Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, April 8, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

Off-the-shelf TIC from GEWI Provides Highly Configurable 511 Solutions
With worldwide experience in over 100 projects, GEWI's off-the-shelf TIC provides proven and highly configurable solutions which can be deployed faster, more affordably, and with less risk than build-your-own solutions. Data can be created by users or collected from service providers. Data can be automatically selected and personalized before being sent as information and alerts. Data can be distributed to web sites, IVR, mobile phone text, navigation devices, and even radio stations for time-scrolled announcements. Data can include speed & flow, traffic events, roadside camera images, weather, travel & tourism information, sponsorships, parking availability, fuel prices, and more. With the new TIC3 architecture, the only limitation... is your imagination! Visit www.gewi.com to download a brochure and specific use-case leaflets, or contact jim.oneill@gewi.com to discuss your requirements.


AVIATION

1) Miami Phasing in Air-Traffic Innovation
Link to story in The Miami Herald:
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/989545.html

2) FAA Requests Comments on Standards for Airport Sign Systems
Link to story on AviationNews:
http://www.aviationnews.net/?do=headline&news_ID=166023

3) US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Praises TSA Test Facility
Link to story on AviationNews:
http://www.aviationnews.net/?do=headline&news_ID=166078

CAMERAS

4) Enforcement Camera Expansion on Hold in Arizona
Link to story in The Arizona Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2009/04/08/20090408photosuspend0409.html

5) Snap Decisions at Red Lights
Meet the companies behind the cameras waiting to catch you.
Link to story in the Chicago Tribune:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/transportation/chi-red-speed-08-apr08,0,6871221.story

CARTOGRAPHY

6) Street View UK is Here to Stay, Says Boss of Google Maps
Link to story and video in The Times:
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6058197.ece

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

7) Tweet Along with the Delaware Office of Highway Safety
Link to story in the Sussex Countian:
http://www.sussexcountian.com/homepage/x1098992497
Link to Twitter page: http://twitter.com/DEHighwaySafe

ROADWAYS

8) Archives of Webcast on I-95 Express Lanes in Florida
Link to archives from the National Transportation Operations Coalition:
http://www.ntoctalks.com/web_casts_archive.php

SAFETY / SECURITY

9) Air Chase Tests US Security Network
Link to story in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-04-07-stolen-plane_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip

10) The Security Swamp
Secure Flight, the government's new airline passenger-screening program, wants to identify troublemakers. But making it work might be a nightmare for travelers.
Link to column in Portfolio:
http://www.portfolio.com/business-travel/seat-2B/2009/04/07/TSA-Launches-Secure-Flight

11) A Guide for Reducing Speed-Related Crashes
Link to document from the Transportation Research Board:
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=10229

12) Side Object Detection Systems Evaluation
Link to report from the Federal Highway Administration:
http://www.itsdocs.fhwa.dot.gov/JPODOCS//REPTS_TE/14461.htm

VEHICLES

13) Social Networking Leads Ford to Fiesta Fans
Link to AP story:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Social-networking-leads-Ford-apf-14885800.html


News Releases
1) VIA Rail's Departure and Arrival Times Now Online
2) Web Improvements to Ease UK Holiday Traffic


Upcoming Events
Vehicle Dynamics Expo 2009 – June 16-18 – Messe Stuttgart, Germany
http://www.vehicledynamics-expo.com/


Today in Transportation History
1904 **105th anniversary** - Manhattan’s Longacre Square was formally renamed Times Square.
http://tinyurl.com/cw9e6w

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