Friday, February 20, 2009

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, February 20, 2009 -- ISSN 1529-1057

Register Now for ITS America’s Cap and Trade Webinar – Feb. 25

ITS America is offering a series of webinars on transportation technologies and the environment. The first webinar, which will be held February 25, 2009 from 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm EST, is intended to provide a basic understanding of cap and trade systems and how transportation technology projects may profit from participation in a cap and trade plan. Leslie Bellas, Director of Environmental Affairs at ITS America, will be the first presenter. Leslie will be discussing: how the mandatory federal cap and trade system is working; how regional cap and trade markets for carbon emissions are functioning; and how transportation technology projects could fit into a cap and trade program of action. The webinar is free to ITS America members and non-members are welcome to join for $99. Click here to register or contact Lori Vintilescu at loriv@itsa.org for more information.


AVIATION

1) Pilots’ Union Calls Buffalo Airport Landing System Flawed
Link to story in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/20/nyregion/20beacon.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

2) RTCA Task Force Assisting FAA on NextGen Rollout
Link to story in Aviation International News:
http://www.ainonline.com/news/single-news-page/article/rtca-task-force-assisting-faa-on-nextgen-rollout/
Link to additional information from RTCA:
http://www.rtca.org/comm/Committee.cfm?id=130

BUSES

3) San Francisco Muni Buses Will Take a Noisy Turn
Audible warning system will sound whenever a bus makes a right turn.
Link to story in the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/18/BAMR15TDN6.DTL&hw=beep+muni&sn=002&sc=543

4) Bus Tracking System at Slippery Rock University to Decrease Carbon Footprint
Link to story in The Rocket:
http://media.www.theonlinerocket.com/media/storage/paper601/news/2009/02/20/News/Bus-Tracking.System.To.Decrease.Carbon.Footprint-3639798.shtml

CAMERAS

5) Loophole for Leased Vehicles Found in Cleveland’s Red-Light Camera Law
Link to story and video report on WEWS-TV:
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/18761568/detail.html

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

6) Study Looks at High-Tech Tolls in Connecticut
Link to AP story:
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ct-xgr--highwaytolls0219feb19,0,1146435.story

GPS / NAVIGATION

7) Company Demos Development Turn-by-Turn iPhone App
Link to story in Macworld:
http://www.macworld.com/article/138927/iphone_gps.html

8) The Face Behind the GPS Voice Finds Fame
Link to story in the Houston Chronicle:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/features/6271616.html

MARITIME

9) RFID Tag Problems Cause Jams at Los Angeles, Long Beach Ports
Link to story in Land Line Magazine:
http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_news/Daily/2009/Feb09/021609/021909-01.htm

OTHER

10) US DOT: Obama Will Not Pursue Mileage Tax
Link to story on CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/20/driving.tax/

11) Web Site Will Let Public Track Rhode Island DOT Road and Bridge Projects that Use Federal Stimulus Money
Link to story in The Providence Journal:
http://www.projo.com/news/content/bz_stimulus_website_02-20-09_D4DCURT_v7.3321d99.html
Link to site: http://www.gov.ri.gov/recovery/

12) Police in Australia Go Online to Track Down Hoons
Link to story in The Advertiser:
http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/police-go-online-to-track-down-hoons/1439942.aspx

ROADWAYS

13) Chicago Alderman Proposes Countdown at Traffic Lights
Link to story and video on WLS-TV:
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6668175

TRANSIT

14) Integrated Cash-on-Card Solution Gets Green Light in Taiwan
Link to story in the Taiwan Journal:
http://taiwanjournal.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?CtNode=122&xItem=48451

VEHICLES

15) Japanese Automakers Get Ready to Strut Advanced Safety Technology
Link to story in Edmunds Inside Line:
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=142412


Upcoming Events
Transportation Safety Advisory Group Case Studies Workshop & Webinar – March 4
http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s090304_tsag.asp


Friday Bonus
That’s one step forward and two steps back.
http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/store/add.php?iid=16193


Today in Transportation History
1959 **50th anniversary** - The Avro Canada CF-105 aircraft program is cancelled by the Canadian government.
http://www.avroarrow.org/AvroArrow/index.html

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