Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, December 23, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Technicians Knew of Faulty Equipment that Caused Alaska Air Traffic Control Blackout

Link to story on KTUU-TV:

http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=11721145

2) FAA Looks to Technology to Train Air Controllers

Link to story and audio on NPR’s Morning Edition:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121781791

BUSES

3) Intercity Bus Traffic Gets Boost from Portable Electronic Technology, New Survey Finds

Link to article in Busride Magazine:

http://www.busride.com/webexclusive.asp?N_ID=1018

Link to report from the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development:

http://las.depaul.edu/chaddick/docs/Docs/Chaddick_Institute_Survey_of_Technology_.pdf

GPS / NAVIGATION

4) Global Nav System Shipments to Hit 1.1 Billion by 2014

Link to article in EE Times Asia:

http://www.eetasia.com/ART_8800593512_499488_NT_b949e59b.HTM

5) How Audi’s A8 Exploits Google Earth

Link to Canadian Auto Press article:

http://autos.canada.com/news/story.html?id=2371124

ROADWAYS

6) Holland’s Plan to Cut Traffic: A Tax on Every Kilometer Driven

Link to article in Time:

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1949156,00.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) New Airport T-Ray Screeners Could Save Time, Energy

Link to article on Discovery News:

http://news.discovery.com/tech/airport-security-screening-trays.html

8) Application Disables Smart Phones in Moving Cars

Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-texting-block23-2009dec23,0,748558.story

TELEMATICS

9) The Future of Vehicle Apps Are – You Guessed It – On the iPhone

Link to article on Gizmondo Australia:

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/12/the-future-of-vehicle-apps-areyou-guessed-iton-the-iphone/

TRANSIT

10) Chicago Transit Authority Expands Bus-Tracking Service to Cell Phones

Link to article in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-cta-bus-tracker-23-dec23,0,3890765.story

11) Waiting for the Bus? There’s an App for That

Link to article in the Boston Herald:

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20091219waiting_for_the_bus_theres_an_app_for_that/

12) Some Dread, Some Cheer Wireless BART Tube

Link to article in the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/22/MNB41B8420.DTL

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

13) West Virginia Takes Action in Turnpike Snowstorm

Link to article in The Charleston Gazette:

http://www.wvgazette.com/News/200912220575

News Releases

1) Three Blinks and It's Off; New Ford Lane Change Technology Helps Ease Driver Pet Peeves

Upcoming Events

First International Conference in North America on Nanotechnology in Cement and Concrete – May 5-7 – Irvine, California

http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=ac0d41f9-25b7-41ab-8027-3f608b6bb1f0

Today in Transportation History

1939 **70^th anniversary** - Anthony Fokker, a Dutch-American aircraft manufacturer, died.

http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Air_Power/Fokker/AP7.htm

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