Transportation Communications Newsletter: Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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**Please see bottom of newsletter for a note about multiple copies of TCN being sent.**

AVIATION

1) NextGen Air Control System Will Help Small and Midsize Airports, FAA Chief Says

Link to article in the Star-Telegram:

http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/05/18/2199379/next-gen-air-control-system-will.html

2) NextGen Isn't Just About Satellite Navigation …

Link to blog in Airport Business:

http://www.airportbusiness.com/interactive/2010/05/19/nextgen-isnt-just-about-satellite-navigation/

3) Sea-Tac Airport Helps Pioneer Bird Radar

Link to article in Airport Improvement:

http://www.airportimprovement.com/content/story.php?article=00177

OTHER

4) Google Street View Faces Investigation in France and Italy

Link to IDG News article:

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/196667/google_street_view_faces_investigation_in_france_and_italy.html

5) Technology Behind the Scenes to Grow in Trucking Industry

Link to article in Heavy Duty Trucking:

http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/news-detail.asp?news_id=70367

6) ITS America Transportation Technology News

Link to newsletter:

http://www.multibriefs.com/briefs/itsa/itsa051910.php

ROADWAYS

7) Hurricane First Responders: Not What You Might Think

Florida DOT will use cameras along I-75 for the first time this hurricane season.

Link to a story and video on WINK-TV:

http://www.winknews.com/Local-Florida/2010-05-18/Hurricane-first-responders-Not-what-you-might-think

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) US, Russia Urge Drivers to Put Down Their Phones

Link to AP article:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/19/AR2010051902453.html

9) Collaboration Yields Gate-to-Air Ground Surveillance at JFK Airport

Link to article in Airport Improvement:

http://www.airportimprovement.com/content/story.php?article=00176

TRANSIT

10) Dutch Transit Site Coughs Up Private Info for 168,000 Passengers

Link to article in The Register:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/18/transit_site_privacy_breach/

Link to article in Webwereld:

http://webwereld.nl/nieuws/66012/ov-site-lekt-persoonlijke-data-168-000-reizigers.html (in Dutch)

11) Houston Metro Transit Authority's New Policy Preserves E-mails

Link to article in the Houston Chronicle:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/7011328.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

12) From Probes to Crowd to Community to Ads – Traffic Data Evolving Rapidly

Link to article in GPS Business News:

http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/From-Probes-to-Crowd-to-Community-to-Ads-Traffic-Data-Evolving-Rapidly_a2249.html

VEHICLES

13) 'Quiet Cars' to Get Alert Sounds

Link to article in The Detroit News:

http://www.detnews.com/article/20100519/AUTO01/5190401/1361/-Quiet-cars--to-get-alert-sounds

14) Super Chip for Smarter Cars

Link to article on Canadianmanufacturing.com

http://www.canadianmanufacturing.com/cmo/features/featuredarticle/article.jsp?content=20100519_111636_9252

News Releases

1) Ford Recruits Virtual Soldier to Boost Quality; Santos Feels the Same Strains that Humans Do

2) UN and International Officials Launch Global Effort to End Distracted Driving

3) Alamo, Enterprise, National to Offer Innovative Video TollPass Program

Upcoming Events

Posidonia 2010 – June 7-11 – Athens

http://www.posidonia-events.com/online/content.asp?pid=51&mid=89

Today in Transportation History

1535 **475^th anniversary** Jacques Cartier departed France on his second voyage to North America.

http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/amerbegin/exploration/text2/cartier.pdf

Bernie's Notes

Both Monday and Tuesday many of you received multiple copies of the TCN. Although I only sent the newsletter once, it seems there's a glitch with Google Groups which is causing multiple copies to be sent. Other Google Groups are experiencing the same problem but Google doesn't say what they are doing to fix it. My apologies.

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