Transportation Communications Newsletter: Thursday, March 25, 2010

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, March 25, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

Register Now for IBTTA’s Organization Management Workshop – April 18-20, 2010 in Austin, TX

The toll industry is evolving at an astonishing rate. Driven by financial realities, political change, and technological innovations the industry is facing a wide range of challenges and opportunities and is being forced to respond to them at lightning speed. Join IBTTA, April 18-20, 2010 in Austin, TX and keep your organization current on the latest industry trends to Enhance Mobility Through Innovation. Featured presenters include: Tom Vanderbilt, Keynote, Best-Selling Author and Journalist; Clarence Jones and Ellen Jaffe Jones, Winning News Media, Inc.; and Hans Bleiker and Annemarie Bleiker, Institute for Participatory Management & Planning. The hotel reservation cut-off for this meeting is Friday, March 26^th. Click here for registration, hotel and travel information and to view the preliminary agenda. www.IBTTA.org

AVIATION

1) Stealth Indianapolis Airport Study Tracked Phones

Link to article in The Indianapolis Star:

http://www.indystar.com/article/20100325/BUSINESS/3250337/1003/BUSINESS/Stealth-09-Indy-airport-study-tracked-phones

2) NASA Researcher Revolutionizes Air Traffic Management

Link to India Blooms News Service article:

http://www.indiablooms.com/EnvironmentDetailsPage/environmentDetails250310c.php

CAMERAS

3) Los Angeles Police: Red-Light Camera Report was Flawed

Link to story and video on KABC-TV:

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=7347347

GPS / NAVIGATION

4) Navigating the Future of GPS Devices

Link to column on CNET News:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31499_3-10470210-253.html

PARKING

5) Wireless Technology to Make Parking Spaces ‘Smart’ in Los Angeles and San Francisco

Link to article on PublicCEO:

http://www.publicceo.com/index.php/local-governments/151-local-governments-publicceo-exclusive/1317-wireless-technology-to-make-parking-spaces-smart-in-la-and-sf

RAILROADS

6) High-Speed Rail is a Public Relations Orphan

Link to blog in BizTimes:

http://www.biztimes.com/blogs/milwaukee-biz-blog/2010/3/25/high-speed-rail-is-a-pr-orphan

ROADWAYS

7) Germany’s Free Democrat’s: ‘Foolish’ Traffic Sign Changes Must End

Link to article on The Local:
http://www.thelocal.de/national/20100325-26109.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) FCC Seeks Input on Common Alerting Protocol-Related Emergency Alert System Rule Changes

Protocol will allow geo-specific warnings to be sent to multiple platforms, including highway signs.

Link to article in Radio World:

http://www.rwonline.com/article/97268

TELEMATICS

9) UPS Invests $1 Billion in Technology to Cut Costs

Link to IDG News Service article:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/192434/ups_invests_1_billion_in_technology_to_cut_costs.html

10) Can Telematics Reinvent Auto Insurance?

Link to article in Telematics Update:

http://social.telematicsupdate.com/industry-insight/can-telematics-reinvent-auto-insurance

TRANSIT

11) Pittsburgh Makes Transit Data Available to Developers

Link to article in TheTransitWire:

http://www.thetransitwire.com/2010/03/25/pittsburgh-makes-transit-data-available-to-developers/

VEHICLES

12) Pimp Your Ride: Keep Yourself Entertained with These In-Car Gadgets

Link to story and video on STV Living:

http://living.stv.tv/home-garden/gadgets/165714-pimp-your-ride-keep-yourself-entertained-with-these-in-car-gadgets/

News Releases

1) Missouri DOT Weather Sensors a Winter Success

2) Navteq Selects WeatherBug Information to Compliment Industry-Leading Navteq Traffic Solution

Upcoming Events

TRB Webinar: Managing and Marketing Small Airports – April 6

http://www.trb.org/Calendar/Blurbs/TRB_Webinar_Managing_and_Marketing_Small_Airports_162977.aspx

Today in Transportation History

1910 **100^th anniversary** US President William Howard Taft sends Congress a report from the Liberian Commission, which includes a recommendation that the US establish a coaling station in Liberia for US ships.

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=68497

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