Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) Europe Orders Checks on More Airbus Speed Sensors
Link to Reuters article:
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSWEA199720090923
2) FAA System Helps Controllers Track Planes Out of Radar’s Reach in Colorado Mountains
Link to AP article:
http://www.kjct8.com/Global/story.asp?S=11178299
GPS / NAVIGATION
3) Navteq Q&A: The Road Ahead
Link to interview in Mobile Entertainment:
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/features/200/Navteq-QA-The-road-ahead
OTHER
4) Tracking Stimulus Dollars: Dot-Com vs. Dot-Gov
Link to story and audio report on NPR’s Morning Edition:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112893572&ps=cprs
SAFETY / SECURITY
5) Idle Chatter Clogs Wireless System for Chennai Traffic Police
Link to article in The Times of India:
6) Utah Tackles Texting and Driving Problem Head-On
Link to story and audio on NPR’s All Things Considered:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113035255
7) Emergency Evacuation: Get a Road of This
New technique monitors Bluetooth signals from commuter cell phones to derive travel times, road speeds and vehicle movements.
Link to article in Law Enforcement Technology:
TRANSIT
8) National Transportation Safety Board Urges Transit Agencies to Address ‘Safety Glitches’
Link to article in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-09-22-ntsb_N.htm
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
9) To Help Slow Traffic, San Francisco Planners Pick Beige
Link to article in the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/22/BARQ19QUGI.DTL
10) Speeding Up Interstate 15
Utah DOT to begin construction of electronic monitoring system.
Link to article in the Standard-Examiner:
http://www.standard.net/topics/news/2009/09/23/speeding-interstate-15
VEHICLES
11) The Deadly Silence of the Electric Car
Automakers propose adding some artificial vroom to alert pedestrians.
Link to article in The Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/22/AR2009092204290.html
News Releases
2) Volvo Cars Takes on Safety Challenges Involving Electric Cars
3) I-95 Corridor Coalition Launches I-95 Corridor Travel Information Time Web Site
4) DC Metro Already Taking Steps to Improve Track Circuit Reliability
5) BART Tests On-Demand Info by SMS Text Messaging
6) Intelligent Vehicle Safety Systems Awards Presented
7) Boeing Completes Ground Tests to Prepare for 1st GPS IIF Satellite Launch
8) New IBM Research Reveals Critical Gap for Managing Congestion Problems in Cities Worldwide
9) IBM Brings 50% Reduction in Waiting Time to the Morning Commute in Sweden's Capital
10) Michigan DOT Asks for Public’s Feedback on Mi Drive Traffic Web Site
Upcoming Events
8th Annual Maritime Security Expo – October 20-21 – Long Beach, California
http://www.maritimesecurityexpo.com/
Today in Transportation History
1959 **50th anniversary** - The M/S Princess of Tasmania, Australia’s first roll-on/roll-off ferry, began service.
http://users.nex.net.au/~reidgck/shipping.htm#new-era
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