Monday, October 22, 2007

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, October 22, 2007 -- ISSN 1529-1057

1) Every Rider on Toronto’s TTC Will be on Camera
12,000 cameras to be installed.
Link to story in the Sunday Sun:
http://torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndGTA/2007/10/21/4593292-sun.html

2) Few New York City Taxi Riders Embrace High-Tech GPS Touch Screens
Link to story in the Daily News:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/10/21/2007-10-21_few_taxi_riders_embrace_hightech_gps_tou.html

3) NASA Won’t Disclose Air Safety Survey
Link to AP story:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-10-22-air-safety_N.htm

4) Alabama’s Driving Test Can be Given in Spanish
Link to story in The Huntsville Times:
http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/1192872087143410.xml&coll=1

5) Better Interlocks to Detect Drunken Drivers Still Years Off
Link to story in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/automobiles/21ALKY.html?_r=1&ref=automobiles&oref=slogin (may require free registration)

6) Carmakers Drive Visions of Future
Link to story in The Sydney Morning Herald:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/car-makers-drive-visions-of-future/2007/10/21/1192301100151.html

7) Europe Gets In-Flight Mobile Usage Off the Ground
Link to story on Telecoms:
http://www.telecoms.com/itmgcontent/tcoms/news/articles/20017471030.html

8) Pentagon Mulls Logistics Upgrade
Notice seeks a GIS for tracking, routing shipments. System would require a level of data interaction among federal, state and local governments.
Link to story in Government Computer News:
http://www.gcn.com/print/26_27/45276-1.html

9) Self-Serve Kiosks Crop Up in Airports All Over
Link to story in the Star-Telegram:
http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/274482.html

10) GPS Gadgets About to Get Smarter
Traffic information service will be expanding in Australia.
Link to story in Australian IT:
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22628065-5013038,00.html

11) After Fight, Airport Embraces SUX Code
Link to AP story:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hmLfqXd3ej__6S8hGogAxrDZV_kAD8SDS8I00
Link to Sioux Gateway Airport site: http://www.flysux.com

12) Potential Safety Impacts of In-Vehicle Information Services
Link to report abstract from the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland:
http://www.i2tern.info/doks/paper/paper110.pdf

13) City Commutes for DARPA Driverless Cars
Link to story in EE Times:
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202404431

14) October Issue of the National Weather Service’s Aware Newsletter Online
Link to newsletter:
http://www.weather.gov/os/Aware/pdfs/aware-fall07.pdf


News Releases

1) Directions Magazine Francais is Launched
http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=2580&trv=1

2) Traffic.com Launches TrafficOne Mobile
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/AQM198A22102007-1.htm


Upcoming Events
2007 IBTTA Fall Technology Workshop – November 7-9 – Miami
http://www.ibtta.org/Events/eventdetail.cfm?ItemNumber=2277


Today in Transportation History
1797 **210th anniversary** - André Jacques Garnerin became the first person to make a successful parachute jump from a significant height.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/AVgarnerin.htm

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