Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday, May 6, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057
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AVIATION
1) Officials Get OK from FAA to Rename Pittsburgh Airport
Allegheny County considering selling naming rights to facility.
Link to article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11126/1144503-455.stm
2) European Union Moves Closer to Unifying Airspace
Link to Reuters article:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/06/uk-eu-airtraffic-idUSLNE74501B20110506
GPS / NAVIGATION
3) TomTom to Sell GPS Data to Road Authorities, Private Companies in Australia
Link to article in The Australian Financial Review:
http://www.afr.com/p/business/technology/peeping_tomtom_sells_your_every_JdzlTffqhtoLHSPRGIvq0J
4) Recalculating … A New GPS Picks the Most Efficient Route
Link to article in Fast Company:
http://www.fastcompany.com/1751915/gps-picks-most-efficient-route
5) Routing's Future is Integration, Says New CEO of ALK Technologies
Link to article in FleetOwner:
http://fleetowner.com/truck_technology/archive/routing-future-integration-0505/
OTHER
6) Proposal to Bring Advertising to Nevada DMV Offices Advances
Link to article in the Las Vegas Sun:
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/may/05/proposal-bring-advertising-dmv-offices-advances/
7) Studies from the European Commission
- Open In-Vehicle Platform Architecture
- Guaranteed Access to Traffic and Travel Data and Free Provision of Universal Traffic Information
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/its/studies/doc/2010_12_20_traffic_and_travel_data.pdf
8) iMobility Newsletter – April 2011
Link to newsletter from ERTICO:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
9) What a Waste: Washington State Keeping Secrets with Our Gas Tax
Link to story and video on KOMO-TV:
http://www.komonews.com/news/problemsolvers/121371074.html
TRANSIT
10) King County, Washington Sued Over Real-Time Bus Tracker
Link to article on seattlepi.com:
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/King-Co-sued-over-real-time-bus-tracker-1366232.php
11) Santa Monica, California's Big Blue Bus System Could See Digital Advertising
Assembly bill would allow digital ads on the side of buses for pilot program.
Link to article in the Santa Monica Daily Press:
12) Wi-Fi Rides Missoula, Montana's Bus Line, Free to Passengers
Link to article in the Missoulian:
http://missoulian.com/news/local/article_a8628ed2-7799-11e0-a49c-001cc4c002e0.html
Link to news release from Mountain Line:
http://www.mountainline.com/index.php/articles/2011-04-06-mountain-line-buses-now-have-free-wifi/
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
13) High-Tech Traffic Alert System Moves Into Springfield, Missouri
Link to story on KYTV-TV:
http://articles.ky3.com/2011-05-05/advanced-traffic-management-system_29514984
News Releases
2) DC Metro Enhances Multi-lingual Website
3) US DOT Fines Ticket Agents for Violations of Code-Share Disclosure Rules
4) Rand McNally Unveils the First GPS for RVers
5) Octo Enters US Insurance Telematics Marketplace, Names CEO
7) URS to Operate Missouri DOT's Gateway Guide Transportation Management Center
Upcoming Events
Re:Streets Charrette – July 21-23 – Berkeley, California
http://www.restreets.org/Content/10001/CharretteInformation.html
Friday Bonus
Bored with the same old safety briefing each time you fly? Perhaps these Air New Zealand videos will cause you to pay attention. Notice the 'clothing' in the second video.
Today in Transportation History
1801 **210th anniversary** The British sloop HMS Speedy captured the Spanish frigate El Gamo in a battle.
http://ageofsail.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/hms-speedy-vs-el-gamo/
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