Friday, August 3, 2007

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, August 3, 2007 -- ISSN 1529-1057

1) Sensor Technologies Evolving to Make Highway Bridges Safer
Link to story in Computerworld:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9028940

2) Sonar, GPS, Robots: The Science of Underwater Recovery
Link to ABC News story:
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=3440740&page=1

3) Minnesota DOT Fails to Provide Local Bridge Data
Link to story in The Forum:
http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm?id=173778§ion=News&forumcomm_check_return&freebie_check&CFID=46810911&CFTOKEN=21166428&jsessionid=88309bf1cdb659307e63 (free registration required)

4) Google Maps Now Factors Current Conditions to Drive Times
Link to story in PC World:
http://blogs.business2.com/utilitybelt/2007/08/google-maps-now.html
Link to additional information from Google:
http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2007/08/how-long-will-it-take-at-rush-hour.html

5) South Korean Government to Build Smart Highways by 2016
Link to story in The Chosun Ilbo:
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200708/200708030008.html

6) Salik, Dubai’s Electronic Toll Collection System, Gets Its Own Web Site with Integrated Services
Link to story in Gulf News:
http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Traffic_and_Transport/10144136.html
Link to Salik site: http://www.salik.ae

7) Long Island Rail Road Testing Less Noisy Horn
Link to story in Newsday:
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/transportation/ny-lihorn0803,0,1905497.story

8) Big Brother Tailors Auto Insurance
Link to story in The Australian:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,22177788-36375,00.html?from=public_rss


News Releases

1) Details of Minnesota Agencies’ Response to Bridge Collapse
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/08/03/bridge_state_response/

2) Missouri DOT Web Site Offers Bridge Information
http://www.modot.missouri.gov/newsandinfo/District0News.shtml?action=displaySSI&newsId=11862
Link to site: http://www.modot.org/bridgeinspections/

3) University of Arizona Engineers to Help Ease Traffic Woes Following Minneapolis Interstate Bridge Collapse
http://uanews.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/UANews.woa/29/wa/SRStoryDetails?ArticleID=14093


Upcoming Events
Road Expo North – September 26-27 – Manchester, UK
http://www.road-expo.com/re2007n/


Friday Bonus
Transportation humor from the archives.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ftc1EnnmbCs


Today in Transportation History
1900 – The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company is founded in Akron, Ohio.
http://www.firestone.com/about/index_history.asp?id=history_main

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