Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, June 22, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) FAA Upgrade Puts Taxpayer Dollars at Risk, DOT Inspector General Says

Link to Bloomberg article:

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-21/faa-upgrade-puts-taxpayer-dollars-at-risk-u-s-says-update1-.html

Link to report:

http://bit.ly/d8p4t4

2) FCC Bans 121.5 Emergency Locator Transmitters

Link to article on AVweb:

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/FCCBans1215ELTs_202760-1.html

3) Are We There Yet?

The road to universal RFID has been paved with numerous pilots and smaller installations. Are we now climbing the final rise?

Link to article in Passenger Terminal World:

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/14b76966#/14b76966/30

CAMERAS

4) Los Angeles Postpones Ruling on Boycott Exemption for Traffic Camera Firm

Link to article in the Daily Breeze:

http://www.dailybreeze.com/latestnews/ci_15349400

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) Encyclopaedia Britannica Loses Suit Involving GPS Mapping

Link to Bloomberg article:

http://www.kansascity.com/2010/06/21/2033960/encyclopaedia-britannica-loses.html

OTHER

6) News from ERTICO

- EU News: Open Standards and Interoperability

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

- CityLog – CityMove User Forum

http://www.ertico.com/en/news/ertico_newsroom/citylog_-_citymove_user_forum.htm

7) Tube at the Tank

Advertisers are desperate for your undivided attention, wherever they can get it.

Link to article in The Smart Set:

http://www.thesmartset.com/article/article06221002.aspx

8) Presentations from ITS-NY Annual Meeting and Conference

Download of presentations:

http://www.its-ny.org/pdf/2010%20ALL%20PRESENTATIONS.pdf

PARKING

9) Los Angeles Looking to Make Parking Meters Perform Better

Link to story on KPCC Radio:

http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/06/21/how-make-parking-meters-perform-better/

RAILROADS

10) GE, Norfolk Southern Leaders Say Future of Freight Rail is in Technology, Not Steel

Link to commentary in the Erie Times-News:

http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100621/OPINION08/306219994/-1/OPINION

SAFETY / SECURITY

11) NTSB Points to Driver Inattention in Arizona Bus Crash

Link to AP article:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jvBgNaKNWgGY-F9erxEe0J3eZU6QD9GGED601

Link to news release from the National Transportation Safety Board:

http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2010/100622b.html

12) Our Cars are Rife with Distractions

Link to commentary in the National Post:

http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/cars+rife+with+distractions/3185307/story.html

SPACE

13) New Tech Track Space Debris

Link to article in Government Computer News:

http://gcn.com/articles/2010/06/22/nasa-debris.aspx

TRANSIT

14) Anti-Islam Ad Belongs on Buses, Federal Court is Told

Link to article in the Detroit Free Press:

http://www.freep.com/article/20100622/NEWS05/6220357/1320/Anti-Islam-ad-belongs-on-buses-court-is-told

15) New York MTA Giving Interns an Opportunity to Find Cheap Way to Install Cellphone Service in Subways

Link to blog in The New York Times:

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/21/giving-interns-a-shot-and-paying-for-the-flu-fight/

16) Smile: You're on Camera for Tokyo Station Ads

Link to article in The Daily Yomiuri:

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T100621003075.htm

17) Bus Simulator Steers Drivers Toward Safe-T

Link to column and video in the Boston Herald:

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20100621bus_simulator_steers_drivers_toward_safe-t/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

18) Smart Computer Learns from Video

This could be a significant aid in traffic monitoring.

Link to article in ETH Life:

http://www.ethlife.ethz.ch/archive_articles/100611_ferraripaper_per/index_EN

19) Anti-Jam Center Allows Public to Suggest Improvements for Moscow Traffic

Link to story from the Voice of Russia:

http://english.ruvr.ru/2010/06/22/10409178.html

News Releases

1) Clarion and Nokia Team Up on Connected Car Technology

2) All Traffic Solutions Launches First Web-Based Traffic Signs

3) TomTom for iPhone App Now Features Multitasking and Latest Maps

Job Postings

- Transportation Program Specialist – Federal Transit Administration – Washington, DC

http://bit.ly/aNk1gm

Upcoming Events

17^th International Conference on Sound and Vibration – July 18-22 – Cairo

http://www.icsv17.org/index.php/ICSV17/index

Today in Transportation History

1910 **100^th anniversary** John Hunt, leader of the first successful climb of Mount Everest, was born in Simia, India.

http://imagingeverest.rgs.org/Concepts/Imaging_Everest/-75.html

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