Monday, June 4, 2007

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, June 4, 2007 -- ISSN 1529-1057

1) Germany Calls for Public Galileo Funding
Link to AP story:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4859914.html

2) Advance Traffic Management Center Will Monitor Ajman’s Traffic Flow
Link to story in the Khaleej Times:
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2007/June/theuae_June69.xml§ion=theuae&col

3) Watching I-10, Watching You
Traffic operations center now monitors freeway traffic in Tucson, Arizona.
Link to Wicks News Service story:
http://www.svherald.com/articles/2007/06/04/news/doc4663af09dc12e569591579.txt

4) Frankfurt Named Site of Test for Cars with Sixth Sense
Link to story in The Malta Independent:
http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=52098

5) Next Phase of Czech E-Toll to be Satellite and Broader
Link to story in the Czech Business Weekly:
http://www.cbw.cz/phprs/2007060420.html

6) Canada’s First All-Traffic Station Celebrates First Anniversary
Link to story in Broadcaster:
http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/issues/ISArticle.asp?id=69676&issue=06012007

7) The Guy with the Eye in the Sky
As a traffic reporter and helicopter pilot, Michigan man sees his job as a public service.
Link to story in the Detroit Free Press:
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070603/CFP02/706030403

8) Electronic Toll Tag Launching in Ireland
Link to story in The Sunday Business Post:
http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=IRELAND-qqqm=news-qqqid=24121-qqqx=1.asp

9) By Air on the Sea
US Maritime Administration builds wireless capability into cargo fleet.
Link to story in Government Computer News:
http://www.gcn.com/print/26_13/44404-1.html

10) On Duty: 24-Hour Video Guards
Link to story in Federal Computer Week:
http://www.fcw.com/article102866-06-04-07-Print

11) Caltrans Safety Research Recognized by Federal Government
Link to story in The Eureka Reporter:
http://www.eurekareporter.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?ArticleID=24712

12) Listening to CD Tour of I-90 in Washington Makes Cross-State Trip Shorter
Link to AP story:
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=i90tour03&date=20070603


News Releases

1) Traffic.com Awards TransCore Installation & Maintenance Contracts to Expand Its Proprietary Traffic Sensor Data Network in Nine Metropolitan Areas
http://www.prweb.com/releases/traffic/transcore/prweb530853.htm

2) Asia’s First Real Time Traffic GPS Navigation - MapKing Singapore http://www.directionsmag.com/press.releases/index.php?duty=Show&id=17680

3) AirSage Introduces TrafficWiSE to Aid Industry and Government with Real-Time Traffic Information
http://www.itsa.org/industry_member_news_content/c219_d1425/News/Industry_amp_Member_News.html


Upcoming Events
Webinar: Public Transit ITS Data Collection and Analysis - Large & Small Agency Lessons Learned – June 20
http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s070620_ptdata_collect.asp


Today in Transportation History
1940 – The evacuation of Dunkirk, the largest of its kind in history, ends.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/765004.stm

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