Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday, November 19, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057
GEWI Completes North American Traffic Technologies Tour – Webinar to Follow in January
GEWI would like to thank everyone involved in hosting and attending our first ever North American Traffic Technologies Tour. Topics included technologies that are used around the world for location referencing and harmonization, data exchange between systems, next generation of real-time data for traffic navigation, and data exchange for connected vehicles/infrastructure projects. We had many requests from locations and attendees we were unable to honor, so please look for a follow-up webinar to be held in January 2011. If you’d like to receive notification of this event, visit www.gewi.com and register for the GEWI newsletter, or contactjim.oneill@gewi.com
AVIATION
1) Patience Wears Thin as FAA Navigation Equipment Problem Returns in Aspen, Colorado
Link to article in the Aspen Daily News:
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/143775
CARTOGRAPHY
2) Bing Maps Redesign Introduced
Link to article on Softpedia:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bing-Maps-Redesign-Introduced-167572.shtml
MARITIME
3) 'Numbering' 13 Million Vessels Annually Helps Fight Terrorism, Says US Coast Guard
Link to article in Government Security News:
http://www.gsnmagazine.com/node/21862?c=maritime_port_security
PARKING
4) New York City's Central Nervous System is Growing; Here's What It Can Do
Link to article on Capital:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
5) Airport Campaign Targets Sex Tourists
Link to CBC News story:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/11/18/airport-campaign-targets-sex-tourists.html
6) Tennessee DOT SmartFix 40 Project Wins National Communications Awards
Link to article in Business & Heritage Clarksville:
RAILROADS
7) Amtrak Arrests are Secret
Link to commentary in The Day:
http://www.theday.com/article/20101119/NWS05/311199863
ROADWAYS
8) Safe Highways Matter – Fall 2010
Link to newsletter:
http://www.safehighways.org/SafeHighwayMatters.Fall2010.pdf
SAFETY / SECURITY
9) Feds Ask for Airport Workers' Personal Information
Link to story on CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/11/18/airport.workers.info/
10) TSA Blogger Bob Watched Closely by Readers
Link to blog on Nextgov:
http://techinsider.nextgov.com/2010/11/tsas_blogger_bob_freezes_comments.php
11) Alberta Transportation Minister Defends Distracted Driving Bill
Link to story and video on CTV Calgary:
TRANSIT
12) Montreal Transit Looks to Corporate Sponsorship
Link to Postmedia News article:
13) Orange County Transportation Authority Honored for Text Messaging Program
Link to article in Metro:
http://www.metro-magazine.com/News/Story/2010/11/OCTA-honored-for-text-messaging-program.aspx
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
14) Ford and Wall Street Journal Office Network Partner for Traffic Updates
Link to article in Digital Outsider:
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=139859
15) Global Traffic Technologies Debuts The GTT Connection
Link to newsletter:
VEHICLES
16) Electric Car Web Site Aims to Ease Buyers' Fears
Link to Reuters article:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6AH66R20101118
Link to site: http://www.goelectricdrive.com/
17) German 'Thinking Car' Drives Itself
Link to story and video on NECN:
18) Carmakers' Next Problem: Generation Y
People in their teens and twenties are more interested in gadgets than cars.
Link to story on MSNBC:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39970363/ns/business-autos
News Releases
1) Missouri State Highway Patrol Recognized for Best Overall Traffic Safety Program
2) The Market for Driver Monitoring Systems is Primed to Top $1 Billion by 2015
3) US Transportation Secretary Announces Recipients of New Railroad Safety Technology Grants
4) UPS Logistics Technologies to be Acquired by Thoma Bravo
5) Pennsylvania DOT Expands Twitter Offerings in Time for Thanksgiving Travel
6) Navteq Launches Next Generation Navteq TrafficOne
Upcoming Events
IntelliDrive Mobility Workshop – November 30-December 2 – Arlington, Virginia
http://www.its.dot.gov/press/announcement/mobility_workshop.htm
Friday Bonus
I'm not sure if this latest idea from the TSA is going to quiet those critics of more intrusive airport screenings.
http://wondertonic.tumblr.com/post/1600226419/tsa-announces-facebook-integration-for-full-body
Today in Transportation History
1960 **50th anniversary** The first flight of the Hawker Siddeley P.1127, the first vertical short take-off and landing jet aircraft, took place.
http://www.primeportal.net/hangar/mark_hayward/p.1127/
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