Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, May 5, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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TIC3 From GEWI - It's A Whole New Ballgame!  See why at ITS America in Houston.

TIC3 from GEWI is the latest generation of the globally popular traffic data processing software. TIC3 is a whole new approach to collecting, storing, creating, monitoring, viewing and distributing traffic (and other) data.  TIC3's revolutionary new architecture allows for quick and easy configuration for any data type and data format.  With new technologies being created for generating traffic data including Bluetooth, GPS, camera-generated speed data, RFID and more, it's critical that your system can accept these new data types.  TIC is a highly configurable commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software platform proven in over 125 commercial and government projects operating worldwide.  COTS means TIC can be deployed more quickly and affordably than build-your-own solutions.   Visit GEWI in Houston in booth #333 ITS America, online at www.gewi.com, or to discuss your requirements, contact jim.oneill@gewi.com.

AVIATION

1) Airlines Required to Check No-Fly List More Often

Link to AP article:

http://www.airportbusiness.com/online/article.jsp?siteSection=1&id=36292

2) Can Airlines be Ranked for Safety?

Link to story on CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/05/04/airline.safety/

CAMERAS

3) Arizona Governor Signs Yellow Light Standard Into Law

Link to Capitol Media Services article:

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/153263

4) Tennessee Senate Panel Kills Bill to Put More Restrictions on Traffic Cameras

Link to column in the Knoxville News Sentinel:

http://blogs.knoxnews.com/humphrey/2010/05/senate-panel-kills-bill-to-put.html

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) EU Launches Portal for Europe's Satellite Navigation Application Developers

Link to article from ERTICO:

http://www.ertico.com/en/news/ertico_newsroom/eu_launches_portal_for_europes_satellite_navigation_application_developers.htm

OTHER

6) States, Feds Use Geospatial Technologies in Oil Spill Response

Link to article in Federal Computer Week:

http://fcw.com/articles/2010/05/05/web-virtual-usa-gulf-coast.aspx

7) IBM CEO Palmisano: Transportation Needs Collaboration, Better Standards

Link to article on ZDNet:

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/ibm-ceo-palmisano-transportation-needs-collaboration-better-standards/34043

8) Preventing Government PR Disasters

Link to article in Governing:

http://www.governing.com/article/preventing-government-pr-disasters

9) Think You Have a Thankless Job? Tennessee DOT Employee has Heard 4,700 Calls, Most of Them Complaints

Link to AP article:

http://www.whnt.com/news/sns-ap-tn--patientlistener,0,3922034.story

10) Spotting the Sun

US Air Force analysts listen to the sun to keep communications reliable in the air, in space and on the ground.

Link to article in Airman Magazine:

http://www.airmanonline.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123193107

11) Dailynews @ ITS America Annual Meeting

Link to update from ITS International:

http://www.dailynews-online.com/index.php?id=2026

12) Intelligent Technologies Promise Greater Road Safety

Link to Fast Lane blog from the US Secretary of Transportation:

http://fastlane.dot.gov/2010/05/coming-intelligent-technologies-promise-greater-road-safety.html

ROADWAYS

13) App Promises to Help You Avoid Tickets. Does It Work?

Link to story on KOMO-TV:

http://www.komonews.com/news/problemsolvers/92833859.html

14) On the Road: Arizona DOT Photologgers Capture More than 8 Terabytes of Images and Data from State Highways

Link to article in TRANsend:

http://www.azdot.gov/CCPartnerships/TRANsend/PDF/May_2010.pdf  (page 3)

SAFETY / SECURITY

15) US Transportation Secretary: Hand-Free Devices Don't Make Cell Phone Use Safer for Drivers

Link to article in The Dallas Morning News:

http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/05/transportation-secretary-hands.html

16) States Targeting Drunken Driving with Smartphone Apps

Link to article in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/759850?elq=c557b5f2bb1646518805412df1e35f76

TELEMATICS

17) Texas to be US Transportation Testing Ground

Link to CNET News article:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-20004208-76.html

Link to news release from IBM:

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ibm-and-texas-transportation-institute-to-collaborate-on-intelligent-transportation-projects-92874979.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

18) EU Offers Over zł.500 Million to Battle Traffic in Poland

Link to article in the Warsaw Business Journal:

http://www.wbj.pl/article-49497-brussels-offers-over-zl500-mln-to-battle-traffic.html?typ=wbj

19) Crowdsourced Traffic App Waze Comes to BlackBerry (Beta)

Link to review on CNET News:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20004107-1.html

20) New Hampshire DOT to Tweet on Traffic

Link to article in The Telegraph:

http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/726027-196/nh-dot-to-tweeton-traffic.html

21) National Road Safety and Traffic Management Board Bill Introduced in India

Link UNI article:

http://www.indlawnews.com/Newsdisplay.aspx?1278417a-27e0-4df7-9e22-59ae561e1f16

22) I-84 Fiasco Prompts Review of Snow Response Procedure by New York State Thruway Authority

Link to article in the Times Herald-Record:

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100505/BIZ/5050350/

VEHICLES

23) Toyota Sends US, Canada More Devices to Read Black Boxes

Link to AP article:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Toyota-sends-US-more-devices-apf-2372387266.html?x=0&.v=2

24) Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication, the Next Step in Roadway Safety

Link to text of speech by RITA Administrator Peter Appel to ITS America annual meeting:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6990056.html

25) The Disconnect of Connected Cars

Link to article in Automotive News:

http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100503/OEM06/305039960

**CORRECTION**

In yesterday's edition there was a major error in the headline of story #7.  The corrected version appears below. My apologies for the mistake.

US DOT Among Agencies Given High Marks on Transparency Plans by Watchdog Group

NASA ranked as best.

Link to article in InformationWeek:

http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/leadership/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224700682

News Releases

1) IBM Helps Air and Rail Transportation Companies Meet Consumer Demand for Better Service and Safer Travel

2) Wisconsin Becomes 25th State to Pass Texting Ban for All Drivers
3) Development of Intelligent Transport Systems in Hong Kong

4) Inrix's Crowd-Sourced Traffic Network Surpasses Two Million Vehicles

5) IBM Helps Finnish Transport Agency Manage Finland's Road Network

6) Illinois DOT Selects BlueTOAD by TrafficCast to Monitor Travel Times For Eisenhower Resurfacing

7) Tunisia Sets Up Call Center for Traffic Offenses

Upcoming Events

2010 TRB Environment and Energy Research Conference – June 6-9 – Raleigh, North Carolina

http://cte.ncsu.edu/CTE/EEConference/index.asp

Today in Transportation History    

1985 **25^th anniversary** Donald Bailey, inventor of the Bailey bridge, died in Bournemouth, England.

http://www.mabeybridge.co.uk/bailey-bridge-history.asp

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