Friday, March 5, 2010

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, March 5, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Controller Complacency Could Jeopardize Air Safety

Link to AP article:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ip5lwH3tRk5ubCGN0_trEt9VTsvgD9E85VIO3

2) Free Airport Wi-Fi on the Rise, but It Still Isn’t Common

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/item.aspx?type=blog&ak=81918.blog

3) Keys to Successful Use of a Geographic Information System for an Airport

Link to article in Airport Magazine:

http://issuu.com/aaae/docs/febmarch10?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Fdark%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true (page 19)

4) Fly Girls: TV Series Follows Flight Attendants at Home and in the Air

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2010-03-04-fly-girls-virgin-america-cw_N.htm

CARTOGRAPHY

5) Do You Draw Good Maps?

A professor has been examining hand-drawn maps for three decades. Send him yours.

Link to article in Slate:

http://www.slate.com/id/2246106/

6) Does Google Street View See a Future in Europe?

Link to CNET News article:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10464351-93.html

OTHER

7) Smartphones Have Changed the Way We Travel

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2010-03-05-airphones05_CV_N.htm

8) Geospatial Apps Temper Mother Nature’s Fury

Link to article in Federal Computer Week:

http://fcw.com/articles/2010/03/08/feature-geospatial-and-sensor-integration.aspx

PEDESTRIANS

9) Legible London

Can better signs help pedestrians understand London?

Link to article in Slate:

http://www.slate.com/id/2246105/

RAILROADS

10) Conference Identifies High-Speed Rail’s Success Factors

Communicating its benefits seen as key.

Link to article in The Ledger:

http://www.theledger.com/article/20100304/NEWS/3045084/0/REPORTER

ROADWAYS

11) Using GPS to Tag Potholes

Link to story and audio report on NPR’s All Things Considered:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124371598 (audio available after 7 pm New York time)

SAFETY / SECURITY

12) Kyleigh’s Law Requiring Decals for New Jersey’s Teen Drivers is Upheld by Judge

Link to article in The Star-Ledger:

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/03/kyleighs_law_requiring_decals.html

TELEMATICS

13) How Do You Figure Out if One Vehicle is Greener Than Another? Telematics

Link to blog on ZDNet:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/green/?p=10494

TRANSIT

14) Toronto Transit Commission Learning from Philly’s Transit Revival

Improvements in areas such as communications and courtesy have helped SEPTA.

Link to article in the Toronto Star:

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/ttc/article/775339--ttc-learning-from-philly-s-transit-revival

15) Finding a Way Around the New York City Subways or Not

Link to blog on 2^nd Ave. Sagas:

http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/03/05/finding-a-way-around-the-subways-or-not/

16) The Art of ‘Seduction’ in Public Transportation

Link to blog on A Smarter Planet:

http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2010/03/transporation-forum-the-art-of-seduction-in-public-transportation.html

VEHICLES

17) BMW and RadioTime Unveil First In-Car Web Radio, for the Mini

Link to article in Wired:

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/03/bmw-and-radiotime-unveil-first-in-car-web-radio-for-the-mini/

News Releases

1) X Prize Foundation to Partner with Morey to Get Real-Time Car Data on the Web

**CORRECTION**

In yesterday’s edition, story #4 should have read:

ERTICO’s iMobility Newsletter Online

Link to newsletter:

http://tools.emailgarage.com/Pub/1n5_DgAAAAA~/ViewEmail.ashx

Upcoming Events

2010 Geospatial Infrastructure Solutions Conference – April 25-29 – Phoenix, Arizona

http://www.gita.org/gis/

Friday Bonus

Here’s an on-the-job danger they don’t teach you about at the police academy.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2009/11/officer-urban-shows-incredible-patience-as-cat-crawls-on-him-during-traffic-stop/1

Today in Transportation History

1850 **160^th anniversary** The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Straits opened.

http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0000009

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