Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Lufthansa to Launch In-flight Web, Phone System

Link to AP article:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2009-10-12-lufthansa-in-flight-phone-interenet_N.htm

CARTOGRAPHY

2) Google Uses Own Database for Google Maps in the US

Link to article on TheWhereBusiness:

http://social.thewherebusiness.com/content/google-uses-own-database-google-maps-us

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

3) Slovakia’s Electronic Toll Collection Devices to be Compatible with New EU System

Link to article in The Slovak Spectator:

http://www.spectator.sk/articles/view/36800/10/slovakias_electronic_toll_collection_devices_to_be_compatible_with_new_eu_system.html

4) Another Upside to E-ZPass: Healthier Babies

Link to article in The Wall Street Journal:

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2009/10/13/another-upside-to-e-zpass-healthier-babies/

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) Red Light GPS Device Lacks GPS Navigation

Link to review in Mobile Magazine:

http://www.mobilemag.com/2009/10/13/red-light-gps-device-lacks-gps-navigation/

RAILROADS

6) Saving the Union (Pacific)

Communication upgrades will improve safety and fuel efficiency.

Link to article in Forbes:

http://www.forbes.com/2009/10/11/union-pacific-railroad-business-logistics-union-pacific.html

ROADWAYS

7) Wider London Road-User Charges Denied

Link to article in the Financial Times:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/32c956f8-b763-11de-9812-00144feab49a.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) Are Wii Balance Boards the Future of Airport Security?

Link article in Popular Science:

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2009-10/do-wii-balance-boards-represent-future-airport-security

9) Tickets Might be Helping DC Cell Phone Law Sink In

Link to article in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/12/AR2009101202965.html

TELEMATICS

10) Ford Seeks High-Tech Solutions from University Partnership

Link to article in The Detroit News:

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009910130327

Link to news release from Ford:

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS165766+13-Oct-2009+PRN20091013

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) Seattle Looks to Technology to Serve Its Citizens

Link to article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/411090_citytech13.html

12) Cities Turn to High-Tech for Curbing Traffic, Crime

Link to article on EurActiv:

http://www.euractiv.com/en/infosociety/cities-turn-high-tech-curbing-traffic-crime/article-186296

13) Not so Up-to-the-Minute Traffic Updates

Highway advisory radio station in Las Vegas area broadcasts information several months out-of-date.

Link to story and video report on KVBC-TV:

http://www.kvbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=11304060

14) Company to Provide Statewide Traffic Data to South Carolina Department of Transportation

Contract with Inrix part of I-95 Corridor Coalition’s Vehicle Probe Project.

Link to article in the Charleston Regional Business Journal:

http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/news/29844-company-to-provide-statewide-traffic-data-to-s-c-department-of-transportation

Link to news release from Inrix:

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS90610+13-Oct-2009+PRN20091013

15) West Virginia Firm Helps Build Mobile Weather-Data System

Vehicle would collect weather data near critical transportation infrastructure.

Link to AP article:

http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=11304599

VEHICLES

16) Who Needs a Key? IPhone App Unlocks and Starts Car

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2009-10-12-iphone-app-unlocks-car_N.htm

17) E-Car R&D Drives Chip Sales, Infineon's CEO Says

Link to article in EE Times Deutschland:

http://eetimes.eu/germany/220600567

News Releases

1) FlightView Advances Airport Web Sites

2) ERTICO and ITS Russia at Stockholm

Upcoming Events

3^rd Annual Future of Business Jets Conference – November 4-5 – London

http://www.quaynote.com/ankiti/www/?code=Jets09&f=home&conf=9c9211372d9410be07402a4be8db0302

Today in Transportation History

1884 **125^th anniversary** - During an international conference, Greenwich, England was chosen as the Prime Meridian.

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/10/dayintech_1013

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