Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, July 9, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) Broadband Hopefuls Inch Towards the Runway
Link to story on Inflight Online:
http://www.shephard.co.uk/Inflight/Default.aspx?Action=-1000945703&ID=8edc3725-a29c-4c72-8723-4f1f81fd3196

2) Airports Address Fear of Flying
Link to column in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/columnist/baskas/2008-07-08-fear-of-flying-classes_N.htm

3) No Movies for Domestic US Airways Flights
Link to AP story:
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080709/us_airways_movies.html?.v=1

4) Milwaukee Airport Draws Smiles with ‘Recombobulation Area'
Link to story in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=770270

OTHER

5) Dutch Drivers Lobby Furious About Kilometer Tax
Link to story on DutchNews.nl:
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2008/07/drivers_lobby_furious_about_ki.php

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

6) Utah, Salt Lake Plan PR Blitz to Get Drivers Out of Cars
Link to story in the Salt Lake Tribune:
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_9823844

ROADWAYS

7) South Carolina Governor Signs Bill Allowing Bikes and Motorcycles to Run Red Lights
Signal control sensors don’t always detect smaller vehicles.
Link to AP story:
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080709/NEWS01/80709010

8) Tennessee to Inspect Highway Signs in Wake of Fall
Link to AP story:
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080709/NEWS01/80709005

9) Price Hike Hurts Blue Highway Signs in Kansas
Link to story and video report on KWCH-TV:
http://www.kwch.com/Global/story.asp?S=8644516&nav=menu486_2_1

SAFETY / SECURITY

10) Five US Cities Test High-Tech 911 System
Call centers using US Department of Transportation's Next Generation 9-1-1 system.
Link to story in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-07-08-new-911_N.htm

11) DMV Puts Coloradoans at Risk of ID Theft
Lawmakers told of flaws in the way driver license information is handled.
Link to story in The Denver Post:
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_9822063

TELEMATICS

12) Hughes Finds Partner for Rival to GM’s OnStar
Link to Reuters story:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUKN0830509920080708

TRANSIT

13) Chicago Transit Authority to Use High-Tech Approach to Age-Old Problem of Bus Bunching
Link to story in the Chicago Tribune:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-city-cta-daley-both-09jul09,0,6244588.story

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

14) Public Company Launched to Fix Traffic at Rotterdam Harbor
Link to Deutsche Presse-Agentur story:
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/business/news/article_1415835.php/Public_company_launched_to_fix_traffic_at_Rotterdam_harbour


News Releases
1) The Real-Time Traffic Information Ecosystem is Becoming Increasingly Competitive
2) Iteris Awarded $2.7 Million Bus Rapid Transit Project for the Orange County Transportation Authority
3) 3rd Dimension Launches Mobileyes Traffic Advisory Network With WNBC-TV in New York City
4) Two of US's Busiest Interstates Will Get $11 Million for Truck Parking Innovations
5) Automatic Sign to Warn of Slow-Moving Vehicles in Tasmania
6) New AASHTO Video Advances Life-Saving Study


Upcoming Events
ITS Georgia Annual Meeting – October 19-21 – Savannah, Georgia
http://www.itsga.org/2008annmtg.htm


Today in Transportation History
1918 **90th anniversary** - Two trains collided head-on near Nashville, Tennessee in one of the worst rail accidents in US history.
http://www.nashvillepost.com/news/1997/7/9/because_somebody_blundered_news_of_the_dutchmans_curve_disaster

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