Friday, July 17, 2009

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, July 17, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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RAILROADS

1) Key BC Rail E-Mails May Have Been Deleted in May

Government messages sought in corruption case.

Link to CBC News story:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/07/16/bc-bc-rail-emails.html

ROADWAYS

2) Missouri Road Signs to Become Fluorescent

Link to AP story:

http://www.newstribune.com/articles/2009/07/17/news_state/167state32modot.txt

Link to news release from the Missouri Department of Transportation:

http://www.modot.org/newsandinfo/District0News.shtml?action=displaySSI&newsId=34341

3) $155,000 Sign Welcomes Motorists to Orange County, California

Link to story in The Orange County Register:

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/freeway-county-buena-2495618-project-orange

SAFETY / SECURITY

4) Transportation’s Real Mover

Coolly, Deborah Hersman is National Transportation Safety Board’s very face of safety.

Link to profile in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/16/AR2009071604222.html

TELEMATICS

5) Two Ways to Profit from the New Wave of Motoring Technology

Link to story in MoneyWeek:

http://www.moneyweek.com/investment-advice/share-tips-two-ways-to-profit-from-the-new-wave-of-motoring-technology-14961.aspx

TRANSIT

6) DC Metro is Meeting with Vendors about Train Control Backup

Link to story in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/07/14/ST2009071403568.html?sid=ST2009071403568

7) Citizen Journalists on Prowl for Train and Bus Operators Asleep at Wheel

Link to Fox News story:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,533460,00.html

8) TriMet’s Open Source Heaven: The Five Best Transit-Rider Apps

Link to story in The Oregonian:

http://blog.oregonlive.com/commuting/2009/07/open_source_heaven_the_5_best.html

Link to TriMet App Center: http://trimet.org/apps/

News Releases

1) Sydney Metro Airports Launch Filming Studios – Designed to show the possibilities of airports as filming locations

2) National Transportation Atlas Database Released

Upcoming Events

Talking Freight - Highway Networks and Their Relationship to Freight – August 19

https://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/webconference/web_conf_learner_reg.aspx?webConfID=17162

Friday Bonus

This brings distracted driving to a whole new level.

http://www.saveborrowspend.co.uk/articles/news/2391-trucker-showers-whilst-driving

Today in Transportation History

1934 **75^th anniversary** - The Federal Communications Commission issued Order No. 1 which created three divisions; Broadcasting, Telegraph and Telephone.

http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/assemble?docno=340717

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