Friday, February 12, 2010

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, February 12, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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BICYCLES

1) Finding a Guide to Cycling in Long Beach, California, Mapping the Bike Routes

Man sets out to map and mark bikeway.

Link to commentary on Everything Long Beach:

http://www.everythinglongbeach.com/guide-to-cycling-long-beach-map-the-bikeways/

OTHER

2) Wi-Fi Turns Rowdy School Bus Into Rolling Study Hall

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/education/12bus.html

3) Inaugural Issue of Intertraffic World Online

Link to magazine:

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/58440222

SAFETY / SECURITY

4) 10,000 TSA Staff to Get Secret Intel

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-02-11-TSA-security_N.htm

TRANSIT

5) MARTA ‘Yellow’ Line to be Renamed ‘Gold’ Following Complaints

Link to article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/marta-yellow-line-to-299283.html

6) Shutterbug Fights Bogus Ticket

Photo of New York City subway car lands man in cuffs.

Link to story and video on WNYW-TV:

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/investigative/100209-shutterbug-fights-nyc-subway-ticket

News Releases

1) Global Personal Navigation Device Shipments to Stagnate at 48 Million by 2015

2) Washington State DOT Breaks Out Traffic Tools to Help Get Drivers to the Olympics

Upcoming Events

MRO Middle East – February 28-March 1 – Dubai

http://www.aviationweek.com/events/current/mme/index.htm

Friday Bonus

In Hong Kong, escalators aren’t just part of the commute, in some cases they are the commute.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8441626.stm

Today in Transportation History

1960 **50^th anniversary** - Herman Beam became the first driver to be black flagged at the Daytona Motor Speedway.

http://www.legendsofnascar.com/Herman_Beam.htm

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