:
http://tl.gpsworld.com/gpstl/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=434218

5) Transcript from June 22 T3 Webinar “Core Suite of ITS Technologies for Transit Agencies” Now Available
Link to transcript from US DOT:
http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s070522/070522_core_suite_int.asp


News Releases

1) What Does the Future Hold for Western Europe's Advanced Traffic Management Industry?
http://sev.prnewswire.com/auto/20070614/3432313en-1.html

2) UK Highways Agency and Freight Transport Association Plan to Improve Travel Information for Freight Drivers
http://www.highways.gov.uk/news/newsroom.aspx?newsid=18181349


Upcoming Events
Texas Transportation Forum – July 18-20 – Austin, Texas
http://www.dot.state.tx.us/ttf/


Friday Bonus
If you think this is strange, you should see what they’re watching on the space shuttle!
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2007-06-14-baby-monitor-nasa_N.htm


Today in Transportation History
1927 **80th anniversary** - General Electric demonstrated the first radio communication between a locomotive and a caboose on a moving train.
http://www.otrr.org/FILES/Magz_pdf/National%20Radio%20News/NRN_V02_(01)_Jul29.pdf (page 10)

2007 – The Lötschberg Tunnel, the world’s longest land tunnel, opens in Switzerland.
http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/front/detail/Loetschberg_base_tunnel_officially_opens.html?siteSect=105&sid=7928557&cKey=1181890186000

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