Transportation Communications Newsletter: Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, May 11, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

The Future of Tolling = ORT + Interoperability + YOU

Register Now for IBTTA’s Upcoming Summit, The Future of Tolling – Going Mainstream Through ORT and Interoperability, May 23-25, 2010 in Boston, MA. This Summit will bring together transportation experts who will focus on lessons learned, case studies, business rules and future decision-making about all-electronic toll collection, interoperability, violation enforcement, and implications for vehicle miles traveled charging. Download the agenda and register today -- May 17th is the final day to pre-register and have your name included in the final registration list. For meeting details, visit www.ibtta.org.

AVIATION

1) San Jose, California Airport First to Get State-of-the-Art Explosive Detectors

Link to article in the San Jose Mercury News:

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15056565

2) Unmanned Planes Could Begin Flying Over Texas in a Matter of Months

Link to article in the Austin American-Statesman:

http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-politics/unmanned-planes-could-begin-flying-over-texas-in-681019.html

3) Air Traffic Control Architecture Taxis Down the Runway

Link to article in Government Computer News:

http://gcn.com/articles/2010/05/10/faa-soa.aspx

4) Airport Wi-Fi: Free of Fee

Link to article in Airport Improvement:

http://www.airportimprovement.com/content/story.php?article=00178

5) Aviation Week Grounds Top Critic of Gajillion-Dollar Jet

Link to blog in Wired:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/05/aviation-week-grounds-top-critic-of-lockheed-jet/

GPS / NAVIGATION

6) TomTom Fights to Stay on Right Path

Link to article in the Financial Times:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/8c9d0da6-5d16-11df-8373-00144feab49a.html

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

7) Washington State DOT to Begin Education Campaign About All-Electronic Tolling

Link to article in the Bellevue Reporter:

http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_king/bel/community/93432744.html

ROADWAYS

8) Exploring the Science Behind Traffic Lights

Link to article in The Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/cars/news/articles/2010/05/09/the_sensitive_science_behind_and_beneath_traffic_lights/

9) An EKG for Cracking Bridges

Link to article on CNNMoney.com:

http://money.cnn.com/2010/05/10/smallbusiness/matech_bridges/index.htm

SAFETY / SECURITY

10) New York City Mayor Views London's Transit Camera System

Link to AP article:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/11/world/main6472294.shtml

11) New Emergency Radio System for Canadian Maritime Provinces

Link to CBC News story:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2010/05/10/ns-integrated-emergency-system.html

TRANSIT

12) Advertising Does Its Part in War on Terror

The New York MTA's 'If You See Something, Say Something' slogan goes global.

Link to article in Advertising Age:

http://adage.com/article?article_id=143775

13) Smart Phones + Shared Cars = Better Urban Living

Link to article in New Urban News:

http://www.newurbannews.com/transittechnology.html

14) Take the Tomato Two Stops to the Sunflower

The colors of the New York City subway maps have secret names.

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/take-the-tomato-to-the-sunflower/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

15) Traffic Alert System Launched in Hungary for Smart Phones

Link to article in the Budapest Business Journal:

http://bbjonline.hu/?col=1000&id=52762

VEHICLES

16) Interactive Vehicles to Boost Traffic Safety and Convenience in Thailand

Link to article in the Bangkok Post:

http://www.bangkokpost.com/tech/technews/37195/interactive-vehicles-to-boost-traffic-safety-and-convenience

17) Car of the Future Could Include Personalized Dashboards

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/11/car-of-the-future-could-include-personalized-dashboards/

News Releases

1) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Launches Pre-Employment Screening Program

Upcoming Events

Transforming Transportation: Customer Value and Integration - May 26 - Boston

Join Pioneer and Northeastern's Institute for Strategic Transportation Studies as state and national transportation experts look at the lessons learned as Massachusetts has reformed its transportation bureaucracy and what other states can learn from Massachusetts' experience. Joining Jeffrey Mullan, Secretary of MassDoT will be the heads of the NJ and NH DOTs, as well as top executives from the MBTA, the San Francisco Bay Area MTC and the North Texas Tollway Authority. The session will be from 8 am-10 am at the Suffolk Law School. To attend, or for more information, please contact Shannon Garber at sgarber@pioneerinstitute.org or 617-723-2277 ext 217.

Today in Transportation History

1820 **190^th anniversary** The HMS Beagle, best known for transporting Charles Darwin on his survey journey, was launched.

http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConFactFile.64/HMS-Beagle.html

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