Friday, December 11, 2009

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, December 11, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) FAA Promotes New Air-Traffic Approach

Link to article in The Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126046110886785737.html

2) FAA Chief Owns Up to Mistakes Dealing with Newark Airport Whistle-Blower

Link to article in The Star-Ledger:

http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-15/1260497115159390.xml&coll=1

RAILROADS

3) Railroads Await FRA’s Final Implementation Rule on PTC

Link to article in Progressive Railroading:

http://www.progressiverailroading.com/pr/article.asp?id=22110

SAFETY / SECURITY

4) More UK Drivers Speaking on Mobile Phones

Link to Reuters article:

http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5BA1D920091211

5) US Teens Ignore Laws Against Texting While Driving

Link to Reuters article:

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BA2ZJ20091211

6) US Lawmakers Seek to Stop Reposting of TSA Security Document

Link to article in Computerworld:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9142121/Lawmakers_seek_to_stop_reposting_of_TSA_security_document

7) US Department of Homeland Security Launches First Responder Info-Sharing Initiative

Link to article in Homeland Security Today:

http://www.hstoday.us/content/view/11406/149/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

8) How’s Nashville’s Traffic? Drivers to Find Out Faster

Link to article in The Tennessean:

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091211/NEWS09/912110355/-1/NEWS01

News Releases

1) Cable Guardrail Works – Michigan DOT’s YouTube Channel Shows Why

2) Federal Signal Acquires Diamond Consulting Services

3) MILE Traffic and Travel Awarded New Pan-European Traffic Information and Navigation Contract

4) Ford Responds to Sync Owner Community Request; Launches New Address Book Download Application

Solicitation

- Call for Papers – 17^th ITS World Congress

http://www.itsworldcongress.kr/Call_for_Papers_opt.pdf

Upcoming Events

15^th International Conference Road Safety on Four Continents – March 22-24 – Abu Dhabi

http://www.vti.se/templates/Page____11111.aspx

Friday Bonus

Somedays it would better if you just called in sick to work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TcZPqdP85o

Today in Transportation History

1909 **100^th anniversary** - Gugliemo Marconi delivered his Nobel Lecture upon receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics for wireless telegraphic communication.

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1909/marconi-lecture.pdf

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